Guest Who? Emmys Edition

We at the HSB continue to share our thoughts about the 2010 Emmy Nominations. Next on the list: guest actors! As we've mentioned before, a good guest actor can blend seamlessly into a show, enhancing its strengths and downplaying its weaknesses. A good guest actor is one you want to see again. Unfortunately, producers and the like often get confused about the difference between casting a great guest actor and stunt-casting a really, really famous person. Not all star appearances are good, and not all good guest appearances are by big names. Here's how the 2010 nominations rank next to 2009:

Get This Man An Emmy: Zach Gilford

For those of us who have watched and loved the last three seasons of Friday Night Lights, it's been incredibly frustrating to watch the Television Academy snub the show and its superlative writing, acting and directing time after time. Connie Britten and Kyle Chandler, as well as supporting cast members like Taylor Kitsch and minor players like Brad Leland and Louanne Stephens, are so naturalistic that I sometimes think that the Academy voters must be confused and mistake the show for a documentary. Like The Wire, it's too good for its own good.