For Your Oscar Consideration: Charlotte Gainsbourg, "Antichrist" - Best Actress in a Leading Role Sharlto Copley, "District 9" - Best Actor in a Leading Role Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
"Inglourious Basterds" - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction "District 9" - Best Editing, Best Visual Effects "God Bless Us Everyone", A Christmas Carol - Best Original Song
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I wish that room could have been made for a "Breaking Bad" episode (maybe over "Lost" 's entry, which I thought was a bit too unwieldy even for them), but "Family Meeting" 's there for "The Shield", and it's wonderful that you remembered that episode. I haven't seen all of those comedy choices, but "Stress Relief", "My Finale", and "Apollo, Apollo" (Robert Carlock!) is a great 1-2-3 punch for any ballot, Emmy or otherwise.
Congratulations, Primetime Emmy Winners!
Comedy Series: 30 ROCK Drama Series: MAD MEN Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 ROCK Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Toni Collette, UNITED STATES OF TARA Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, BREAKING BAD Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Glenn Close, DAMAGES Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Ellen Burstyn, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
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Originally posted by Atypical: I wish that room could have been made for a "Breaking Bad" episode (maybe over "Lost" 's entry, which I thought was a bit too unwieldy even for them), but "Family Meeting" 's there for "The Shield", and it's wonderful that you remembered that episode,
Thanks everybody for all of your feedback on my ballot -- positive or negative, it's all appreciated. I just want to note the limitations of being an Emmy voter. Even though I troll the board throughout the year to get an idea of what's award-worthy, it isn't until I send out my yearly plea that I really get what episodes you guys think are the best. But I'm really at the mercy of what the networks or production companies want to push. Usually they only provide 1-3 episodes of any series. The "Breaking Bad" episodes that AMC provided, for example, were good, but they did not offer the one episode ("ABQ") that got the most Goldderby attention. Similarly, even though "Pushing Daisies" only submitted one episode for writing ("Bzzzz"), they never sent it to voters, nor was it available on the Academy website or abc.com. So please understand that, if I didn't vote for your favorite, I might not have had the chance to see it. And, if your favorite does get nominated, please know that I will keep a very open mind when I review them for the final award. Thanks for understanding.
Ah, very enlightening helmetz! I hadn't thought of that. It seems odd that AMC didn't send one of the two best episodes of "Breaking Bad" this season (the other was "Peekaboo," and I don't know if they offered that too, but if they didn't they should be committed). And boo to ABC for potentially costing the show a writing nod by not mailing it out to Emmy voters. Though support might be strong enough around the show that even though voters didn't get it from ABC they might decide to vote for it anyway to show support for the series as a whole, which is why it's smart for shows on the cusp to submit only one or two entries max. Gotta focus your support to make the most of it.
"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
At the 2007 ceremony, David Chase won the Drama Writing Emmy for the series finale of The Sopranos, "Made in America." Yet this episode aired June 10, 2007 -- that's ten days after the eligibility period ended.
Am I incorrect? If not, what am I missing?
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Originally posted by marc604: At the 2007 ceremony, David Chase won the Drama Writing Emmy for the series finale of The Sopranos, "Made in America." Yet this episode aired June 10, 2007 -- that's ten days after the eligibility period ended.
Am I incorrect? If not, what am I missing?
You missed the hanging episodes rule. It allows shows with episodes aired outside the window of eligibility by a couple of weeks to be included in the current year of eligibility instead of the next (which "The Sopranos" couldn't do since at the time since it was their last season). That was the first year of the change, but this problem has happened for years with HBO shows. The rule isn't exclusive to "The Sopranos." Any series can use it if they're in that situation or similar and know the rule.
Congratulations, Primetime Emmy Winners!
Comedy Series: 30 ROCK Drama Series: MAD MEN Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 ROCK Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Toni Collette, UNITED STATES OF TARA Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, BREAKING BAD Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Glenn Close, DAMAGES Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Ellen Burstyn, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
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For the record, it also means that the "Glee" pilot, which aired before June, will be eligible for submission in the 2010 race.
"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
