LARRY HAGMAN

Nominations: 2

Forget who shot J.R.—who didn’t vote for Hagman during his 1978–91 run as the wily oil tycoon in Dallas?!

Almost everyone, it turns out. The issue: Primetime soaps, even phenoms like Desperate Housewives, Dynasty and, yes, Dallas, “are rarely seen as serious drama,” Roush says. “Ditto for their players.”