The Expat Mike TV Awards
The Emmy nominations were so horrible this year, I decided to put together my own awards. Announcing the Expat Mike TV Awards 2006. The winner is starred and can accept their trophy at my house, anytime. Call me.
The biggest surprise was that Big Love swept the Drama awards this year. I thought Big Love was quite good, but looking back on it, the acting was just superb. There were some close calls in each category, but it was a weak year, overall, for dramas.
Note: There are a few "quality" shows that I don't watch. These include Deadwood, Rescue Me, The Sopranos, and The Shield. You might notice a pattern here. Hint: Men with too much testosterone kill people on a regular basis. That's not just a hint, that's pretty much the whole thing.
Notes reflecting your abject horror are welcome in the comments section.
Best Comedy
Arrested Development
*Entourage
How I Met Your Mother
Scrubs
The Simpsons
Best Actor, Comedy
Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
Zach Braff, Scrubs
Bryan Cranston, Malcolm in the Middle
Terry Crews, Everybody Hates Chris
*Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Best Actress, Comedy
Tichina Arnold, Everybody Hates Chris
Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives
*Lauren Graham, Gilmore Girls
Jane Kaczmarek, Malcolm in the Middle
Eva Longoria, Desperate Housewives
Best Supporting Actor, Comedy
Will Arnett, Arrested Development
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
John McGinley, Scrubs
*Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Ethan Suplee, My Name Is Earl
Best Supporting Actress, Comedy
Kelly Bishop, Gilmore Girls
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
*Jaime Pressly, My Name Is Earl
Jessica Walter, Arrested Development
Liza Weil, Gilmore Girls
Best Drama
Battlestar Gallactica
*Big Love
Grey's Anatomy
Lost
Nip/Tuck
Best Actor, Drama
Patrick Dempsey, Grey's Anatomy
Matthew Fox, Lost
Kevin McKidd, Rome
Edward James Olmos, Battlestar Gallactica
*Bill Paxton, Big Love
Best Actress, Drama
Geena Davis, Commander in Chief
Mary McDonnell, Battlestar Gallactica
*Chloe Sevigny, Big Love
Jeanne Tripplehorn, Big Love
Polly Walker, Rome
Best Supporting Actor, Drama
Victor Garber, Alias
Gregory Itzin, 24
Daniel Dae Kim, Lost
Terry O'Quinn, Lost
*Harry Dean Stanton, Big Love
Best Supporting Actress, Drama
Yunjin Kim, Lost
Jean Smart, 24
Kate Walsh, Grey's Anatomy
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
*Grace Zabriskie, Big Love
Best Nonfiction Show
Can't Get A Date
Life on the D-List
*Project Runway
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Best Guest Star
Alec Baldwin, Will & Grace
Blythe Danner, Will & Grace
*Michael Emerson, Lost
Michelle Forbes, Battlestar Gallactica
Leslie Jordan, Will & Grace
Bearable TV Show Shown on Dutch TV
*America's Next Top Model with Kim, the fierce Wesleyan lesbian
Friends reruns
Pardon My French (BBC2, about three people who have to learn French in a month -- that's comedy)
The Simpsons reruns
Wimbledon (long over)
Worst Show Shown on Dutch TV
Classified: I am preparing a book-length treatment to appear in spring 2008.
posted by Mike @ 2:34 PM
10 comments
10 Comments:
Gotta agree with the Big Love assessment, Mike. I'm so upset that the new season isn't starting until FALL 2007! WTF? Maybe you'll be able to convince Amy to watch Big Love--I've had zero luck!
Couldn't you have given some award to any reality tv shows? Don't you like those kind of shows? Shows like Untold Stories of the ER? That is an amazing show..
Oh good, debate. OK 1) there is a reality list! 2) Project Runway is awesome and everyone should watch it. Even non-gay people. Daily Show is still very good, but a bit off of its best. But it was the runner-up. 3) Deadwood. I tried, man. I got through 20 minutes of episode one, and I was bored to tears. I just hate westerns, I hate people who act irrationally, I hate men who act all macho but are secretly insecure.
I have to edit the list to include Can't Get A Date. I love that show.
Uhm . . . what about Veronica Mars? Its so great---plucky smart girl solving crimes and putting away the testosterone fueled murderers. The first season is on DVD . . .
I'm sorry, but with the exception of Jeremy Piven over Will Arnett (and that's a definite toughie because both are HOT) (Uh, I mean, really funny and great actors), Arrested Development should have WON every category in which you nominated it. It is NOT an honor just to be nominated! "They're not TRICKS, Michael. Tricks are what a whore does for money!...or candy!"
candy? I could use candy in me now. Wnhat trick do i need to know in ofder to get a piece of candy. A person can't live the rest of his life if he is going to be chased wiht boogymen all the tiem. Listen up. I could go into the restarant to just have something to drink but my mouth tastes so bad, very dry. I need a piece of mouth candy. That would work.Every actor desserved others standing up to him and making sure that he was the winner. Anyone care to agree or disagreee?
Veronica Mars... sorry, I don't watch that either. But you can take solace that it doesn't fall under a ban, right? I might try it someday. Part of the problem is that I know "whodunit" for both seasons. So it's hard to gear up for 22 hours of denouement.
AD... eh, I don't think so. Jessica Walter would have been a cinch for the Expat Mike TV Supporting Actress Award for 2004, but as wonderful as she is, her character ultimately became a caricature.
The fun is all in the getting there---and the joy of an actually complex show that doesn't talk down to its watchers is manifold. The B stories alone would keep you entertained on Veronica Mars.
OK, enough said.
You would think Veronica Mars would be right up my alley (well, you don't know me from Adam, so you, anonymous, wouldn't necessarily think that) because of the teen detective thing (working as high school counselor to the stars, I am a fan of all things teenaged, and I am a huge teen detective fanatic especially), but I personally just never got into it. The dialogue didn't ring true, the storylines didn't grip me..but then again, I started on S2, not S1, so maybe I should have gone from the beginning to appreciate all the VM mythology. So I'm going to risk the wrath of a million fans everywhere and say I think VM is overrated...
When you're right, you're right! Yup, CGAD was on tonight even, with Leticia and Marc. My favorite is Jim.
I've even watched the Logo episodes on YouTube and followed the controversy on TWOP. Scary.
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