The Emmy nominations yielded a few major surprises. The biggest: Family Guy got nominated in the Best Comedy category, the first prime-time animated show to do so since The Flinstones back in 1961. I've said a lotta critical things about Family Guy in the past, but I have to congratulate the show for this, because it helps all animated shows to reach equal status with live-action comedies. And maybe The Simpsons will finally get a nomination in this category next year.
Other pleasant surprises: the mighty Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory got nominated for best actor in a comedy, and Simon Baker was nominated in the drama category. It's unusual for a young, mass-audience hit show like Baker's The Mentalist to get a nomination this early on in its run, and suggests a new democracy among Emmy voters.
If the Best Comedy Actor nominees had a couple of the usual suspects (Charlie Sheen and Tony Shalhoub again? Really?), the surprise here was Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords -- yes, the Emmys are finally catching up to Flight of the Conchords.
Another great bit of news: Elisabeth Moss was nominated for Mad Men, the first woman in the cast to get a Best Drama Actress nod. And keeping up the quality, no fewer than three In Treatment stars were nominated: Gabriel Byrne, Hope Davis, and Dianne Wiest.
Other pleasant surprises: the mighty Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory got nominated for best actor in a comedy, and Simon Baker was nominated in the drama category. It's unusual for a young, mass-audience hit show like Baker's The Mentalist to get a nomination this early on in its run, and suggests a new democracy among Emmy voters.
If the Best Comedy Actor nominees had a couple of the usual suspects (Charlie Sheen and Tony Shalhoub again? Really?), the surprise here was Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords -- yes, the Emmys are finally catching up to Flight of the Conchords.
Another great bit of news: Elisabeth Moss was nominated for Mad Men, the first woman in the cast to get a Best Drama Actress nod. And keeping up the quality, no fewer than three In Treatment stars were nominated: Gabriel Byrne, Hope Davis, and Dianne Wiest.
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