Are you LOST without Glee? Is your Modern Family full of Mad Men?

Emmy Awards are tomorrow. Have you printed your ballots and set all your Tivo tuners to the various red carpet shows? No? Just me then. But still, you will want to know about the two biggest awards for the night:

Best Comedy Series:
30 Rock (NBC)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
The Office (NBC) 


This is a classic old vs. new category this year. The Office and 30 Rock have both won before, but Modern Family and Glee are the new darlings. Keep in mind when The Office and 30 both (the first time for 30 Rock, as it has had 3 wins), it was the first year they were nominated. As much as the Emmy's love to reward the same actors over and over (I'm glaring at you Jeremy Piven), the Series award occasionally go to the new buzzworthy shows (unless they are up against Frasier of course). I think in the battle of Glee vs. Modern Family it is really a battle of the kind of television people want to see more of. Glee is a whole new kind of show, with singing and dancing mixed heavily with sarcasm and pathos. Whereas Modern Family has been heralded for being a throwback to the sitcoms of old, though I have to say that there is still plenty of sarcasm to go around on that show. So who will Emmy choose? Could be a battle of old vs. new, or it could be a battle of different kinds of new. My prediction? The voters are a sucker for good old fashion family comedy. Even if that "family" comedy is full of disfunction and non-traditional relationships, which is why I love it so much! Still, personally, I'm a singing and dancing and sarcastic kind of a girl, with much love for Glee.
Should Win: Glee
Will Win: Modern Family


Best Drama Series:
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Dexter (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Lost (ABC)
Mad Men (AMC)
True Blood (HBO)

These are all great. Except for the vampire porn show. I swear someone lost a bet and had to add True Blood as the sixth nominee. No matter. This is Mad Men's award to lose, as it was last year and the year before. And I love Donald Draper, Joan Holloway and all the small perfections of this show. They make a period piece exciting for today, and they make you care about the characters even while you are marveling at the sets and costumes and how perfectly they evoke the era.
But....
Lord of the Rings was an amazing movie. Yes, there were three. But really, it was one long movie, and it was outstanding. (Stay with me here, I swear I am getting back to tv). The reason they gave the Best Picture Oscar to LOTR: Return of the King, was because they had to wait until the movie was complete and reward it as a whole. Therefore, using this logic, it only makes sense that they reward LOST this year. It won Best Drama the first year, and that was great. It won for the pilot episode really, because we had never seen anything like it before. And now the story has ended. Some people think it was fantastic, some people think the very last episode ruined it, but everyone has to agree that this series changed the way we view television. It was the first tv series you had to do homework for! Websites were set up, not just by fans, but by writers and producers to enhance your viewing experience. None of this would matter however, if it wasn't a damn fine show. And it was. Of course it had flaws, but this being the final season, I think it must be judged as a whole. It was set up that way. And the whole of the show was amazing, and I feel certain will stand the test of time.
Should Win: LOST
Will Win: LOST (Ok, really probably Mad Men, but I have to have faith. John Locke would have wanted it that way)