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Emmy voters showed no love for LOST tonight. Hit the jump button for the full list of winners.

SERIES AWARDS

Outstanding Drama Series

“Breaking Bad,” AMC

“Dexter,” Showtime

“The Good Wife,” CBS

“Lost,” ABC

“Mad Men,” AMC – WINNER

“True Blood,” HBO

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

“The Colbert Report”

“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” – WINNER

“Real Time With Bill Maher”

“Saturday Night Live”

“The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special

“Bill Maher ‘…But I’m Not Wrong’”

“Hope For Haiti Now”

“The Kennedy Center Honors” – WINNER

“Robin Williams: Weapons Of Self Destruction”

“The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert”

“Wanda Sykes: I’ma Be Me.”

Outstanding Reality Competition Series

“The Amazing Race”

“American Idol”

“Dancing With The Stars”

“Project Runway”

“Top Chef” – WINNER

Outstanding Miniseries

“The Pacific,” HBO – WINNER

“Return To Cranford,” PBS

Outstanding Made For Television Movie

“Endgame,” PBS

“Georgia O’Keeffe,” Lifetime

“Moonshot,” History

“The Special Relationship,” HBO

“Temple Grandin,” HBO – WINNER

“You Don’t Know Jack,” HBO

Outstanding Comedy Series

“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” HBO

“Glee,” FOX

“Modern Family,” ABC – WINNER

“Nurse Jackie,” Showtime

“The Office,” NBC

“30 Rock,” NBC

WRITING

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan, “Glee” – “Pilot”

Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, “Modern Family” – “Pilot” – WINNER

Greg Daniels, Mindy Kaling – “The Office” – “Niagra”

Matt Hubbard, “30 Rock” – “Anna Howard Shaw Day”

Tina Fey, Kay Cannon, “30 Rock” – “Lee Marvin Vs. Derek Jeter”

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Rolin Jones, “Friday Night Lights” – “The Son”

Michelle King, Robert King, “The Good Wife” – “Pilot”

Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, “Lost” – “The End”

Matthew Weiner, Robin Veith, “Mad Men” – “Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency”

Matthew Weiner, Erin Levy, “Mad Men” – “Shut The Door. Have A Seat” – WINNER

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

Michelle Ashford, Robert Schenkkan, “The Pacific” – “Part Eight”

Bruce C. McKenna, Robert Schenkkan, “The Pacific” – “Part Ten”

Peter Morgan, “The Special Relationship”

Christopher Monger, William Merritt Johnson, “Temple Grandin”

Adam Mazer, “You Don’t Know Jack” – WINNER

DIRECTING

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

Ryan Murphy, “Glee” – “Pilot – Director’s Cut” – WINNER

Paris Barclay, “Glee” – “Wheels”

Jason Winer, “Modern Family” – “Pilot”

Allen Coulter, “Nurse Jackie” – “Pilot”

Don Scardino, “30 Rock” – “I Do Do”

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

Michelle MacLaren, “Breaking Bad” – “One Minute”

Steve Shill, “Dexter” – “The Getaway” – WINNER

Jack Bender, “Lost” – “The End”

Lesli Linka Glatter, “Mad Men” – “Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency”

Agnieszka Holland, “Treme” – “Do You Know What It Means (Pilot)”

Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special

Bob Balaban, “Georgia O’Keeffe”

David Nutter, Jeremy Podeswa, “The Pacific” – “Part Eight”

Tim Van Patten, “The Pacific” – “Part Nine”

Mick Jackson, “Temple Grandin” – WINNER

Barry Levinson, “You Don’t Know Jack”

ACTING

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Kathy Bates, “Alice”

Julia Ormond, “Temple Grandin” – WINNER

Catherine O’Hara, “Temple Grandin”

Brenda Vaccaro, “You Don’t Know Jack”

Susan Sarandon, “You Don’t Know Jack”

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Michael Gambon, “Emma”

Patrick Stewart, “Hamlet”

Jonathan Pryce, “Return To Cranford”

David Strathairn, “Temple Grandin” – WINNER

John Goodman, “You Don’t Know Jack”

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Chris Colfer, “Glee”

Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “Modern Family”

Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family”

Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”- WINNER

Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men”

