My take on Emmys 2005

First, there're too many categories that I don't care or not familiar, so a partial list.

Comedy Series
Arrested Development FOX
Most likely to win
Desperate Housewives ABC
Good performance, but how many new boyfriend can they have?
Everybody Loves Raymond CBS
Mooseport
Scrubs NBC
My personal favirate, but NBC's going to drop it?
Will & Grace NBC
I like Leo better

Drama Series
Deadwood HBO
Lost ABC
Most likely to win
Six Feet Under HBO
Nate's dead, now it's too depressing
24 FOX
Jack is doing well with the ratings
The West Wing NBC
My favirate, let's see who's going to be the next President

Reality/Competition Program
The Amazing Race CBS
Will win again
American Idol FOX
Very very sucessful, but not going to win an emmy
The Apprentice NBC
You don't have to watch the 3rd season to know Donald sucks.
Project Runway BRAVO
Survivor CBS
Will it suvive this season?

Lead Actor, Comedy Series
Jason Bateman - Arrested Development FOX
Zach Braff - Scrubs NBC
He's my favorite, smark kid with bright future
Eric McCormack - Will & Grace ABC
Ray Romano - Everybody Loves RaymondCBS
Mooseport
Tony Shalhoub - Monk USA

Lead Actor, Drama Series
Hank Azaria - Huff Showtime
James Spader - Boston Legal ABC
Hugh Laurie - House FOX
Kiefer Sutherland - 24 FOX
May be, as an actor in a show that doesn't have too much chacractor development, not sure it's going to get him the emmy.
Ian McShane - Deadwood HBO

Lead Actress, Comedy Series
Will be one of the wives
Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives ABC
Teri Hatcher - Desperate Housewives ABC
Patricia Heaton - Everybody Loves Raymond CBS
Spent too much time in Albersons
Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives ABC
Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm In The Middle FOX

Lead Actress, Drama Series
Jennifer Garner - Alias ABC
Spent too much time with Ben
Patricia Arquette - Medium NBC
Mariska Hargitay - Law and Order Special Victim's Unit NBC
Glenn Close - The Shield FX
Frances Conroy - Six Feet Under HBO
Very hopeful

Supporting Actor, Comedy Series
Jeffrey Tambor - Arrested Development FOX
Brad Garrett - Everybody Loves Raymond CBS
Another time?
Peter Boyle - Everybody Loves Raymond CBS
Jeremy Piven - Entourage HBO
Sean Hayes - Will & Grace NBC

Supporting Actor, Drama Series
William Shatner - Boston Legal ABC
Terry O'Quinn - Lost ABC
Naveen Andrews - Lost ABC
Oliver Platt - Huff Showtime
Alan Alda - The West Wing NBC
I like him and the charactor in the WW, but he didn't get too much time there

Supporting Actress, Comedy Series
Doris Roberts - Everybody Loves Raymond CBS
Most likely
Jessica Walter - Arrested Development FOX
Holland Taylor - Two and a Half Men CBS
Conchata Ferrell - Two and a Half Men CBS
Megan Mullally - Will & Grace NBC
I love her

Supporting Actress, Drama Series
Sandra Oh - Grey’s Anatomy ABC
Good work from The Sideways to Grey's Anatomy
Tyne Daly - Judging Amy CBS
Blythe Danner - Huff Showtime
CCH Pounder - The Shield FX
Stockard Channing - The West Wing NBC
She's good but she has to do something more to deserve another Emmy

Miniseries
Elvis CBS
Empire Falls HBO
The 4400 USA
The Lost Prince (Masterpiece Theatre) PBS
Lead Actor, Miniseries or Movie
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Elvis CBS
Ed Harris - Empire Falls HBO
Geoffrey Rush - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers HBO
Never seen the show but I like him
Kenneth Branagh - Warm Springs HBO
William H. Macy - The Wool Cap TNT
Haven't seen the show, but he's one of my favorite actor
Lead Actress, Miniseries or Movie
Blythe Danner - Back When We Were Grownups CBS
Debra Winger - Dawn Anna Lifetime
S. Epatha Merkerson - Lackawanna Blues HBO
Halle Berry - Their Eyes Were Watching God ABC
Good figure, but not for an Emmy. Well, she's got an Oscar under her belt, so who knows?
Cynthia Nixon - Warm Springs HBO
Like her in Sex and City

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie
Randy Quaid - Elvis CBS
Paul Newman - Empire Falls HBO
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Empire Falls HBO
Like him
Christopher Plummer - Our Fathers Showtime
Brian Dennehy - Our Fathers Showtime

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie
Camryn Manheim - Elvis CBS
Joanne Woodward - Empire Falls HBO
Charlize Theron - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers HBO
Jane Alexander - Warm Springs HBO
Kathy Bates - Warm Springs HBO

Individual Performance In A Variety/Music Program
Jon Stewart - The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Comedy Central
Will he won again this year?
Jay Leno - The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC
My favorite
Hugh Jackman - 58th Annual Tony Awards (2004) CBS
Too much dancing there
Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman Live & Exposed HBO
Whoopi Goldberg - Whoopi Back To Broadway HBO
I just don't like her.

