Emmy consideration on Lea

But what about Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison and the cast of Fox's buzzy musical "Glee"? Or the powerful ensemble on HBO's "Treme"? Timothy Olyphant is earning raves for his performance on FX's "Justified." And CBS' new hit "The Good Wife" also looks to make a strong first showing (star Julianna Margulies is already a six-time nominee and 1995 winner for "ER," but her win was in the supporting category; this could be her first Emmy as a lead).

Michele, who already scored a Golden Globe nom this year, had barely acted on television before being plucked from Broadway by "Glee" showrunner Ryan Murphy.

"This was the first (TV) role I really tried out for," she says. "I was always told as a stage performer that my look was too 'ethnic' and I wasn't pretty enough. Those things stick in the head of a young girl. Ryan really took a chance on me."

For Globes consideration, Murphy personally phoned the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. to insist that Michele and Morrison are his leads, and they have been similarly submitted for the Emmys (Jane Lynch and the rest of the cast are supporting).

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