Friday, August 27, 2010

Final Emmy Predictions (Winners)

A lot of commentary is up on the podcast. This is just as straight rundown of my predicted winners (and how the rest stack up in terms of upset potential).

Best Drama Series:
1. Mad Men
2. The Good Wife
3. Lost
4. Breaking Bad
5. Dexter
6. True Blood

Best Actor - Drama Series:
1. Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
2. Hugh Laurie, House
3. Jon Hamm, Mad Men
4. Matthew Fox, Lost
5. Michael C. Hall, Dexter
6. Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights

Best Actress - Drama Series:
1. Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
2. January Jones, Mad Men
3. Glenn Close, Damages
4. Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
5. Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
6. Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Best Supporting Actor - Drama Series:
1. Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
2. Terry O'Quinn, Lost
3. Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
4. Michael Emerson, Lost
5. Martin Short, Damages
6. John Slattery, Mad Men

Best Supporting Actress - Drama Series:
1. Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
2. Sharon Gless, Burn Notice
3. Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
4. Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
5. Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
6. Rose Byrne, Damages

Best Writing - Drama Series:
1. Mad Men - "Shut the Door. Have a Seat." - Erin Levy & Matthew Weiner
2. The Good Wife - "Pilot" - Michelle King & Robert King
3. Lost - "The End" - Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof
4. Mad Men - "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" - Robin Veith & Matthew Weiner
5. Friday Night Lights - "The Son" - Rolin Jones

Best Directing - Drama Series:
1. Lost - "The End" - Jack Bender
2. Mad Men - "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" - Lesli Linka Glatter
3. Dexter - "The Getaway" - Steve Shill
4. Breaking Bad - "One Minute" - Michelle MacLaren
5. Treme - "Do You Know What It Means" - Agnieszka Holland

Best Comedy Series:
1. Modern Family
2. Glee
3. 30 Rock
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm
5. Nurse Jackie
6. The Office

Best Actor - Comedy Series:
1. Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
2. Tony Shalhoub, Monk
3. Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
4. Steve Carell, The Office
5. Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
6. Matthew Morrison, Glee

Best Actress - Comedy Series:
1. Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
2. Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
3. Toni Collette, United States of Tara
4. Tina Fey, 30 Rock
5. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
6. Lea Michele, Glee

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy Series:
1. Chris Colfer, Glee
2. Ty Burrell, Modern Family
3. Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
4. Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
5. Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
6. Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy Series:
1. Jane Lynch, Glee
2. Julie Bowen, Modern Family
3. Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
4. Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
5. Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
6. Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men

Best Writing - Comedy Series:
1. Modern Family - "Pilot" - Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd
2. Glee - "Pilot" - Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk & Ryan Murphy
3. 30 Rock - "Anna Howard Shaw Day" - Matt Hubbard
4. The Office - "Niagara" - Greg Daniels & Mindy Kaling
5. 30 Rock - "Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter" - Kay Cannon & Tina Fey

Best Directing - Comedy Series:
1. Glee - "Wheels" - Paris Barclay
2. Modern Family - "Pilot" - Jason Winer
3. Glee - "Pilot" - Ryan Murphy
4. Nurse Jackie - "Pilot" - Allen Coulter
5. 30 Rock - "I Do Do" - Don Scardino

Best Made for Television Movie:
1. Temple Grandin
2. The Special Relationship
3. You Don't Know Jack
4. Georgia O'Keeffe
5. Moonshot
6. Endgame

Best Miniseries:
1. The Pacific
2. Return to Cranford

Best Actor - TV Movie/Miniseries:
1. Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack
2. Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship
3. Jeff Bridges, A Dog Year
4. Michael Sheen, The Special Relationship
5. Ian McKellen, The Prisoner

Best Actress - TV Movie/Miniseries:
1. Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
2. Hope Davis, The Special Relationship
3. Judi Dench, Return to Cranford
4. Joan Allen, Georgia O'Keeffe
5. Maggie Smith, Capturing Mary

