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"Consider this absolutely ridiculous statistic: The broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CW) landed only two Emmy nominations in either the outstanding comedy or drama series categories this year. TWO! (Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory, in case you were wondering). Compare that to five years ago (2009) when there were six, 10 years ago (2004) when there were seven, and 15 years ago (1999) when there were eight. If you follow that pattern, this year should have seen five Emmy noms for broadcast categories (for comedy and drama series). So what went wrong? Cable and streaming series, that&amp;#x27;s what. Not that we can blame them. They crashed the party because they belonged. But does Orange Is the New Black belong in the same category as The Big Bang Theory? (My take: absolutely not). Changing times (and so many more TV series) means that the Emmys ought to change with them. That&amp;#x27;s when I decided to create my own nominations ballot, made up of only broadcast network shows. And guess what. Even that was hard to narrow down. The results? Find out below! (from left) Mindy Kaling, Television Academy chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum, and TV host Carson Daly at this year&amp;#x27;s Emmy nominations announcement. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images). Outstanding Comedy Series (Broadcast): *The Big Bang Theory *The Mindy Project *Modern Family *The Goldbergs *The Middle The Mindy Project hit its stride in season two, and there was truthfully no funnier or more clever sitcom in 2013-14. You guys thought so too, thanks to overwhelming results in our Obsessed TV Awards. Outstanding Drama Series (Broadcast): *The Good Wife *The Blacklist *Parenthood *Scandal Don&amp;#x27;t even get me started on how The Good Wife was left off the ballot, especially given that it produces 22 consistently phenomenal episodes each year compared to cable&amp;#x27;s 10 or 12. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy (Broadcast): *Chris Messina, The Mindy Project *Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory *Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory *Ty Burrell, Modern Family *Ed O&amp;#x27;Neill, Modern Family Jim Parsons rightfully deserves each and every nomination that he gets, but his underrated costar Johnny Galecki deserves the accolades as well. Just because he plays the straight man to Parson&amp;#x27;s Sheldon doesn&amp;#x27;t mean that he&amp;#x27;s any less impressive in his work. Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy (Broadcast): *Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project *Wendi McClendon-Covey, The Goldbergs *Patricia Heaton, The Middle *Marcia Gay Harden, Trophy Wife *Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation What McClendon-Covey did as Beverly Goldberg in the freshman series was downright genius. What TV Academy voters did? Not so smart. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama (Broadcast): *Josh Charles, The Good Wife *Donnie Wahlberg, Blue Bloods *James Spader, The Blacklist *Hugh Dancy, Hannibal Without Spader, there is no Blacklist. Producers admitted they were upset at the TCAs, and they had every right to be. Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama (Broadcast): *Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife *Mae Whitman, Parenthood *Kerry Washington, Scandal *Hayden Panettiere, Nashville In another actress&amp;#x27;s hands, Juliette Barnes could have been a one-note brat. In Panettiere&amp;#x27;s, we find ourselves rooting for the brokenhearted spitfire in ways we never imagined. So, can we realistically expect a change in the way the Emmy nominations are assembled? Television Academy Governor Bob Bergen explained to me at the TV Academy Nominees party Monday night that &amp;quot;the Emmys are always evolving. This year we added [a] Narration [category]. What will happen in the future, there&amp;#x27;s no way to tell. Demand will tell.&amp;quot; That&amp;#x27;s great that a narration category was added&amp;amp;#8212;it shows that the Academy is willing to explore other avenues&amp;amp;#8212;but by no means is it enough. If you want to show voters (and viewers) that you&amp;#x27;re serious, then start making some serious changes. The dramedy question first started coming up 10 years ago when Desperate Housewives entered the race, and it hasn&amp;#x27;t gone away since. When I explained that to Bergen, he reiterated that &amp;quot;as television evolves, the TV Academy evolves with it. It&amp;#x27;s a valid question, and this is a constant conversation we&amp;amp;#8217;re having in the boardroom every year. TV is not getting smaller, it&amp;amp;#8217;s getting bigger, and we have to embrace that.&amp;quot; The Primetime Emmys air on Monday night, August 25. So what do you guys think? Should there be separate broadcast and cable categories or just a hybrid dramedy category? And what do you think of my above nominations?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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