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Winner: "Gilmore Girls" (26%)
Runner up: "Veronica Mars" (24%)

And the rest:

"Lost" (24%)
"Arrested Development" (18%)
"Desperate Housewives" 8%

Winner: Carl Lumbly as Dixon on "Alias" (29%)
Runner Up: Francis Capra as Weevil on "Veronica Mars" (22%)

And the rest:

Rachel Bilson as Summer on "The O.C." (20%)
Percy Daggs III as Wallace on "Veronica Mars" (15%)
Dule Hill as Charlie on "The West Wing" (14%)

Winner: Veronica on "Veronica Mars" (27%)
Runner Up: Luke on "Gilmore Girls" with (22%)

And the rest:

Vaughn on "Alias" (18%)
Sawyer on "Lost" (17%)
Logan on "Veronica Mars" (16%)

Winner: Lana on "Smallville" (33%)
Runner Up: Marissa on "The O.C." (27%)

And the rest:

Zach on "Desperate Housewives" (18%)
Audrey on "24" (11%)
Shannon on "Lost" (11%)

Winner: Marissa is briefly a lesbian on "The O.C." (33%)
Runner Up: The Christian faith on "7th Heaven" (25%)

And the rest:

Andrew is gay and evil on "Desperate Housewives" (21%)
Women on "The Apprentice" (18%)
Mormons on "Cold Case" (3%)

Winner: Sawyer on "Lost" (28%)
Runner Up: Vaughn on "Alias" (23%)

And the rest:

Logan on "Veronica Mars" (20%)
Luke on "Gilmore Girls" (16%)
Danny on "Las Vegas" (13%)

Winner: Gabrielle on "Desperate Housewives" (45%)
Runner Up: Nadia on "Alias" (23%)

And the rest:

Michelle on "24" (13%)
T'Pol on "Enterprise" (10%)
Lily on "Cold Case" (9%)

Winner: Marissa is a lesbian on "The O.C." (39%)
Runner Up: Rory quits Yale on "Gilmore Girls" (25%)

And the rest:

Zombies/giant red ball on "Alias" (24%)
The "Enterprise" series finale (8%)
Jack didn't kill Irina/ Irina lives on "Alias" (4%)

Winner: "7th Heaven" (42%)
Runner Up: "Will & Grace" (18%)

And the rest:

"Charmed" (15%)
"West Wing" (14%)
"ER" 11%

Winner: Vaughn is not Vaughn/car crash on "Alias" (45%)
Runner Up: Lily Kane's killer is revealed on "Veronica Mars" (21%)

And the rest:

Locke used to be in a wheelchair on "Lost" (20%)
Christian, not Sean, is attacked by the Carver on "Nip/Tuck" (7%)
Chloe uses a gun on "24" (7%)

Winner: Keith tells Veronica he's her father on "Veronica Mars" (28%)
Runner Up: Sawyer tells Jack he met his father on "Lost" (25%)

And the rest:

Lorelai proposes to Luke on "Gilmore Girls" (23%)
Bree breaking down after Rex dies on "Desperate Housewives" (18%)
Amy and Ephram's final break up on "Everwood" 6%

Winner: "I don't really have one ready, but I suppose I could riff a list of things I care as little about as our last week together. Let's see: low-carb diets, Michael Moore, the Republican National Convention, Kabbalah and all Kabbalah-related products, high definition TV, the Bush daughters, wireless hot spots, The O. C., the U.N., recycling, getting Punk'd, Danny Gans; the Latin Grammys, the real Grammys, Jeff the Wiggle that sleeps a lot, the Yankees payroll, the red states, the blue states, every hybrid car, every talk show host, everything on the planet, everything in the solar system, and everything that exists, past, present and future in all discovered and undiscovered dimensions. Oh, and Hugh Jackman." Dr. Cox to J.D on "Scrubs" (35%)
Runner Up: "Hey, your peskiness being unleashed on Conner brings me joy. Annoy, tiny blonde one, annoy like the wind!" Logan to Veronica on "Veronica Mars" (24%)

And the rest:

"Lorelai, this thing we're doing here. You and Me. I just want you to know that I'm all in." Luke to Lorelai on "Gilmore Girls" (18%)
"For starters, my name isn't Michael Vaughn," Vaughn to Sydney on "Alias" (17%)
"Chloe, we're in active code. We don't have time for your personality disorder." Buchanan to Chloe on "24" (6%)

Winner: "Veronica Mars" (36%)
Runner Up: "Gilmore Girls" (30%)

And the rest:

"Scrubs" (21%)
"Everwood" (8%)
"JAG" (5%)

Thanks again to everyone who voted. Talk about the Amy Awards on the TV Gal message boards.