Best Supporting Actor - TV Movie/Miniseries:
1. Patrick Stewart, Hamlet
2. Jonathan Pryce, Return to Cranford
3. David Strathairn, Temple Grandin
4. John Goodman, You Don't Know Jack
5. Michael Gambon, Emma

Best Supporting Actress - TV Movie/Miniseries:
1. Susan Sarandon, You Don't Know Jack
2. Julia Ormond, Temple Grandin
3. Brenda Vaccaro, You Don't Know Jack
4. Catherine O'Hara, Temple Grandin
5. Kathy Bates, Alice

Best Writing - TV Movie/Miniseries:
1. Temple Grandin - William Merritt Johnson & Christopher Morgan
2. The Pacific - "Part Ten" - Bruce C. McKenna & Robert Schenkkan
3. The Special Relationship - Peter Morgan
4. The Pacific - "Part Eight" - Michelle Ashford & Robert Schenkkan
5. You Don't Know Jack - Adam Mazer

Best Directing - TV Movie/Miniseries:
1. The Pacific - "Part Nine" - Tim Van Patten
2. Temple Grandin - Mick Jackson
3. You Don't Know Jack - Barry Levinson
4. The Pacific - "Part Eight" - David Nutter & Jeremy Podeswa
5. Georgia O'Keeffe - Bob Balaban

Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series:
1. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
2. Saturday Night Live
3. The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
4. The Colbert Report
5. Real Time with Bill Maher

Best Writing - Variety, Music or Comedy Special:
1. Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me
2. Bill Maher: ...But I'm Not Wrong
3. The 82nd Annual Academy Awards
4. The 63rd Annual Tony Awards
5. The Kennedy Center Honors

Best Directing - Variety, Music or Comedy Special:
1. Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony - Bucky Gunts
2. The 63rd Annual Tony Awards - Glenn Weiss
3. The Kennedy Center Honors - Louis J. Horvitz
4. The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert - Joel Gallen
5. In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music From the Civil Rights Movement - Ron de Moraes

Best Reality-Competition Program:
1. The Amazing Race
2. Project Runway
3. Top Chef
4. American Idol
5. Dancing with the Stars

Sunday, August 22, 2010

How Many Right?

Here's how I did on my predictions...

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series:
2. Neil Patrick Harris, Glee

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series:
1. John Lithgow, Dexter

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series:
1. Betty White, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series:
4. Ann-Margret, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program:
1. Jeff Probst, Survivor

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special:
1. The Kennedy Center Honors

Outstanding Voice-Over Performance:
5. Anne Hathaway, The Simpsons

Outstanding Animated Program:
4. Prep & Landing

Outstanding Short-format Animated Program:
1. Robot Chicken

Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series:
Since this is an area award, over 50% of the voters felt that none of the five nominees deserved the award. Wow.

Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series:
1. The Tudors

Outstanding Art Direction For A Miniseries Or Movie:
1. The Pacific

Outstanding Art Direction For Variety, Music Or Nonfiction Programming:
3. 82nd Annual Academy Awards

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series:
1. Modern Family

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series:
2. Mad Men

Outstanding Casting For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
1. The Pacific

Outstanding Choreography:
1. So You Think You Can Dance "Gravity/Addiction, Koop Island Blues, One"

Outstanding Cinematography For A Half-Hour Series:
3. Weeds

Outstanding Cinematography For A One Hour Series:
4. CSI: Crime Scene Investigations

Outstanding Cinematography For A Miniseries Or Movie:
5. Return to Cranford

Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming:
4. Deadliest Catch

Outstanding Cinematography For Reality Programming:
3. Survivor

Outstanding Commercial:
2. The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, Old Spice Body Wash

Outstanding Costumes For A Series:
3. The Tudors

Outstanding Costumes For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
1. Return to Cranford

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series:
1. Lost

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Comedy Series (Single Or Multi-Camera):
1. Modern Family “Pilot”

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Miniseries Or A Movie:
5. Temple Grandin

Outstanding Short-Form Picture Editing:
2. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Special (Single Or Multi-Camera):
2. The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert

Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming:
5. By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

Outstanding Picture Editing For Reality Programming:
4. Intervention

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series:
1. Mad Men

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special:
2. Dancing with the Stars

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Miniseries Or A Movie:
2. Emma

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Nonfiction:
1. The Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Fiction:
3. Star Wars: Uncut

Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) For Variety, Music Or Comedy Programming:
1. Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony

Outstanding Main Title Design:
3. Bored to Death

Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic):
4. Grey's Anatomy

Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic):
1. Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Makeup For A Miniseries Or A Movie (Non-Prosthetic):
3. The Pacific

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
1. The Pacific
4. Grey's Anatomy

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score):
2. 24

Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Original Dramatic Score):
1. The Pacific

Outstanding Music Direction:
5. Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics:
1. Monk

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music:
4. Nurse Jackie

Outstanding Special Class Programs:
2. 63rd Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding Children's Program:
5. Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

Outstanding Children's Nonfiction Program:
2. Nick News With Linda Ellerbee - The Face Of Courage: Kids Living With Cancer

Outstanding Nonfiction Special:
5. Teddy: In His Own Words

Outstanding Nonfiction Series:
3. The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Outstanding Reality Program:
1. Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking:
2. Nerakhoon (The Betrayal)

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series:
2. 24

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
1. The Pacific

Outstanding Sound Editing For Nonfiction Programming (Single Or Multi-Camera):
4. America The Story of Us

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour):
2. Glee

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Miniseries Or A Movie:
2. The Pacific Part Two

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation:
1. Modern Family
4. Entourage

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Or Music Series Or Special:
2. The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert
3. The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards

Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming:
3. Deadliest Catch

Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series:
5. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
3. The Pacific Part Five

Outstanding Stunt Coordination:
4. FlashForward

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series:
4. Dancing with the Stars

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
3. The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concery

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series:
3. The Colbert Report

Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming:
2. The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series:
1. Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming:
2. My Lai

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Creative Arts Emmy Predictions!

Or, as we lovingly call them...the Schmemmys!

Predictions in order of most likely to win (#1) to least likely (#5)

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series:
1. Fred Willard, Modern Family
2. Neil Patrick Harris, Glee
3. Mike O'Malley, Glee
4. Eli Wallach, Nurse Jackie
5. Will Arnett, 30 Rock
6. Jon Ham, 30 Rock

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series:
1. John Lithgow, Dexter
2. Dylan Baker, The Good Wife
3. Beau Bridges, The Closer
4. Ted Danson, Damages
5. Gregory Itzin, 24
6. Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
7. Robert Morse, Mad Men

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series:
1. Betty White, Saturday Night Live
2. Kristin Chenoweth, Glee
3. Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
4. Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock
5. Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
6. Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives
7. Jane Lynch, Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series:
1. Sissy Spacek, Big Love
2. Lily Tomlin, Damages
3. Shirley Jones, The Cleaner
4. Ann-Margret, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
5. Elizabeth Mitchell, Lost
6. Mary Kay Place, Big Love

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program:
1. Jeff Probst, Survivor
2. Phil Koeghan, The Amazing Race
3. Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
4. Heidi Klum, Project Runway
5. Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special:
1. The Kennedy Center Honors
2. The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
3. Hope for Haiti Now
4. Bill Maher "...But I'm Not Wrong"
5. Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me
6. Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction

Outstanding Voice-Over Performance:
1. H. Jon Benjamin, Archer
2. Dan Castellaneta, The Simpsons
3. Seth Green, Robot Chicken
4. Hank Azaria, The Simpsons
5. Anne Hathaway, The Simpsons
6. Dave Foley, Disney's Prep & Landing

Outstanding Animated Program:
1. The Simpsons
2. The Ricky Gervais Show
3. South Park
4. Prep & Landing
5. Alien Earths

Outstanding Short-format Animated Program:
1. Robot Chicken
2. Disney Kick Buttowski
3. Uncle Grandpa
4. The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
5. Adventure Time
6. Chowder

Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series:
1. How I Met Your Mother
2. The Big Bang Theory
3. The New Adventures of Old Christine
4. Hell’s Kitchen
5. Rules of Engagement

Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series:
1. The Tudors
2. Glee
3. Lost
4. True Blood
5. Modern Family
6. Heroes

Outstanding Art Direction For A Miniseries Or Movie:
1. The Pacific
2. Return to Cranford
3. Georgia O’Keefe
4. You Don’t Know Jack
5. Temple Grandin

Outstanding Art Direction For Variety, Music Or Nonfiction Programming:
1. The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien
2. Saturday Night Live
3. 82nd Annual Academy Awards
4. American Idol
5. 63rd Annual Tony Awards
6. The Who Super Bowl Halftime Show

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series:
1. Modern Family
2. Nurse Jackie
3. Glee
4. 30 Rock
5. United States of Tara

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series:
1. The Good Wife
2. Mad Men
3. True Blood
4. Big Love
5. Dexter
6. Friday Night Lights

Outstanding Casting For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
1. The Pacific
2. You Don’t Know Jack
3. Temple Grandin
4. Georgia O’Keefe
5. Emma

Outstanding Choreography:
1. So You Think You Can Dance "Gravity/Addiction, Koop Island Blues, One"
2. 82nd Annual Academy Awards
3. Dancing with the Stars "Paso Doble/Malaquena"
4. So You Think You Can Dance "Fear"
5. Dancing with the Stars "Futuristic Paso Doble/Living on Video, Quickstep/Anything Goes"

Outstanding Cinematography For A Half-Hour Series:
1. Hung
2. Nurse Jackie
3. Weeds
4. 30 Rock
5. Two and a Half Men
6. Gary Unmarried

Outstanding Cinematography For A One Hour Series:
1. Mad Men
2. Breaking Bad
3. The Tudors
4. CSI: Crime Scene Investigations
5. FlashForward

Outstanding Cinematography For A Miniseries Or Movie:
1. The Pacific Part 5
2. The Pacific Part 9
3. You Don’t Know Jack
4. The Prisoner
5. Return to Cranford

Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming:
1. Life
2. Whale Wars
3. America The Story of Us
4. Deadliest Catch
5. The National Parks: America’s Best Idea

Outstanding Cinematography For Reality Programming:
1. The Amazing Race
2. Man vs Wild
3. Survivor
4. Dirty Jobs
5. Top Chef
6. Top Chef Masters

Outstanding Commercial:
1. Game, Mars Snack Food US/Snickers
2. The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, Old Spice Body Wash
3. Anthem, Absolut
4. Green Police, Audi
5. Human Chain, Nike
6. Coke Finals, Coca-Cola

Outstanding Costumes For A Series:
1. Mad Men
2. Glee
3. The Tudors
4. 30 Rock
5. The Good Wife

Outstanding Costumes For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
1. Return to Cranford
2. Emma
3. You Don’t Know Jack
4. The Pacific
5. Georgia O’Keefe

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series:
1. Lost
2. Mad Men “Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency”
3. Breaking Bad
4. Dexter
5. Mad Men “The Gypsy and the Hobo”

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Comedy Series (Single Or Multi-Camera):
1. Modern Family “Pilot”
2. 30 Rock
3. Modern Family “Family Portrait”
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm “The Table Read”
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm “The Bare Midriff”

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Miniseries Or A Movie:
1. The Pacific Part 9
2. The Pacific Part 5
3. The Pacific Part 8
4. You Don’t Know Jack
5. Temple Grandin

Outstanding Short-Form Picture Editing:
1. 82nd Annual Academy Awards (Horror Tribute)
2. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
3. 82nd Annual Academy Awards (John Hughes Tribute)
4. Jimmy Kimmel (The Late Night Wars)
5. American Idol
6. Jimmy Kimmel Live (Handsome Men’s Club)

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Special (Single Or Multi-Camera):
1. The Kennedy Center Honors
2. The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert
3. Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction
4. Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel

Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming:
1. Life
2. Deadliest Catch
3. Whale Wars
4. America The Story of Us
5. By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

Outstanding Picture Editing For Reality Programming:
1. The Amazing Race
2. Survivor
3. Top Chef
4. Intervention
5. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series:
1. Mad Men
2. Glee "The Power of Madonna"
3. Glee "Hairography"
4. The Tudors
5. Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
6. Castle

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special:
1. Saturday Night Live
2. Dancing with the Stars
3. 82nd Annual Academy Awards
4. How I Met Your Mother
5. Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Miniseries Or A Movie:
1. You Don't Know Jack
2. Emma
3. Return to Cranford
4. Georgia O'Keeffe
5. Temple Grandin

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Nonfiction:
1. The Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience
2. Top Chef: Las Vegas
3. The Biggest Loser Digital Experience

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Fiction:
1. Glee Hyperpromo and Superfan
2. Dexter Interactive
3. Star Wars: Uncut

Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) For Variety, Music Or Comedy Programming:
1. Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony
2. Saturday Night Live
3. 82nd Annual Academy Awards
4. Dancing with the Stars

Outstanding Main Title Design:
1. The Pacific
2. Temple Grandin
3. Bored to Death
4. Human Target
5. Nurse Jackie

Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic):
1. Mad Men
2. Glee "Theatricality"
3. Glee "The Power of Madonna"
4. Grey's Anatomy
5. Castle

Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic):
1. Saturday Night Live
2. So You Think You Can Dance
3. 82nd Annual Academy Awards
4. Dancing With the Stars
5. The Big Bang Theory

Outstanding Makeup For A Miniseries Or A Movie (Non-Prosthetic):
1. Georgia O'Keeffe
2. You Don't Know Jack
3. The Pacific
4. Temple Grandin

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
1. The Pacific
2. True Blood
3. Nip/Tuck
4. Grey's Anatomy
5. Castle

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score):
1. Lost
2. 24
3. FlashForward
4. Psych
5. Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Original Dramatic Score):
1. The Pacific
2. You Don't Know Jack
3. Temple Grandin
4. When Love is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
5. Georgia O'Keeffe
6. Blessed in the Match

Outstanding Music Direction:
1. Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas (Gret Performances)
2. 82nd Annual Academy Awards
3. In Performance At the White House: Fiesta Latina
4. The Kennedy Center Honors
5. Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony
6. Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics:
1. Monk
2. How I Met Your Mother
3. Treme
4. Saturday Night Live
5. Family Guy
6. Rescue Me

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music:
1. Justified
2. Warehouse 13
3. Human Target
4. Nurse Jackie
5. Legend of the Seeker

Outstanding Special Class Programs:
1. Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony
2. 63rd Annual Tony Awards
3. The Daily Show: Ask a Correspondent - The Meaning of Life
4. ABC's Lost Presents: Mysteries of the Universe - The Dharma Initiative
5. 82nd Annual Academy Awards
6. Avatar: Enter the World of Pandora (HBO First Look)
7. 30 Rock: Webisodes

Outstanding Children's Program:
1. iCarly
2. Wizards of Waverly Place
3. Jonas
4. Hannah Montana
5. Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

Outstanding Children's Nonfiction Program:
1. When Families Grieve
2. Nick News With Linda Ellerbee - The Face Of Courage: Kids Living With Cancer

Outstanding Nonfiction Special:
1. The Simpsons: 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!
2. By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama
3. Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me
4. Saturday Night Live In The 2000s: Time And Again
5. Teddy: In His Own Words
6. Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story

Outstanding Nonfiction Series:
1. Life
2. Deadliest Catch
3. The National Parks: America's Best Idea
4. American Masters
5. American Experience
6. Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

Outstanding Reality Program:
1. Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
2. Undercover Boss
3. Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List
4. Dirty Jobs
5. Mythbusters
6. Antiques Roadshow

Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking:
1. Sergio
2. Nerakhoon (The Betrayal)
3. Patti Smith: Dream of Life
4. My Lai
5. Brick City
6. Pressure Cooker

