Who was unfairly passed over by Emmy this year?

Slava: I was amazed that Ian McShane was passed up for an Emmy. His character, Al Swearengen, is absolutely mesmerizing. Is he the devil? Is he God? It's one of those roles like Tony Soprano, where you think, "Who else could've played this guy?"

Cowen: Besides "Queer as Folk"? "South Park." Original. Outrageous. Truthful. Filthy. Wonderful.

Kroll: "Pimp My Ride" was robbed. It's consistently fantastic week after week. I don't even care about cars, and I find it's the first show I burn off TiVo when it shows up. I particularly like the big guy who does the accessories and the dude with the railroad spikes coming out of his chin. In a TV universe where compelling characters are everything (see: "American Chopper") "Pimp" has cornered the market.

Rosenthal: Borat (one of Sascha Baron Cohen's alter egos on "Da Ali G Show") is the new star of television. Everyone I talk to who sees that show is in love with Borat. I could cry laughing, and I could watch those scenes over and over again. Anyone who comes to my house, I say, "Watch this."

Miss Alli: "Joan of Arcadia" took some nominations, but none for any of the actors other than Amber Tamblyn. You could easily nominate any other person in the cast of that show, starting with Joe Mantegna and Mary Steenburgen. It wasn't nominated for writing, either, which is not right, considering that there was room for the "Deadwood" pilot, which was six words long not counting the potty-mouth parts. The swooning about HBO has gotten a little silly in general. They make great stuff, but four of the five best-written hours of dramatic television all year were episodes of the same show? No.

Rice: "Kenny vs. Spenny." This show deserves to be nominated so I don't have to go back to telemarketing.

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