We don't have an updated complete list of comedy directing contenders, so I have compiled one below for prediction purposes. Quite a few of these are confirmed, but the others are best educated guesses. A director can only be submitted once for any given series, so in those cases I just went with either the most acclaimed episodes OR the ones that were entered for writing/series OR pilot episodes for first-year series (again - best educated guesses). Comments are welcome below for the following entries...

COMEDY DIRECTING:
Aliens in America (Luke Greenfield - "Pilot")
Back to You (James Burrows - "Pilot")
Big Bang Theory (James Burrows - "Pilot")
Big Bang Theory (Mark Cendrowski - "The Pancake Batter Anomaly")
Big Bang Theory (Bob Koherr - "The Luminous Fish Effect")
Californication (Stephen Hopkins - "Pilot")
Californication (Ken Whittingham - "Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder")
Californication (Scott Winant - "Hell-a-Woman")
Chuck (Jason Ensler - "Chuck vs. the Tango")
Chuck (McG - "Pilot")
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Alec Berg - "The Lefty Call")
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry Charles - "The Bat Mitzvah")
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Bryan Gordon - "The Freak Book")
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Tom Kramer - "The N Word")
Curb Your Enthusiasm (David Mandel - "The Therapists")
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Jeff Schaffer - "The TiVo Guy")
Curb Your Enthusiasm (David Steinberg - "The Rat Dog")
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Robert B. Weide - "The Anonymous Donor")
Desperate Housewives (David Grossman - "Something's Coming")
Desperate Housewives (Bethany Rooney - "The Gun Song")
Desperate Housewives (Larry Shaw - "Now You Know")
Entourage (Daniel Attias - "No Cannes Do")
Entourage (Julian Farino - "Gary's Desk")
Entourage (Mark Mylod - "Welcome to the Jungle")
Entourage (Ken Whittingham - "Malibooty")
Flight of the Conchords (James Bobin - "Sally")
How I Met Your Mother (Pamela Fryman - "The Bracket")
Monk (Paris Barclay - "Mr. Monk and the Rapper")
Monk (Randall Zisk - "Mr. Monk is on the Run")
My Name is Earl (Marc Buckland - "I Won't Die with a Little Help from My Friends")
My Name is Earl (Michael Fresco - "No Heads and a Duffle Bag")
My Name is Earl (Greg Garcia - "The Frank Factor")
My Name is Earl (Ken Whittingham - "Our Other Cops is On")
New Adventures of Old Christine (Andy Ackerman - "One and a Half Men")
The Office (Jeffrey Blitz - "The Chair Model")
The Office (Greg Daniels - "Fun Run")
The Office (Randall Einhorn - "Did I Stutter?")
The Office (Julian Farino - "The Deposition")
The Office (Paul Feig - "Goodbye Toby")
The Office (Tucker Gates - "Job Fair")
The Office (Paul Lieberstein - "Money")
The Office (Jason Reitman - "Local Ad")
The Office (Joss Whedon - "Branch Wars")
The Office (Ken Whittingham - "Launch Party")
The Office (Craig Zisk - "Dunder Mifflin Infinity")
Pushing Daisies (Barry Sonnenfeld - "Pie-Lette")
Reaper (Kevin Smith - "Pilot")
Samantha Who? (Tucker Gates - "The Break-Up")
Samantha Who? (Dennis Gordon - "The Birthday")
Samantha Who? (Barnet Kellman - "The Virgin")
Samantha Who? (Paul Lazarus - "The Car")
Samantha Who? (Robert Duncan McNeill - "Pilot")
Samantha Who? (Julie Anne Robinson - "The Girlfriend")
Samantha Who? (Lee Shallat-Chemel - "The Job")
Samantha Who? (Michael Spiller - "The Wedding")
Scrubs (Zach Braff - "My Princess")
Scrubs (Bill Lawrence - "My Own Worst Enemy")
30 Rock (Michael Engler - "Rosemary's Baby")
30 Rock (Gail Mancuso - "Succession")
30 Rock (Beth McCarthy Miller - "Somebody to Love")
30 Rock (Don Scardino - "Cooter")
30 Rock (Richard Shepard - "Episode 210")
30 Rock (Kevin Rodney Sullivan - "MILF Island")
Two and a Half Men (Jeff Melman - "Fish in a Drawer")
Two and a Half Men (Ted Wass - "Kinda Like Necrophilia")
Two and a Half Men (James Widdoes - "City of Great Racks")
Ugly Betty (James Hayman - "A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding")
Ugly Betty (Victor Nelli Jr. - "Jump")
Ugly Betty (Michael Spiller - "Bananas for Betty")
Ugly Betty (Wendey Stanzler - "Something Wicked This Way Comes")
Weeds (Julie Anne Robinson - "Cankles")
Weeds (Craig Zisk - "Go")

I'm pretty sure that Pie-lette is the frontrunner in this category.

