The TV Academy released its Emmy ballot tonight, and here are the official entries submitted by the major contenders for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:

CALIFORNICATION
“Pilot”
“Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder”
“Girls Interrupted”

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
“The Game”
“In Buddy’s Eyes”
“Now You Know”
“Something’s Coming”

ENTOURAGE
“The Day F*ckers”
“Snow Job”
“Welcome to the Jungle”

FAMILY GUY
“Lois Kills Stewie” (Part 2)
“Padre de Familia”
“Peter’s Daughter”

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
“The Bracket”
“How I Met Everyone Else”
“Ten Sessions”

MONK
“Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan”
“Mr. Monk and the Naked Man”
“Mr. Monk is on the Run” (Part 1)
“Mr. Monk is on the Run” (Part 2)
“Mr. Monk is Up All Night”
“Mr. Monk Joins a Cult”

MY NAME IS EARL
“Creative Writing”
“The Frank Factor”
“Love Octagon”
“No Heads and a Duffel Bag”

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE
“Beauty is Only Spanx Deep”

THE OFFICE
“Branch Wars”
“The Deposition”
“Did I Stutter”
“Dinner Party”
“Dunder Mifflin Infinity” (Parts 1 & 2)
“Fun Run” (Parts 1 & 2)
“Goodbye, Toby”
“Local Ad”
“Money” (Parts 1 & 2)
“Survivorman”

PUSHING DAISIES
“Pie-Lette”

SAMANTHA WHO?
“Pilot”
“The Boss”
“The Break-Up”
“The Butterflies”
“The Car”
“The Gallery Show”
“The Girlfriend”
“The Hockey Date”
“The Hypnotherapist”
“The Virgin”
“The Wedding”

SCRUBS
“My Princess”

30 ROCK
“210”
“Cooter”
“Greenzo”
“Rosemary’s Baby”
“Secrets and Lies”

TWO AND A HALF MEN
“City of Great Racks”
“Kinda Like Necrophilia”

UGLY BETTY
“Bananas for Betty”
“Something Wicked This Way Comes”

WEEDS
“Bill Sussman”
“Go”
“He Taught Me How to Drive By”
“Protection”

Why did The Office submitted a gazillion episodes? But I still think they'll get nommed.

My predicted noms so far:
The Office (Goodbye, Toby)
The Office (Dinner Party)
30 Rock (Rosemary's Baby)
30 Rock (210)
Ugly Betty (Bananas for Betty)

I hope DH will get a nom here as they submitted their best episodes, and that How I Met Your Mother will steal a nom.

Once again helmetz, thanks!!

In a perfect world, HIMYM would get at least one nom here.

Pushing Daisies could (and should) land a nod. I'm still in doubt if Emmy voters will embrace the show.

Desperate Housewives deserves a nomination for "The Game", as does Felicity Huffman.

I don't understand why some shows were able to submit so many. What are the rules for how many episodes you can submit?

G'Day,

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Originally posted by iskolar:
Why did The Office submitted a gazillion episodes? But I still think they'll get nommed.

It dosn't help to give the voters so many episodes to sort out, but imagine being a writer on the Office and being told "we arn't going to submit your work because we think someone else's is stronger and he has a better chance of getting in if you don't run". I think ther Office is doing the right thing by giving all its writers a shot.

Thanks as always Helmz!
Of the episodes listed that I have seen here are the 5 I think are best:
1. PUSHING DAISIES, “Pie-Lette”
2. THE OFFICE, “Fun Run” (Parts 1 & 2)
3. 30 ROCK, “Greenzo”
4. 30 ROCK, “Rosemary’s Baby”
5. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, “The Bracket”

"The Office" and "Samantha Who?" should have streamlined their choices some more than that. "The Office" at least will get in for something, but it might just be for one episode. "Californication" should have campaigned for "California Son" -- it's sad that they're not going to bat at all for that episode. Good choices for "30 Rock", and "Pushing Daisies" was very smart to only go for "Pie-Lette" -- they have a strong chance of getting in now. The overall list comes off as lacking though.

I liked those two episodes of Ugly Betty but I really don't get why they are not submitting for anything "Zero Worship". I think it was their best this season.

G'Day,

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Originally posted by sunoftheskye:
I don't understand why some shows were able to submit so many. What are the rules for how many episodes you can submit?

Because different shows have different numbers of writers the ammiunt a show can submit varies. The same way some shows will have more supporting actress submission than other shows.

