A Hollywood web site has posted what it calls the ten finalists in each category for the best comedy and best dramatic series in this fall's emmy awards. Right now, members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences are viewing episodes of these shows to narrow the list down to five each, or possibly six.
The nominees aren't supposed to be announced until July 19th, but it appears that they will come from this list. I can't say that either category has many surprises on the list, though you could almost make a separate list of five dramas that should have made the cut and didn't: Battlestar Galactica, Rescue Me, Brotherhood, The Shield and especially HBO's masterful cop drama The Wire.
REPORTED BEST DRAMA FINALISTS
24
Boston Legal
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Grey's Anatomy
Heroes
House
Lost
Rome
The Sopranos
REPORTED BEST COMEDY FINALISTS
2 1/2 Men
30 Rock
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
Extras
My Name Is Earl
The Office
Scrubs
Ugly Betty
Weeds