Emmy Nominees poll

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I did this last year, and I thought it'd be fun to play again. How does it work? Basically, I pick my totally biased top six in each category, and y'all vote for your favorites.

Notes:

1. Each actor submitted themselves in the category of their choice. If you think someone is in the wrong category, don't blame me. The full list is here.

2. This is totally and utterly biased toward the shows I watch and the actors I like. Yes, I may have left out superb actors because I have no idea who they are and/or have never seen their show. You don't like it, make your own awards! :-P

3. No write-in votes. I tried to stick to six nominees per category, and let me tell you, it was REALLY HARD. The supporting actor/actress categories in particular, I probably could've filled a whole second poll.

4. In some categories, I chose people I didn't know or hadn't seen just to get six options. Apparently, I don't watch enough TV movies/miniseries. I did kinda try to keep it to shows I theoretically wanted to see - and who knows, if they get a lot of votes, it might motivate me!

5. Feel free to explain/defend/campaign for your choices in the comments!

Poll #10831 Laura's Emmy Poll

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

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Lead Actor in a Comedy

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Louis C.K. (Louie)
1 (12.5%)

Don Cheadle (House of Lies)
1 (12.5%)

Zachary Levi (Chuck)
3 (37.5%)

Joel McHale (Community)
3 (37.5%)

Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation)
0 (0.0%)

Jeremy Sisto (Suburgatory)
0 (0.0%)

Lead Actor in a Drama

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Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
1 (12.5%)

Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
0 (0.0%)

Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
3 (37.5%)

Jason Issacs (Awake)
2 (25.0%)

Damian Lewis (Homeland)
2 (25.0%)

Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey)
0 (0.0%)

Lead Actor in a Miniseries/Movie

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Sean Bean (Missing)
1 (14.3%)

Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
4 (57.1%)

Idris Elba (Luther)
2 (28.6%)

Bruce Greenwood (The River)
0 (0.0%)

Dominic West (The Hour)
0 (0.0%)

Ben Whishaw (The Hour)
0 (0.0%)

Lead Actress in a Comedy

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Christina Applegate (Up All Night)
0 (0.0%)

Courteney Cox (Cougar Town)
0 (0.0%)

Zooey Deschanel (New Girl)
1 (16.7%)

Tina Fey (30 Rock)
0 (0.0%)

Jane Levy (Suburgatory)
0 (0.0%)

Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
5 (83.3%)

Lead Actress in a Drama

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Claire Danes (Homeland)
2 (25.0%)

Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries)
0 (0.0%)

Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey)
2 (25.0%)

Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)
3 (37.5%)

Emmy Rossum (Shameless)
0 (0.0%)

Anna Torv (Fringe)
1 (12.5%)

Lead Actress in a Miniseries/Movie

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Julie Benz (Ricochet)
2 (28.6%)

Connie Britton (American Horror Story)
1 (14.3%)

Romola Garai (The Hour)
3 (42.9%)

Ashley Judd (Missing)
1 (14.3%)

Leslie Hope (The River)
0 (0.0%)

Julianne Moore (Game Change)
0 (0.0%)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy

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Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation)
0 (0.0%)

Donald Glover (Community)
0 (0.0%)

Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
4 (50.0%)

Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation)
1 (12.5%)

Danny Pudi (Community)
3 (37.5%)

Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother)
0 (0.0%)

Supporting Actor in a Drama

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Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad)
0 (0.0%)

Seth Gabel (Fringe)
2 (25.0%)

Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men)
4 (50.0%)

Gabriel Mann (Revenge)
1 (12.5%)

Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
1 (12.5%)

Jeremy Allen White (Shameless)
0 (0.0%)

Supporting Actor in a Miniseries/Movie

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Paul Blackthorne (The River)
1 (12.5%)

Ralph Fiennes (Page Eight)
0 (0.0%)

Martin Freeman (Sherlock)
4 (50.0%)

Michael Gambon (Page Eight)
0 (0.0%)

Ed Harris (Game Change)
0 (0.0%)

Zachary Quinto (American Horror Story)
3 (37.5%)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy

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Kristen Bell (House of Lies)
1 (12.5%)

Alison Brie (Community)
2 (25.0%)

Allie Grant (Suburgatory)
0 (0.0%)

Gillian Jacobs (Community)
1 (12.5%)

Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation)
1 (12.5%)

Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother)
3 (37.5%)

Supporting Actress in a Drama

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Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter)
1 (12.5%)

Lauren Graham (Parenthood)
0 (0.0%)

Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
3 (37.5%)

Megan Hilty (Smash)
0 (0.0%)

Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men)
1 (12.5%)

Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
3 (37.5%)

Supporting Actress in a Miniseries/Movie

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Gillian Anderson (Great Expectations)
4 (50.0%)

Louise Brealey (Sherlock)
0 (0.0%)

Frances Conroy (American Horror Story)
0 (0.0%)

Eloise Mumford (The River)
1 (12.5%)

Jessica Lange (America Horror Story)
1 (12.5%)

Lara Pulver (Sherlock)
2 (25.0%)

Guest Actor in a Comedy

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Louis C.K. (Parks and Recreation)
0 (0.0%)

Cary Elwes (Psych)
1 (20.0%)

John Goodman (Community)
0 (0.0%)

Paul Rudd (Parks and Recreation)
3 (60.0%)

Richard Schiff (House of Lies)
0 (0.0%)

Martin Short (How I Met Your Mother)
1 (20.0%)

Guest Actor in a Drama

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Jere Burns (Burn Notice)
0 (0.0%)

John Corbett (Parenthood)
1 (14.3%)

Ben Feldman (Mad Men)
1 (14.3%)

Iain Glen (Downton Abbey)
3 (42.9%)

Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad)
1 (14.3%)

Mark Sheppard (Leverage)
1 (14.3%)

Gust Actress in a Comedy

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Patricia Clarkson (Parks and Recreation)
1 (25.0%)

Megalyn Echikunwoke (House of Lies)
0 (0.0%)

Kathryn Hahn (Parks and Recreation)
0 (0.0%)

Megan Mullally (Parks and Recreation)
3 (75.0%)

Becki Newton (How I Met Your Mother)
0 (0.0%)

Kristy Swanson (Psych)
0 (0.0%)

Guest Actress in a Drama

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Alexis Bledel (Mad Men)
3 (42.9%)

Joan Cusack (Shameless)
1 (14.3%)

Julia Ormond (Mad Men)
1 (14.3%)

Bernadette Peters (Smash)
1 (14.3%)

Liza Weil (Scandal)
0 (0.0%)

Persia White (The Vampire Diaries)
1 (14.3%)

Comments

[rebcake]

Wow. I am completely unable to vote in this. I'm only up-to-date on two of the listed shows — Sherlock and Downton Abbey. I'm an entire season behind on Dexter, and only catch random eps of a few of the others. I fail at TV.

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:( You are missing out! TV is so good!

[snickfic]

It is quite possible that I just picked people I liked, since I haven't seen the vast majority of these.

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I support that method. :)

[slaymesoftly]

I tried, but there's only one show on there that I've watched enough to know who the characters are. :) I don't seem to watch much TV anymore.

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Bummer. You're missing out!