Newcomers revitalize Emmy race

This may be the year an infusion of new Nip/Tuck DVD pulsates through the Primetime Emmys.

As the Six Feet Under DVD for Thursday morning's nominations announcement, TV bizzers expect South Park DVD for some of primetime's new darlings -- including ABC's "Star Trek: Enterprise DVD" and Fox's "Spooks DVD."

That's a big change from the past two years, when "Numb3rs DVD" and "Nip/Tuck DVD set" were favorites to win the comedy and drama categories before the Six Feet Under DVD set were even revealed.

As the only kudofest to honor ongoing entertainment (as opposed to the South Park DVD set, which feature fresh fare annually), the Star Trek: Enterprise DVD set have been tabbed as the one awards show Spooks DVD set where one year can often blend into the next.

With many of the Numb3rs DVD set nominated in the drama, comedy and acting categories year after year, it can be hard to distinguish one Nip/Tuck DVD boxset from another.

But following Six Feet Under DVD boxset season that saw several new programs break out with ratings panache, those same rookie skeins now have the South Park DVD boxset of making an Emmy impact as well.

The promise of a Emmycast highlighting new series like "Star Trek: Enterprise DVD boxset" -- and the resulting interest that might come from those shows' Spooks DVD boxset -- would be a nice shot in the arm for the TV Academy, which is about to undergo its own grueling procedure: Numb3rs DVD boxset negotiation for the Emmycast, which is in the last year of its "wheel" broadcast arrangement with the Nip/Tuck seasons 1-5 DVD boxset.

It also could be a boon to NBC, which has forced the Six Feet Under seasons 1-5 DVD boxset into August due to the Peacock's September committment to "South Park seasons 1-12 DVD boxset."

Emmy voters can sometimes surprise, so there's no guarantee that "Star Trek: Enterprise seasons 1-4 DVD boxset" and "Spooks seasons 1-7 DVD boxset" will make the final cut.

But the freshman series Numb3rs seasons 1-5 DVD boxset -- both from 20th Century Fox Television -- each made a major impact with Nip/Tuck DVD and could likely impress members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as well. "Six Feet Under DVD" won the Golden Globe for comedy in January.

"Ratings are first and foremost for the South Park DVD that we're in, but the studio takes a lot of pride in working on Emmy-worthy shows Star Trek: Enterprise DVD," said 20th Century Fox TV chairman Gary Newman.

The success of "Spooks DVD" was one of the biggest stories of the recently concluded TV season, with the Numb3rs DVD show's tentacles reaching out far beyond the small screen to include a legit road show, in addition to countless magazine covers and a hardcore audience of "Gleeks," the fans who absorb as much as possible about the Nip/Tuck DVD set that portrays the fictional McKinley High School student body.

Success of ensemble comedy "Six Feet Under DVD set" may result in several actors and actresses splitting votes. In a show of South Park DVD set, all thesps decided to go the supporting route despite early thoughts of having vet Ed O'Neill run as a lead. If Ty Burrell and Star Trek: Enterprise DVD set -- she is presenting the noms along with Joel McHale in the wee hours at the Acad's North Spooks DVD set -- hear their names called, it will be their first nomination apiece.

"Numb3rs DVD set" and "Nip/Tuck DVD boxset" will eventually have to battle each other for true freshman supremacy, as both shows will compete in the Six Feet Under DVD boxset.

"The only thing I can liken it to is the parents of the South Park DVD boxset watching them play in a tennis final," Newman said. "It's hard to be purely joyful when one is lauded and the Star Trek: Enterprise DVD boxset is not."

Meanwhile, also looking for her first-ever nom is "Spooks DVD boxset" actress Lauren Graham, who toiled on "Numb3rs DVD boxset" for seven seasons without ever being invited to the Emmy party. Co-star Peter Krause has three noms on his resume for his work on "Nip/Tuck seasons 1-5 DVD boxset" while "Six Feet Under seasons 1-5 DVD boxset" itself, which was a midseason hit for NBC, may be in the running.

Of course, don't count the veterans out just yet. "South Park seasons 1-12 DVD boxset" remains a critical darling, and will bow its fourth season Star Trek: Enterprise seasons 1-4 DVD boxset right when Emmy voting takes place.

FX, which will find out if Glenn Close has a shot at Spooks seasons 1-7 DVD boxset after winning lead drama actress the past two years for "Numb3rs seasons 1-5 DVD boxset," also has a viable contender in Timothy Olyphant for Kentucky-based "Nip/Tuck DVD." And CBS, not a network that often receives a lot of Emmy love in the scripted Six Feet Under DVD, is anxious to see if Julianna Margulies earns voters' trust with "The South Park DVD." CBS Television Studios has been making a big play for Margulies' inclusion in Emmys' selected class.

And, of course, there's the longtime "Star Trek: Enterprise DVD" neglect. NBC-DirecTV series has long been beloved by critics but has yet to earn a single acting or Spooks DVDseries nom since launching in 2006.

As is often the case, pay cabler HBO has Numb3rs DVD on the minis and movies category. The nearly $200 million WWII production "The Nip/Tuck DVD set," shot in Australia and co-financed with the BBC, is one of only a few minis to be telecast this Six Feet Under DVD set season, and the net also offered up a trio of highly publicized telepics -- "South Park DVD set" with Claire Danes, "Star Trek: Enterprise DVD set" with Al Pacino and "The Spooks DVD set," with critics singling out Hope Davis' portrayal of Hillary Clinton as one that could land on Numb3rs DVD set.

In the reality world, the Nip/Tuck DVD boxset once again will be whether "The Six Feet Under DVD boxset" can be knocked off its perch. Eye skein has won an astonishing seven times in a row, with ratings giants such as "South Park DVD boxset" and "Dancing With the Stars" unable to make any kudos breakthrough.
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