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Jane Lynch, “Glee”- WINNER

Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”

Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”

Kristen Wiig, “Saturday Night Live”

Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock”

Holland Taylor, “Two and a Half Men”

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad” – WINNER

Martin Short, “Damages”

Terry O’Quinn, “Lost”

Michael Emerson, “Lost”

John Slattery, “Mad Men”

Andre Braugher, “Men of a Certain Age”

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Sharon Gless, “Burn Notice”

Rose Byrne, “Damages”

Archie Panjabi, “The Good Wife” – WINNER

Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife”

Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”

Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer” – WINNER

Glenn Close, “Damages”

Connie Britton, “Friday Night Lights”

Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife,”

Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”

January Jones, “Mad Men”

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” – WINNER

Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”

Kyle Chandler, “Friday Night Lights”

Hugh Laurie, “House”

Matthew Fox, “Lost”

Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory”- WINNER

Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”

Matthew Morrison, “Glee”

Tony Shalhoub, “Monk”

Steve Carell, “The Office”

Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Lea Michele, “Glee”

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “The New Adventures of Old Christine”

Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie” – WINNER

Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”

Tina Fey, “30 Rock”

Toni Collette, “The United States of Tara”

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Mini-Series or Movie

Maggie Smith, “Capturing Mary”
Joan Allen, “Georgia O’Keeffe”
Dame Judi Dench, “Return to Cranford”
Hope Davis, “The Special Relationship”
Claire Danes, “Temple Grandin”- WINNER

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Mini-Series or Movie

Jeff Bridges, “A Dog Year”
Ian McKellen, “The Prisoner”
Michael Sheen, “The Special Relationship”
Dennis Quaid, “The Special Relationship”
Al Pacino, “You Don’t Know Jack” – WINNER

[Via HitFix]

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Here’s a new interview from Variety.com:

Your hardest decision as showrunner?
CC: Firing anybody, particularly an actor who is dismissed not for any fault of his own, but because that’s what the narrative demands.

Your favorite moment as a showrunner?
DL: Getting the call from ABC that we would get to end the series on our own terms.

What’s your reaction when you’re recognized by a fan of the show?
CC: It’s cool but weird. Never in a million years did I expect that as a TV writer I’d ever have any kind of fame. Interestingly, about half the time people think I’m Ted Danson.

Your biggest fight with the network?
DL: There was an executive in the early days who felt there was too much gunplay on the show. This forced us to resort to physical beatings and torture … which made them miss the gunplay.

Your favorite “happy accident” in writing or producing the show?
CC: It has to be casting Michael Emerson in season two for a three-episode flyer as a mysterious “Other” captured by our survivors. He went to Hawaii and just took command of the show, ended up doing eight episodes that year, became a series regular the next, and we never looked back. Looking back, it’s hard to imagine how “Lost” could ever have existed without him.

Your best collaborative moment on the set or with a network?
DL: There are so many. When the network executives finished screening the finale for the first time, we were prepared to beg them for the extra time to extend it another half an hour, but Barry Jossen just said, “You’ve got the time.” No begging necessary. That pretty much categorizes our relationship with them all the way through.

Which shows have influenced your show?
CC: Since there weren’t a lot of antecedents to “Lost,” it’s a show that was actually influenced as much or more by books than by other series. Some of the biggest influences were Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, C.S. Lewis’ “Narnia” Chronicles and certainly the Bible.

“I wanted to give up when …”
DL: The pilot premiered to huge ratings, and we realized we were gonna have to do this for a while.

What would you want to say in an Emmy acceptance speech, but won’t?
DL: “Dad, if you hadn’t done such a number on me and then died before we could fully resolve our issues, I wouldn’t be holding this right now. Thanks, man!”
CC: Ditto what Damon says. We took our shitty relationships with our dads and, as the saying goes, made those lemons into lemonade.

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Best Supporting Actor nominee Michael Emerson gave PopcornBiz his predictions for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards:

Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad, Dexter, The Good Wife, Lost, Mad Men, True Blood

Emerson’s Pick: “This is impossible to call. I have a sentimental favorite among them. But let me say, I’m really pleased that ‘Lost’ has been recognized in so many categories. That hasn’t happened since our first season. I’m proud we have this buoyant exit and so many of us will be there that night.”

