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Article: 'Daisies' Pace looks to freshen thesp race: four other noms face off once again.(LEAD ACTOR COMEDY)(Lee Pace of 'Pushing Daisies')
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- August 13, 2008
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It's deja vu for three of the nominees for lead actor in a comedy: Steve Carell, Tony Shalhoub and Charlie Sheen. This is the third straight year they've gone head-to-head-to-head.
Shalhoub has been dominant in this category, having been nominated six years in a row--for every season "Monk" has been Emmy eligible--and has won three times. A win here would tie him with sitcom vet Kelsey Grammer, who took home four statuettes for his work on "Frasier."
Like Shalhoub, Alec Baldwin has been nominated for each season of "30 Rock"--although that's only two so far--and it's difficult to imagine a year that Baldwin would get ignored by voters while the show ...