MICHAEL EMERSON
Scariest in: Lost (2004-present)
Benjamin Linus is one of the deepest, most fully realized villains on television today, and Emerson so ably conveys his ruthless intelligence that — true story — I saw him in a Subway once, and was afraid to get in line behind him.
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JOSH HOLLOWAY
Must Island Hero
AGE 39
WHY HIM Thanks to Lost’s freaky time-travel story line and the love of an awesome woman (R.I.P. Juliet?), Holloway’s Sawyer morphed from an emotionally damaged con man into a true hero.
ON HIS MUST LIST ”Jeremiah Johnson is one of my favorite movies ever. I love Westerns.”
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Could this be a forerunner of what we see for the Emmys?
Jun-04-2009
Source: Variety
It’s not exactly the Emmys, but no one is complaining.
“Battlestar Galactica” is up for a Television Critics Association award for Program of the Year, taking on a handful of programs that includes “Lost” on ABC.
The TCA put a lot of trust into NBC, giving it a total of 11 nominations for its August awards, despite the fact that NBC was the lowest rated of the Big Four this past season in terms of audience size. Among its 11 nominees include “Saturday Night Live” in the Program of the Year category along with “30 Rock” and “The Office” for Outstanding Achievement In Comedy; “Friday Night Lights” for Outstanding Achievement In Drama; and even an award for the original “Star Trek” series that aired on NBC in the 1960s for TCA’s Heritage Award — a program that made an impact on television and culture as a whole.
“Lost” also is up for Outstanding Drama, competing against AMC’s “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men” as well as “The Shield” on FX.
Fox’s “Fringe” and HBO’s “True Blood” will get to compete with each other for Outstanding Program of the New Year. Also nominated is “The Mentalist” on CBS, “No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” on HBO, and “The United States of Tara” on Showtime.
In the Heritage category, “Star Trek” is competing against “ER” on NBC, “M*A*S*H” on CBS, “Saturday Night Live” and “The Shield.”
Winners in the non-televised awards show will be announced Aug. 1.
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2. Matthew Fox
Before the current season of Lost, I would not have nominated Fox for this list, but I think I was guilty of associating the actor too closely with the character. Jack Shepherd has been pompous, self-righteous, and insensitive for years, and Fox played him to a T. This year, however, Jack has displayed a humble, more tender side, and, again, Fox has captured every nuance, which is a reminder that he did under appreciated, yeoman work as “the responsible one” on Party of Five. He appeared in two movies last year: he was lost (no pun intended) in the crowd in Vantage Point, and Speed Racer woefully underperformed at the box office. Still, he has bright prospects for the future. An indie comedy might be just the thing for him.
5. Ken Leung
I’ve sung the praises of this fine actor before, and I will continue to do as long as he continues to deliver the goods. Since my original article appeared, Leung has taken on the prickly Miles Straume on Lost, and has demonstrated his comic chops and intense dramatic persona in a fairly small role (next week’s episode will reportedly focus more on his character). Since Lost is filmed in Hawaii, his availability for other roles may have been somewhat limited, but I certainly hope he will get to do more and bigger parts in movies.
6. Lance Reddick
Really, the entire list could have been filled to overflowing with any number of marvelous actors from The Wire, but I’m picking Lance Reddick because his two most notable post-Wire jobs (Lost, Fringe) haven’t shown his range. As he demonstrated as Cedric Daniels in The Wire, Reddick can ramp it up from restrained to explosive in a heartbeat; he can also play warm, charming, and romantic. He’s played plenty of authority figures, so we know he can do that with aplomb, but I’d love to see him in a comedy: he’d be a great, beleaguered father with misbehaving children and a bemused look in his eyes.
