Thoughts on the Emmy picks

The Emmy picks are out. For a complete list, well the lists are everywhere, find it yourself. Here are some of my thoughts.

"Friday Night Lights" gets some love as both the adult leads in Kyle Chandler and the seriously hot Connie Britton both get nominated. Unfortunately it doesn't get any for best series or QB 1.

"Modern Family" deserves all the praise in the world and has a serious shot at dethroning "30 Rock." However, Emmy decided not to give any love to the patriarchal figure of Ed O' Neil who has yet to win the award. I think we could have taken out Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell to put him in the category. I would say have him compete in the lead actor position but I liked that the cast considered themselves a truly ensemble show, which it is.

"Glee" snagged the second most nominations with 19, that is two more than "Mad Men." But does it deserve all the love? I am a regular fan of the show but not because it's all that good, but because it's trashy and addictive (seriously how is "True Blood" nominated for anything). I love the Chris Colfer pick along with his dad Mike O'Malley in the guest spot. The touching acceptance and struggle with Kurt's lifestyle is the best part of the show. Here is Colfer showing off his range vocally and emotionally as he performs his version of Rose's Turn. And don't believe that the same man who hosted GUTS deserves a nomination? Go to the end of the article, check out the video and then tell me that.

"Lost" received 12 nominations for its final season. Good for Matthew Fox and Elizabeth Mitchell, its adorable that Fox now has a reason to show up to this thing.

Team Coco prevails with voters, and rightfully so, as the last 2 weeks or so of Conan's run on The Tonight Show was some of the funniest stuff on television. And lest we forget that the award show will be on NBC this year so that has the potential to be a huge slap in NBC's face. Leno and Letterman are both on the outside looking in as Saturday Night Live also gets in there. Despite not being an election year the show excelled with greatguest hosts. Granted most of the nominations come from episodes featuring Betty White or Tina Fey.

Charlie Sheen really screwed the pooch this year. The show has been nominated the past four years and this year it is left off the list for best comedy. You knew Sheen wouldn't be nominated for best actor but to have the show left off as well is kind of a shocker. I'm actually more surprised that the "Big Bang Theory" wasn't nominated. Critics love this show, I suppose it will have to be enough that Jim Parsons got nominated.

Overall I'm happy with the selections. I wish Cougar Town (bad choice of title ABC) could have got some love. Also I am a huge "Community" fan, most of that ensemble deserves nominations as well. Timothy Olyphant should be on the best actor list for "Justified." FX will never get the love it deserves, just ask "Rescue Me."

What do you think? Did Emmy leave off your favorite show? Feel free to comment cuz I love talking about it.