The Office’s Emmy quest
Monday, July 16th, 2007 | 204 commentsTom O’Neil has confirmed that Jenna Fischer is on the top ten list for Best Comedy Supporting Actress!
Link: Confirmed Top Ten Finalists for Emmy Nominations
Tipster: That’s What She Said
Office-related Top 10 confirmations so far:
- Comedy Series: The Office
- Comedy Lead Actor: Steve Carell
- Comedy Supporting Actor: John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson
- Comedy Supporting Actress: Jenna Fischer
Previously posted Office Emmy news after the jump.
July 3
Tom O’Neil has confirmed that Rainn Wilson is on the top ten list for Best Comedy Supporting Actor.
July 2
Tom O’Neil of the L.A. Times Gold Derby reports that Steve Carell and John Krasinski have both made the Emmy finalist lists for Best Comedy Actor and Best Supporting Comedy Actor respectively.
Link: Actors on Emmy’s Top 10 finalist lists
Tipsters: bales, mg714
June 30
Not that we Office fans had any doubt, but Tom O’Neil of the L.A. Times Gold Derby reports that The Office has made the top 10 list of Emmy finalists for best comedy series!
The finalists include:
- Desperate Housewives
- Entourage
- Extras
- My Name is Earl
- The Office
- Scrubs
- Thirty Rock
- Two and a Half Men
- Ugly Betty
- Weeds
The Emmy nominations will be announced on July 19th.
Link: Top 10 Emmy finalists for drama & comedy series
Tipster: That’s What She Said
May 24
Here are The Office’s episode submissions for Emmy consideration this year:
Comedy Series
The Office - “The Coup”
Lead Actor
Steve Carell - “Business School”
Supporting Actor
Leslie David Baker - “Traveling Salesmen”
Brian Baumgartner - “Phyllis’ Wedding”
David Denman - “Cocktails”
Ed Helms - “The Return”
John Krasinski - “Business School”
Paul Lieberstein - “The Negotiation”
B.J. Novak - “Business School”
Oscar Nunez - “Gay Witch Hunt”
Rainn Wilson - “The Coup”
Supporting Actress
Jenna Fischer - “Grief Counseling” “The Job”
Kate Flannery - “Women’s Appreciation”
Melora Hardin - “Cocktails”
Mindy Kaling - “Product Recall”
Angela Kinsey - “Traveling Salesmen”
Phyllis Smith - “Phyllis’ Wedding”
Guest Actor
Creed Bratton - “Product Recall”
Chip Esten - “The Convention”
Wayne Wilderson - “The Convict”
Guest Actress
Rashida Jones - “A Benihana Christmas”
Comedy Series Writing
Jennifer Celotta - “A Benihana Christmas”
Greg Daniels - “Gay Witch Hunt”
Brent Forrester - “Business School”
Mindy Kaling - “Diwali”
Paul Lieberstein - “Cocktails”
Michael Schur - “The Negotiation”
Michael Schur/Lee Eisenberg/Gene Stupnitsky - “Traveling Salesmen”
Justin Spitzer - “Back From Vacation”
Caroline Williams - “Phyllis’ Wedding”
Comedy Series Directing
Greg Daniels - “Traveling Salesmen”
Ken Kwapis - “Gay Witch Hunt”
Harold Ramis - “A Benihana Christmas”
Joss Whedon - “Business School”
Link: Gold Derby Forums master list
Tipsters: Rick, sorano916
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I really want Steve to win but I have a feeling the academy is going to give it to Baldwin.
Yes!! I REALLY hope Jenna gets a nomination. That is really great to hear she’s being considered, as she should. Just her reaction that last scene as Pam’s being asked out is reason enough to nominate her.
Jenna better get nominated for Supporting Actress, she was fantastic this season. If she does not get the nod for her acting in “The Job” then the Emmy people are out of their mind.
kudos to jenna!!!!
Yay Jenna!
Glad to see Jenna Fischer on that list. However, Jaime Pressley is so frickin’ hilarious on ‘Earl’ that I think it might be hard for her to win. On the other hand, Rainn Wilson may win it going away (Jeremy Piven is sort of a darling in Hollywood so, who knows).
Yay Jenna!!! When are the official nominees named?
If Jenna does not win the Emmy for her work this past season it will be a true shame. This was her best work so for IMO and one of the finest performances in all of television last season.
