Forget the Emmy Winners! Dr. Horrible is Here!

Chances are if you are an Internet guru, or just someone that is hip to the coolest things on the Internet than you know who Dr. Horrible is. He's as big as Homestar Runner! Check out the appearance of Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer at the 2009 Emmy show! Way cool! And Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog won an Emmy too for Most Incomprehensible Category also known as Short Format Live Action Entertainment Program. LOL What? That's not enough cool Dr. Horrible news for you? How about there WILL be a Dr. Horrible Part Two! Joss Whedon confirmed it on a conference call on Thursday. He says he may go with a bigger budget and more stars, if he does or not it won't change the storyline.

2009 Emmy Award Winners

In case you missed it, here is the main list of winners from last night's 2009 Emmy Awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris:

Outstanding Drama Series - "Mad Men"
Outstanding Comedy Series - "30 Rock"
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Glenn Close for "Damages"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Cherry Jones for "24"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Michael Emerson for "Lost"
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Toni Collette for "United States of Tara"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Jon Cryer for "Two and a Half Men"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Kristin Chenoweth for "Pushing Daisies"

Emmy Nominees Announced

The 2009 Emmy nominees have been announced and the group has expanded from last year. Each series and acting category was made bigger this year allowing for some surprising contenders.

Family Guy has been nominated for best comedy series. This is the first time an animated series has been nominated since The Flintstones 1961. Family Guy will be competing against six other programs for the win. The other shows competing in this category are Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, 30 Rock and Weeds.

30 Rock, last year's top comedy series, has largest number of nominations with an astounding 22 nominations. Last years top drama series has the most nominations in its field as well with 16 nominations. The top TV movie nominees include Grey Gardens with 17 nominations and Into The Storm with with 14.

A new category has been added this year to honor comedy, musical and variety series. Nominees in this category are The Colbert Report, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Late Show with David Letterman, Real Time with Bill Maher and Saturday Night Live.

Some shows that surprisingly did not make the nomination list include True Blood, Desperate Housewives and Jon & Kate Plus 8.

The Emmys will air live on CBS on Sept. 20, from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles with Neil Patrick Harris as the host.

More Emmy contenders

The Television Academy of Arts & Sciences announced its list of semifinalists for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. The group will be whittled down to five nominees, who will be announced July 17.

Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series - Shortlist:
Jane Alexander - "Tell Me You Love Me"

Candice Bergen - "Boston Legal"

Rose Byrne - "Damages"

Jill Clayburgh - "Dirty Sexy Money"

Sharon Gless - "Burn Notice"

Rachel Griffiths - "Brothers and Sisters"

Christina Hendricks - "Mad Men"

S. Epatha Merkerson - "Law and Order"

Sandra Oh - "Grey's Anatomy"

Dianne Wiest - "In Treatment"

Chandra Wilson - "Grey's Anatomy"

Academy announces more Emmy semifinalists

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced its shortlist of actors in contention for the 2008 Emmy categories of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. The final nominees will be announce July 17.

The Academy decided to disclose the semifinalists since the information is often leaked to the press, anyway. Last week the contenders for Outstanding Comedy and Drama Series were announced.


Lead Actress - Comedy - Semifinalists:
Christina Applegate - "Samantha Who"
Marcia Cross - "Desperate Housewives"
America Ferrera - "Ugly Betty"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Anna Friel - "Pushing Daisies"
Felicity Huffman - "Desperate Housewives"
Eva Longoria - "Desperate Housewives"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - "The New Adventures of Old Christine"
Mary Louise-Parker - "WEEDS"
Sarah Silverman - "The Sarah Silverman Program"

Lead Actor - Drama - Semifinalists:
Naveen Andrews - "Lost"

Christian Clemenson - "Boston Legal"
Ted Danson - "Damages"

Bruce Dern - "Big Love"
Michael Emerson - "Lost"
Zeljko Ivanek - "Damages"
T.R. Knight - "Grey's Anatomy"
William Shatner - "Boston Legal"

John Slattery - Mad Men

Blair Underwood - "In Treatment"

Jake Weber - "Medium"

Emmy Award finalists

In an unprecedented move, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has revealed the top 10 finalists for the Emmy Awards categories of best comedy and best drama, TV Week reported.

Comedy Finalists:

- "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

- "Entourage"

- "Family Guy"

- "Flight of the Conchords"

- "The Office"

- "Pushing Daisies"

- "Two and a Half Men"

- "Ugly Betty"

- "Weeds"

Drama Finalists:
- "Boston Legal"

- "Damages"

- "Dexter"

- "Friday Night Lights"

- "Grey’s Anatomy"

- "House"

- "Lost"

- "Mad Men"

- "The Tudors"

The Academy will determine a short list of five shows for each category, although as many as seven could be selected if voting is close. Officials said they decided to reveal the top 10 this year since last year the information was leaked early. The final nominees will be announced at 8:40 a.m. ET on July 17.

Katherine Heigl Disses Emmy

The Grey's Anatomy actress recently withdrew her name from the Emmy contention this year. Her reasoning? Heigl said, "I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organization, I withdrew my name from contention." Many bloggers and articles are now surfacing on the Internet claiming that by saying this, Heigl is really sticking it to the writers of the show. Do you think she meant to slam them for writing her a bad part?

Heigl then stated that she "did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials." We think she may be being a little too hard on herself. Is this an honorable thing to do or just a publicity stunt?