Not Quite the Oscars...

Yahoo! TV - Coverage of the 55th Annual Emmy Awards

But still required watching for people who appreciate quality television. Tonight's Emmys are considered by many to be the best shot HBO has had at winning a Best Drama award (for Six Feet Under or The Sopranos ) and possibly the night when Curb Your Enthusiasm will win several awards as well. Considering the network alternatives, it's hard not to hope that the pundits are right. My dream picks:
Best Drama: Six Feet Under
Best Actor, Drama: Peter Krause, Six Feet Under (I know, Tony Soprano is a shoo-in. I'd also be happy to see Martin Sheen finally win this award.)
Best Actress, Drama: Who am I kidding? No one has had the guts to predict anything but Edie Falco (as Carmela Soprano) in this category. I thought Frances Conroy was sublime on Six Feet Under , and I love Allison Janney. But this is probably not a contest.
Best Comedy: I love Friends , but it would be great to see Curb Your Enthusiasm , from Larry David of Seinfeld fame, take this prize. He's making what is probably the funniest show on television.
Best Actor, Comedy: Can Joey win? It would be nice, but I've always been more of a Chandler person. So I'm picking Larry David in this category. (Matthew Perry was nominated for a Guest Actor Emmy for his two-episode role on West Wing , so he could finally win, too.)
Best Actress, Comedy: This is the hardest category to pick because all five nominees deserve to have at least one Emmy on the mantle. Aniston and Heaton already have them, so for me it's a race between Sarah Jessica Parker (who makes Sex and the City tick), Debra Messing (who sometimes over-acts on Will & Grace ), and Jane Kaczmarek (whose crazed mother character had a baby on Malcolm in the Middle this season). Parker can win next year for the final, full-length season of Sex , and Messing needs to prove she can pull off an episode that isn't dependent on her physically goofy humor. Kaczmarek should get an Emmy to put next to husband Bradley Whitford's as a lifetime achievement award--before Malcolm goes down the tubes.