“It’s a tough one. But the more we talk about it, the better I like ‘Lost’s’ chances. If that principle is true, I think ‘Lost’ has good a chance as any.”

Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, Glee, Nurse Jackie, The Office,
30 Rock

Emerson’s Pick: “I have a soft spot in my heart for ‘Nurse Jackie.’ Something about the off-beat chemistry of that show. I really like it. I am sure the people that handicap these things think I’m crazy. But there you have it.”

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
, Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights), 
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), 
Hugh Laurie (House), 
Michael C. Hall (Dexter), 
Matthew Fox (Lost)

Emerson’s Pick: “Matthew’s had an extraordinary run on the show, but I thought his game was of a very high order this last season.” Though he calls Chandler “a stellar talent,” Emerson is still blown away by Fox’s farewell: ”Talk about a framing device. Years ago his eye opened and years later it closes. And in that blink is an entire universe. That’s so great.”

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU), Glenn Close (Damages), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), January Jones (Mad Men), Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)

Emerson’s Pick: “I admire Julianna Margulies and she is one of Carrie’s (Preston, Emerson’s wife) best friends. We never miss her. This is a very deep pool of talented players but I think she has momentum and the show is great.”

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm), 
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), 
Matthew Morrison (Glee), 
Steve Carell (The Office), 
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), 
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)

Emerson’s Pick: “I think a person’s reaction to comedy is chemical and defies analysis. Jim Parsons, for whatever reason, just tickles me. He also fulfills the haven’t-won-one requirement. I just saw Tony Shalhoub on Broadway and he was hilarious. But he’s won before. I’m in an expansive mood. I want this to go around.”

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Toni Collette (United States of Tara), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
, Tina Fey (30 Rock)
, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine)
, Lea Michele (Glee)
, Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

Emerson’s Pick: “This is a vote for my sentimental favorite and an actress I admire. Edie Falco is something else to watch on that show. And it’s beautiful that I don’t know if I want to laugh or cry when I watch it.”

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)
, Christine Baranski (The Good Wife), 
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
, Rose Byrne (Damages)
, Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), 
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

Emerson’s Pick: ”I would call it a toss-up for the women from ‘A Good Wife.’ They’re both so intriguing. I’m happy to have them nominated.”

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
John Slattery (Mad Men),
 Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
, Martin Short (Damages),
 Terry O’Quinn (Lost)
, Michael Emerson (Lost)
, Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)

Emerson’s Pick: This one gets tricky! ”Let say that actors who appear on ‘Lost’ cancel each other out. Then let’s say Aaron Paul is an astonishing actor. Maybe it’s his year. And besides, I have to recuse myself and pick the non-Lost player.

“This conversation makes me very nervous.”

Emerson’s too good an actor to let that nervousness show on Sunday. But win or lose, we’ll know what’s going on in his mind. And if he takes home the hardware, Emerson said he will be especially proud for winning in such a critically acclaimed season.

“We are living through the second Golden Age of Television,” Emerson said. “There’s a lot of great stuff out there.”

[Via NBCSanDiego.com]

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Elizabeth, you may not have won the Emmy, but you have won our hearts!

Check out more photos after the jump.

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Congratulations to LOST editors Stephen Semel, Mark J. Goldman, Christopher Nelson and Henk Van Eeghan for winning this year’s Emmy award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series. Sadly, the Emmy voters awarded the music score for “24″ instead of the amazing soundtrack composed by Michael Giacchino for LOST’s final season. Elizabeth Mitchell was snubbed too and did not win the Emmy for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

Hit the jump button for the full list of winners.

