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The Office got 9 Emmy nominations! YAY!!! I am so happy and proud of everyone who works on the show. It's good to see the show get the recognition it deserves. And I am SO happy with the acting nominations :D Steve, Rainn and Jenna, it's the most perfect I could expect from the Emmys. First of all, RAINN WILSON got the supporting actor nomination!! OMG YAY! I totally screamed in happiness at that news. It is so good to see him recognized because he truly is an amazing actor and this season was Dwight's season to shine. It was great to see the show and Rainn go beyond the caricature and make him so three dimensional from his love of authority to his geekiness to his relationship with Angela (Traveling Salesman FTW) to his principles (The Negotiation FTW) to his sweet moments with Pam (Back From Vacation/The Job FTW!). If there is any beloved character now, it's gotta be Dwight and Rainn did an amazing job of showing why. Plus, he's really, really funny. And I have to say THANK GOD John Krasinki didn't get the nomination over Rainn Wilson as I would have been pissed. I'm sick of all the fangirl focus on him to the exclusion of Rainn (and everyone else) especially when he didn't even do much this season. So I had a nice MUAHAHA moment there even though it would have been nice to see them both nominated.
Also Jenna Fischer got a nomination YAY! I am so happy and so proud of her as she really deserves this award. She did such a great job with Pam's transition into Fancy New Beesley and Beach Games and The Job completely won me over to her character. It's good to see the Emmy's recognize an actress that isn't famous and a character that is more subtle that most. Also I'm so glad Steve got the nomination for Business School! He did an amazing job in that episode especially with the end which was emotionally magnificent and showed why I love Michael. I understand Steve not getting as much fanfare but if he hadn't been on the list, I would have been enraged with the snub so I am thankful I can be relatively happy with the Emmy nominations. I also loved seeing Gay Witch Hunt and The Negotiation get writing awards as I think both are strong, funny episodes that get ignored in the favor of *big* episodes. GWH in particular is a favorite of mine that cracks me up everytime. Also I'm happy for Ken Kwapis and the editing team whose contributions often get overlooked but are important nonetheless. The only thing I'm disappointed about is the cast not getting a casting award and Melora not getting nominated not to mention Angela but it's the Emmy's so whatever. Hopefully The Office will at least win a few of the awards as I don't trust the voters to recognize one of the best shows on earth even if there is some good competition (but not better).
First let's get the obvious negative out of the way: Where the FUCK is Friday Night Lights? Seriously. All the critics raved about it and all the episodes were beautifully acted, written and directed and it still didn't get anything? You suck, Emmys. Kyle and Connor should have at least gotten nominations and the show deserves to be on the Best Drama list. Also where is Michael C. Hall's nom for Dexter? It's not everyday that you root for a serial killer but a brillant acting has got to carry that off. It's so ridiculous how they always nominate the same old middle aged white guys everytime. At least they finally got Hugh Laurie on there who I'm rooting to win, of course.
Other good nominations include Heroes which I'm happy to see under Best Drama (although I don't think it should win with the sometimes cringeworthy dialogue), Masi Oka for supporting actor (YAY) and directing, editing, sound mixing, stunt work and special effects (for Five Years Gone!) noms. I'm so glad to see a Sci-Fi show get recognized so much. Which brings me to Battlestar Galactica which even though it got shut out of the main awards, still got directing, sound mixing, special effects and writing (!!!) noms. Better than nothing. I'm much more happy with the Emmy's comedy noms as they've got it right with The Office, 30 Rock and Ugly Betty getting all the main awards. Yay for Tina Fey, America Ferrera and Vanessa Williams especially who completely deserve it. Also even Scrubs was able to pick up directing, music direction, original music for the Poo song and Guy Love (yay!) and sound mixing for the musical episode which was fantastic. And Ricky Gervais got the lead actor nomination! It's good to see him recognized. Also I'm happy for Jeremy Piven and Neil Patrick Harris who are the only two actors on their respective shows to make me love their characters after only watching one episode. The only bad for comedy is Two and a Half Men which I'll let pass because of its ratings/famous name.
