The 2008 Emmy nominations were doled out on July 17th. The general response to the nomination list was positive - with the exception of the annual outcry that perhaps the best tv show - ever- The Wire - was not on the list save one writing “nod”. This year, though, that Emmy Award nomination slip-up was so routine and some of the nominations so refreshing, critics and bloggers and fans didnt waste too much time dwelling on it.

But what of the people and shows who did make the list of 2008 Emmy Awards contenders? Who will win in September when the top five or six goes all ‘Survivor’ and someone outlasts the rest? Here are some nzone tv predictions on the 2008 Emmy Awards:

BEST DRAMA: Serious Mad-i-tude

Perhaps unfairly, this category is kinda considered the big kahuna of the Emmy show. They say comedy is hard, but, I guess drama is longer, so…Anyhoo, the 2008 Emmy Award nominees for best drama include some first-rate shows. From network TV we have Lost, House, and Boston Legal. (Boston Legal, yeah, I was thinking the same thing.) Premium cable shows up with Dexter, which pleased many a critic and even more fans of the killer show (get it…killer show…?) . Basic cable, though, was the big story scoring two - two - best drama nominations in 2008- for Damages, the Glenn Close legal thriller, and for Mad Men, which has emerged from its high-gloss, dark- ‘tuded universe as the new “best show on TV’ (what with The Wire being gone.) My guess, a resurgent Lost, a well-acted Damages, a gruesomely compelling Dexter and those other two shows will succumb to the forces of buzz and beauty and Mad Men will go home with an Emmy to add to its Golden Globe. And I dont think I’m going out on much of a limb with that one….

BEST COMEDY: Rock will roll

Here we have some of the slick newish sitcoms that have popularized single camera comed- The Office, 30 Rock, and even the aged Curb Your Enthusiasm. Plus HBO’s Entourage and traditionalist Two & A Half Men (yeah, I was thinking the same thing…). While all of the shows in this category have been lavished with industry praise (if not huge ratings, save for Men), 30 Rock seems to be the show riding the biggest wave. This is a tough category, though, even without Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives. I think 30 Rock will win the day. Good for you Tina Fey.

DRAMA ACTING CATEGORIES:

Close call….
n the world of dramatic TV few trends have been as prominent in the last two or three years as getting a big name movie lady and plunking her down in her own show. What this says about the roles for 40-and-over women in film is the subject for another article. Of the Best Actress-Drama nominees, four are film stars- two are in factor Oscar winners, and one is Glenn Close who is….well, she’s Glenn Freaking Close. Mariska Hargitay, no sluch herself, is up against Close, Sally Field, Holly Hunter, and Kyra Sedgewick. Anyone who says Close is just going to win on name recognition needs to re-watch Damages, ’cause, I saw almost every episode of The Closer - which I love, many episodes of Hunter’s Saving Grace, tons more SVU than I want to admit to, and my fair share of Brothers & Sisters…and none of them did what Glen Close did. Im not saying they’re not able to, Im just saying, they didn’t.

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