2005 Emmy Award Nomination Hopefuls

(note -- not all will get nominated (there are too many) but here are some of my picks)

BEST DRAMA SERIES

24 ; FOX
Carnivale ; HBO
CSI ; CBS
Deadwood ; HBO
House ; FOX
Law & Order: SVU ; NBC
Nip/Tuck ; FX
Rescue Me ; FX
The Shield ; FX
Six Feet Under ; HBO

BEST COMEDY SERIES

That 70s Show ; FOX
American Dad ; FOX
Arrested Development ; FOX
Desperate Housewives ; ABC
Entourage ; HBO
Everybody Loves Raymond ; CBS
Family Guy ; FOX
Scrubs ; NBC
The Simpsons ; FOX
South Park ; COMEDY CENTRAL
Still Standing ; CBS
Two and a Half Men ; CBS

BEST LEAD ACTOR (DRAMA SERIES)

Clancy Brown (Carnivale)
Michael Chiklis (The Shield)
Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under)
Peter Krause (Six Feet Under)
Hugh Laurie (House)
Dennis Leary (Rescue Me)
Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order)
Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck)
Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: SVU)
Ian McShane (Deadwood) !!!
Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood)
James Spader (Boston Legal)
Nick Stahl (Carnivale)
Kiefer Sutherland (24)

BEST LEAD ACTRESS (DRAMA SERIES)

Patricia Arquette (Medium)
Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under)
Clea DuVall (Carnivale)
Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under)
Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU)
Marg Helenberger (CSI)
Molly Parker (Deadwood)
Joly Richardson (Nip/Tuck)

BEST LEAD ACTOR (COMEDY SERIES)

Mark Addy (Still Standing)
Jason Bateman (Arrested Development)
Zach Braff (Scrubs)
Kevin Connelly (Entourage)
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men)
Adrien Grenier (Entourage)
Kevin James (King of Queens)
Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy/American Dad) -- I know he's just a voice, but he's so damn talented!
Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)

BEST LEAD ACTRESS (COMEDY SERIES)

Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives)
Jamie Gertz (Still Standing)
Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls)
Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives)
Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives)
Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle)
Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (DRAMA SERIES)

Anthony Andersen (The Shield)
Powers Boothe (Deadwood)
W. Earl Brown (Deadwood)
Dayton Callie (Deadwood)
James Cromwell (Six Feet Under)
Tim DeKay (Carnivale)
Garret Dillahunt (Deadwood)
Brad Dourif (Deadwood)
Omar Epps (House)
Walton Goggins (The Shield)
Jay Karnes (The Shield)
Robert Sean Leonard (House)
John Carrol Lynch (Carnivale)
Benito Martinez (The Shield)
Mathew St. Patrick (Six Feet Under)
Freddy Rodriguez (Six Feet Under)
Jeremy Sisto (Six Feet Under)
Ralph Waithe (Carnivale)
Jake Webber (Medium)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (DRAMA)

Shohreh Aghdashloo (24)
Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under)
Glenn Close (The Shield)
Kim Dickens (Deadwood)
Lisa Edelstein (House)
Anna Gunn (Deadwood)
Amy Madigan (Carnivale)
Paula Malcomson (Deadwood)
Jennifer Morrison (House)
CCH Pounder (The Shield)
Robin Weigert (Deadwood)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (COMEDY)

Will Arnett (Arrested Development)
Peter Boyle (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Michael Cera (Arrested Development)
Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle)
David Cross (Arrested Development)
Kevin Dillon (Entourage)
Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Tony Hale (Arrested Development)
Sean Hayes (Will & Grace)
Ashton Kutcher (70's Show)
John C. McGinley (Scrubs)
Patton Oswalt (King of Queens)
Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
Jerry Stiller (King of Queens)
Kurtwood Smith (70's Show)
Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (COMEDY)

Portia De Rossi (Arrested Development)
Monica Horan (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Debra Jo Rupp (70s Show)
Doris Roberts (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Nicolette Sheridan (Desperate Housewives)
Nicole Sullivan (King of Queens)
Jessica Waters (Arrested Development)


ANY THOUGHTS?