Nearing Emmy

It's T-minus nine days until the Emmys, so the speculation on winners and losers is officially rampant.

Here's a topline, from our vantage point: "Mad Men," but not Jon Hamm, James Spader but not "Boston Legal," Glenn Close and Ted Danson for "Damages," Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin and "30 Rock," and "John Adams" for just about any award doled out for a TV miniseries. (You didn't really think "Tin Man" had a shot, did you?)

Potential upsets? There may be a few in tight races like best lead actress in a comedy -- could Christina Applegate squeak past favorite Fey? -- and best supporting actor in a comedy -- with "Entourage's" two-time winner Jeremy Piven seeming to be neck-and-neck with "How I Met Your Mother's" Neil Patrick Harris, gunning for his first win in three nominations.

We don't envy those who have to choose between "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report." Tie?

And something we'd truly like to see, a "Project Runway" beat-down of "Amazing Race," is but a pipe dream. With the fierce fashion show on its last legs (seriously -- Suede?), not sure the Peabody winner will have another shot after this year, unless its next incarnation at Lifetime (or wherever it ends up) shakes it out of the self-parody mode it's unfortunately settled into.

Go here to see results from a whole passel of TV critics and other journalists, including brother blogger Ray Richmond.

And come back in the week ahead for more detailed dissections.

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[george bailey]

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