EMMY 2012

The Emmy nominations were announced last week. Here are my wishes and predictions based on the nominations:

Best Comedy Series:

Who I want to win:

Newcomer "Girls"

Who will win:

Multigenerational Fan Favorite

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:

Who I want to Win:

Larry David

"Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Who will Win:

Jim Parsons 

"Big Bang Theory"

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:

Who I want to Win:

Kristen Wiig

"SNL"

Who will win:

Kristen Wiig

"SNL"

Her final season and the start of a successful movie career

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:

Who I want to win:

Ed O'Neill

"Modern Family"

Oh... Al Bundy

Who will win:

Eric Stonestreet

Modern Family

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: 

Who I want to win:

Amy Poehler

"Parks & Recreation"

Critical Darling

Who will win:

Zooey Deschanel 

"New Girl"

Fan Favorite

Best Drama Series:

Who I want to win:

"Homeland"

My personal favorite although it has some stiff competition in this category particularly from my OTHER favorite show, "Mad Men"

Who will win:

Critics & fans love it

Lead Actress in a Drama:

Who I want to win:

Claire Danes because Elisabeth Moss would be her only competition and she had a smaller role than usual this season

Who will win:

Lead Actor in a Drama Series:

Who I want to win:

Jon Hamm

It's his time

Who will win:

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama:

Who I want to win:

Her acting in the Jaguar episode was subtle & heartbreaking

Who will win:

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama:

Who I want to win:

His character's demise was well-acted and avoided melodrama

Who will win:

Donald Draper is a Big Tease

The seven thousand years I have been waiting to see Mad Men Season 5 are almost coming to a close.

That said, these last couple of months are going to be the most painful with Mad Men fans scouring the internet for any hint of Season 5 news.

For all of you "mad mennies" out there (see Mad Men SNL skit with January Jones—Note: do not watch the rest of the episode...continue on to Jon Hamm hosted episodes instead), I am attaching a link to a Huffington Post article where the cast of mad men shares their favorite episodes from the seasons that have aired. Feel free to reminisce and also tear up at the fact that we have to wait until MARCH to find out the next chapter of the show...oh how that Don Draper teases his audience as well as the women in his life!

Bad News: Some of the episode favorites overlap and many are from season one

Good News: They all agree that the upcoming season is the best

Although January Jones as Betty Draper is controversial (see Slate TV watching group), I like her ice queen performance and hope to see more of her this season (on Mad Men, NOT SNL...just to be clear).

So, here is the link and ENJOY!!!!