Ugh, the snubbing of USA shows is ridiculous. The only nomination for Burn Notice is for its worst aspect? Where's the love for Donovan, Campbell, and Anwar? What about Royal Pains, White Collar, and Psych, all of which are better than anything on network TV and most cable networks? Monk still gets nominations? The show stopped being good about four years ago. That could've gone to a worthy candidate (like Bomer, DeKay, or Donovan). That's my biggest problem with the drama category.
Beyond that, why the hell is Lithgow a guest star if he was in every episode of the season? Its little more than the Academy's way of ******ing Lost even though Lithgow deserves Best Supporting Actor. By bumping him to Guest Star, they've in turn once again screwed Gregory Izbin who deserves guest star (and he actually was a guest star).
Also, still no nomination for Simon Baker for The Mentalist. Really? Hugh Laurie's schtick as House is old. He's got Tony Shalloub syndrome. The show is really no longer good. The actor is just phoning it in. He has no business being nominated, but they continue to do so out of habit. Simon Baker should receive his nomination.
But the real crime this year are the Comedy nominations. Parsons does not deserve it. Same with Cryer. But especially Colfer. I know that Glee is the trendy show this year, but Colfer is easily one of its worst aspects. His acting always feels so incredibly forced.
Also, really? Shalloub again!?! What about Jay Harrington? His dry performance made the criminally underrated Better Off Ted! This show may not have received love in ratings, but it deserved some nominations.
And excuse me, how do you snub Ed O'Neill when nominating every other adult cast member of Modern Family? He's the best cast member with MAYBE the exception of Ty Burrell. He's miles better than Ferguson. He deserved the nod (and the win).
The entire Best Supporting Actor category for comedy is off. I LOVE Modern Family, but comeon, the entire category is devoted to it. And I know, they are all supporting roles as its an ensemble cast, but Stonestreet (who is admittedly really good) and Ferguson do not deserve their nominations. Instead, Adam Baldwin deserves one for Chuck (he was great this year and actually saw proper development) as does Kevin Dillion for Entourage. He was amazing this past season as his character actually had a proper arc and he delivered perfectly. I love Modern Family as much as the next guy, but the Academy went overboard on it. Of course, this is simply evidence that the Academy needs to add a "Best Ensemble," category.
Frankly, I don't think Glee deserves its nomination. Its second half is no where nearly as good as its first making it feel uneven and it gets way too preachy and frankly, the story telling gets sloppy. Glee also does not deserve to be on there for one other reason. Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia. How the Academy continues to overlook the funniest show on TV is beyond me. The Office should also be replaced with Community which surpased it in every way this season. Also, where was the love for Bored to Death?
I took the liberty of fixing the atrocious nominations I've bolded the changes:
Outstanding Drama Series
BREAKING BAD
DEXTER
24 (Replaced The Good Wife)
LOST
MAD MEN
TRUE BLOOD
Outstanding Comedy Series
ITS ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (replaced Glee)
MODERN FAMILY
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
BORED TO DEATH (replaced Nurse Jackie)
30 ROCK
COMMUNITY (replaced The Office)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Lea Michele, GLEE
Cheryl Hines, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (Replacing Julia-Louis Dryfus)
Edie Falco, NURSE JACKIE
Amy Poehler, PARKS AND RECREATION
Tina Fey, 30 ROCK
Kaitlin Olson, ITS ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (replacing Toni Collette)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Charlie Day, ITS ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (replacing Jim Parsons)
Larry David, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
Matthew Morrison, GLEE
Jay Harrington, BETTER OFF TED (in place of Tony Shalloub)
Joel McHale, COMMUNITY (in place of Steve Carrell)
Alec Baldwin, 30 ROCK
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ted Danson, BORED TO DEATH (replacing Colfer who had no business being nominated)
Adam Baldwin, CHUCK (replacing Neil Patrick Harris, who while good this year, wasn't Emmy good)
Ed O'Neill, MODERN FAMILY (replacing Jesse Tyler Ferguson)
Kevin Dillion, ENTOURAGE (replacing Eric Stonestreet, who I hate to replace as he's fantastic, but Dillion had his best arc ever on Entourage and his acting was top notch)
Ty Burrell, MODERN FAMILY
Danny DeVito, ITS ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (replacing John Cryer)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Jane Lynch, GLEE
Julie Bowen, MODERN FAMILY
Sofia Vergara, MODERN FAMILY
Portia Di Rosi, BETTER OFF TED (replacing of Kristen Wigg)
Jane Krakowski, 30 ROCK
Alison Brie, COMMUNITY (replacing of Holland Taylor)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, BREAKING BAD
Michael C. Hall, DEXTER
Keifer Sutherland, 24 (replacing of Kyle Chandler)
Simon Baker, THE MENTALIST (replacing of Hugh Laurie)
Jeffery Donovan, BURN NOTICE OR Nathan Fillion, CASTLE(replacing of Matthew Fox)
John Hamm, MAD MEN
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Stana Katic, CASTLE (replacing Julianne Margiulies)
Gabrielle Anwar, BURN NOTICE (replacing of Mariska Hagritay)
Glenn Close, DAMAGES
Kyra Sedgwick, THE CLOSER
January Jones, MAD MEN
Connie Britton, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Paul Costanzo, Royal Pains (replacing Aaron Paul)
Tim DeKay, WHITE COLLAR (replacing Martin Short)
Terry OQuinn, LOST
Bruce Campbell, BURN NOTICE (replacing Michael Emerson)
John Slattery, MAD MEN
John Lithgow, DEXTER (replacing Andre Braugher)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Reshma Shetty, ROYAL PAINS (replacing Sharon Gless)
Rose Byrne, DAMAGES
Tiffani Amber Thiessen, WHITE COLLAR (replacing Archie Panjabi)
Christine Baranski, THE GOOD WIFE
Christina Hendricks, MAD MEN
Elisabeth Moss, MAD MEN
And that, friends, is how the nominations should have been.