Emmy Submission Mission- Lead Actor in Comedy

The 2011 Emmy Awards will be hosted by Jane Lynch and air on September 18. Over the weeks leading up to the event, staff writer Dan Forcella will watch every episode submitted by various actors in various categories and present to you his analysis on each contender.

It's the TV Fanatic Emmy Submission Mission, readers, and it starts with Lead Actor in a Comedy...

Let’s start with the man that seemingly has no chance in the category, Johnny Galecki of The Big Bang Theory. We were all stunned when he was nominated, and the fact that he is up against someone from his own show that is much funnier than him? Not helping his cause.

Johnny Galecki

In his submission episode, “The Benefactor Factor,” Galecki is outdone by Jim Parsons, who should benefit greatly from having a fellow Big Banger in the field. Galecki, in addition to looking bland compared to Parsons, is just too much of a straight man to warrant a victory. While he had a couple of funny quips in this outing, he was downright boring in his own ep.

Let’s stay with the CBS series, as we move on to the returning champion, Parsons. I have never been a fan of TBBT. I watched the pilot, as well as the season two and three premieres, in order to give it a shot, but it's just not for me. That should make the fact that I am putting Parsons as my runner-up even more of a statement.

He is definitely funny, and the fact that he has two episodes to work from this year worries me that he has a really good shot at repeating. He may have actually been better in Galecki’s submission, but he still has a ton of material to work with in his “The Agreement Dissection." He just dominates the half hour.

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