Made for Television Movie
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers HBO
Warm Springs HBO
Lackawanna Blues HBO
The Office Special BBC America
The Wool Cap TNT

Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Da Ali G Show HBO
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Comedy Central
Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC
I guess I won't be watching Tonight's Show after Jay's gone
Late Show With David Letterman CBS
May be I have to watch Letterman after 2010, if he can still hang on there.
Real Time with Bill Maher HBO
Politically Incorrect is my favorate late night show.

Variety, Music or Comedy Special
The 77th Annual Academy Awards ABC
Not fun without Billy Crystal
Cary Grant: A Class Apart TCM
Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth Showtime
Everybody Loves Raymond: The Last Laugh CBS
Inside the Actor's Studio: 10th Anniversary Special Bravo
Live From New York: The First Five Years of Saturday Night Live NBC
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson PBS

Directing, Comedy Series
Charles McDougall -
Desperate Housewives (Pilot) ABC
David Frankel -
Entourage (Pilot) HBO
Gary Halvorson -
Everybody Loves Raymond (Finale) CBS
Randy Zisk -
Monk (Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine) USA
James Burrows -
Will & Grace (It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World) HBO

Directing, Drama Series
Quentin Tarantino -
CSI: Crime Scene Investigaton (Grave Danger) HBO
Can't believe I missed this one
Gregg Fienberg -
Deadwood (Complications) HBO
Peter Horton -
Grey's Anatomy (A Hard Day's Night) ABC
J.J. Abrams -
Lost (Pilot (Part 1 & Part 2)) ABC
Peter Tolan -
Rescue Me (Pilot) FX
Alex Graves -
The West Wing (2162 Votes) HBO
I hope he can win

Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Louis J. Horvitz -
77th Annual Academy Awards ABC
Again, Sucks without BC
James Bobin -
Da Ali G Show (Rekognize) HBO
Chuck O'Neil -
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (# 9010) Comedy Central
Bucky Gunts -
The Games of the XXVII Olympiad (Opening Ceremony) NBC
Jerry Foley -
Late Show With David Letterman (# 2269) CBS

Directing, Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Fred Schepiisi-
Empire Falls HBO
George C. Wolfe -
Lackawanna Blues HBO
Stephen Hopkins -
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers HBO
Joseph Sargent -
Warm Springs HBO

Writing, Comedy Series
Barbie Adler -
Arrested Development (Sad Sack) FOX
Brad Copeland -
Arrested Development (Sword of Destiny) FOX
Mitchell Hurwitz, Jim Valley -
Arrested Development (The Righteous Brothers) FOX
Marc Cherry -
Desperate Housewives (Pilot) ABC
Philip Rosenthal, Ray Romano, Tucker Cawley, Lew Schneider, Steve Skrovan, Jeremy Stevens, Mike Royce, Aaron Shure, Tom Caltabiano, Leslie Caveny -
Everybody Loves Raymond (Finale) CBS

Writing, Drama Series
David Shore -
House (Three Stories) FOX
J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Jeffrey Lieber -
Lost (Pilot) ABC
David Fury -
Lost (Walkabout) ABC
Peter Tolan, Denis Leary -
Rescue Me (Pilot) FX
George Pelecanos, David Simon -
The Wire (Middle Ground) HBO
Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Da Ali G Show HBO
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Comedy Central
Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC
The Late Show With David Letterman CBS
Real Time with Bill Maher HBO

Writing, Miniseries or Movie
Richard Russo -
Empire Falls HBO
Scott Peters, Rene Echevarria -
The 4400 USA
Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely -
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers HBO
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant -
The Office Special BBC America
Margaret Nagle -
Warm Springs HBO

Commercial
Applause - Budweiser
Drink Up - Aquafina
Glen - Starbucks Doubleshot
The One Campaign - One.org
This is the ONE I remembered, and acted on
Surprise Dinner - Ameriquest Mortgage