As you’ve probably heard, earlier this week TheEnvelope.com leaked a short list of Emmy nominations. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has made no comment on the list’s accuracy, choosing instead to remind academy members that they have signed a confidentiality agreement (the Academy will mess you up, Emmy voters!) and also reminding the public that nominees won’t be officially announced until July 19.
I don’t know why it matters, really — we’re used to hanging chads and other forms of disenfranchisement in the U.S., so what’s a little spilled ink among TV fans? Plus, who really tunes in for the nominee announcements anyway? (There’s a motivating factor this year, though: Kyra Sedgwick will be one of the announcers. Won’t it be weird if she has to announce herself?)
Anyway, whether these nominees are guesses or sure things, I’m happy to post some photos. The Emmy Awards ceremony airs Sept. 16 at 8/7c on Fox. (Visit TheEnvelope.com for the full, unverified short list.)
1. Possible nominees for Best Comedy Actress:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Teri Hatcher, Desperate Housewives
Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
2. Possible nominees for Best Drama Actress:
Patricia Arquette, Medium
Minnie Driver, The Riches
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
3. Possible nominees for Best Supporting Comedy Actress:
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Jamie Pressley, My Name Is Earl
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
4. Possible nominees for Best Supporting Drama Actress:
Katherine Heigl, Grey’s Anatomy
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy
CCH Pounder, The Shield
Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy
5. Top 10 comedy series finalists (with titles of episodes submitted for consideration):
Desperate Housewives (“It Takes Two”)
Entourage (“One Day in the Valley”)
Extras (“Daniel Radcliffe”)
My Name Is Earl (“Robbed a Stoner Blind”)
The Office (“The Coup”)
Scrubs (“My Musical”)
30 Rock (“Hard Ball”)
Two and a Half Men (“Apologies For the Frivolity”)
Ugly Betty (Pilot)
Weeds (“Cooking with Jesus”)
6. Top 10 drama series finalists:
Boston Legal (“Angel of Death”)
Dexter (“Born Free”)
Friday Night Lights (Pilot)
Grey’s Anatomy (“From A Whisper to A Scream”)
Heroes (“Genesis”)
House (“Half-wit”)
Lost (“Through the Looking Glass”)
Rome (“De Patre Vostro”)
The Sopranos (“Soprano Home Movies”)
24 (“Day 6: 6 a.m. – 7 a.m.”)
Dexter? Him? Really? Also, where is Elizabeth Mitchell? Pout.
