The Best Drama noms are the usual cavalcade of grown-up shows. Great to see friendly faces like House, Dexter and Big Love. Sadly, with so many popular standouts, there was apparently no room at the inn for The Shield, Sons of Anarchy or Battlestar Galactica. Blah. Also not nominated this year? True Blood. Hmmm...

Over in Best Comedy, it's good to see fan faves HIMYM, The Office, 30 Rock and Weeds. The Big Bang Theory got no love as a series, but Family Guy and Flight of the Conchords were happily recognized!

The Best Reality noms salute the very deserving The Amazing Race and the gold standards of glossy reality shows, Project Runway and Top Chef. But we can't help but be bummed that Dancing With the Stars was nominated, while So You Think You Can Dance was dissed as a series. We persist in thinking that SYTYCD is educational TV magic that belongs in the Smithsonian as part of the national record of American culture. Still, congrats to NappyTabs, Mia Michaels, Tyce Diorio and Dmitry Chaplin for their choreography nods!

Another treat we're delighted to get is Elisabeth Moss' Best Drama Actress nomination for Mad Men! Peggy is the best! We're disappointed to not see Lost's Evangeline Lilly or Elizabeth Mitchell, but it's nice to see an underdog in the gang along with perennial contender Mariska Hargitay and the likes of Glenn Close and Holly Hunter.

(Can we say something evil? Is it just us or do the Emmy nominators seem to always save a few slots for "Oscar-winning female who deigns to do TV"? And why can't Mary McDonnell get some of that action? Her two Oscar nominations and her four years of brilliance on BSG are not chopped liver!)

Oh, and speaking of actresses who were robbed: Where the hell is Connie Britton for Friday Night Lights?!

The Best Drama Actor nods are perfectly respectable, but again, ugh, why no room for the sexy people?! No Lost, BSG, True Blood, Kyle Chandler, nothing!

Over in Comedy land, Christina Applegate got an acting nod, which leaves ABC looking a little silly for canceling Samantha Who?, and Sarah Silverman makes a first-time appearance. Sarah Silverman, your Twitter is too dirty for us to follow, but you seem like a cool girl. But even though the Best Comedy Actress category is populated with the likes of our god Tina Fey and the insanely talented Toni Collette, we still want Mary-Louise Parker to win for Weeds. And not just because of her recent Esquire spread, although that was pretty damn hot, too.

The Best Comedy Actor category includes Tony Shalhoub because apparently that is an inevitability. (He's the nicest guy in the world, but seriously? Every! Year!) At least that dull routine was leavened by the first-time nom for Jim Parsons. Also yay for Steve Carell and Alec Baldwin. But no Zachary Levi for Chuck? Come on people! Watch the TV before you vote!