The notion that [actors] are qualitatively evaluable in relation to their peers is insane, and frankly, the TV Academy should just throw a big ‘Great Work!’ brunch and call it a day.

But we won’t. Instead, we once again will pretend there is an objective way to judge the relative merits of hundreds of worthy, entirely unclassifiable actors and shows. Which is precisely why, in this flawed, non-nuanced system, Amy Poehler is a no-brainer. (For the record, I’m not biased. I have no special affinity for Amy Poehler, except that she’s the star of a show I write for; I love and admire her tremendously; and she’s one of my favorite human beings on earth. But that’s it.)

When our show asks Amy to be funny, she’s funnier than anyone. (She’s even funnier than everyone else at awards shows themselves.) When we ask her to play drama or romance, she’ll knock you off your feet. When we ask her to captain a scene so everyone else can be funny, she turns into TV’s best point guard. She’s a Swiss army knife. No matter how you define ‘Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series,’ Poehler has you covered.

Amy Poehler has been nominated for 10 Emmys in six categories and she’s never won. That’s silly. It’s downright un-American. And it ends, hopefully, this year.