TV Guide’s Dream Emmy Ballot
May 25, 2006 by Kath Skerry
The folks lucky enough to work at TVGuide.com have just released their annual “Dream Emmy Ballot”. So what would the Emmy nominations look like if the decisions weren’t left up to the geezer’s at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences? Let’s take a look.
Leave a comment and let me know where TVGuide.com got it right, and wrong. By the way, The Office was left off the list for best comedy. Are you kidding me? I almost dismissed all of these nominations based on that oversight alone, but they did get a few of the acting categories right. For commentary on the various nominations, click here to visit TVGuide.com. My faves are in bold.
Our Dream Emmy Ballot
This could be the year the Emmys finally get it right. For the first time ever, a blue-ribbon panel will play a key role in determining who gets nominated in the major categories. The goal? To even the playing field between stalwarts like The West Wing and Will & Grace and smaller shows like Battlestar Galactica and Gilmore Girls. While we at TV Guide applaud such an approach, we can’t leave anything to chance. That’s why for the fifth year running, we present you with who we think should be recognized when nominations are announced on July 6. So when your ballots begin to arrive in the mail next week, keep this issue handy and feel free to copy off of us. We won’t tell.Best Comedy
Arrested Development
Entourage
Everybody Hates Chris
My Name Is Earl
ScrubsBest Drama
Battlestar Galactica
Grey’s Anatomy
Lost
The Shield
The SopranosLead Comedy Actress
Marcia Cross (Bree, Desperate Housewives)
Lauren Graham (Lorelai, Gilmore Girls)
Lisa Kudrow (Valerie, The Comeback)
Tichina Arnold (Rochelle, Everybody Hates Chris)
Mary-Louise Parker (Nancy, Weeds)Lead Comedy Actor
Jason Bateman (Michael, Arrested Development)
Zach Braff (J.D., Scrubs)
Steve Carell (Michael, The Office)
Fred Goss (Cameron, Sons & Daughters)
Jason Lee (Earl, My Name Is Earl)Lead Drama Actress
Kristen Bell (Veronica, Veronica Mars)
Edie Falco (Carmela, The Sopranos)
Mary McDonnell (Laura, Battlestar Galactica)
Ellen Pompeo (Meredith, Grey’s Anatomy)
Kyra Sedgwick (Brenda, The Closer)Lead Drama Actor
Michael Chiklis (Mackey, The Shield)
James Gandolfini (Tony, The Sopranos)
Hugh Laurie (House, House)
Denis Leary (Tommy, Rescue Me)
Edward James Olmos (Adama, Battlestar Galactica)Supporting Comedy Actress
Kelly Bishop (Emily, Gilmore Girls)
Sarah Chalke (Elliot, Scrubs)
Jaime Pressly (Joy, My Name Is Earl)
Judy Reyes (Carla, Scrubs)
Jessica Walter (Lucille, Arrested Development)Supporting Comedy Actor
Donald Faison (Turk, Scrubs)
John Krasinski (Jim, The Office)
John C. McGinley (Dr. Cox, Scrubs)
Jeremy Piven (Ari, Entourage)
Ethan Suplee (Randy, My Name Is Earl)Supporting Drama Actress
Katherine Heigl (Izzie, Grey’s Anatomy)
Sandra Oh (Cristina, Grey’s Anatomy)
CCH Pounder (Claudette, The Shield)
Chandra Wilson (Bailey, Grey’s Anatomy)
Jean Smart (Martha, 24)Supporting Drama Actor
Joseph Gannascoli (Vito, The Sopranos)
Gregory Itzin (President Logan, 24)
TR Knight (George, Grey’s Anatomy)
Omar Epps (Foreman, House)
Forest Whitaker (Kavanaugh, The Shield)
They left out Jason Dohring. As for the rest…I pretty much agree with your choices. I love Lauren Graham and think she’s incredibly underrated. And I’ve only seen about 5 minutes of Arrested Development so I’d have to go with Scrubs for best comedy.
And Hugh Laurie? Hands. down.
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Also, Enrico Colantoni. I can’t believe I (or they) forgot about him.
“You played ME, Veronica!”
I definitely agree about The Office being left off Best Comedy. I would also love to see Wentworth Miller & Matthew Fox in the Lead Drama Actor category and Robert Knepper as Supporting Drama Actor.
Of what they did list, I’d pick Scrubs or My Name Is Earl as Best Comedy and Lost as Best Drama, but I basically agree with the rest of GMMR’s picks!
I like your list and agree with most of it. I was surprised to see that Deadwood didn’t garner any attention. I feel it is a true drama in that it is not over acted, or over dramatized (yes i’m talking to you 24), and has far and away the best writing. Actors dream of having lines like the characters enjoy in Deadwood.
Veronica Mars isn’t up for best drama? Aaaaaand my faith in the TVGuide crew plumments. My entire biased thoughts are as usual over on my blog.
I admit that I fuzzed a couple things, notably leaving the Scrubs cast out, but it’s not like any Emmy voters will take note of my stuff anyway. 🙂
Wouldn’t it be something if Lauren Graham and Kristen Bell both won? I’m not sure my little heart could take the excitement.
Interesting.
Would not be my exact choices, but there are some good ones in there.
If only even half of these could come true.
Sadly, I doubt it.
UGH! Im torn between Dr Cox or Jim for supporting actor.
Cooljammer…I can’t..I really can’t. Are you kidding me? Ha ha
How they left Jenna Fischer off the Supporting Comedy Actress list is BEYOND me.
Jim and Pam are a dynamic DUO. If they think John Krasinski can pull off Jim without Jenna as Pam, then they obviously don’t get the show.