I know the ladies will get some discussion! LOL
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Patricia Arquette asAlison Dubois, Medium (NBC)
Minnie Driver as Dahlia Malloy, The Riches (FX)
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano, The Sopranos (HBO)
Sally Field as Nora Walker, Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, The Closer (TNT)

A good lineup, but obscene snubs at the same time.

I will say based on tapes they did good, but I am sorry Connie Britton and Calista Flockhart don't get in while Patricia Arquette and Mariska Hargitay do?

I can remember Arquette being the weak link w/an OK tape involving a bank robbery.

Driver was the one to beat. Sure the show wasn't Emmy friendly, but the scene where she is holding the needle and contemplating using that is a scene that wins Emmys, but if you are the actress who one this category maybe you'll get a win.

Falco had the swan song of the show ending and that was her reward.

Field was good, but seriously? This was the Academy playing it safe if you ask me.

Hargitay won the previous yr. so her nom was expected. Her reel started off good, but then it gets boring towards the end.

I remember people saying that Sedgwick messed up in submitting and if she were to have submitted another episode that was buzzed around here she would've won.

Question:
Who deserved the Emmy?

Choices:
Patricia Arquette
Minnie Driver
Edie Falco
Sally Field
Mariska Hargitay
Kyra Sedgwick

 

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As for the ladies submissions (thanks Atypical for the mention in the other post):

Arquette: "Be Kind, Rewind"
Driver: "Pilot"
Falco: "The Second Coming"
Field: "Mistakes Were Made, Part II"
Hargitay: "Florida"
Sedgwick: "Slippin"

I really liked this year.

I prefer: Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)

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Here's how I will rank them that year.

6. Hargitay. I wouldn't mind if she was snubbed in favor of Britton, Flockhart, and even Pompeo. This was the Wishin nad Hopin year and Pompeo nailed that scene well. She's not overdue too.

5. Falco. I love you honey, you were very good through out the whole series but you're a supporting this season. And you've already had lots of Emmys.

4. Sedgwick. Consistently good. I was honestly contented with her submission, but there are just better performances that overtook her that year.

3. Field. It would have been better if she submitted the two parter since she shone on the other episode, but everything about her performance is timely, and you can really see her pain as a mother, so I can say she's effective. It just saddens me since Flockhart was equally good on the show.

2. Arquette. I know there's a lot of hate toward her, and the show in general. But this is one of her best performances in the show. Combined with the other episode where she's also excellent, I think she had already proven herself that she's worthy of the Emmy bestowed to her two years before this

1. Driver. One of the best submissions in this category for this decade alongside Garner in Alias pilot, Sedgwick in Fantasy Date, and Falco in Whitecaps. She was raw, and the character of Dahlia isn't lovable, but she manages to combine all those in a very honest performance.

This is a strong category and the last time it was still exciting before we've been stuck to the Close-Field-Hargitay-Hunter-Sedgwick combo.

Are to judge based on the actual episodes they submitted or on their overall performance during the season? Because for me those are two very different things.

I factored both though there are times where I judged the tapes G.Penn.

This is a tough year to sift through, but over time I can see why Sally Field won the Emmy. It was a "go with what you know" kind of choice in a divided field, and I can picture the rest of the nominees leaving voters uninspired. The sad thing about Sally Field is that she could have legitimately blew out the competition with the incredible "Affairs of State", but "Mistakes Were Made" (Part 2) wasn't her best moment from season 1 at all, and that horrible wig they put Nora in for Justin's 9/11 flashbacks didn't help matters. Kyra Sedgwick also bungled her tape submission that year by not going with "Critical Missing", so I knew that she was out with "Slippin'". "Florida" was a mess and one of Mariska Hargitay's worst submissions. Edie Falco could have won the Emmy the year before for "Join the Club" HAD SHE BEEN NOMINATED. But "The Second Coming" had her in supporting status, and that was James Gandolfini's episode. Minnie Driver was memorable in "The Riches" and made a great match to Eddie Izzard, but that's a series that I never really got into or liked too much, and I didn't see them rewarding this show right out of the gate like that with a lead acting win. I didn't watch Patricia Arquette's tape, but I doubt that she factored into the race too much. I won't vote in this poll, since I didn't like the winner and wasn't too excited about the competition. I think that I predicted Edie Falco to win a goodbye Emmy knowing that her chances were slim to none. And there's nothing wrong with the regulars we've been getting the past two years in this category. There's a more satisfying roster for me than this year was.

I hated this category that year. Did they even count tapes when coming up with these nominees?

Arquette - Uh, why are you even here? Get lost has-been.

