A lot is made of the overwhelming number of great leading roles for women on cable, but if the official Emmy ballots are any indication, women are still a minority when it comes to starring TV roles.  On the official ballot sent to Emmy voters, there are 70 contenders for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, but only 48 for the Lead Actress category.

But the numbers don't help the major networks.  Despite the fact that more than 60 percent of the potential nominees come from the five major networks, it's the cable guys and gals who take the lead at the Emmys.

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Every year, the Peabody Awards honor excellence in television, and this year’s recipients represent a broad range of genres. From news to satire, from the Olympics to a period miniseries, from sci-fi to animation, the Peabodys are honoring a little bit of everything.

The winners this year include the time-traveling exploits of Lost, the majesty of Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, HBO’s wild Entourage, AMC’s quietly beautiful Breaking Bad, the political sketches from Saturday Night Live, and everyone’s favorite video sharing outpost, YouTube.

When we left off the AMC dark dramedy Breaking Bad, Walter (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul) were having difficulties trying to come up with the large amount of meth they promised to Tuco (Raymond Cruz), a sociopath drug kingpin who eventually became the two's distributor.  Walter, of course, is the high school chemistry teacher who, after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, turned to making meth to support his family.

After a year-long hiatus, Breaking Bad returns today for its sophomore season with an episode called “Seven Thirty-Seven.”  On it, Walter and Jesse try to figure a way out of their business partnership with Tuco when they are reminded of his not-so-stable nature.  Elsewhere, Hank (Dean Norris) tries to mend fences with estranged wife and Walter's sister-in-law Marie (Betsy Brandt) and Skyler (Anna Gunn), Walter's wife.

Last Thursday the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences unveiled the comedy and drama series up for Primetime Emmy nominations. Though those lists were made public, the nominations in the acting categories have been kept secret – though Gold Derby's Tom O'Neil has tapped his sources and sifted through rumors to provide the unofficial top 10 lists of who made the cut.

The Emmy nominations are a two step process. They begin with a popular vote of all eligible ATAS members that determines what actors and which series will be on the top 10 lists. Each of those 10 nominees then submits an episode that best highlights their work and the academy ranks them, with the popular votes and rankings determining which five will be up for an Emmy. Today O'Neil unveiled the rumored top 10 lists of best lead actor and lead actress in a drama series.

AMC is feeling good about Breaking Bad.  The network has just picked up another season of the dark comedy drama helmed by Vince Gilligan, giving fans 13 new episodes to look forward to.

The series, which stars Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) as dying chemistry teacher Walter White who goes from meek and mild family man to drug kingpin in order to secure his family's financial well-being, has been generally well received by critics since its premiere in January.  It has also earned good numbers during its Sunday night reign and has helped the network improve its overall ranking.