We snuck a peak at this year's Emmy Awards ballot, and of course the list is flanked with critical hopefuls, from Mad Men to Homeland, Modern Family to Breaking Bad and everywhere in between. But there's hope for the underdogs yet as we found some of the most interesting entries on the Emmy ballot. MTV, Emmy-winning dramas? The CW taking home the gold? Yeah, right- but we can only hope and dream. Check out 21 interesting shows who have rallied for their stars to take home this year's Emmys, straight from the official ballot:
Awkward.: Ashley Rickards for Lead Actress in a Comedy, Brett Davern for Supporting Actor in a Comedy.
Awake: Jason Isaacs for Lead Actor in a Drama, Dylan Minnette for Supporting Actor in a Drama, BD Wong for Supporting Actor in a Drama.
Best Friends Forever: Lennon Parham for Lead Actress in a Comedy, Jessica St. Clair for Lead Actress in a Comedy, Luka Jones for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Stephen Schneider for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Daija Owens for Supporting Actress in a Comedy.
Entourage: Kevin Connolly for Lead Actor in a Comedy, Adrian Grenier for Lead Actor in a Comedy, Scott Caan for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Kevin Dillon for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Jerry Ferrara for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Rex Lee for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Jeremy Piven for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Emmanuelle Chriqui for Supporting Actress in a Comedy, Perrey Reeves for Supporting Actress in a Comedy.
Hart of Dixie: Rachel Bilson for Lead Actress in a Comedy, Tim Matheson for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Jaime King for Supporting Actress in a Comedy.
How To Make It In America: Bryan Greenberg for Lead Actor in a Comedy, Victor Rasuk for Lead Actor in a Comedy, Luis Guzman for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Lake Bell for Supporting Actress in a Comedy.
I Just Want My Pants Back: Kim Shaw for Lead Actress in a Comedy, Sunkrish Bala for Supporting Actor in a Comedy.
Key & Peele: Keegan Michael-Key for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Jordan Peele for Supporting Actor in a Comedy.
The League: Mark Duplass for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Nick Kroll for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Jon Lajoie for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Stephen Rannazzisi for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Paul Scheer for Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Katie Aselton for Supporting Actress in a Comedy.
The Lying Game: Andy Buckley for Lead Actor in a Drama.
Nikita: Shane West for Supporting Actor in a Drama, Lyndsy Fonseca for Supporting Actress in a Drama.
One Tree Hill: Sophia Bush for Lead Actress in a Drama, Bethany Joy Galeotti for Supporting Actress in a Drama.
Pan Am: Michael Mosley for Supporting Actor in a Drama, Mike Vogel for Supporting Actor in a Drama, Kelli Garner for Supporting Actress in a Drama, Christina Ricci for Supporting Actress in a Drama, Margot Robbie for Supporting Actress in a Drama, Karine Vanasse for Supporting Actress in a Drama.
Pretty Little Liars: Lucy Hale for Lead Actress in a Drama, Chad Lowe for Supporting Actor in a Drama.
Ringer: Sarah Michelle Gellar for Lead Actress in a Drama, Ioan Gruffudd for Supporting Actor in a Drama.
The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Francia Raisa for Supporting Actress in a Drama, Steven R. Schirripa for Supporting Actor in a Drama.
Smash: Debra Messing for Lead Actress in a Drama, Christian Borle for Supporting Actor in a Drama, Jaime Cepero for Supporting Actor in a Drama, Brian d'Arcy James for Supporting Actor in a Drama, Jack Davenport for Supporting Actor in a Drama, Raza Jaffrey for Supporting Actor in a Drama, Megan Hilty for Supporting Actress in a Drama, Angelica Huston for Supporting Actress in a Drama, Katharine McPhee for Supporting Actress in a Drama.
Switched at Birth: Katie Leclerc for Lead Actress in a Drama, Vanessa Marano for Lead Actress in a Drama, Sean Berdy for Supporting Actor in a Drama, D.W. Moffett for Supporting Actor in a Drama, Constance Marie for Supporting Actress in a Drama.
Teen Wolf: Dylan O'Brien for Supporting Actor in a Drama.
The Vampire Diaries: Nina Dobrev for Lead Actress in a Drama, Ian Somerhalder for Supporting Actor in a Drama, Joseph Morgan for Supporting Actor in a Drama.
Workaholics: Blake Anderson for Lead Actor in a Comedy, Adam DeVine for Lead Actor in a Comedy. (notably missing? Anders Holm)
Who do you think has a serious shot at Emmy gold? Let us know in the comments.
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