Emmy's f***ing The Wire (but what else is new?)

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Neil Patrick Harris -- still singing his not-at-all-horrible musical blog -- not only announced the Emmy Award nominations today, he picked one up himself. Go Team Gay.

Our other queer(ish) faves from the long, long list of things we don't care as much about:

> The Wire got one nomination. ONE. It's for the writers of the series finale, and while they absolutely deserve this, they deserve about 27 more, too. The fact that we live in a world where Michael K. Williams isn't getting nominated for his work as Omar is so unfathomable that I just went through that list five times, sure that my search function was just failing to show his name.

> Brothers & Sisters picked up nominations for Mama Walker (Sally Field) as lead actress in a drama, as well as Rachel Griffiths for best supporting sister. Read Out's interview with executive producer Greg Berlanti here.

> Cynthia Nixon got one for her guest role on Law & Order: SVU. Um, if I'd ever watched more than 2 minutes of that show by accident when the TiVo remote was buried in the couch and I couldn't make it stop, I might have more to say about this. Go girl?

> The now no-longer-f***ing Sarah Silverman was nominated for best song on Jimmy Kimmel's show, "I'm F***ing Matt Damon." The Ben Affleck love ditty created in response by Jimmy was not. Awk-ward.

> HBO's Bernard and Doris snagged a bunch of nods, including both of its leads (Ralph Fiennes and Susan Sarandon) and the overall outstanding made-for-TV movie. Read Out's interview with nominated director Bob Balaban here. 

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Comments

[lrubemp]

The fact the Emmys ignored The Wire only enhances its mystique. Being rejected by the take-no-risk studio hacks and marshmallow egos that rule the "awards", while being heralded EVERYWHERE ELSE, says all that needs to be said about the show's quality and historical status. Ditto the Oscar and Brokeback Mountain. Ain't no thing.

[Tea Party]

Even though I had HBO for many years I never watched The Wire, nor HBO for that matter. I did start watching the program on DVD through Netflix. I now think it was the best show ever to be on television - award shows are silly anyways.