Best Casting of a Drama Series: “Mad Men”

Best Casting of a Movie/Mini: “The Pacific”

Best Casting of a Comedy Series: “Modern Family”

Best Prosthetic Makeup for Series, Movie or Mini: “The Pacific”

Best Makeup for Movie or Mini (Non-Prosthetic): “The Pacific”

Best Makeup for a Single-Camera Series, Movie, Mini or Special (Non-Prosthetic): “Grey’s Anatomy”

Best Makeup/ Multi-Camera (Non-Prosthetic): “Saturday Night Live”

Best Guest Actress in a Comedy: Betty White, “Saturday Night Live”

Best Costumes for Movie/Mini: “Return to Cranford”

Best Costumes for a Series: “The Tudors”

Best Music Direction: “Olympic Games”

Best Choreography: Mia Michaels, “So You Think You Can Dance”

Best Music Score: “24″

Best Music Score for Movie/Mini: “Temple Grandin”

Best Music and Lyrics: “Monk”

Best Art Direction for Variety or Nonfiction Program: “Academy Awards”

Best Art Direction for Movie/Mini: “The Pacific”

Best Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series: “The Tudors”

Best Picture Editing for Comedy Series: “Modern Family”

Best Picture Editing for Drama Series (Single Camera): “Lost”

Best Picture Editing for Movie/Mini (Single Camera): “Temple Grandin”

Best Short Form Picture Editing: “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”

Best Picture Editing for Nonfiction Program: “By the People: Election of Barack Obama”

Best Picture Editing for Reality Program: “Intervention”

Best Animated Program: “Disney Prep and Landing”

Best Short Form Animated Program: “Robot Chicken”

Best Voiceover Performance: Anne Hathaway, “The Simpsons”

Best Stunt Coordination: “Flash Forward”

Best Visual Effects in a Series: “CSI”

Best Visual Effects in a Movie/Mini/Special: “The Pacific, Part 5″

Best Main Titles Design: “Bored to Death”

Best Main Title Theme Music: “Nurse Jackie”

Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series: John Lithgow, “Dexter”

Best Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series: “Glee”

Best Sound Mixing for a Mini/Movie: “The Pacific, Part 2″

Best Sound Mixing for Half-Hour Series (Tie): “Entourage” and “Modern Family”

Best Sound Mixing for Music Series or Special (tie): “Grammy Awards” and “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert”

Best Tech Direction for a Series: “Dancing with the Stars”

Best Tech Direction for a Mini/Special: “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert”

Best Cinematography for Nonfiction: “Life”

Best Cinematography for Movie/Mini: “Return to Cranford”

Best Cinematography for One-Hour Show: “CSI”

Best Cinematography for Half-Hour Series: “Weeds”

Best Cinematography for Nonfiction: “Survivor”

Best Lighting: Winter Olympics Opening

Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Neil Patrick Harris, “Glee”

Best Direction for Nonfiction: “My Lai”

Best Writing for Nonfiction: “National Parks”

Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking: “Nerakhoon (The Betrayal)”

Best Nonfiction Special: “Teddy: In His Own Words”

Best Nonfiction Series: “National Parks: America’s Best Idea”

Best Special Class Program: “Tony Awards” (with Neil Patrick Harris)

Best Creative Achievement Interactive: “Star Wars Uncut”

Best Creative Achievement in Interactive: “The Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience”

Best Direction of Variety: “Saturday Night Live”

Best Children’s Program: “Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie”

Best Variety Special: “Kennedy Center Honors”

Best Variety Writing: “Colbert Report”

Best Children’s Nonfiction Program: “Nick News With Linda Ellerbee – The Face Of Courage: Kids Living With Cancer”

Best Commercial: “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like • Old Spice Body Wash”

Best Reality Program: “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution”

Best Reality Host: Jeff Probst, “Survivor”

Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Ann-Margret, “Law & Order: SVU”

The 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sunday, August 29. Be sure to check out SL-LOST.com for our live-blog of the event.

[Via Zap2it.com]

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Via Variety:

Showrunners will get the celeb treatment at the Aug. 21 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Presenters for this year’s Creative Arts kudos — the precursor to the following week’s primetime Emmycast — will feature some of TV’s top showrunners, including Ryan Murphy (“Glee”), Damon Lindelof (“Lost”), Clyde Phillips (“Dexter”), Matthew Weiner (“Mad Men”) and Steve Levitan (“Modern Family”).

But the star wattage won’t be diminished: The showrunners will be paired with talent from their series. Murphy will be joined on stage by Jane Lynch, for example, while Christina Hendricks will share the podium with Weiner; Elizabeth Mitchell will stand next to Lindelof; John Lithgow will join Phillips; and Rico Rodriguez will stand with Levitan.

