No 'Saturday Night Live' stars on the Emmy list of Top 10 best supporting comedy actors
Looks like the joke is on the cast of "Saturday Night Live." This year Emmy rules permit them to scoot from the category for variety performers to comedy acting and, alas, none of the lads (Fred Armisen, Darrell Hammond, 
Seth Meyers, Andy Samberg, etc.)
got the last laugh. They're still eligible in other categories. Last year Samberg shared an Emmy with Justin Timberlake and others for writing the music and lyrics to "D**k in a Box."
Instead, the runoff of Top 10 contenders for best comedy actor involves these chaps — below — who are largely the usual suspects except for that nice surprise Jack McBrayer.
TOP 10 SEMIFINALISTS: COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jon Cryer, "Two and a Half Men" ("Meander to Your Dander")
Kevin Dillon, "Entourage" ("The Dream Team")
Justin Kirk, "Weeds" ("Bill Sussman")
Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother" ("The Goat")
John Krasinski, "The Office" ("Branch Wars")
Jack McBrayer, "30 Rock" ("Episode 210")
Tracy Morgan, "30 Rock" ("Secrets and Lies")
Jeremy Piven, "Entourage" ("The Day F***ers")
Fred Willard, "Back to You" ("Cradle to Grave")
Rainn Wilson, "The Office" ("Money")
Missing in Emmy action: Danny DeVito ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"), Chi McBride ("Pushing Daisies"), David Spade ("Rules of Engagement"), Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") and Kevin Nealon ("Weeds").
Photo: NBC
Hooray for NPH!!! Hopefully he will pull down a W for this fantastically underrated comedy!!!
Posted by: Rachel | July 09, 2008 at 03:40 PM
Disappointed about Chi McBride's omission but happy for Neil Patrick Harris. Although I think maybe they should have submitted him for the "March Madness," episode, his performance in The Goat was good but often more dramatic than comedic.
Posted by: bittens | July 06, 2008 at 09:32 PM
Where is Simon Helberg from Big Bang Theory?? Him and Parsons are the best on that show!
Nice to see Justin Kirk nominated but it's a year too late! He was much better in Season 2 of Weeds.
Posted by: Kevin | July 06, 2008 at 06:10 PM
GO JOHN KRASINSKI!!!
Posted by: Annie | July 05, 2008 at 09:05 AM
your dumb if you think samberg is a terrible preformer. he is soo funny. "Dick in a box" was amazing. the only reason i watch snl anymore is because of samberg. If you are looking for justin timerlake lyrics check out here
http://www.completealbumlyrics.com/single/Justin+Timberlake/
Posted by: speedy | July 02, 2008 at 03:00 PM
It's pretty amazing that you feature Seth Meyers and Andy Samberg in your picture for the two SNL actors left out of the nominations. They are easily the two worst performers on the show, save maybe Amy Poehler.
Posted by: Andrew | July 02, 2008 at 02:01 PM
And if Jim Parsons from "Big Bang Theory' went to supporting I could have seen him easily taking Kirk or McBrayer's place. Oh well. Maybe he'll learn for next year.
Posted by: junior | July 02, 2008 at 07:24 AM