Emmy finalists?

by Jennifer Squires Biller

An early list of Emmy finalists has surfaced at Gold Derby, and if these are even close to being accurate, I am one happy Tuber. (Well, 99 percent happy, anyway. Veronica Mars isn’t on the best drama list. Sniff. Sniff.) Emmy guru Tom O’Neil published the list saying that about “40 percent” of the nominees had been verified. However, he cautioned readers that the nominees “should not be considered accurate since they were compiled via pooling Internet gossip.” Here’s hoping this list is indeed accurate, because it’s full of actors/actresses/shows that don’t normally feel the Emmy love. If this actually turns out to be true, a big thumbs up to the new Emmy voting/nomination process.

TOP 10 BEST DRAMA SERIES FINALISTS?
(Episode entry in parenthesis)
"Big Love" ("Affair")
"Boston Legal" ("Stick It")
"Grey's Anatomy ("It's the End of the World")
"House" ("Autopsy")
"Lost" ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
"Rescue Me" ("Justice")
"Six Feet Under"
"The Sopranos" ("Members Only")
"24"
"The West Wing" ("Election Day, Part II")

Not listed: "Alias," "Battlestar Gallactica," "C.S.I.," "C.S.I.: Miami," "The Closer," "E.R.," "Everwood," "Huff," "Law and Order," "Law & Order: SVU," "Medium," "N.C.I.S.," "Nip/Tuck," "Prison Break," "Rome," "The Shield," "Veronica Mars," "Without a Trace,"

TOP 10 BEST COMEDY SERIES FINALISTS?
(Episode submission in parenthesis)
"Arrested Development" ("Development Arrested" - Finale)
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
"Desperate Housewives"
"Entourage" ("Exodus")
"My Name Is Earl"
"The Office" ("Booze Cruise")
"Scrubs" ("My Way Home")
"Two and a Half Men" (“Santa’s Village of the Damned”)
"Will & Grace" ("The Finale")
"Weeds" ("You Can't Miss the Bear")

Not Listed: "The Comeback," "Everybody Hates Chris," "Extras," "Gilmore Girls," "How I Met Your Mother," "Malcolm in the Middle," "Monk," "New Adventures of Old Christine"

DRAMA ACTOR
Hank Azaria, "Huff"
Michael Chiklis, "The Shield"
Patrick Dempsey, "Grey's Anatomy"
Matthew Fox, "Lost"
James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos"
Michael C. Hall, "Six Feet Under"
Peter Krause, "Six Feet Under"
Anthony LaPaglia, "Without a Trace"
Hugh Laurie, "House"
Denis Leary, "Rescue Me"
Bill Paxton, "Big Love"
Martin Sheen, "The West Wing"
James Spader, "Boston Legal"
Kiefer Sutherland, "24"
Treat Williams, "Everwood"

DRAMA ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, "Medium"
Kristen Bell, "Veronica Mars"
Frances Conroy, "Six Feet Under"
Geena Davis, "Commander-in-Chief"
Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
Jennifer Garner, "Alias"
Gennifer Goodwin, "Big Love"
Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: SVU"
Allison Janney, "The West Wing"
Evangeline Lilly, "Lost"
Ellen Pompeo, "Grey's Anatomy"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
Chloe Sevigny, "Big Love"
Jeanne Tripplehorn, "Big Love"
Polly Walker, "Rome"

COMEDY ACTOR
Jason Bateman,"Arrested Development"
Zach Braff,"Scrubs"
Steve Carell,"The Office"
Kevin Connelly,"Entourage"
Larry David,"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Ricky Gervais,"Extras"
Omar Gooding,"Barbershop"
Fred Goss,"Sons & Daughters"
Adrian Grenier,"Entourage"
Kevin James,"King of Queens"
Jason Lee,"My Name is Earl"
Bernie Mac,"Bernie Mac Show"
Eric McCormack,"Will & Grace"
Tony Shalhoub,"Monk"
Charlie Sheen,"Two and a Half Men"

COMEDY ACTRESS
Tichina Arnold,"Everybody Hates Chris"
Stockard Channing,"Out of Practice"
Marcia Cross,"Desperate Housewives"
Jenna Elfman,"Courting Alex"
Lauren Graham,"Gilmore Girls"
Teri Hatcher,"Desperate Housewives"
Felicity Huffman,"Desperare Housewives"
Jane Kaczmarek,"Malcolm in the Middle"
Lisa Kudrow,"The Comeback"
Eva Longoria,"Desperate Housewives"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus,"New Adventures of Old Christine"
Reba McEntire,"Reba"
Debra Messing,"Will & Grace"
Mary-Louise Parker,"Weeds"
Leah Remini,"King of Queens"

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