I'm sure a lot of of TV.com users are posting about the 57th Emmy nominations in their weblogs today and I will join them. The Good: - Terry O'Quinn picked up a nod for his hailed-by-humankind performance as John Locke on ABC's Lost - Lots of love for Desperate Housewives and specifically leading ladies Teri Hatcher (Susan Meyer), Marcia Cross (Bree Van de Kamp), and Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo) as Best Actress in a Comedic Series. I'm not bothered that Desperate Housewives is nominated as a comedy as the show is so on the line between comedy and drama that it would deserve a nomination in either category. I am a bit surprised, however, that all four leads were put up for leading actress. While the show is an ensemble piece, I think that Susan would stand out as the lead character and this would allow the other three leading ladies to fill in the hole left by Sex and the City. - It may not get the ratings it deserves, but Arrested Development picked up three Comedic Writing nominations as well as nods for Best Comedy Series, Best Actor Jason Bateman (Michael Bluth), and Best Supporting Actor Jeffery Tambor (George Bluth Sr.) - It seems obvious but at least the nominating committee had the sense to nominate Jeremy Piven for his role as uber-agent Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage. If the voters don't go all sappy for the departure of Everybody Loves Raymond, Piven has a real shot at taking home the statue. - Hugh Laurie for the title role of Dr. Gregory House on FOX's House, M.D. which is good as the writers seem to put all the burden of greatness on him, leaving none for the supporting cast or plotlines. - Writing nomination for the episode "Walkabout", which truly is an amazing episode. - Nominations for Jon Stewart's individual peformance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and for The Office Special which goes to levels of comedy and pathos most U.S. sitcoms dare not dream. The Bad: - Are the even watching 24? I have a theory: I think that unless a show or actor has a lot of buzz, the nominators just fill the slots with previous nominees. The only category where 24 deserves a nomination is Best Comedic Writing. - I'm so tired of Will & Grace I could puke. Where was this love when Ned & Stacy was on the air? - Naveen Andrews (Sayid Jarrah) for Lost instead of Josh Holloway (James "Sawyer" Ford)? It's not bad, but this would just be my personal preference. - No nomination for Yunjim Kim (Sun Kwon) who is definitely Lost's strongest actress. The Ugly: - No nominations for either Eva Longoria or Will Arnett. Arnett's lack of nominations can be attributed to the Everybody Loves Raymond guys and Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) getting re-nominated under the theory I just proposed, but Longoria was a real surprise. Desperate Housewives was a breakout show and made her a breakout star. She's equally as good as her co-stars who got nominated, so what happened? Were Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle) really so strong this year? I doubt it. I just think they didn't want to have four actresses from the same show in the same category and who ever submitted these actresses for nomination decided it would be too risky to elevate one actress to "lead" and leave the others in the supporting category. Better to have one angry star than three.