Emmy Nominations Reaction

Oh, you Emmy voters, how you toy with my emotions. As I've said before, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences giveth and taketh away. It's hard to be in a total uproar when "Arrested Development" received so much love and "Scrubs" and Zach Braff finally got called up to the big show. So, yes, I'm happy for Hugh Laurie and Jeremy Piven, positively thrilled for Terry O'Quinn and Naveen Andrews and delighted for "The 4400." My all time favorite reality series "Project Greenlight" was even nominated for outstanding reality program.

Thus concludes the positive part of my reaction. I feel at this point it is best to focus my anger and contain my wrath. (Please shout the next sentence to get the full effect.) I cannot believe The WB and UPN continue to be ignored. There are six major broadcast networks and the Emmy voters act like two of them don't even exist. Okay, I feel a little better now.

Sure I know it was a bit of a pipe dream to think that "Everwood" and "Veronica Mars" would be basking in Emmy glory, but I really thought this could be Lauren Graham's year. If she didn't break into the Emmy's clique this year, I don't know when she ever will. I could live with all the other injustices (Talk me through how "Six Feet Under" beat out both "Without a Trace" and "Rescue Me" for a drama slot. How is it possible that John C. McGinley genius continues to go unnoticed?) if I had heard Graham's name announced.

What did you think of the Emmy nominations? Talk about it on the TV Gal message boards.

Best News Ever

There are times when I believe the TV gods on Mt. Saint Spelling look down on me and think, "Hmmm ... the Emmy nominations seem to have depressed our Amy, let's try to cheer her up." And that's exactly what happened last Thursday when it was announced that my favorite, Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia on "Buffy" and "Angel" as if I had to tell you that) will join the cast of "Veronica Mars" next season for six episodes. She'll play Kendall Casablancas, the stepmother to Dick and Beaver Casablancas. How perfect is that?

For those of you keeping track, this means that most of the Scooby gang will be back on TV next season. Alyson Hannigan is in CBS's "How I Met Your Mother." David Boreanaz is the star of FOX's "Bones," Seth Green is in NBC's "Four Kings" and Nicholas Brendon is in FOX's "Kitchen Confidential." Now all we need is for Sarah Michelle Gellar to guest star on her husband's ABC show "Freddie" and for Anthony Stewart Head to pop up on "The O.C." as the new headmaster.

Highlights of the Week Ahead
All times listed are Eastern Time for July 18 to 24

"Summerland" and its beautiful soul come to an end Monday at 9 p.m. on the WB. Will Ava and Johnny finally get together? I know you are in such suspense. It is such a challenge to figure out what might happen.

"Rescue Me" (Tuesday, FX, 10 p.m.) had some positively brilliant comic moments last week. The scene where they all called each other names was perfectly executed. The conversation about which celebrities could take another hilarious. So I don't understand the scene where the hot, tall, blonde veterinarian hits on the probie. That's simply a male fantasy come to life and the show is much better than that. Remember I'm only critical because I care. This week Tommy gets one step closer to getting his kids back.

Alas, I can't tell you much about "So You Think You Can Dance" (Wednesday, FOX, 8 p.m.) because FOX didn't send the episode for review. But it sounds to me like "American Idol" meets "Dancing with the Stars" -- how can it go wrong?

ABC Family takes viewers behind the scenes in "Venus & Serena: For Real" (Wednesday at 10 p.m.). I'm so happy that there's finally a reality show where celebrities don't embarrass themselves. The sisters are hard-working, devoted to their family, and savvy about their careers. This is a show to watch with your whole family.

Now that NBC is no longer must-see-TV, all the networks are on the attack Thursday night. "Smallville" flies into its new timeslot Thursday at 8 p.m. on the WB and "Everwood" finally returns the schedule at 9 p.m.

Serenity now. The Sci-Fi Channel begins airing "Firefly," the short-lived, but still beloved science fiction western from Joss Whedon, Friday at 7 p.m. The network will air all 14 episodes including three previously unaired episodes.

Michael Badalucco, Shiri Appleby, and Dan Hedeya star in "Pizza My Heart" on ABC Family Sunday at 7 p.m.

That's all for today. I'm off next Monday. I will be at the press tour in Los Angeles gathering all the television gossip I can about the upcoming season. Most shows return to their sets by the end of July so we should know a lot more very soon. Don't miss FX's fantastic "Over There" (July 27 at 10 p.m.) while I'm gone. I will return on Monday, Aug. 1 with a review of "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List" (love it, love it, love it) and all the gossip fit to print. Have a question, seen a familiar face, have an inside scoop or want to nominate a quote of the week? Write me at amytvgal@zap2it.com by clicking on my byline at the top of my column.