Emmy Judge #2 liked '2.5 Men' & '30 Rock,' too, but LOVED 'Entourage'
"Yes, yes, there's no doubt that Emmy judges loved 'Two and a Half Men' and '30 Rock," reports another judge who participated in the Sunday panel session. "'Men' had outstanding performances, writing and direction — all across the board. But, personally, I thought 'Entourage' was the best. I ranked it number one, but maybe that's just because I love the show so much as a regular viewer. "
This panelist — let's call him Judge #2 — volunteered that he ranked "Ugly Betty" . . .
Photo: "Entourage" cad Jeremy Piven won the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy series last year. (Tribune Co.). . . in second place, then "Two and a Half Men" and "Desperate Housewives" next. Then he put "Scrubs" and "The Office" "somewhere in the middle — I can't remember," he adds, "and I put 'Weeds' and 'Earl' in last and second-to-last place. 'Earl' struck me as goofy hick schtick." Judge #1 liked "Weeds" much more, ranking it in his top five. "Earl" was ranked further down, but not in the bottom two slots. Judge #2 disagrees with Judge #1 about "Scrubs." He thought that the "My Musical" episode was "very innovative," but he had too many other favorites to rank it higher up than mid-range.
(NOTE: These reports come to us unsolicited. We pass them along when we know the sources to be usually credible, but the information is unofficial and unverified. We stress that this is merely one person's opinion and may not reflect the group's consensus. Also, we do not encourage judges to break any agreement of confidentiality that they may have made with ATAS.)
