EMMY NOMINATIONS
After CSI:Bakersfield gets picked up
While I waver on this point, I am still prepared to argue that we are in the golden age of television.
The writing and story structure on most of today's scripted shows are extremely intricate, complex, and multi-layered, making classic shows like "I Love Lucy" and "Bewitched" look as if they were designed for mentally slow viewers.
It's taken a few years for me to realize that I go to movies less because tv shows like Extras, The Office, and The Colbert Report are far more engrossing than cinematic dreck like Nacho Libre, which was excruciating -- and yet -- probably the best-written comedy in theaters today. Thanks to TiVo, downloadable episodes, bigger budgets, more competition, cheaper effects, and top actors looking more to the boob tube for work, it's only a matter of time before the Emmys eclipse the Oscars in importance. Not that either are terribly important.
With that unnecessary prelude, let me say that this year's Emmy nominations, announced today, are closer to getting it right. Most notably, the Best Comedy Series noms make me happy as a little girl with a lollipop thanks to Arrested Development, Curb, The Office, and Scrubs all being nominated. Of course, the fifth nominee, Two and a Half Men -- the only traditional sitcom -- will probably win. (How did Entourage get left off this list?)
I'm also glad to see that Kate Winslet was nominated for "Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series" for her mother of all cameos in Extras.
The Colbert Report also got a well-deserved four nominations, which is one more than The Daily Show received, and four more than The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Sounds about right to me.
I'm not invested in who wins, but I do think that Frances Conroy is way, way, way long overdue to win her first Emmy for her exceptional performances on Six Feet Under, which delivered the most stunning finale of any show ever.
Now will somebody explain how Dancing With The Stars scored six noms, which is twice as many received as the criminally-neglected Big Love?
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