Emmy please!

So today the Emmy nominations were announced. You can read the full list here. Here are some quick thoughts I have based on the list...

- Overall, I would have to say that this was one of the least offensive list of nominations in quite a few years. Particularly on the drama side of things I felt almost all of the categories had worthy nominees, even if there were some omissions.
- The comedy side of the nominations was a little less appealling. I still don't get the appeal of either Glee or Modern Family, but I'm not blind so I fully expected to see them get as many nominations as they did.
- Happy to see Amy Poehler get a nom for Parks and Recreation, but sad that it failed to get any other major nominations. Where's the love for Ron Swanson?
- Disappointed that John Noble (Walter Bishop on Fringe) didn't get a nomination, but when you look at the other nominees in his category, it's hard to pick someone there who didn't deserve one. With Lost now done, hopefully that will open up some room for him to get a nomination next year.
- Speaking of Lost, it was nice to see them get plenty of recognition on their way out. On top of Ben and Locke getting noms in the supporting category, Matthew Fox picked up his first nomination in the lead acting category.
- Shocked that Survivor did not get a nomination for best reality show for it's Heroes vs. Villians season. How it didn't get chosen over Project Runway or Dancing With the Stars is baffling.
- As usual there was the usual Emmy darlings that had no business getting nominations; I'm talking about picks like Tony Shaloub for Monk and Jon Cryer for Two and Half Men.
- And in some small sense of vindication, Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show got a nomination for Best Comedy/Variety Program and Leno's did not. The Emmy's air on NBC this year, so it should be interesting to see what happens when Conan comes back to his old network for one night. You can watch that and all the other festivities when the Emmys air on August 29th.