The Emmy contest

Yo, TV geeks... let’s make the Emmy Awards on Sunday night a little more interesting.

Below are 10 major Emmy categories. Pick your choice to win each category. Then post your 10 picks in the comments section.

Whoever picks the most winners gets a prize: the complete Season 1 and Season 2 DVDs of “Hill Street Blues” (my favorite TV series of all times).

I’m gonna play this game too. And if I win, I’ll give myself a prize, and nobody else gets squat! But I don’t watch a lot of TV nowadays, so my chances aren’t good.

Again, simply list the numbers and names (3. James Spader, 4. Sally Field, 5. Ricky Gervais, etc.) in the comments thread.

Contest deadline: 12 p.m. noon (Pacific time) on Sunday, September 16. Which gives you plenty of time to ponder your choices.

1. Outstanding Drama Series
“Boston Legal”
“Grey’s Anatomy”
“Heroes”
“House”
“The Sopranos”

2. Outstanding Comedy Series
“Entourage”
“The Office”
“30 Rock”
“Two and a Half Men”
“Ugly Betty”

3. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
James Spader (“Boston Legal”)
Hugh Laurie (“House”)
Denis Leary (“Rescue Me”)
James Gandolfini (“The Sopranos”)
Kiefer Sutherland (“24”)

4. Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Sally Field (“Brothers and Sisters”)
Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”)
Mariska Hargitay (“Law & Order: SVU”)
Patricia Arquette (“Medium”)
Minnie Driver (“The Riches”)
Edie Falco (“The Sopranos”)

5. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Ricky Gervais (“Extras”)
Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”)
Steve Carell (“The Office”)
Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”)
Charlie Sheen (“Two and a Half Men”)

6. Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Felicity Huffman (“Desperate Housewives”)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”)
Tina Fey (“30 Rock”)
America Ferrera (“Ugly Betty”)
Mary-Louise Parker (“Weeds”)

7. Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
William Shatner (“Boston Legal”)
T.R. Knight (“Grey’s Anatomy”)
Masi Oka (“Heroes”)
Michael Emerson (“Lost”)
Terry O’Quinn (“Lost”)
Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos”)

8. Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Rachel Griffiths (“Brothers & Sisters”)
Katherine Heigl (“Grey’s Anatomy”)
Chandra Wilson (“Grey’s Anatomy”)
Sandra Oh (“Grey’s Anatomy”)
Aida Turturro (“The Sopranos”)
Lorraine Bracco (“The Sopranos”)

9. Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Kevin Dillon (“Entourage”)
Jeremy Piven (“Entourage”)
Neil Patrick Harris (“How I Met Your Mother”)
Rainn Wilson (“The Office”)
Jon Cryer (“Two and a Half Men”)

10. Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Jaime Pressly (“My Name Is Earl”)
Jenna Fischer (“The Office”)
Holland Taylor (“Two and a Half Men”)
Conchata Ferrell (“Two and a Half Men”)
Vanessa Williams (“Ugly Betty”)
Elizabeth Perkins (“Weeds”)