Not sure whether this news belongs under this thread, but in TVWeek’s summer Critics Poll of the nation’s critics for the best television program, our little show finished 4th, behind “The Sopranos”, “Lost” and “Friday Night Lights”. “The Office” was the highest ranked comedy. Yay! Some relevant comments from the article follows:
“More than a copy of the brilliant, cringe-worthy original, it’s evolved into something so uniquely American,” wrote Ellen Gray, Philadelphia Daily News. “I’m no longer embarrassed to admit I get happy just hearing the theme music.”
Ms. Gray is not alone. Mr. (Rick) Kushman (of the Sacramento Bee) wrote, “When the music starts playing, it just makes me happy.”
Wow…the “Office” theme music must be one of the best modern examples of Pavlovian conditioning…I’m happy when I hear it too :)
Link to full list:
http://tvweek.com/news/2007/07/a_blaze_of_glory_for_the_sopra.php
This article saddens me:
“The bottom 3 spots were given to ‘Office,’ ‘Earl’ and ‘Scrubs.”
Link:
http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2007/07/inside-emmy-vot.html#more
hi guys, Tom O’Neil and the Gold Derby forum conducted a live chat with Masi Oka (Hiro from “Heroes”) this week. The transcript has been posted (link below). During the chat, Masi mentioned he’s a big “Office” geek (yay!!!) and that he got to work with Jenna (”Jenna is simply an amazing person”), during his cameo on “Quebec”. Thanks to Masi for his very kind words on “The Office” and Jenna. I wonder if he checks OfficeTally 1000000 times per day like the rest of us :)
http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2007/07/transcript-ou-1.html
An earlier chat was also conducted with Jack Coleman (who did such a wonderful job as Mr. Bennet) where he also mentioned “The Office” as one of his favorite shows :)
It is not fully decided that Jenna isn’t on the list. Elizabeth Perkins, Jamie Pressley, and Vanessa Williams are the only three on the Best Supporting Comedy Actress list so far. Just be patient, it has to take them a long time to decide these things.
Susan, she still might be–these are just a few of the names that have leaked out.
ok wow if you read this chat
http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2007/07/the-envelopes-t.html#more
according to these judges the Office is the front runner for Emmy for Best Comedy
Boomer: The Office will truly be hard to beat. They have about 15 or 16 episodes that could easily be chosen for the final 6. In sports terminology, that is called real team depth.
2007-06-30 17:15:58.0
Kams: Weeds and Extras has no chance.
2007-06-30 17:16:01.0
MicheBel: I’m still predicting Weeds for a nom
2007-06-30 17:16:06.0
Rob L: Office cant lose. That’s my final thought on comedy.
Congrats to all! But, I also gotta say… What about Jenna??! She totally deserves to be on this list….
Congrats, Rainn!
Despite what those two stupid judges said about the Office previously here is what experts from The Gold Derby pick for 5 noms for Best Comedy. (This took place in a chat room.
Boomer: Based on this Top 10, what do each of you have for 5 nominees Comedy Series?
742: and even then you’d have eight CSI spin-offs making the cut first
BuffyMars: those networks just don’t exist on the emmy radar.
Tom O’Neil: That’s the BIG QUESTION — Can FNL now be nommed? It was probably in the bottom 7, 8, 9 or 10 ranking, right? That means it needs to be ranked high by judges CONSISTENTLY
Kams: Desperate Housewives, Entourage, My Name is Earl, The Office, Ugly Betty
TommyCastro: Office, Scrubs, Betty, 30 Rock, 2.5 Men, easy
MicheBel: 1. The Office 2. Ugly Betty 3. Weeds 4. 30 Rock 5. Entourage
Rob L: Office, Scrubs, 30 Rock, 2.5 Men, Ugly Betty]
742: My Name is Earl, The Office, Scrubs, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty
BuffyMars: Top 5 comedy, in order: Scrubs, 30 Rock, The Office, My Name is Earl, Ugly Betty
Boomer: COMEDY SERIES: Entourage, The Office, Scrubs, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty (MY PICKS)
Atypical: I’me going with “The Office”, “Desperate Housewives”, “Ugly Betty”, “Entourage”, and “Scrubs”
Noble: Office, Scrubs, Thirty Rock, Ugly Betty, Entourage
Rob L: So, I dont have Entourage or My Name is Earl.
http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2007/07/the-envelopes-t.html#more
It’s ironic how Ricky Gervais and Steve are both confirmed.
What about Jenna?
That’s great Rainn made the shortlist. I think both Rainn and John deserve to be nominated, but if I had to vote for one I’d have to go with Rainn. If they’re both nominated, I wonder what tends to happen when a category has multiple nominees from the same show. Does it split the vote, hurting both of their chances of winning, or does it lead voters to pick one or the other, improving the chances of one of them winning?