Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Emmy Top 10: Best Actress, Comedy

One more list of semi-finalists for today...

Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies
Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
Eva Longoria Parker, Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program

Seems pretty straightforward to me, although GoldDerby thinks Silverman over Teri Hatcher is a big deal. I consider this to be in the same vein as Flight of the Conchords cracking the Comedy top 10... just throwing something to the masses to show they're hip. Pretty sure the Fucking Matt Damon video got her this spot, not her actual series.

I don't care for the Desperate Housewives ladies, except Felicity Huffman. Tina Fey the actress leaves me cold, but she's the It Girl for comedy, so no surprise. Mary-Louise Parker has so much charisma, I end up watching even the worst Weeds episodes. I actually watched a little of Samantha Who and thought Applegate was really infectious. And Anna Friel gets love forwhat is mainly a sweet, quirky light dramatic role.

Who I'd pick: Applegate, Friel, Parker, Huffman, Silverman
Who I think Emmy will pick: Fey, Huffman, Applegate, Parker, Huffman, Ferrera, with Friel a dark horse.

1 comment:

SeaDragon29 said...

I agree, Felicity Huffman is definitely my favorite of the Housewives. I think Lynnette is what sells the show, because honestly I could only take so much indiluted Eva Longoria Parker and Teri Hatcher. But I think I'm gonna be rooting for Anna Friel, because Pushing Daisies was an awesome show that got cancelled way too young. Friel's not my favorite on the show, but the show definitely deserves some recognition.