The Emmy Nominations only kind of suck this year

The 2010 Emmy Nominations were announced this morning. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences continued to lick the taint of Glee, nominating it for about 100 things…including that useless Restylyne idiot Lea Michele. Well, I guess she is less wooden than co-nom January Jones. Please, tell me? Do you just HAVE to nominate her because you nominate every other lead actor in Mad Men? The difference is, they’re GOOD. (Jon Hamm is obviously up for Best Actor in a field of truly outstanding nominees, and Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks and John Slattery both got Supporting nods, as well as Robert Morse for Guest Actor.)

The best part about this year’s nominations wasn’t the Mad Men love, believe it or not. It wasn’t even the fact Jon Hamm got TWO nominations, the second in the Best Guest Actor (Comedy) for his hilarious turn as Dr. Drew in 30 Rock. It was the fact both Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler received nominations for Friday Night Lights. I am stunned. I am doing a happy dance. The Taylors might be the most awesome married couple in the history of hour-long TV dramas.

Naturally, the Emmy nominations had to mostly suck. In addition to Glee getting all those nods, Kristen Wiig was once again nominated in the Supporting category for being the death of comedy on SNL. And The Office was nominated for Best Comedy. Uh…what? Has anyone watched Parks and Recreation? Oh well. At least we will get to see Betty White take home another statue and take solace in the fact no one likes that rat bastard Jay Leno.

Oh frak. I almost forgot. American Idol got SIX nominations. Huh? The voters were obviously watching Nouvelle Star and got confused. And The Goddess Cat Deeley was once again inexplicably denied in the somewhat paradoxical category of Best Reality TV Host. So the Emmys still really, really suck.

Here is a full list of nominations, courtesy of Gawker (just because I love it when Richard Lawson talks about TV):

DRAMA SERIES
“Breaking Bad” (AMC)
“Dexter” (Showtime)
“The Good Wife” (CBS)
“Lost” (ABC)
“Mad Men” (AMC)
“True Blood” (HBO)

COMEDY SERIES
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)
“Glee” (Fox)
“Modern Family” (ABC)
“Nurse Jackie” (Showtime)
“The Office” (NBC)
“30 Rock” (NBC)

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
“Emma” (Masterpiece)
“Georgia O’Keeffe” (Lifetime)
“The Pacific” (HBO)
“Temple Grandin” (HBO)
“You Don’t Know Jack” (HBO)

MINISERIES
“The Pacific” (HBO)
“Return To Cranford” (PBS)

ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jim Parsons – “Big Bang Theory”
Larry David – “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Matthew Morrison – “Glee”
Tony Shalhoub – “Monk”
Steve Carell – “The Office”
Alec Baldwin – “30 Rock”

ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Bryan Cranston – “Breaking Bad”
Michael C. Hall – “Dexter”
Kyle Chandler = “Friday Night Lights”
Hugh Laurie – “House”
Matthew Fox – “Lost”
Jon Hamm – “Mad Men”

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Lea Michele – “Glee”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “The New Adventures Of Old Christine”
Edie Falco – “Nurse Jackie”
Amy Poehler – “Parks And Recreation”
Tina Fey – “30 Rock”
Toni Collette – “United States Of Tara”

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Kyra Sedgwick – “The Closer”
Glenn Close – “Damages”
Connie Britton – “Friday Night Lights”
Julianna Margulies – “The Good Wife”
Mariska Hargitay – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
January Jones – “Mad Men”

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
“Endgame”
“Georgia O’Keeffe”
“Moonshot”
“The Special Relationship”
“Temple Grandin”
“You Don’t Know Jack”

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Jeff Bridges – “A Dog Year”
Ian McKellen – “The Prisoner”
Michael Sheen – “The Special Relationship”
Dennis Quaid – “The Special Relationship”
Al Pacino – “You Don’t Know Jack”

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Maggie Smith – “Capturing Mary”
Joan Allen – “Georgia O’Keeffe”
Dame Judi Dench – “Return To Cranford”
Hope Davis – “The Special Relationship”
Claire Danes – “Temple Grandin”

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Chris Colfer – “Glee”
Neil Patrick Harris – “How I Met Your Mother”
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – “Modern Family”
Eric Stonestreet – “Modern Family”
Ty Burrell – “Modern Family”

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Aaron Paul – “Breaking Bad”
Martin Short – “Damages”
Terry O’Quinn – “Lost”
Michael Emerson – “Lost”
John Slattery – “Mad Men”
Andre Braugher – “Men Of A Certain Age”

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Michael Gambon – “Emma”
Patrick Stewart – “Hamlet”
Jonathan Pryce – “Return To Cranford”
David Strathairn – “Temple Grandin”
John Goodman – “You Don’t Know Jack”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jane Lynch – “Glee”
Julie Bowen – “Modern Family”
Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family”
Kristen Wiig – “Saturday Night Live”
Jane Krakowski – “30 Rock”
Holland Taylor – “Two And A Half Men”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Sharon Gless – “Burn Notice”
Rose Byrne – “Damages”
Archie Panjabi – “The Good Wife”
Christine Baranski – “The Good Wife”
Christina Hendricks – “Mad Men”
Elisabeth Moss – “Mad Men”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Kathy Bates – “Alice”
Julia Ormond – “Temple Grandin”
Catherine O’Hara – “Temple Grandin”
Brenda Vaccaro – “You Don’t Know Jack”
Susan Sarandon – “You Don’t Know Jack”

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Mike O’Malley – “Glee”
Neil Patrick Harris – “Glee”
Fred Willard – “Modern Family”
Eli Wallach – “Nurse Jackie”
Jon Hamm – “30 Rock”
Will Arnett – “30 Rock”

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Beau Bridges – “The Closer”
Ted Danson – “Damages”
John Lithgow – “Dexter”
Alan Cumming – “The Good Wife”
Dylan Baker – “The Good Wife”
Robert Morse – “Mad Men”
Gregory Itzin – “24″

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Christine Baranski – “The Big Bang Theory”
Kathryn Joosten – “Desperate Housewives”
Kristin Chenoweth – “Glee”
Tina Fey – “Saturday Night Live”
Betty White – “Saturday Night Live”
Elaine Stritch – “30 Rock”
Jane Lynch – “Two And A Half Men”

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Mary Kay Place – “Big Love”
Sissy Spacek – “Big Love”
Shirley Jones – “The Cleaner”
Lily Tomlin – “Damages”
Ann-Margre – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
Elizabeth Mitchell – “Lost”

VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
“The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central)
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central)
“Real Time With Bill Maher” (HBO)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
“The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien” (NBC)