Emmy Ballot FYC

Over at HollywoodChicago, Brian Tallerico thought it would be helpful to jot down a few key names to help television Academy members who might not have a clue as to whom to vote for (it doesn’t matter – they always vote for the same people over and over again). But if Brian had a choice:

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
Peter Facinelli, “Nurse Jackie”
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”
Jack McBrayer, “30 Rock”
Danny Pudi, “Community”
Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family”

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”
Portia de Rossi, “Better Off Ted”
Jenna Fischer, “The Office”
Jane Lynch, “Glee”
Elizabeth Perkins, “Weeds”
Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”

Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Steve Carell, “The Office”
Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Joel McHale, “Community”
Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory”
Tony Shalhoub, “Monk”

Best Lead Actress in a Comedy
Toni Collette, “United States of Tara”
Kaley Cuoco, “The Big Bang Theory”
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds”
Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”

Best Comedy
“30 Rock”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
“Glee”
“Modern Family”
“Nurse Jackie”
“The Office”

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
Alexander Skarsgard in “True Blood”
Henry Ian Cusick, “Lost”
Tate Donovan, “Damages”
John Lithgow, “Dexter”
Terry O’Quinn, “Lost”
Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad”

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama
Khandi Alexander, “Treme”
Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife”
Jennifer Carpenter, “Dexter”
Ginnifer Goodwine, “Big Love”
Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”
Regina King, “Southland”

Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Timothy Olyphant in Justified
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”
Nathan Fillion, “Castle”
Matthew Fox, “Lost”
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”

Best Lead Actress in a Drama
Glenn Close, “Damages”
January Jones, “Mad Men”
Stana Katic, “Castle”
Juliana Margulies, “The Good Wife”
Anna Paquin, “True Blood”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”

Best Drama
“Breaking Bad”
“Dexter”
“The Good Wife”
“Justified”
“Lost”
“Mad Men”

This does not look like too tall of an order, and I won’t be surprised if the Emmy noms end up looking a lot like this. ¬†I certainly would not choose Lost as Best Drama series, but would choose Big Love instead (and along with it, Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny. ¬†I’m not even that keen on The Good Wife, and would choose Medium instead, probably. Julia Louis Dreyfus would be on my list for The New Adventures of Old Christine. ¬†Anna Gunn and Aaron Paul for Breaking Bad. ¬†Thomas Jane and Jane Adams for Hung.