More Emmies

Every year, same old shit.

The Emmy voters have the biggest hard on for The West Wing, which was good like 5 years ago. And shows like Weeds, Lost, Six Feet Under all but get snubbed in the major categories. Seriously, did anyone see the finale of 6FU? And if you did, was it not one of the best hours of television EVER? That's not hyperbole, it's conventional wisdom. And if they don't want to nominate Lauren Ambrose, whose work was phenomenal and massively touching, then I'm not really interested in the other nominees.

Weeds is one of the best new comedies out there, and surprisingly, there are a lot of them. It's, as I like to say now, sublime. So why wasn't it nominated?

And Lost? Don't even get me started. The first season was fantastic and intriguing. The second season was HUGE and BRILLIANT and ORIGINAL and a complete 180 from season 1. (Let's not forget it won best drama last year.) So the fact that it didn't even get a nomination is... bizarre.

Another best supporting actress that didn't get nominated is Jessica Walter. She can do more with her left eye in one second than Alfre Woodard did the entire season of (blah) Desperate Housewives. (That said, I can't say I disagree with the other nominees for best supporting actress in a comedy.)

However... There were also some nice suprises.

Lisa Kudrow! Kyra Sedgwick! Denis Leary! Julia Louis-Dreyfus! Gillian Anderson! Chandra Wilson! Leslie Jordan (Beverly on Will & Grace)! Three of the Extras guest stars (Kate Winslet, Patrick Stewart, Ben Stiller)! Stephen Colbert! Bill Maher, Letterman, Conan, Jon and Stephen (but no Leno!!!!!)!

And some minor clunkers, discussed mostly above, plus Kevin James!

I guess looking over the list, it ain't bad. I have some major gripes (and some other minor ones), but there really are nice surprises and it's not as stale as it could've been.