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards are set for Saturday, Aug. 21; a two-hour special of highlights from the kudofest will air Aug. 27 on E!

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Via The Hollywood Reporter:

On the heels of his first-ever Emmy nom and his much-buzzed-about departure from television after 18 years, Fox is finally getting lost. Together with his wife, Margherita, and their two children, Kyle and Byron, Fox is settling into a 10-acre ranch in Bend, Ore. — a world away from his former life shooting the series in the Aloha state. He opens up to THR’s Leslie Bruce about his Emmy nom, his plans for a post-”Lost” future and, of course, that final episode.

The Hollywood Reporter: An Emmy nom at long last! Are you feeling vindicated?

Fox: I had no idea the awards were being announced that day, but it’s very nice to be recognized. I thought the show had a really great season, especially with expectations being so enormous. I think that’s really saying something. I’m just looking forward to partying with the cast and raising a glass to the show.

THR: The series finale met mixed reviews among fans and critics. What’s been your response?

Fox: Obviously, the show left room for interpretation when the white light poured through. I don’t pay attention to how it was received. Damon (Lindelof) told me the ending two months prior and I was extremely moved. I thought it was absolutely beautiful.

THR: Dr. Jack Shephard was essentially the show’s “everyman” character. How difficult was it channeling such an iconic role?

Fox: I put a lot of myself into him, so it was tremendously emotional. He started as the hero of the show and we thought the audience would be bored out of their minds if he were the knight in shining armor all the time. We wanted to take the first four years and destroy him. So, that’s what we did. And in the end, Jack redeemed himself before he could move on; I think that’s why I was nominated. It has more to do with Jack than anything I was doing for six years.

THR: What did the show’s first Emmy win in 2005 for outstanding drama series mean to you?

Fox: It meant that when the show won, a whole bunch of people jumped on the bandwagon that shouldn’t have. To be honest, people felt like they were missing out, so they came, tested it and left. Then it was perceived that the show took a turn for the worst, and it
wasn’t. They weren’t ever going to be “Lost” fans.

THR: You have said that “Lost” will be your final affair with television. Really?

Fox: I’ve done 300 hours of television. I’ve spent 12 years operating between two characters — six years on “Party of Five” and six years on “Lost” — and I’m at a point in my career where I want more flexibility. I want to call my own shots: when I’m working and when I’m not. It doesn’t have anything to do with snobbery. Some of the best writing is on television right now.

THR: If you could step into the character of any of your fellow lead actor nominees, comedy or drama, who would it be?

Fox: Michael C. Hall’s role in “Dexter” would be very interesting. To play a serial killer in a lead role, that’s pretty cool!

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Via USA Today’s Bill Keveney:

Matthew Fox sees his Emmy nomination as an excellent reason for one last Lost get-together.

“It gives me a great excuse to go to (the award ceremony) and hang out with all the people I did the show with. We’ll have a little reunion and raise a few glasses of champagne to what we did for six years,” says Fox, nominated in the lead actor category for the ABC drama.

He was especially proud that Lost received a best drama nomination for its final season, the heavily scrutinized culmination of a TV phenomenon. “I think the show had created enormous expectations this season and somehow we met or even exceeded them in some respects,” says Fox, who left Hawaii for the mainland with his family only a week ago. “Seeing the show getting the nomination and (executive producers) Damon (Lindelof) and Carlton (Cuse) and Jack Bender and the other actors getting nominated, I feel great about it.”

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UPDATED: “As storytellers, you rarely get to end a story on your own terms,” executive producer Carlton Cuse tells EW. “Most shows kind of fade away or drop dead. We finished our story on our terms. Let’s face it, there were very high expectations for how Lost should end, and for us, it was enormously gratifying that we were recognized for doing a reasonably good job of ending the show.”

Executive Producer Damon Lindelof was particularly surprised by the wave of emotion he felt when Lost was announced as a contender for Outstanding Drama. “I basically started to weep,” he told EW. “I didn’t realize how much I was still holding on. My wife looked at me and asked what I was feeling, and I said ‘relief.’  You don’t want to say ‘Oh, my God I really want a nomination.’ We should just be proud of the work we did. And we are incredibly proud. But the fact that our peers still care about the show ended up meaning a lot more than I expected.

