My Own Personal Emmys

The Emmy nominations will be announced a quarter past the first cock crow tomorrow morning by Nick Offerman (NBC's Parks & Recreation) and Kerry Washington (ABC's Scandal). I have not always been as excited about the Emmys as I am about, say, the Academy Awards, but with The Blogulator recently becoming a TV-only blog, I feel I must align my obsession accordingly. Thus, like I do every year with Sir Oscar, I'd like to share what the Emmy nods (and only the categories that I care about) might look like if I were in charge. Probably not that different from any TV critic with half of a brain, but still, fantasy is fun. Let me know if you'd swap out any of the following in the comments. If anything, this will be at least fun for me to compare to who actually gets nominated come the morrow.

Best Comedy

Community (NBC)

Happy Endings (ABC)

Parks & Recreation (NBC)

Louie (FX)

Cougar Town (ABC)

Girls (HBO)

Best Drama

Breaking Bad (AMC)

Mad Men (AMC)

Enlightened* (HBO)

Game of Thrones (HBO)

Justified (FX)

Homeland (Showtime)

*Yes, it's a half hour show, but it's more drama than comedy dammit and this is my fantasy!

Best Actress in a Comedy

Amy Poehler in Parks & Recreation

Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep

Courteney Cox in Cougar Town

Lena Dunham in Girls

Martha Plimpton in Raising Hope

Tina Fey in 30 Rock

Best Actress in a Drama

Claire Danes in Homeland

Elisabeth Moss in Mad Men

Laura Dern in Enlightened

Jessica Paré  in Mad Men

Lena Headey in Game of Thrones*

Emily Van Camp in Revenge

*Not sure if she submitted in supporting or lead, but I think she was the lead actress of the show this season, just like Peter Dinklage became the lead actor. Tricky with ensembles but this way it spreads the love.

Best Actor in a Comedy

Louis C.K. in Louie

Garrett Dillahunt in Raising Hope

Zachary Knighton in Happy Endings*

Adam Scott in Parks & Recreation

Joel McHale in Community

Steve Dildarian in The Life & Times of Tim

*Once again, not sure if he submitted for lead (or at all), but Dave is the hapless center of Happy Endings even if it is an ensemble in the truest sense of the word. Therefore my fictional wish vote counts.

Best Actor in a Drama

Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad

Jon Hamm in Mad Men

Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones*

Timothy Olyphant in Justified

Damian Lewis in Homeland

Noah Wyle in Falling Skies

*See Lena Headey's asterisk above.

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy

Casey Wilson in Happy Endings

Gillian Jacobs in Community

Eliza Coupe in Happy Endings

Allison Brie in Community

Allison Williams in Girls

Christa Miller in Cougar Town

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama

Christina Hendricks in Mad Men

Maisie Williams in Game of Thrones

Mae Whitman in Parenthood

Diane Ladd in Enlightened

Anna Gunn in Breaking Bad

Kiernan Shipka in Mad Men

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy

Danny Pudi in Community

Nick Offerman in Parks & Recreation

Donald Glover in Community

Chris Pratt in Parks & Recreation

Jim Rash in Community

Adam Pally in Happy Endings

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama

Giancarlo Esposito in Breaking Bad

Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad

Jonathan Banks in Breaking Bad

Walton Goggins in Justified

Neal McDonough in Justified

Dean Norris in Breaking Bad

Best Writing for a Comedy

Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna for "Remedial Chaos Theory" (Community)

Dan Harmon & Matt Warburton for "Digital Estate Planning" (Community)

David Caspe, Lon Zimmet, & Dan Rubin for "Part of Six" (Happy Endings)

Bill Lawrence & Kevin Biegel for "My Life/Your World: Part 1" (Cougar Town)

Louis C.K. for "Duckling" (Louie)

Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, & Amy Poehler for "The Debate" (Parks & Recreation)

Best Writing for a Drama

Vince Gilligan for "Face Off" (Breaking Bad)

Matthew Weiner & Semi Challas for "Far Away Places" (Mad Men)

Graham Yost & Fred Golan for "Slaughterhouse" (Justified)

George R.R. Martin for "Blackwater" (Game of Thrones)

Mike White for "Consider Helen" (Enlightened)

Matthew Weiner & Victor Levin for "Mystery Date" (Mad Men)

This entry was posted by chris, on Thursday, July 19, 2012. You can leave your response.