Secret Emmys judge No. 2: Thumbs up for 'Pushing Daisies,' 'The Office' & '30 Rock'

Our forums moderator Chris "Boomer" Beachum just chatted with secret Emmy judge No. 2 and filed this report — below. Compare this to our reports from secret judge No. 1 (CLICK HERE) and No. 3 (CLICK HERE).

"Today's 10 episodes were viewed in reverse alphabetical order starting with 'Weeds' and ending with 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' Yesterday's comedy panel was seen in normal alphabetical order.

"This panel had about 30 voters, equally split male and female. Average age appeared to be 40+ (though several men were under age 40).

"One voter had 'Pushing Daisies' as his favorite choice and said voters were 'rapt' throughout.

"Some of the loudest laughs ever during a panel were heard during 'Family Guy.' 'Two and a Half Men' also generated lots of laughs in all the right places.

"'Curb' and 'Conchords' had good audible laughter, but the room was silent sometimes when there should have been laughs.

"'The Office' and '30 Rock' played strongly but didn't have the laugh-out-loud moments of the others. Speculation was that they might just be more funny inside rather than outer. One voter had 'The Office' as his fourth favorite and '30 Rock' as his fifth favorite.

"'Ugly Betty,' 'Entourage' and 'Weeds' didn't seem to go over all that well (just occasional smiles and chuckles). I know that one voter liked 'Weeds' the least overall."