[Televisionary]

And the Emmy nominations are... really quite pathetic. In a year where many thought the Television Academy's new nomination system would buck the trend of recent years and showcase some critically acclaimed but criminally neglected series like Gilmore Girls or Battlestar Galactica , the nominations are painfully boring and middle-of-the-road. Part of me was hoping that this would be the year that Lauren Graham would finally (finally!) be singled out for recognition or that series like Veronica Mars would get a nod, but the other, more jaded part of me knew that it would most likely be the same old, same old for the stodgy Academy. Still, I couldn't tell you how depressed the nominations made me this morning. (Talk about getting up at the crack of dawn for nothing.) There were a few bright spots, like Lisa Kudrow getting a nom for her deliriously wacky performance as put-upon actress Valerie Cherish on HBO's sadly missed The Comeback (I think I was one of the only people

Summertime in Hollywood brings us many things: repeats, reality shows, and full-page Emmy campaign ads in the trades. But with the deadline to turn in Emmy nominating ballots rapidly approaching (um, it's at the end of today, in fact), I thought I'd take this opportunity to come up with a few awards of my own that unfortunately didn't quite make it onto this year's Emmy ballot. And since the results of my little poll numbered only one (myself), I didn't think I needed to call in the services of accounting firm Ernst & Young to tabulate the results. Sorry, guys. Unlike the actual Emmy Awards telecast, I've pared down the show to just the actual awards handout (no monologues, musical performances, or montages here, folks), so without further ado, the winners are... Best TV Non-Couple Couple: The Office 's John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer While The Office is easily one of the most hysterical shows on television, the ongoing will-they-or-won't-they rom