Hargitay - This was the worst tape she's ever submitted.

Falco - I love you, but no. You should have been nominated the year before and snubbed this time (yes, even if it was the last season. She didn't do sh*t and her tape proved it).

Field - Not impressed. The wig was so distracting.

Sedgwick - Didn't even see her tape. Whoops.

Driver - Should have won. Her tape was the best one here.

Actual nominees should have been (based on their tapes and season-long performance):

Connie Britton
Minnie Driver
Calista Flockhart
Ellen Pompeo (LOL!)
Kyra Sedgwick

Now that would have been a fun race.

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Yes, Ellen Pompeo one of the best actress in television, and i suppose she deserve a nomination for season 2-3, but the ****ing emmy voters are all of blind. **** you Emmy!

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Originally posted by Bazookka Joe:
Actual nominees should have been (based on their tapes and season-long performance):

Connie Britton
Minnie Driver
Calista Flockhart
Ellen Pompeo (LOL!)
Kyra Sedgwick

Wow, you praised Ellen Pompeo. LOL. That's something new. Hahaha.

Here are my tape rankings:

6. Hargitay
good, but great. Pompeo should have been here based on tape.
5. Sedgwick
Again, she's been a lot better and this wasn't as emotionally powerful as her other tapes if I remember correctly.
4. Field
This is an emotive performance that touches you, but she's a supporting player in an ugly wig. I love the scene where she sits on the floor in the pantry and her letter at the end is quite powerful, but it's not enough.
3. Falco
One strong scene. One really strong scene that knocks your socks off.
2. Arquette
She's real here, grounded, and you buy everything she has to sell. I usually don't think looks of horror are markers of great acting, but Arquette's reactions to her legs is so powerful and moving. She doesn't overdo it at all, and I feel as if my legs are gone to.
1. Driver
No one is better. This is the strongest submitted tape of the decade. If this pilot were a film she would have been nominated for the Oscar and at least have been one of the top 3 contenders for the win. I'd put this performance against any oscar winning lady this decade and it can stand on its own against it. The scene outside with the needle, that's acting. And the fact that she pulls off the accent is incredible.

On season:
6. Sedgwick
She did fine work from what I've seen (about 4 or 5 eps), but nothing extremely noteworthy. However, she does give Brenda layers.
5. Falco
A supporting player with not that much to do this year. I felt like she was standing around watching Tony and her family. She wasn't an active agent, and, while she didn't need to do anything new she was still her very good self. Nothing more, nothing less.
4. Hargitay
She's had stronger seasons (2006, 2008, 2009). Her performance here was great though. What makes her special and typically deserving of a nom is how real she is, her avoidance of over the top emotions, and her consistent character portrayal. Benson is the same through and through, and still complex.
3. Arquette
Grounded, real and powerful. She continued to play the most realistic woman on television and she's a psychic. Very impressive work.
2. Driver
Not as strong as her work in the shortened 2008 season where she was oscar-worthy every single minute and did even deeper character analysis, but she was still extremely impressive. One of the best noms of the decade, and a thoroughly impressive and real performance through every moment of the season. Sucks that she didn't win a globe, a SAG, or the TCA.
1. Field
Towering. Every week I watched and I was reminded why this woman had two Oscars. She was real, funny, emotive, and just knew how to act with every actor on the show and constantly layer Nora. Nora is such an easy character to define, but that doesn't mean she isn't complex, and Field showed that every week. Absolutely a breath of fresh air, and one of the best debut seasons by an actress in a drama series that I've ever seen.

Socres:
Sedgwick - 11
Hargitay - 10
Falco - 8
Arquette - 5
Field - 5
Driver - 3

Even though Arquette and Field are tied, there is a big difference in their real score based on their season long performance.

I'm not sure if I want to judge on a mix of tapes and season long performance. If I did Driver would win, and she certainly deserves an emmy for this role, and even this season. But Field was so impressive in every episode, and if I stacked "Affairs of State" against Driver's "Pilot" then they would both be tied.

So tough, even with the score gap. I want Field to win so bad for impressing me so much, but I'll throw Driver my vote. I guess I voted for Field in the 79 Oscar poll.

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Wow, you praised Ellen Pompeo. LOL. That's something new. Hahaha.

Well it was either her or Evangeline Lilly. Kate is one of the worst female characters currently on TV. Even worse than Meredith and that's saying something. "I Do" sucked too, so that doesn't help.

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Pompeo would have been a deserving nominee for this year. Aside from last season, Wishin and Hopin is arguably her best performance through out the whole series.

Patricia Arquette