"'30 Rock' would win with that tape," he continues. "Watch out for that show. That's all I have to say. Haha. I wasn't really even that much of a fan before today." The problem with predicting the Emmy nominees based upon opinions of sample episodes is that that's not the sole factor used in determining final contenders. Academy accountants will now take judges' scores and mix them on a 50-50 basis with results of the original popular vote of TV academy members. That means that "The Office" could still make the final five if it scored highly in the popular vote, thus offsetting the low score it may have received from this and other judges. This judge clarifies the episodes submitted by producers of "My Name Is Earl" and "Two and a Half Men." "'Earl' was the episode with Christian Slater," he says. "Earl goes green and wants to return Christian's air conditioner. '2.5 Men' is the episode where Jake gets boobs and Charlie is dating a woman who is the younger version of his mother and everyone sees it but him."

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