Emmy: Making Do With the Semifinalists

So. Given the semifinalists, listed in full at Tom O'Neil's Gold Derby blog at the LA Times, and given the fact that I will have to get over the absence of Mia Wasikowska, "In Treatment," Connie Britton, Wanda Sykes, Hamish Linklater, Ginnifer Goodwin, January Jones, "How I Met Your Mother," Vincent Kartheiser, Jaime Murray, Jennifer Carpenter, Kristin Wiig, Adrianne Palicki, Donald Sutherland, Jamie Hector, and a few other favorites, here are my choices for the finalists. Of course, if O'Neil's spies are right, many of my finalist selections below are unlikely.

BEST COMEDY
"30 Rock"
"The Office"
"Flight of the Conchords"
"Pushing Daisies"
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"

BEST COMEDY ACTRESS
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Sarah Silverman, "The Sarah Silverman Program"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "The New Adventures of Old Christine"
Marcia Cross, "Desperate Housewives"
America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"

BEST COMEDY ACTOR
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
David Duchovny, "Californication"
Josh Radnor, "How I Met Your Mother" (not yet a confirmed semifinalist)

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Poehler, "Saturday Night Live"
Jenna Fischer, "The Office"
Jane Krakowski, "30 Rock"
Vanessa Williams, "Ugly Betty"
Jean Smart, "Samantha Who?"

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother"
John Krasinski, "The Office"
Rainn Wilson, "The Office"
Jack McBrayer, "30 Rock"
Tracy Morgan, "30 Rock"

BEST DRAMA
"Dexter"
"Friday Night Lights"
"Lost"
"Mad Men"
"The Wire"

BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Gabriel Byrne, "In Treatment"
Kyle Chandler, "Friday Night Lights"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Hugh Laurie, "House"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"

BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
Glenn Close, "Damages"
Jeanne Tripplehorn, "Big Love"
Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"
Minnie Driver, "The Riches"

BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sharon Gless, "Burn Notice"
Christina Hendricks, "Mad Men"
Dianne Wiest, "In Treatment"
S. Epatha Merkerson, "Law & Order"
Jill Clayburgh, "Dirty Sexy Money"

BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Emerson, "Lost"
Blair Underwood, "In Treatment"
John Slattery, "Mad Men"
Bruce Dern, "Big Love"
Ted Danson, "Damages"

The finalists will be announced on July 17.