Well, Family Guy Was Nominated For An Emmy

Well, America? Happy? From the Hollywood Reporter:

Seth MacFarlane's gamble paid off. His Fox hit "Family Guy" on Thursday became the first animated series in nearly 50 years, and the second ever, to land a best comedy series nomination, following "The Flintstones" in 1961.

What was his gamble, again? To submit the show for consideration? I'm sorry, I know that's not important. I should not be nitpicking about whether sending in a form that you had an intern fill out, along with a registration fee (did you know it costs money to be nominated for an Emmy? Because of how integrity works), does or does not constitute a gamble (because that's not a question. The answer is it does not). What I should be nitpicking about is the fact that Family Guy is a terrible show, going head to head with Entourage for the Best Comedy Series. Because comedy is subjective, and we live in a country where people have terrible subjectivity*.

Now, there are some other totally valid nominees, like 30 Rock and The Office and the Flight of the Conchords. Good luck to those guys. But obviously the Best Comedy Series award goes to Eastbound and Down (raaahhhhhh), so I don't even know what we're all talking about here.

Full list of Emmy Nominees after the jump:

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