The Unfiltered Ramblings of a DVR Addict

• Big Love (HBO)
• Dexter (SHOWTIME)
• House (FOX)
• Mad Men (AMC)
• True Blood (HBO)

Of course Mad Men is the odds on favorite here. It is the most critically acclaimed show in the past five years.  I would love to see Big Love or True Blood win, but my guess is that it will be Mad Men again.  Sons of Anarchy and Breaking Bad both should have been nominated in this category.  I hope you notice the fact that there is only one network show on this list.  This is a trend that we will be seeing much more of.

Best Television Series – Musical Or Comedy

• Entourage (HBO)
• Glee (FOX)
• 30 Rock (NBC)
• Modern Family (ABC)
• The Office (NBC)

Entourage, really?  How about The Big Bang Theory?  How about Curb Your Enthusiasm?  Something other than Entourage that has grown tired and stale.  I’m pretty sure that 30 Rock is going to win this.  Modern Family deserves it.  Watch out for Glee as the dark horse.

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Georgia O’Keeffe (LIFETIME)
• Grey Gardens (HBO)
• Into The Storm (HBO)
• Little Dorrit (PBS)
• Taking Chance (HBO)

Smart money is on Grey Gardens, although I loved Into The Storm.

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama

• Glenn Close – Damages (FX NETWORK)
• January Jones – Mad Men (AMC)
• Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife (CBS)
• Anna Paquin – True Blood (HBO)
• Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT)

Glen Close is going to win this award.  It’s Glen Close to god’s sake.  It’s a little disappointing that these were the 5 best actresses they could find.  Other than Close or January Jones I don’t see any winners here.  I think that Katey Sagal should have been here for her excellent work as Gemma on Sons of Anarchy.  Putting Julianna Margulies and Kyra Sedgwik up there is a joke.

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama

• Simon Baker – The Mentalist (CBS)
• Michael C. Hall – Dexter (SHOWTIME)
• Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC)
• Hugh Laurie – House (FOX)
• Bill Paxton – Big Love (HBO)

If I was a betting man I would put the money on Hugh Laurie, since voters have a hard on for him for some reason.  I’d love to see Michael C. Hall or Bill Paxton win it, but it will be Laurie or Hamm.  Charlie Hunnam should have been her for SOA.

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy

• Toni Collette – United States Of Tara (SHOWTIME)
• Courteney Cox – Cougar Town (ABC)
• Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie (SHOWTIME)
• Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC)
• Lea Michele – Glee (FOX)

Toni Collette will win this for United States of Tara, and she probably deserves it.  Tiny Fey always has a shot, but she will get her Golden Globe of the night as a producer of 30 Rock.  How great would it be to see Lea Michelle win it for Glee?

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy

• Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC)
• Steve Carell – The Office (NBC)
• David Duchovny – Californication (SHOWTIME)
• Thomas Jane – Hung (HBO)
• Matthew Morrison – Glee (FOX)

I’m pretty sure that every time Alec Baldwin has been nominated for his work on 30 Rock he’s won, and I don’t see it going any  differently this year.  I’m keeping my fingers crossed for David Duchovny.

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Joan Allen – Georgia O’Keeffe (LIFETIME)
• Drew Barrymore – Grey Gardens (HBO)
• Jessica Lange – Grey Gardens (HBO)
• Anna Paquin – The Courageous Heart Of Irena (CBS)
• Sigourney Weaver – Prayers For Bobby (LIFETIME)

Lange or Barrymore will win for Grey Gardens.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Kevin Bacon – Taking Chance (HBO)
• Kenneth Branagh – Wallander: One Step Behind (BBC)
• Chiwetel Ejiofor – Endgame (PBS)
• Brendan Gleeson – Into The Storm (HBO)
• Jeremy Irons – Georgia O’Keeffe (LIFETIME)

I’ll be honest.  I didn’t see any of these so I don’t have a clue.  I hear good things about Kevin Bacon, and the Hollywood Forgien Press likes it when a movie actors come to TV.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Jane Adams – Hung (HBO)
• Rose Byrne – Damages (FX NETWORK)
• Jane Lynch – Glee (FOX)
• Janet McTeer – Into The Storm (HBO)
• Chloe Sevigny – Big Love (HBO)

I’d put my money on Chloe Sevigny for Big Love, but I really want Jane Lynch to win this.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

• Michael Emerson – Lost (ABC)
• Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
• William Hurt – Damages (FX NETWORK)
• John Lithgow – Dexter (SHOWTIME)
• Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO)

Neil Patrick Harris deserves to win this.  He’s great, but he won’t win.  John Lithgow or William Hurt will win.

Who do you think go snubbed?  Leave a comment and let us know.