Kevin James, Denis Leary nominated

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 7th, 2006

Kevin James has been nominated for a Best Actor award, as has Denis Leary. We saw James’ friend John Henson (Talk Soup host, 95 to 99), who now works for TV Guide Magazine on MSNBC last night saying, and we are paraphrasing, “I’m his friend, but I don’t think he deserves an Emmy nomination.” Nice! Henson went on to name some actors who were more deserving… at least we think he did… we stopped listening after that statement.

We have always thought that James is a better than average sitcom actor. His series is underrated and perhaps this will get the show some notice, to go along with the decent ratings and the hundreds of millions of dollars that it’s made so far, and the billions it is making/will make over the course of its prime time run and its syndication run.

A glaring omission from the nominations: Hugh Laurie, formerly a comedic actor frequently seen on British TV, Laurie is now the lead actor on Fox’s House. But his performance (and the superb writing) are actually hysterical. (Perhaps the “dramedy” nature of the show is what befuddled the Academy. They seem to be so easily befuddled.)

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