I am glad that Friday Night Lights did get a casting and directing nominations. I'll take the casting one as a concession to Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton who deserved to get best actor/actress noms. Also Dexter picked up a few awards that are well deserved with editing, main title sequence and music. Then there's Grey's Anatomy which although it does deserve a casting nomination and Sandra Oh, Chandra Wilson and Kate Burton all deserve their noms, I don't know what crack the Emmy voters were smoking when they gave them the nomination for Best Drama. Look, GA is enjoyable but it's not high quality television. And this proves one of the great Emmy flaws in that only the popular shows win (or longrunning famous critically acclaimed drama's, no genre allowed). I think all the Emmy voters that voted for GA need to write an essay on why they think the show is better than Friday Night Lights because I doubt they could come up with much. And I'm not impressed with T.R and Katharine Heigel's awards which I'm sure are based partly on the Isiah Washington drama but whatever. And of course I can't forget The Daily Show and The Colbert Report which always deserve their nominations.
I predict The Office will win at least three awards. I'd love to see Steve win but Ricky Gervais and Alec Baldwin is tough competition with Tony Shaloub always being an Emmy voter favorite. I thought Alec Baldwin would win because of his famous name but with the bad publicity he's gotten, that may not be a good thing. I'm doubtful of Rainn and Jenna's chances but either win would make me ecstatic. I would love to see The Office win Best Comedy again but against 30 Rock and Ugly Betty it's going to be hard. I think The Office is better than both and it would disappoint me to see either win but if 30 Rock wins then maybe ratings would go up and if Ugly Betty wins it's definitely a good win for diversity and uniqueness. So I'd ultimately be okay with either win, I suppose. I think The Sopranos will win Best Drama since it was the final season. That's just the Emmy's for you as much as I wish it was based on whether the last season was better than all the rest.
I may actually make three LJ posts (so sorry for the Randy delay) today for the first time in a long time. But I'll be gone all day tomorrow and Saturday for work and HARRY POTTER (!!!) so there you go. And I'm watching Torchwood and there was actually two great plots in a row! I get quickly bored with alien cop procedural format, Captain Jack Hotness or not, so seeing two good episodes was wonderful (the Greeks one and Suzie who I actually liked in the pilot). I still am not sure if I'll be able to finish Farcape before VIVIDCON (so excited!) but I'm glad to hear about the new stuff coming to that and BSG. Have I mentioned the 7th Harry Potter book is coming out tomorrow and I haven't been spoiled yet? CANNOT WAIT!
Also Jenna Fischer got a nomination YAY! I am so happy and so proud of her as she really deserves this award. She did such a great job with Pam's transition into Fancy New Beesley and Beach Games and The Job completely won me over to her character. It's good to see the Emmy's recognize an actress that isn't famous and a character that is more subtle that most. Also I'm so glad Steve got the nomination for Business School! He did an amazing job in that episode especially with the end which was emotionally magnificent and showed why I love Michael. I understand Steve not getting as much fanfare but if he hadn't been on the list, I would have been enraged with the snub so I am thankful I can be relatively happy with the Emmy nominations. I also loved seeing Gay Witch Hunt and The Negotiation get writing awards as I think both are strong, funny episodes that get ignored in the favor of *big* episodes. GWH in particular is a favorite of mine that cracks me up everytime. Also I'm happy for Ken Kwapis and the editing team whose contributions often get overlooked but are important nonetheless. The only thing I'm disappointed about is the cast not getting a casting award and Melora not getting nominated not to mention Angela but it's the Emmy's so whatever. Hopefully The Office will at least win a few of the awards as I don't trust the voters to recognize one of the best shows on earth even if there is some good competition (but not better).
First let's get the obvious negative out of the way: Where the FUCK is Friday Night Lights? Seriously. All the critics raved about it and all the episodes were beautifully acted, written and directed and it still didn't get anything? You suck, Emmys. Kyle and Connor should have at least gotten nominations and the show deserves to be on the Best Drama list. Also where is Michael C. Hall's nom for Dexter? It's not everyday that you root for a serial killer but a brillant acting has got to carry that off. It's so ridiculous how they always nominate the same old middle aged white guys everytime. At least they finally got Hugh Laurie on there who I'm rooting to win, of course.
