Martin Starr played the best TV nerd on Party Down, Skeet Ulrich on Law & Order: LA, who's not coming to Comic Con, and the Emmy nominations are out! Conan's Tonight Show is in, Jay Leno's been snubbed. Finally, justice!


Team CoCo reigns supreme! This year's Emmy nominations are out—and Conan's Tonight Show was nominated. Jay Leno's was not. Image via Cyborg Love Song]

In TV News...

  • Is Martin Starr's Roman from Party Down the best TV Nerd ever? The answer is a resounding "Yes!" [io9]
  • Skeet Ulrich (I know right—what decade is this?) will take the lead in the upcoming Law & Order: LA series. [Ausiello Files]
  • Season five of Brothers & Sisters may be its last. Is this because Rob Lowe left? [TV Squad]
  • Hayden Christensen and his brother filed a lawsuit against USA yesterday, claiming that the network stole their pitch idea and created Royal Pains without them. Yikes! [TV Squad]
  • American Idol's favorite hippie-from-Connecticut, Crystal Bowersox, got her teeth fixed. An ...improvement? [Small Screen Scoop]
  • A big list of Emmy snubs—including Amy Pohler, Joel McHale, etc, etc. I'm just glad that Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson were nominated. [The Live Feed]
  • Shows like Doctor Who, Shit My Dad Says and Conan O'Brien's new show won't be at this year's Comic Con. Find out why. [The Live Feed]
  • Hot in Cleveland has been renewed for a second season. Why put us through the torture? [The Live Feed]
  • Why Louie is so much more than just a comedy. [Warming Glow]
  • Modern Family's Jesse Tyler wept when he discovered he'd been nominated for an Emmy. [Vulture]
  • Brian Austin Green is in talks for a role on Desperate Housewives. I guess marrying Megan Fox can do wonders for your career, afterall! [The Live Feed]

Around the Web...

  • A great list of 9 "Heat Wave" movies that will help to take your mind off of the hellish weather outside. [Movieline]
  • For the Gameboy nerds who are sexually active... Donkey Shlong condoms! [Sarah Spy]
  • An in-depth look at how James Franco became the King of all media. Not sure if I agree, but they make a pretty convincing point... [Flavorwire]
  • You know that dude who's really excited about rainbows? Nick at Urlesque interviewed him and essentiall got his whole life story. You know you're curious... [Urlesque]
  • Olivia Munn talks about how "easy to hate" she is, how no one had heard of Jezebel before this, and that's she's half-Chinese. This girl just gets worse and worse in my book... [Salon]
  • Want to help a really crappy movie get made? Click here. [Asylum]
  • 10 fascinating facts that you didn't know about Apple. [Mashable]
  • Today in completely unnecessary things: Avatar will be re-released in theaters for a run beginning August 27th. [The Wrap]
  • And in depressing things... people are getting married in Home Depot and T.J. Maxx. Sign of the recession or just white trash? You decide. [Runnin' Scared]
  • Ever wonder just how many crimes Ferris Bueller committed on his day off? [Metafilter]