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Ray Richmond

Ray Richmond
July 16, 2009, 12:12PM CDT
By Ray Richmond

I think I can speak for the rest of America in leading a collective exhale after reviewing this morning's Emmy nominations.

 

We're safe in the knowledge that the nation's TV critics will not be forced to walk off their jobs en masse (at least, the nine that remain).

 

Why? Because Jim Parsons got nominated as lead comedy actor for the CBS comedy "The Big Bang Theory," serving to restore something resembling sanity to a selection process perpetually steeped in new rules and fresh indignation .