The Emmy nomination process is clearly more flawed than a line of Dora the Explorer lawn darts.

The system is outdated and always in need of a revamping, as technology and the proliferation of programming increases every year. Some contenders are just going to get a big, ugly, high school prom date snub.

That doesn't mean the process is without its no-brainers. I'm referring, of course, to the shows that deserve special recognition for changing the course of the medium and showing the world its possibilities and not to the people actually doing the nominating. The last season of The Wire will go down as one of the biggest no-brainers of all time.

Tina Fey's surprise return to Saturday Night Live as Sarah Palin was one of the ten greatest TV moments of 2008 (and quite possibly the decade, the century, the millennium and the eon).

So it's no surprise that Fey's name and show 30 Rock came up so many times in the recent list of Emmy nods. I'm no longer convinced that she's a woman. I'm convinced she's an experimental humanoid prototype designed by studio executives solely to win awards like Tom Hanks (aka "Project Red Shoe").

It's also no surprise that one of the two acting nods she scored included her Palin performance on SNL.

TV fans, it's your big day! OK, maybe you don't take it as personally as we do (it is our job, after all). At the very least, today's a good day for some of your favorite TV stars -- and by now, they know who they are (we're sure many a celeb was happy to be roused out of warm beds in the wee hours of the West Coast morning by excited calls from family, friends or publicists).

If you don't know, but want to, check out our Emmys package. (And yes, the news is fantastic for '30 Rock' and its stars -- besides nominations for Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin, three more of their castmates got the golden ticket, plus three actors who guest-starred on the show!)