Emmys to Get 'Desperate'

The nominees for the 57th Annual Emmy Awards, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences's annual awards for the best of television will be unveiled on July 14th.

Two words that are sure to appear quite often on nomination morning are 'Desperate' and 'Housewives'. ABC's darkly funny breakout hit, a victor at this year's Golden Globe awards and Screen Actor's Guild awards is the frontrunner to get a boatload of nominations in the comedy categories including a possible FOUR nominations in the Best Actress category with lead actresses Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman and Eva Longoria possibly dominating the slots.

The breakout hit will compete with last year's Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy champ, the critically adored but ratings challenged "Arrested Development" and "Everybody Loves Raymond", the hit CBS show which ended it's run this year.

With "Sex and the City" ending it's run last year and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" not airing new episodes in time for Emmy qualification, the cable Emmy magnet HBO will hope it's latest hit "Entourage" will occupy that slot seemingly reserved for them. "Will & Grace", the former Emmy favorite, will likely again occupy that last slot but with declining ratings and a critically panned season, it's far from a lock.

The long overdue medical comedy "Scrubs", the "Friends" spin-off "Joey", USA's detective dramedy "Monk" or CBS's other hit family show "Two and a Half Men" may also take that plum spot.

In the drama category, the field is a little more difficult to handicap. Sure to take one spot is the glossy, highly rated CBS/Jerry Bruckheimer production "C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation" thanks to it's big ratings and the much-talked about Quentin Tarantino directed season finale.