Image Credit: Eric McCandless/ABC; Carin Baer/Fox; Tom Concordia/ShowtimeThe Emmy nominations are in! And by now, we hope you’ve had time to do the following: Read the full list of major nominees, peruse our critic Ken Tucker’s take on the honorees, check out Michael Ausiello’s snappy judgments, and post your picks for most egregious 2010  Emmy snubs. EW’s Lynette Rice has pulled together interviews with Men of a Certain Age‘s fantastic Andre Braugher, the co-creators of 14-time nominee Modern Family, and the folks behind 12-time nominee Lost.  Ausiello’s got dish from Friday Night Lights‘ Connie Britton and The Good Wife‘s Julianna Marguiles. And here at PopWatch, we’ve got a chat with Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston. But if that’s not enough for ya, I’ve cobbled together some interesting facts and figures about Emmy’s class of 2010. Read on…

* Newcomers ruled, while nostalgia was kept to a minimum: Of the 48 nominees across the eight major acting categories, 14 were from freshman series, while only four* were from shows that have been canceled or finished production. (*Seven if you count the three nods for Damages, which has yet to be renewed for a fourth season by FX.)

* Also worth noting about those 48 acting nominees, READ FULL STORY »

Image Credit: Vivian Zink/ABC; Andrew McPherson/FX; Adam Rose/ABCThe 2010 Emmy Award nominations are in, and while there are certainly reasons to celebrate — nods for Glee‘s Chris Colfer and Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara, for starters — I can’t help feeling like a dog staring down a bowl of cold kibble while the whole family sits down to the table for a juicy steak dinner. Too early for that kind of heavy food metaphor? Okay, let’s start ranting about the snubs that have us all seething with fury — because it’ll be hard to even process the full list of nominees until we’ve released the pressure in our chest cavities over the ones that got away. Oh, and just so this post doesn’t turn into a rioting mob armed with brickbats and torches, be sure to finish your screed by sharing the nomination that made you happiest. I’ll get us started…you pick up the baton in the comments below. Okay, here goes…

Where the heck is the love for Ugly Betty‘s Vanessa L. Williams? I know, I know, the folks at Emmy HQ have already sent instructions to their engraving department telling them to get started on Jane Lynch’s statuette for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy. But I was hoping that after four magnificent years of bringing to life unrelentingly bitchy fashion editor Wilhelmina Slater, Williams might finally get her due. I mean, this is a woman who got the nation to fall in love with her character while spewing lines like “My favorite moment of the day is throwing out my breakfast muffin in front of a homeless person!”

And while we’re on the subject of comedic actors, how about Cougar Town‘s Courteney Cox? READ FULL STORY »