For real — I hadn’t been paying attention either.

In any case, here are the nominees you care about and, in italics, my picks on who should win.  I’m not so much interested in who will win.  The way I see it, if my pick wins then great — if not, I get to be righteously indignant, which is equally as fun.

Win-win.

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

• Monk: Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
• The Office: Steve Carell as Michael Scott
• Pushing Daisies: Lee Pace as Ned
• 30 Rock: Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy*
• Two And A Half Men: Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

• Boston Legal: James Spader as Alan Shore
• Breaking Bad: Bryan Cranston as Walt White
• Dexter: Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
• House: Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
• In Treatment: Gabriel Byrne as Paul
• Mad Men: Jon Hamm as Don Draper

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

• The New Adventures Of Old Christine: Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell
• Samantha Who?: Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly
• 30 Rock: Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
• Ugly Betty: America Ferrera as Betty Suarez
• Weeds: Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

• Brothers & Sisters: Sally Field as Nora Holden-Walker
• The Closer: Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson
• Damages: Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson
• Saving Grace: Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

• Entourage: Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
• Entourage: Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama
• How I Met Your Mother: Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
• The Office: Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute*
• Two And A Half Men: Jon Cryer as Alan Harper

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

• Boston Legal: William Shatner as Denny Crane
• Damages: Ted Danson as Arthur Frobisher
• Damages: Zeljko Ivanek as Ray Fiske
• Lost: Michael Emerson as Ben**
  
• Mad Men: John Slattery as Roger Sterling

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

• Pushing Daisies: Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook*
• Samantha Who?: Jean Smart as Regina Newly
• Saturday Night Live: Amy Poehler as Performer
• Two And A Half Men: Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper
• Ugly Betty: Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

• Boston Legal: Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt
• Brothers & Sisters: Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Walker-Whedon
• Grey’s Anatomy: Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey
• Grey’s Anatomy: Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang
• In Treatment: Dianne Wiest as Dr. Gina Toll

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Entourage
• The Office
• 30 Rock
• Two And A Half Men

Outstanding Drama Series

• Boston Legal
• Damages
• Dexter
• House
• Lost
• Mad Men

*Or, anybody who isn’t the nominee from Two and a Half Men.

**Or, anybody who isn’t William Shatner.

The weekend is here, so that means Saturday Night Live is coming. Which is a relief, kind of, because as genius as that Tina Fey/Amy Poehler opener was, it’s kind of played out at this point. One more “I can see Russia from my house” joke and I’m taking hostages.

But we’ll see if James Franco can win us over and provide something memorable. On that note, here’s one last look back at the season premiere where we can see interview footage with Michael Phelps and Tina Fey.

Someecards is great. The humor is dry and wacky — just like I like it.  In fact, it’s gotten to the point where some of my friends correspond exclusively through them.

However, it’s taken me until now to realize that they have a section dedicated exclusively to TV cards. Perhaps it’s a new category or perhaps I’ve just been wasted for the past few months — equally feasible options.

So if you’re looking for a way to kill the afternoon, why not e-mail your college roommate or your “cool aunt” with one of these suckers.

Have you been watching Greek? I certainly hope so, because it’s one of the best shows around. If you haven’t, I recommend following this protocol immediately:

1. Rent or buy (*) the first season.
2. Watch it immediately.

Update your protocols, people. Then come back to me when you’ve finished.

This season has done an excellent job with a couple of very tricky things, namely:

1. Making us believe that even though Cappie is so much fun and sweet and smart, he may still be a pretty shitty boyfriend/mentor to Rebecca/Rusty, respectively.
2. Getting us to care about Rebecca, and to a lesser extent, Franny. (Though now that Franny and Evan have formed an evil league of evil they’re off the radar — I assume until they concoct a hugely evil scheme to end the season.)
3. Consistently feeling like actual college, even for those of us who didn’t have a Greek system.
4. Staying hilarious.
5. Introducing a great new love interest for Casey, the sensitive nerd Max.

That last point is huge. I didn’t think they’d be able to cast someone able to overtake the appeal of Cappie, but Max nails it. (And I just discovered he was Costas in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Apparently if you change your hair and drop your fake accent I am incapable of recognizing you — I would be a terrible spy.) He’s charmingly off-center, never saying just what he should or what you might expect, which keeps Casey off-center, too. His kookiness masked his Sad Secret for a while, allowing us to get used to him without immediately suspecting Something’s Wrong.

Max is my new TV Boyfriend. It’s refreshing to have a TV Boyfriend who isn’t a total jerk because of his pain — Max is just troubled and smart and interesting. He’s totally unlike Evan or Cappie or even Rusty, making him a strange and surprising addition to the Greek family.

Have I gushed enough? Will you watch it? I know you most likely won’t, but you’re missing out. Don’t waste your time with the boring 90210 and the cheesily written Fringe! Come to Greek, where the plots are peppy, the boys are sensitive, and there’s always lots of alcohol!

*I think that DVD is actually just the first HALF season. They seem to do little mini seasons in 12-episode batches.

• FYI – Santino Rice is the one who made Tim Gunn a star
• The soundtrack for Buffy seasons 2-5 has been released
• True Blood will be getting a second season
• Elvira turned 57!
• Gary Coleman is getting sued for running over a fan
• David Simon is working on a Lincoln assassination mini-series
• VH1 Classic to celebrate Rosh Hashanah with a Rush Hashanah
• Bryan Fuller of Pushing Daisies fame wants to resurrect Star Trek
• It took 40 hours to create Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin wig
• Bill Clinton to visit the view
• Saturday Night Live names its next 2 hosts
• This day in lists: 39 HBO series that changed TV