Here is a confusing explanation from Page 57 of the Emmys rules and procedures 2008:

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Entrants must have, either by themselves or in conjunction with other story or teleplay writers, at
least 50% credit-share of the entered program.
Some possible combinations:
sole writing credit = 100% for sole writer;
2-person shared writing credit = 100%/2 = 50% for each writer;
teleplay credit for 1 writer and story credit for 1 writer = 60% for teleplay writer and 40% for story
writer;
2-person shared writing credit for a teleplay and 2-person shared story credit = 60%/2 = 30% for
each teleplay writer and 40%/2 = 20% for each story writer.
Entrants can put their credit percentages toward only one entry per category.

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The Office submitted waaayyy too many episodes. However, here are four that are in for sure:

Money (The Office)
Branch Wars (The Office)
Pie-lette (Pushing Daisies)
210 (30 Rock)

Wait a second, can't writers only submit one episode per person?

Because Paul Leiberstein has more than one episode there for The Office.

The Office - The Deposition is the standout out of their submissions.

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Originally posted by Noble:
G'Day,

quote:

Originally posted by sunoftheskye:
I don't understand why some shows were able to submit so many. What are the rules for how many episodes you can submit?

Because different shows have different numbers of writers the ammiunt a show can submit varies. The same way some shows will have more supporting actress submission than other shows.

Here is a confusing explanation from Page 57 of the Emmys rules and procedures 2008:

quote:

Entrants must have, either by themselves or in conjunction with other story or teleplay writers, at
least 50% credit-share of the entered program.
Some possible combinations:
sole writing credit = 100% for sole writer;
2-person shared writing credit = 100%/2 = 50% for each writer;
teleplay credit for 1 writer and story credit for 1 writer = 60% for teleplay writer and 40% for story
writer;
2-person shared writing credit for a teleplay and 2-person shared story credit = 60%/2 = 30% for
each teleplay writer and 40%/2 = 20% for each story writer.
Entrants can put their credit percentages toward only one entry per category.

Ohh, I see. So the different writers submit the episodes they think they can win with, the way the actors do. I was thinking of it more of like a series as a whole thing.

My favorite episodes on this list:

"Pilot", Californication
"The Game", Desperate Housewives
"Pie-Lette", Pushing Daisies
"Rosemary's Baby", 30 Rock
"The Wedding", Samantha Who?

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The office wil be nommed for "Dinner Party" by far the best episode of the year. Melora Hardin deserves the emmy for that episode alone. I wish they would feature her more!

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210”
“Cooter”
“Greenzo”
“Rosemary’s Baby”
“Secrets and Lies”

30 Rock will get at least two nominations here. I expect the episode Tina wrote, Cooter, to be a lock.

Predictions:

30 Rock - Cooter
30 Rock - Greenzo
30 Rock - Secrets and Lies
The Office - Money
Pushing Daisies - The Pie-Lette

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Jack Burditt for 30 Rock ("Rosemary's Baby")
Jennifer Celotta & Paul Lieberstein for The Office ("Goodbye, Toby")
Greg Daniels for The Office ("Fun Run")
Tina Fey for 30 Rock ("Cooter")
Bryan Fuller for Pushing Daisies ("Pie-Lette")

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Very smart move from 'Pushing Daisies', pilot was their best episode so far. I don't get why 'Ugly Betty' is always picking one of the weakest episodes of the season, 'Something Wicked...' and left out killer episode like 'A Nice Day For A Posh Wedding'. 'Desperate Housewives' learned they lesson from last year when they choosed too much episodes. 'The Game' is the best, 'Now You Know' and 'In Buddy's Eyes' are pretty good too. IMO, putting 'Something's Coming' here is wrong - it will take votes from another 3 episodes, while script isn't the most important there but directing, visual effects and a few awesome performances.

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Originally posted by Jake221:
'Desperate Housewives' learned they lesson from last year when they choosed too much episodes.

Where is English Teacher?

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Originally posted by moviefan61794:

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Originally posted by Jake221:
'Desperate Housewives' learned they lesson from last year when they choosed too much episodes.

Where is English Teacher?

I'm sorry for my English. I know that I'm making stupid mistakes. "DH learned they lesson from last year. They choosed too many episodes then." Was that better?

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Originally posted by Jake221:

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Originally posted by moviefan61794:

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Originally posted by Jake221:
'Desperate Housewives' learned they lesson from last year when they choosed too much episodes.

Where is English Teacher?

I'm sorry for my English. I know that I'm making stupid mistakes. "DH learned they lesson from last year. They choosed too many episodes then." Was that better?

Just do the best that you can Jake221. You were close enough.

I really think that Ugly Betty should have submitted "I see me, ICU". It was funny and touching. It's a very underrated episode.