The 2011 Emmy Award Wish List
By Dustin Rowles | Miscellaneous | September 18, 2011 | Comments ()
I failed earlier in the week to post my Emmy predictions, and then I concluded that nobody really cares who will win. We’re all far more interested in who should win, because at the end of the night, we’re likely to forget who the winners were in a week’s time anyway. And if we impress hard enough upon our brains our wish-list, maybe we’ll remember who we wanted to win instead of who actually won.
The point is: The lovely and hilarious Courtney Enlow is livebloggging the Emmy’s tonight, and no one live-blogs awards show better than Courtney. It makes the entire awards-show experience worthwhile. Honestly, they’re some of the greatest posts of the year, so do check it out tonight. Buy some wine. Don’t wear pants.
Here, again, is a refresher on this year’s nominees. In bold are not the nominees I think will win, but those who I want to win. In the end, isn’t that what really matters, anyway. That and seeing if Jane Lynch will host as Jane Lynch or as “Jane Lynch.”
OUTSTANDING DRAMA
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Kathy Bates (Harry’s Law)
Mariska Hargitay (Law and Order: SVU)
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)
Mireille Enos (The Killing)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Hugh Laurie (House)
Timothy Olyphant (Justified)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
John Slattery (Mad Men)
Josh Charles (The Good Wife)
Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)
Walton Goggins (Justified)
Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
Margo Martindale (Justified)
Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire)
Michelle Forbes (The Killing)
OUTSTANDING COMEDY
The Big Bang Theory
The Office
Parks and Recreation
Modern Family
Glee
30 Rock
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Laura Linney (The C Word)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Louis C.K. (Louie)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Chris Colfer (Glee)
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men)
Eric Stronestreet (Modern Family)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Ed O’Neil (Modern Family)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jane Lynch (Glee)
Betty White (Hot in Cleveland)
Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITION
Project Runway
American Idol
The Amazing Race
So You Think You Can Dance
Dancing with the Stars
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Conan
Real Time with Bill Maher
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW HOST
Phil Keoghan (Amazing Race)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars)
Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance)
Jeff Probst (Survivor)
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
“The Big C” — Idris Elba
“Modern Family” — Nathan Lane
“Saturday Night Live” — Zach Galifianakis
“Saturday Night Live” — Justin Timberlake
“30 Rock” — Matt Damon
“30 Rock” — Will Arnett
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
“Big Love” - Bruce Dern
“Brothers & Sisters” - Beau Bridges
“The Good Wife” - Michael J. Fox
“Harry’s Law” - Paul McCrane
“Justified” - Jeremy Davies
“Mad Men” - Robert Morse
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
“Glee” - Kristin Chenoweth
“Glee” - Dot-Marie Jones
“Glee” - Gwyneth Paltrow
“Raising Hope” - Cloris Leachman
“Saturday Night Live” - Tina Fey
“30 Rock” - Elizabeth Banks
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
“The Closer” - Mary McDonnell
“Dexter” - Julia Stiles
“Grey’s Anatomy” - Loretta Devine
“Mad Men” - Randee Heller
“Mad Men” - Cara Buono as Faye Miller
“Shameless” - Joan Cusack
“True Blood” - Alfre Woodard
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