Other good nominations include Heroes which I'm happy to see under Best Drama (although I don't think it should win with the sometimes cringeworthy dialogue), Masi Oka for supporting actor (YAY) and directing, editing, sound mixing, stunt work and special effects (for Five Years Gone!) noms. I'm so glad to see a Sci-Fi show get recognized so much. Which brings me to Battlestar Galactica which even though it got shut out of the main awards, still got directing, sound mixing, special effects and writing (!!!) noms. Better than nothing. I'm much more happy with the Emmy's comedy noms as they've got it right with The Office, 30 Rock and Ugly Betty getting all the main awards. Yay for Tina Fey, America Ferrera and Vanessa Williams especially who completely deserve it. Also even Scrubs was able to pick up directing, music direction, original music for the Poo song and Guy Love (yay!) and sound mixing for the musical episode which was fantastic. And Ricky Gervais got the lead actor nomination! It's good to see him recognized. Also I'm happy for Jeremy Piven and Neil Patrick Harris who are the only two actors on their respective shows to make me love their characters after only watching one episode. The only bad for comedy is Two and a Half Men which I'll let pass because of its ratings/famous name.
I am glad that Friday Night Lights did get a casting and directing nominations. I'll take the casting one as a concession to Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton who deserved to get best actor/actress noms. Also Dexter picked up a few awards that are well deserved with editing, main title sequence and music. Then there's Grey's Anatomy which although it does deserve a casting nomination and Sandra Oh, Chandra Wilson and Kate Burton all deserve their noms, I don't know what crack the Emmy voters were smoking when they gave them the nomination for Best Drama. Look, GA is enjoyable but it's not high quality television. And this proves one of the great Emmy flaws in that only the popular shows win (or longrunning famous critically acclaimed drama's, no genre allowed). I think all the Emmy voters that voted for GA need to write an essay on why they think the show is better than Friday Night Lights because I doubt they could come up with much. And I'm not impressed with T.R and Katharine Heigel's awards which I'm sure are based partly on the Isiah Washington drama but whatever. And of course I can't forget The Daily Show and The Colbert Report which always deserve their nominations.
I predict The Office will win at least three awards. I'd love to see Steve win but Ricky Gervais and Alec Baldwin is tough competition with Tony Shaloub always being an Emmy voter favorite. I thought Alec Baldwin would win because of his famous name but with the bad publicity he's gotten, that may not be a good thing. I'm doubtful of Rainn and Jenna's chances but either win would make me ecstatic. I would love to see The Office win Best Comedy again but against 30 Rock and Ugly Betty it's going to be hard. I think The Office is better than both and it would disappoint me to see either win but if 30 Rock wins then maybe ratings would go up and if Ugly Betty wins it's definitely a good win for diversity and uniqueness. So I'd ultimately be okay with either win, I suppose. I think The Sopranos will win Best Drama since it was the final season. That's just the Emmy's for you as much as I wish it was based on whether the last season was better than all the rest.
I may actually make three LJ posts (so sorry for the Randy delay) today for the first time in a long time. But I'll be gone all day tomorrow and Saturday for work and HARRY POTTER (!!!) so there you go. And I'm watching Torchwood and there was actually two great plots in a row! I get quickly bored with alien cop procedural format, Captain Jack Hotness or not, so seeing two good episodes was wonderful (the Greeks one and Suzie who I actually liked in the pilot). I still am not sure if I'll be able to finish Farcape before VIVIDCON (so excited!) but I'm glad to hear about the new stuff coming to that and BSG. Have I mentioned the 7th Harry Potter book is coming out tomorrow and I haven't been spoiled yet? CANNOT WAIT!
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It's always great to see the talented writers on The Office get awards. We place a lot of importance on the actors but in the end it's the writers (most of the time) who write all the brilliant lines. And yeah, Dwight using the gaydar never fails to make me laugh.