Finally Denis Leary gets his ...
Question: Finally
Denis Leary gets his long-overdue nomination for his terrific performance on
Rescue Me! I am now torn between whether I want Denis (a hometown favorite for me) to win or
Kiefer Sutherland, who so rightly deserves this as well. I guess I will be happy with either, but it's such a hard decision. Let's just hope the Emmy voters don't mess this up. I'll admit that it would be nice to see
Martin Sheen finally win, but we must look at this past season, and both Kiefer and Denis had the best performances. Let's hope that if Denis loses the Emmy race, then he wins a Golden Globe. Although I am a little puzzled as to why
Michael Chiklis was left off the list, along with
The Shield for best drama.
Answer: There probably wasn't room for two shows from the upstart FX network, and FX put more muscle behind campaigning for
Rescue Me this year. I agree, though. This last season of
The Shield, building to the tragic finale, was among its strongest ever, but the drama category is just so crowded with fine choices, you'd have to expand the pool to at least seven or eight shows in order to acknowledge all the truly outstanding ones. As for Denis vs. Kiefer: that is such a tough call. Kiefer and Martin Sheen are so overdue, and I've been pulling for Jack Bauer for years. But Denis embodies a character of such dangerous and tragic dimensions that I think this is probably his year — or at least it should be. (I can't help but wonder if that controversial rape scene from the current season is going to work against him.)
