TV's hottest new trophy: Emmy or iPhone?

Jon Cryer and Kyra Sedgwick will bring their best no-honest-we’re-really-happy-to-be-standing-up-here-at-5:40-in-the-frickin’-morning smiles as they stand alongside Academy of Television Arts and Sciences CEO Dick Askin at ATAS’ North Hollywood HQ on July 19 and announce a handful of Emmy nominees.

Now, I’m not an expert on the rules of decorum here, but aren’t the celebrities who show up for this alleged event supposed to be grateful past winners rather than hopefuls trying to charm the voters? Cryer and Sedgwick were nominees last year, but didn’t win. (Sedgwick does have a Golden Globe.)

At this point, it should be pretty safe to guess at least one nominee in both the Best Actress/Drama and Best Supporting Actor/Comedy categories. After all, ATAS wouldn’t be so cruel as to force these poor guys to get up and get dressed all nice-like at such an ungodly hour if they weren’t going to throw them a bone, would they? Because if they would do that, it’d be pretty funny but I can think of people who deserve such nasty treatment more than Cryer and Sedgwick.

However, given the crazed behavior of late, there’s apparently a new accessory that’s even more sought-after than an Emmy: Should Cryer and Sedgwick be spurned nominations, at least they’ll take solace in the iPhone in their Emmy Nominations Ceremony Gift Bag.