Emmy's short list

Since no one can stop spoilers from getting out these days, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences just decided to offer up their own spoiler alert, and announced the 10 finalists in the two top categories. Five of these shows will be your Best drama nominees:

* "Boston Legal" (ABC)

* "Damages" (FX)

* "Dexter" (Showtime)

* "Friday Night Lights" (NBC)

* "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)

* "House" (Fox)

* "Lost" (ABC)

* "Mad Men" (AMC)

* "The Tudors" (Showtime)

* "The Wire" (HBO)

Showtime and basic cable have more finalists than HBO: That's indicative of, well, something. (Basic cable never gets nominated in this category.) I'm not going to predict which of these will actually wind up being nominated (though "Grey's Anatomy" is clearly a recipient of a lockstep mentality - it's been there in the past, even if everyone (even the show's own Katherine Heigl) admits that it slipped this year), but were I a voter, I'd go with (in alphabetical order) "Damages," "Dexter," "House," "Mad Men" and "The Wire." Of course, were those to actually end up the nominees, I wouldn't have a clue as who to root for.

Who would you like to see nominated?

In the Best Comedy category, our finalists are:

* "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (HBO)

* "Entourage" (HBO)

* "Family Guy" (Fox)

* "Flight of the Conchords" (HBO)

* "The Office" (NBC)

* "Pushing Daisies" (ABC)

* "30 Rock" (NBC)

* "Two and a Half Men" (CBS)

* "Ugly Betty" (ABC)

* "Weeds" (Showtime)

Well, HBO has three nominees here. That's more like it. I'll go with (again, alphabetically) "Family Guy," "Flight of the Conchords," "The Office," "Pushing Daisies" and "30 Rock." And you?