LOST and Emerson get Emmy nods

It's great to see Lost back on the Emmy nominations list for Oustanding Drama Series, and equally nice to see the fabulous Michael Emerson (Ben Linus) up for an award as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

In both categories, the competition is fierce. The other nominees for best drama are Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Big Love, Damages, Dexter and House. (I've watched four of those six and can tell you they are all super shows.) The other nominees for best supporting actor in a drama include two of my personal faves, Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul and Mad Men's John Slattery, either of whom also are worthy rivals for the award, IMHO. Other supporting-actor nominees are Damages' William Hurt and Boston Legal's William Shatner and Christian Clemenson.

Only thing I'm not so happy about is that I would have loved to see a couple more Losties nominated in the supporting categories. As EW.com's Michael Slezak points out, both Josh Holloway (Sawyer) and Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet) deserved the recognition for the great work they did in Season 5.

UPDATE: In the non-acting Emmy categories, show runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are nominated in Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, for "The Incident." (You'll recall, that was the two-hour season finale.) Team Darlton's competition? Four different episodes of Mad Men.

In the technical categories, "The Incident" also is nominated for Outstanding Sound Mixing (for a one-hour comedy or drama) and for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series.

The 2009 Emmy Awards will be broadcast on CBS Sunday, Sept. 20 at 8 PM.