Then we might see a combination of The Office, 30 Rock, My Name is Earl, and probably Desperate Housewives for Something's Coming.

Entourage is a candidate too.

Predictions from that list...

Californication (Stephen Hopkins - "Pilot")
Entourage (Mark Mylod - "Welcome to the Jungle")
The Office (Paul Feig - "Goodbye Toby")
Pushing Daisies (Barry Sonnenfeld - "Pie-Lette")
30 Rock (Richard Shepard - "Episode 210")

Don't forget about Curb Your Enthusiasm. Doesn't it usually dominate this category with at least 2-3 nominations? Also, The Office had some pretty amazing directors this season.

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Larry Charles for Curb Your Enthusiasm ("The Bat Mitzvah")
Michael Engler for 30 Rock ("Rosemary's Baby")
David Grossman for Desperate Housewives ("Something's Coming")
Jason Reitman for The Office ("Local Ad")
Barry Sonnenfeld for Pushing Daisies ("Pie-Lette")

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Would not mind Kevin Smith getting nominated for Reaper. He did an amazing job. But he probably won't get in.

Here's what shows i think will get in, not sure about specific episodes:

1. Pushing Daisies - the "Pie-lette" is a shoo-in, if voters really like it they could get two episodes in
2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
3. 30 Rock
4. Entourage
5. The Office
6. Californication
7. James Burrows(for whatever series voters like the most, probably "Back to You")


-voters typically have no problem nominating 6 or 7 directors in this category, and i don't expect that to change.

I think "Pushing Daisies" will win this if it gets some other nominations, if not then it probably won't win but i can't see it being left out.

I can see californication getting mulitple noms in this category as well. "My Name is Earl" could also be back with "Our Other Cops is On", and "Desperate Housewives" could be rewared here with a nomination for crafting the most buzzed about episode of the season in "Something's Coming". There are alot of great contenders in this category.

It would be great to see Andy Ackerman get a nom for Old Christine.

And the nominees will be:

David Grossman, “Something’s Coming”, Desperate Housewives
Mark Mylod, “Welcome To The Jungle”, Entourage
Jason Reitman, “Local Ad”, The Office
Don Scardino, “Cooter”, 30 Rock
Barry Sonnefield, “Pie-Lette”, Pushing Daisies

My predictions...

COMEDY DIRECTING:
Back to You (James Burrows - "Pilot")
Californication (Stephen Hopkins - "Pilot")
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry Charles - "The Bat Mitzvah")**
Desperate Housewives (David Grossman - "Something's Coming")
Entourage (Mark Mylod - "Welcome to the Jungle")
The Office (Paul Feig - "Goodbye Toby")**
The Office (Jason Reitman - "Local Ad")
Pushing Daisies (Barry Sonnenfeld - "Pie-Lette")**
30 Rock (Michael Engler - "Rosemary's Baby")**
30 Rock (Don Scardino - "Cooter")**
Ugly Betty (James Hayman - "A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding")

G'Day,
I feel this is the race with the biggest frountrunner at this stage and its Pie-Lette.

I would also hope that 30 Rock's 310 gets nominated it isn't the best episode of the series or even season but the direction is great especially for the Midnight Train to Georgia extraviganza that ends the episode.

I'm assuming the Pushing Daisies, Curb, Office, 30 Rock and/or Entourage is going to make up this race.

I agree with Noble. I think "Pie-Lette" and Barry Sonnenfeld are a runaway winner here.

I, too expect the nominees to be Pushing Daises, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and 30 Rock.

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Originally posted by LadyHathor25:
I agree with Noble. I think "Pie-Lette" and Barry Sonnenfeld are a runaway winner here.

I, too expect the nominees to be Pushing Daises, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and 30 Rock.

Agreed. Entourage has an outside shot with "Welcome to the Jungle." So if there were 7 nominees (who knows how many it will be this year?), they would be:

1. Pushing Daisies
2. Curb Your Enthusiasm
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
4. The Office
5. 30 Rock
6. The Office or 30 Rock
7. Entourage

(with Californication waiting in the wings)

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please....Pie-Lette won months ago....

the other shows nominated, don't know what episodes will be:

Curb Your Enthusiasm (duh!)
Entourage
30 Rock
The Office
Flight of the Conchords

if Curb gets more than one spot, then 30 Rock is out....

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My final predictions:

Best Directing In A Comedy Series
Larry Charles, “The Bat Mitzvah”, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Michael Engler, “Rosemary’s Baby”, 30 Rock
Mark Mylod, “Welcome to the Jungle”, Entourage
Paul Feig, “Goodbye, Toby”, The Office
Barry Sonnefield, “Pie-Lette”, Pushing Daisies

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