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September is just hours (48 of them) away, which means we might get some new episodes soon of our favorite TV shows, along with a bunch of new stuff that mostly won’t survive five weeks on the air.

But let’s focus on the positive here.

The fall TV season also brings with it the Emmy Awards. And where there’s an awards show, there’s a Kenosha News Contest.

That’s where you come in.

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To show off your prognostication skills, take part in our annual Emmy contest. It’s easy. And it’s free. And this year, we’re even going online. To enter our contest on the Web, go to www.kenoshanews.com and click on “Polls/Contests” on the Home Page. Then click on the Emmy Contest and fill out the ballot.

(Here’s the online link: http://kenoshanews.upickem.net/upickem/contest/questions.asp?contestid=9572)

You can also enter the old-fashioned way, by sending in your ballot, printed right here for your convenience.

Just send in your votes for the Emmys in these categories — Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Drama Series, Best Actress in a Drama Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series, Best Actress in a Comedy Series, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series — plus our tiebreaker question: How many Emmys will HBO win?

Here are this year’s nominees:

n Drama Series: “Big Love,” HBO; “Breaking Bad,” AMC; “Damages,” FX Networks; “Dexter,” Showtime; “House,” Fox; “Lost,” ABC; “Mad Men,” AMC.n Comedy Series: “Entourage,” HBO; “Family Guy,” Fox; “Flight of the Conchords,” HBO; “How I Met Your Mother,” CBS; “The Office,” NBC; “30 Rock,” NBC; “Weeds,” Showtime.n Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad,” AMC; Michael C. Hall, “Dexter,” Showtime; Hugh Laurie, “House,” Fox; Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment,” HBO; Jon Hamm, “Mad Men,” AMC; Simon Baker, “The Mentalist,” CBS.n Actress, Drama Series: Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters,” ABC; Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer,” TNT; Glenn Close, “Damages,” FX Networks; Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” NBC; Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men,” AMC; Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace,” TNT.n Supporting Actor, Drama Series: William Shatner, “Boston Legal,” ABC; Christian Clemenson, “Boston Legal,” ABC; Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad,” AMC; William Hurt, “Damages,” FX Networks; Michael Emerson, “Lost,” ABC; John Slattery, “Mad Men,” AMC.n Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Rose Byrne, “Damages,” FX Networks; Sandra Oh, “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC; Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC; Dianne Wiest, “In Treatment,” HBO; Hope Davis, “In Treatment,” HBO; Cherry Jones, “24,” Fox.n Actor, Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS; Jemaine Clement, “Flight of the Conchords,” HBO; Tony Shalhoub, “Monk,” USA; Steve Carell, “The Office,” NBC; Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock,” NBC; Charlie Sheen, “Two and a Half Men,” CBS.n Actress, Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” CBS; Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?” ABC; Sarah Silverman, “The Sarah Silverman Program,” Comedy Central; Tina Fey, “30 Rock,” NBC; Toni Collette, “United States of Tara,” Showtime; Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds,” Showtime.n Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Kevin Dillon, “Entourage,” HBO; Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother,” CBS; Rainn Wilson, “The Office,” NBC; Tracy Morgan, “30 Rock,” NBC; Jack McBrayer, “30 Rock,” NBC; Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men,” CBS.n Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Kristin Chenoweth, “Pushing Daisies,” ABC; Amy Poehler, “Saturday Night Live,” NBC; Kristin Wiig, “Saturday Night Live,” NBC; Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock,” NBC; Vanessa Williams, “Ugly Betty,” ABC; Elizabeth Perkins, “Weeds,” Showtime.n Tiebreaker question: How many Emmys will HBO win?

Good luck; you’ll need it. The Emmys are notoriously difficult to predict, and watching a lot of TV doesn’t seem to help. (Just ask my colleague, Dave Walter. He spends way too much time on his couch, rotting his brain cells with “NCIS” marathons, and still he has trouble with the Emmys. Look for Dave and I to “face off” with our own Emmy picks on the Sept. 20 Entertainment Page.)

Television’s Emmy Awards will air Sept. 20 on ABC, with host Neil Patrick Harris.

We need your entry — online or on a ballot — by noon Wednesday, Sept. 16.

The winner takes home a pile of TV DVDs and a Kenosha News beach towel. Second and third place winners will receive Kenosha News beach towels. And all three winners will receive a Kenosha News Gift Pack.

If there’s a tie, we’ll draw the winning name out of a hat.

Send your Emmy predictions (using our handy ballot here) to: Elizabeth Snyder, Kenosha News, 5800 Seventh Ave., Kenosha, WI., 53140. As always, you can bring your list in person to the newsroom, or send e-mail to: esnyder@kenoshanews.com. And don’t forget, you can enter online at www.kenoshanews.com.

Have questions? Call 262-656-6271.