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series:
1. Lost
2. 24
3. True Blood
4. Fringe
5. Breaking Bad

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
1. The Pacific
2. Moonshot
3. Alice
4. Temple Grandin

Outstanding Sound Editing For Nonfiction Programming (Single Or Multi-Camera):
1. Life
2. The National Parks: America's Best Idea
3. The Amazing Race
4. America The Story of Us
5. Teddy: In His Own Words

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour):
1. Lost
2. Glee
3. Dexter
4. 24
5. House

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Miniseries Or A Movie:
1. The Pacific Part Nine
2. The Pacific Part Two
3. The Pacific Part Five
4. The Pacific Part Eight

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation:
1. Modern Family
2. The Office
3. 30 Rock
4. Entourage
5. Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Or Music Series Or Special:
1. American Idol "Finale"
2. The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert
3. The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards
4. 82nd Annual Academy Awards
5. Dancing With the Stars
6. American Idol "Idol Gives Back"

Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming:
1. Life
2. Spectacle Elvis Costello With Bruce Springsteen
3. Deadliest Catch
4. The National Parks: America's Best Idea
5. The Amazing Race

Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series:
1. Caprica
2. V
3. Stargate Universe "Space"
4. Stargate Universe "Air"
5. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
1. The Pacific Part One
2. Virtuality
3. The Pacific Part Five
4. Ben 10: Alien Swarm

Outstanding Stunt Coordination:
1. Chuck
2. Human Target
3. 24
4. FlashForward
5. House

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series:
1. Saturday Night Live
2. Late Show with David Letterman
3. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
4. Dancing with the Stars
5. The Big Bang Theory

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special:
1. The Kennedy Center Honors
2. 82nd Annual Academy Awards
3. The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concery
4. The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards
5. Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series:
1. The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
3. The Colbert Report
4. Saturday Night Live
5. Real Time with Bill Maher

Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming:
1. Life
2. The National Parks: America's Best Idea
3. America The Story of Us
4. Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
5. The Buddha

Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series:
1. Saturday Night Live
2. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
3. The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
4. Late Show with David Letterman
5. The Colbert Report

Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming:
1. Terror in Mumbai
2. My Lai
3. The Amazing Race
4. By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama
5. Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Oscar Predictions Chart 2010: Week One

It's August, which means it's time for my Oscar predictions chart. Yay! Woot, woot! Other exclamations!

Best Picture:
1. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko, Fox Searchlight)
2. Inception (Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros.)
3. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, Pixar)
4. The Social Network (David Fincher, Columbia)
5. Another Year (Mike Leigh, Focus Features)
6. Everything You Got (James L. Brooks, Columbia)
7. Somewhere (Sofia Coppola, Focus Features)
8. 127 Hours (Danny Boyle, Fox Searchlight)
9. Love and Other Drugs (Edward Zwick, Fox)
10. Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik, Roadside Attractions)
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11. Rabbit Hole (John Cameron Mitchell, Fox Searchlight)
12. Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, Fox Searchlight)
13. The American (Anton Corbijn, Focus Features)
14. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, Apparition)
15. Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance, Weinstein Company)
16. Secretariat (Randall Wallace, Walt Disney Pictures)
17. Get Low (Aaron Schnedier, Sony Pictures Classic)
18. The Town (Ben Affleck, Warner Bros.)
19. Miral (Julian Schnabel, Weinstein Company)
20. The Fighter (David O. Russell, Paramount)
21. The Way Back (Peter Weir)
22. The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper, Weinstein Company)
23. Fair Game (Doug Liman, Summit Entertainment)
24. Biutiful (Alejandro Gonzalez IƱarritu, Focus Features)
25. Never Let Me Go (Mark Romanek, Fox Searchlight)
26. True Grit (Ethan and Joel Coen, Paramount)
27. Conviction (Tony Goldwyn, Fox Searchlight)
28. Eat Pray Love (Ryan Murphy, Columbia)
29. How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount)
30. Hereafter (Clint Eastwood, Warner Bros.)