“There is kind of an out-of-sight, out-of-mind factor,” Lindelof continued. “Even with the addition of six nominees, four or five other ones easily could have been in the mix, and nobody would have said boo about it. We’re the only show in mix that is over. The fact that it got a nod in the final season is definitely gratifying.”

As for providing any kind of post-mortem about the finale, Lindelof and Cuse say they would prefer to stay mum. ”We’re not interested in dissecting our intentions and what the meaning of this or that was. It was purposeful ambiguity so fans can hopefully start to own the show for themselves.” And if they are lucky enough to take the Emmy stage come Aug. 29? Don’t expect any answers to your many burning questions then, either. Quips Cuse, “We will be so ecstatic to be on stage, we will be vapor-locked. I don’t know if, in that 30-second countdown, we’ll be able to provide a satisfying explanation for the finale.”

[Via EW.com]

Lindelof: “It sounds so cliche that it’s great to be nominated but that’s what we’re basking in now. We don’t take this for granted. And the fact that the love was spread to Michael Giacchino, Jack Bender, the sound mixers and art direction is great. It’ll be cool to put on the monkey suits again and get together one last time.”

Cuse: “My strategy is to sleep through these type of things. I checked my phone and saw there were a lot of emails. Bad news avoids you like the plague. … For Matthew (Fox) , he’s labored almost unfairly on a show that’s more ensemble-oriented than the guys he’s competing aginst. Fortunately, the finale was Matthew-centric and he was finally given a chance to be front and center in such a way that allows voters to take notice. He was so critical to our show.”

[Via Variety]

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The 2010 Emmy nominees were just announced. LOST has been nominated under the following categories:

• Outstanding Drama Series: LOST
• Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series: Matthew Fox
• Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series: Michael Emerson, Terry O’Quinn
• Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series: Elizabeth Mitchell (”The End”)
• Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse. “The End”
• Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series: Jack Bender (”The End”)
• Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series: Stephen Semel, Mark J. Goldman, Christopher Nelson, Henk Van Eeghan (”The End”)
• Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series: “The End”
• Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour): “The End”
• Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series: “Ab Aeterno”
• Outstanding Music Composition For A Series: Michael Giacchino, “The End”.
• Outstanding Special Class Programs: ABC’s LOST Presents: Mysteries Of The Universe – The Dharma Initiative• ABC Digital Media – Christopher J. Powers, Producer – Ted Bramble, Producer – Agnes Chu, Producer – Gregg Nations, Producer.

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The 2010 Emmy Awards ballots contain the following entries from LOST:

• Outstanding Drama Series: LOST
• Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series: Matthew Fox
• Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series: Evangeline Lilly
• Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series: Naveen Andrews, Nestor Carbonell, Michael Emerson, Jeff Fahey, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Ken Leung, Terry O’Quinn
• Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series: Yunjin Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Zuleikha Robinson
• Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series: Henry Ian Cusick (“Happily Ever After”), Alan Dale (“Happily Ever After”), Mark Pellegrino (“Across The Sea”)
• Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series: Allison Janney (“Across The Sea”), Elizabeth Mitchell (“The End”)
• Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: “The Substitute”, “Dr. Linus”, “Ab Aeterno”, “The End”
• Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series: Tucker Gates (“Ab Aeterno”), Jack Bender (“The End”)
• Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series: LOST
• Outstanding Cinematography For A One Hour Series: Stephen St. John, Director of Photography (“Ab Aeterno”); John Bartley, Director of Photography (“The End”)
• Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series: Stephen Semel, Mark J. Goldman, Christopher Nelson, Henk Van Eeghan (“The End”)
• Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series: “The End”
• Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour): “The End”
• Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series: “Ab Aeterno”
• Outstanding Costumes For A Series: “Ab Aeterno”
• Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series: Doreen Schultz Marchetti, Rita Troy, Patricia Gundlach, Joanne Miyata (“Ab Aeterno”)
• Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic): Steve LaPorte, Department Head Makeup Artist; Chantal Boom’la, Makeup Artist
• Outstanding Music Composition For A Series: Michael Giacchino, LOST

The nominees will be announced on July 8. How many nominations do you think LOST will get? Sound off in comments below!

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