So, for the past few days, I’ve been happily hopping around my section of the Shattered Lens Bunker and do you know why?
Because it’s awards season, that’s why! With the conclusion of the 2011-2012 TV season, Emmy ballots have been mailed and votes are being cast and, come July, we’ll know which shows and performers have been nominated for the 2012 Emmys.
Before that happens, however, I would like to play a little game called “What if Lisa Was Solely Responsible For Picking the Nominees.” Here’s how it works — I looked over and studied the complete list of the shows and performances that have been submitted this year for Emmy consideration. And then, from that list, I picked my personal nominees.
Below are my personal nominations in the major Emmy categories. Again, note that these are not necessarily the shows and performers that I believe will be nominated. Instead, these are the shows and performers that I would nominate if I was solely responsible for picking the nominees.
A complete list of my nominations in every single Emmy category can be found here. (And yes, there’s a lot of Lifetime on the list. There’s also a lot of Community.)
Best Comedy Series
Bored to Death (HBO)
Community (NBC)
Girls (HBO)
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (FX)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Raising Hope (Fox)
Veep (HBO)
Best Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
The Client List (Lifetime)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
Pan Am (ABC)
Ringer (The CW)
True Blood (HBO)
The Walking Dead (AMC)
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
Blue-Eyed Butcher (Lifetime)
Cyberbully (ABC Family)
Drew Peterson: Untouchable (Lifetime)
Five (Lifetime)
Girl Fight (Lifetime)
Hatfields & McCoys (History Channel)
The Hour (BBC America)
Of Two Minds (Lifetime)
Outstanding Variety Series
Conan (TBS)
Fashion Police (E)
Key and Peele (Comedy Central)
The Soup (E)
Tosh .O (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Variety Special
Betty White’s 90th Birthday Party (NBC)
Celtic Women: Believe (PBS)
The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen (Comedy Central)
TV Land Awards (TV Land)
Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV (Showtime)
Outstanding Nonfiction Special
Bobby Fischer Against The World (HBO)
Catholicism: Amazed and Afraid (PBS)
Crime After Crime (OWN)
God Is The Bigger Elvis (HBO)
6 Days To Air: The Making of South Park (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Nonfiction Series
America in Primetime (PBS)
American Masters (PBS)
America’s Most Wanted (Lifetime)
Beyond Scared Straight (A&E)
Inside Story (Biography)
Outstanding Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Dance Moms (Lifetime)
Kitchen Nightmares (Fox)
Scouted (E)
Storage Wars (A&E)
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Bachelor (ABC)
Big Brother (CBS)
The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC)
Hell’s Kitchen (Fox)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
Survivor (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Johnny Galecki in The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Danny McBride in Eastbound and Down (HBO)
Joel McHale in Community (NBC)
Lucas Neff in Raising Hope (Fox)
Jason Schwartzman in Bored To Death (HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama
Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jeffrey Donavon in Burn Notice (USA)
Damian Lewis in Homeland (Showtime)
Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (AMC)
Timothy Olyphant in Justified (FX)
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries or Movie
Idris Elba in Luther (BBC America)
Rob Lowe in Drew Peterson: Untouchable (Lifetime)
Steven Weber in Duke (Hallmark Movie Channel)
Dominic West in The Hour (BBC America)
Ben Whishaw in The Hour (BBC America)
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy
Zooey Deschanel in New Girl (Fox)
Lena Dunham in Girls (HBO)
Tina Fey in 30 Rock (NBC)
Julia Louis Dreyfuss in Veep (HBO)
Mary-Louis Parker in Weeds (Showtime)
Martha Plimpton in Raising Hope (Fox)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama
Claire Danes in Homeland (Showtime)
Sarah Michelle Gellar in Ringer (The CW)
Jennifer Love Hewitt in The Client List (Lifetime)
Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife (CBS)
Elizabeth McGovern in Downton Abbey (PBS)
Anna Paquin in True Blood (HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries or Movie
Kristin Davis in Of Two Minds (Lifetime)
Anne Heche in Girl Fight (Lifetime)
Rose McGowan in The Pastor’s Wife (Lifetime)
Emily Osment in Cyberbully (ABC Family)
Sara Paxton in Blue Eyed Butcher (Lifetime)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Charlie Day in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)
Danny DeVito in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (FX)
Donald Glover in Community (NBC)
Nick Offerman in Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Danny Pudi in Community (NBC)
Matt Walsh in Veep (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama
Bruce Campbell in Burn Notice (USA)
Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones (HBO)
Giancarlo Espositto in Breaking Bad (AMC)
Michael Pitt in Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Michael Shannon in Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Alexander Skarsgard in True Blood (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries or Movie
Powers Boothe in Hatfields and McCoys (History Channel)
Justin Bruening in Blue-Eyed Butcher (Lifetime)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar in Hide (TNT)
Sir Roger Moore in A Princess For Christmas (Hallmark Movie Channel)
Tony Shalhoub in Five (Lifetime)
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy
Alison Brie in Community (NBC)
Kristen Chenoweth in GCB (ABC)
Anna Chlumsky in Veep (HBO)
Gillian Jacobs in Community (NBC)
Cloris Leachman in Raising Hope (Fox)
Aubrey Plaza in Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in Drama
Christine Baranski in The Good Wife (CBS)
Kristen Bauer Von Straten in True Blood (HBO)
Kelly MacDonald in Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Christina Ricci in Pan Am (ABC)
Sophia Turner in Game of Thrones (HBO)
Deborah Ann Woll in True Blood (HBO)
Supporting Actress In A Miniseries or Movie
Tammy Blanchard in Of Two Minds (Lifetime)
Kaley Cuoco in Drew Peterson: Untouchable (Lifetime)
Lisa Edelstein in Blue-Eyed Butcher (Lifetime)
Jessica Lange in American Horror Story (FX)
Jena Malone in Hatfields and McCoy (History Channel)
Through the Shattered Lens 