Best Director:
1. Christopher Nolan, Inception
2. Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right
3. Mike Leigh, Another Year
4. David Fincher, The Social Network
5. Edward Zwick, Love and Other Drugs
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6. Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
7. Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
8. Sofia Coppola, Somewhere
9. Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
10. Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone
11. James L. Brooks, Everything You Got
12. Julian Schnabel, Miral
13. John Cameron Mitchell, Rabbit Hole
14. Lee Unkrich, Toy Story 3
15. Anton Corbijn, The American
16. David O. Russell, The Fighter
17. Peter Weir, The Way Back
18. Ethan and Joel Coen, True Grit
19. Clint Eastwood, Hereafter
20. Doug Liman, Fair Game

Best Lead Actor:
1. James Franco, 127 Hours
2. Jack Nicholson, Everything You Got
3. Robert Duvall, Get Low
4. Stephen Dorff, Somewhere
5. George Clooney, The American
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6. Javier Bardem, Biutiful
7. Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter
8. Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
9. Jeff Bridges, True Grit
10. Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception
11. Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs
12. Jim Broadbent, Another Year
13. Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine
14. Sean Penn, Fair Game
15. Matt Damon, Hereafter
16. Jim Sturgess, The Way Back
17. Ben Affleck, The Town
18. Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
19. Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole
20. Michael Douglas, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Best Lead Actress:
1. Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
2. Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs
3. Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
4. Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
5. Hilary Swank, Conviction
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6. Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
7. Julia Roberts, Eat Pray Love
8. Reese Witherspoon, Everything You Got
9. Natalie Portman, Black Swan
10. Diane Lane, Secretariat
11. Helen Mirren, The Tempest
12. Naomi Watts, Fair Game
13. Rachel McAdams, Morning Glory
14. Frieda Pinto, Miral
15. Carey Mulligan, Never Let Me Go
16. Lesley Manville, Another Year
17. Robin Wright Penn, The Conspirator
18. Kirsten Dunst, All Good Things
19. Jennifer Connelly, What’s Wrong with Virginia
20. Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
2. Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
3. Sam Rockwell, Conviction
4. Bill Murray, Get Low
5. Paul Rudd, Everything You Got
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6. Jeremy Renner, The Town
7. Christian Bale, The Fighter
8. Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole
9. Andrew Garfield, Never Let Me Go
10. Jon Hamm, The Town
11. Justin Timberlake, The Social Network
12. Oliver Platt, Love and Other Drugs
13. John Malkovich, Secretariat
14. Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life
15. Ed Harris, The Way Back
16. Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
17. Colin Farrell, The Way Back
18. Zach Galifianakis, It’s Kind of a Funny Story
19. Josh Brolin, True Grit
20. Jack Nicholson, Everything You Got

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Dianne Wiest, Rabbit Hole
2. Lesley Manville, Another Year
3. Rebecca Hall, The Town
4. Elle Fanning, Somewhere
5. Kathryn Hahn, Everything You Got
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6. Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
7. Sissy Spacek, Get Low
8. Barbara Hershey, Black Swan
9. Dale Dickey, Winter’s Bone
10. Melissa Leo, The Fighter
11. Blake Lively, The Town
12. Amy Adams, The Fighter
13. Winona Ryder, Black Swan
14. Sally Hawkins, Never Let Me Go
15. Mia Wasikowska, The Kids Are All Right
16. Keira Knightley, Never Let Me Go
17. Helen Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
18. Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life
19. Hiam Abbass, Miral
20. Juliette Lewis, Conviction

Best Original Screenplay:
1. The Kids Are All Right
2. Another Year
3. Everything You Got
4. Somewhere
5. Inception
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6. 127 Hours
7. Black Swan
8. The Tree of Life
9. Blue Valentine
10. The Fighter

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. The Social Network
2. Toy Story 3
3. Love and Other Drugs
4. Winter’s Bone
5. Rabbit Hole
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6. The Town
7. Never Let Me Go
8. How to Train Your Dragon
9. Fair Game
10. The Way Back