It's still a month and a half to the primetime Emmy Awards, and I'm wondering what the nominees might be up to.

I'm sure all the actors and actresses are being inundated with offers of clothes and jewelry from every well known and some not so well known designers.
 
I'll be interested to see what some of my favorite nominees will be wearing:  Glenn Close, Ted Danson and Zeljko Ivanek of "Damages;"  America Ferrera and
Vanessa Williams of "Ugly Betty;"  Neil Patrick Harris of "How I Met Your
Mother" and Hugh Laurie of "House."

I'm wondering if those ad agency styles of the 60's in the big nominee "Mad
Men" will influence the looks on the red carpet this year.  Pill box hat anyone?

The academy has decided to have the five nominees for best reality show
host:  Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, Tom Bergeron, Jeff Probst and Ryan Seacrest, host the Emmy Awards show together.  That sounds like an Emmy train wreck
waiting to happen...but maybe a fun one.  How about a group
opening number?  Something musical and fun like "Dancing with the Stars of
Survivor," or "American Idol Runway."

On a more rebellious note, there should be a protest march by performers who
were gypped out of nominations this year.  I'd be happy to organize it.  I just
need to hear from the people who were most affected:  people like Yunjin Kim,
Ian Cusick and Matthew Fox of "Lost;"  Natalie Dormer of "The Tudors;" Mary
McDonnell and Edward James Olmos of "Battlestar Galactica;" Dana Delany and Marcia Cross of "Desperate Housewives" and Sean Combs of "A
Raisin In The Sun."  I'll take out the protest permit, print up the signs and we
can all march right in front of the Nokia Theatre

Honestly guys, there's no shame in it.  It's time those academy members realized they can't just nominate "Boston Legal," James Spader, and Mariska Hargitay year, after year, after year, after year without there being serious consequences.  And I don't mean listening to another acceptance speech where William Shatner bellows "Denny Crane!"

How Bryan Cranston, Michael C. Hall, John Hamm, Michael Emerson, Ted Danson and Zeljko Ivanek even snuck in there for nominations I'll never know.   They're from "Breaking Bad," "Dexter", "Mad Men," "Lost," and "Damages" respectively.

I wonder if Dr. House himself, Hugh Laurie is thinking about an acceptance speech.  He's always good for a fun acceptance speech.  With the British accent and the tongue in cheek delivery, he could say, "The academy is full of crap and everyone in it is a butt-head" and the whole room would burst into either laughter or applause.

One of my favorite Female Firebrands, Susan Sarandon is nominated for "Bernard and Doris."  I wonder what cause she's fixin' to tout if she wins this one.  She's got a good shot at it so be prepared.  It could be an anti-Bush rant, an anti-war rant, an anti-oil and oil countries rant, or maybe just a simple anti-anything that she doesn't believe in rant.

By the time she gets up there, we may all be ready for an escape from the five hosts of the show.  The Emmy Awards air September 21st on ABC.

More Emmy Nomination Opinions:

Sue at I Love TV More Than You 

Emily at Eclaire Fare

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Megan Smith is a BlogHer Contributing Editor covering Television and YouTube and she thinks the Emmy Award statuette is the classiest of all the major entertainment awards.  Her other blogs are Megan's Minute: quirky commentary around the clock, and Video Runway.