The 63rd Primetime Emmys: Peter Dinklage wins! Nobody cares about the rest!

Zonugal

This Sunday at 8 p.m. EST is the 623rd Primetime Emmys!!!

So naturally we should have a thread where we can yell about how Community wasn't nominated for anything and to see how badly Jane Lynch does at hosting. For those unaware here are the nominees in the categories...

Outstanding Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men

Outstanding Comedy Series
Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
Parks and Recreation
30 Rock

Outstanding Actress in a Drama
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Mariska Harigtay, Law and Order: SVU
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Margo Martindale, Justified
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Outstanding Actor in a Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
John Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Timothy Olyphant, Justified

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Walton Goggins, Justified
John Slattery, Mad Men
Andrew Braugher, Men of a Certain Age

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laurie Linney, The Big C
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot In Cleveland
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Louis C.K., Louie
Steve Carrell, The Office
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy
Chris Colfer, Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ed O’Neill, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Variety, Comedy Or Musical Series
The Colbert Report
Conan
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Reality Show
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef

Outstanding TV Miniseries or Movie
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Kennedys
Mildred Pierce
The Pillars of the Earth
Too Big To Fail

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy
Idris Elba, The Big C
Nathan Lane, Modern Family
Zach Galifianakis, Saturday Night Live
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
Matt Damon, 30 Rock
Will Arnett, 30 Rock

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy
Kristin Chenoweth, Glee
Dot-Marie Jones, Glee
Gwyneth Paltrow, Glee
Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Elizabeth Banks, 30 Rock


Outstanding Variety Show or Comedy Series:
The Colbert Report
Conan
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

So let us gab and gossip about who we feel is a shoe in to win and such, LETS BECOME JUDGMENTAL BITCHES!

Sweeney Tom

Jane Lynch

Glee

Skull Man

fuck boardwalk empire

derivative snooze-fest

Zonugal

So I personally could use a good drinking game to this year's Emmys because well Big Bang Theory is on that list and.....

So, what would make good rules?

Raijin Quickfoot

I swear if Big Bang Theory wins anything again I'm going to punch someone or something in the face.

Skull Man

mad men was a beast this season

probably the zenith of anything that's been done on television, ever

Raijin Quickfoot

Sofia Vagera's breasts should win for best supporting actress.

Skull Man

Raijin Quickfoot wrote:

Sofia Vagera's breasts should win for best supporting actress.

and her bra should win for best actress support

Raijin Quickfoot

Melissa McCarthy got a nomination for Mike & Molly? Did they just not have enough other people they could have nominated?

tofu

No Breaking Bad huh? That's dumb

Skull Man

breaking bad wasn't eligible for this year

it's not a snub

Raijin Quickfoot

As nifty as it would be to get to vote for this kind of stuff I do not envy them having to pick one name out of that Best Actor in a Drama Series category.

I really wish Sean Bean has received a nomination.

Balefuego

tofu wrote:

No Breaking Bad huh? That's dumb

it wasn't eligible this year because the season started so late. season 4 will win all the emmys next year

Pharezon

Skull Man wrote:

fuck boardwalk empire

derivative snooze-fest

I thought it was pretty great. What didn't you like about it?

Skull Man

Pharezon wrote:

Skull Man wrote:

fuck boardwalk empire

derivative snooze-fest

I thought it was pretty great. What didn't you like about it?

I felt like it was using a lot of techniques and imitating an aesthetic from really inspired shows (Mad Men, Deadwood) without bringing much to the table

I stayed with it for the first season, understanding that shows like this often have a slow burn, but it never payed off in a satisfying way or did anything worthy of the build-up and in the end I felt really cheated

Sweeney Tom

Pharezon wrote:

Skull Man wrote:

fuck boardwalk empire

derivative snooze-fest

I thought it was pretty great. What didn't you like about it?

I loved Boardwalk Empire, but I can understand why people don't like it.

Garlic Bread

Raijin Quickfoot wrote:

Melissa McCarthy got a nomination for Mike & Molly? Did they just not have enough other people they could have nominated?

She was super funny in Bridesmaids so I'll just consider it a nomination for that

Baroque And Roll

yeah sorry Skull Man but you're dead wrong

Spoilers: I'm not really sorry

Spoit

Raijin Quickfoot wrote:

Melissa McCarthy got a nomination for Mike & Molly? Did they just not have enough other people they could have nominated?

It's not like there are any other comedy shows that they could have had nominations from.

None.

At all.

Pharezon

Skull Man wrote:

Pharezon wrote:

Skull Man wrote:

fuck boardwalk empire

derivative snooze-fest

I thought it was pretty great. What didn't you like about it?

I felt like it was using a lot of techniques and imitating an aesthetic from really inspired shows (Mad Men, Deadwood) without bringing much to the table

I stayed with it for the first season, understanding that shows like this often have a slow burn, but it never payed off in a satisfying way or did anything worthy of the build-up and in the end I felt really cheated

Ah, well. I think the second season is going to be way more compelling due to the built up conflict at the end of season 1. Things are going to get quite serious.

Garlic Bread

I enjoy Boardwalk Empire well enough, I guess. It's not amazing, but it's decent and I don't really watch much TV so I'll keep watching it

Skull Man

can we all agree that it's ridiculous that dexter season 5 is up for an emmy

Zonugal

God dammit, they should just always have Conan O'Brien host the Emmys. All of them, forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o67XXwVrts4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjw9XhjqG14

Raijin Quickfoot

I still haven't seen any of season 5.

Calamity Jane

The Male Character of Rape (Game of Thrones) sweeps!

Garlic Bread

I hope Louis CK gets one

Skull Man

fucking big bang theory

Raijin Quickfoot

I know exactly one person who watches Big Bang Theory and I don't like him very much.

I've watched it maybe a total of 3 times and all 3 times it was terrible.

Tonkka

Wow look at all those shows I have never seen.

Garlic Bread

My dad watches it

They played clips constantly when I worked at GameStop and people would always go "OH MY GOD YOU GET TO WATCH THIS? HOW LUCKY!!"

Some of the clips were actually funny the first time

not the next 400 times over the month

Sweeney Tom

I've watched Big Bang Theory a total of 0 times

I'm forever proud of this

DJ Eebs

Keith wrote:

I hope Louis CK gets one

I hope he doesn't get best actor because steve carrell should have like seven

you heard me, seven

well, maybe six

(parks and rec for best comedy)

Garlic Bread

My dad says Sheldon reminds him of me

I don't like my dad.

DJ Eebs

glee got ridiculously stupid really fast

I watched like, the first thirteen episodes and got through those just fine but man

man

Garlic Bread

I'm still super excited for Glee

even though it was consistently dumb the entire 2nd season

and the season finale was the exact same thing as the first season

I will still watch every episode

Sweeney Tom

The Geebs That Is A Pony wrote:

glee got ridiculously stupid really fast

I watched like, the first thirteen episodes and got through those just fine but man

man

As a humongous fan of the show, and I'm ridiculously in love with everything about it

Yes

Yes it did

humble

how is community not nominated at all

also i love big bang theory

suck my dick

Centipede Damascus

nominating Jon Cryer instead of Nick Offerman is a decision so stupid it makes me want to vomit all over the Emmy voters

DJ Eebs

humble wrote:

how is community not nominated at all

also i love big bang theory

suck my dick

because not enough people watch community and it's too weird for all the old people in charge of the emmys

humble

also how was it's always sunny not nominated at least once

DJ Eebs

see: community