For Your Consideration: Emmy Contenders And The Menu Items They Should Sway Voters With

Now that I live in Los Angeles, where most of the relevant voters live, I am very aware of this year's For Your Consideration campaigns. Some of them are expected, like the Homeland billboard I pass on my way to the gym. Many of them are hilariously misguided in their support of shows that have no shot, like the one I saw for Dallas on Deadline.com earlier today. But by far the smartest are the ones that appeal to Emmy voters through their stomachs. Netflix's House Of Cards, for example, made over the Rollin' Rib BBQ truck with the signage from Freddy's BBQ, as frequently seen in episodes of the show; Dexter has a signature ice cream sandwich at Coolhaus (above): cherry swirled vanilla between one Double Chocolate cookie and one Snickerdoodle. And while we haven't heard whether any of the following show/food item pairs are actually real...they should be.

30 Rock: Criss's Man Hogs

Cougar Town: Coffee Bucks pastries

Kroll Show: Chikk Klub

Nashville: SUBWAY

Happy Endings: Steak Me Home Tonight sandwiches

Veep: Selina Meyer Lemon tarts

Parks & Recreation: Smorgasbord of Sweetums candies, beverages, and "energy bars" and/or Paunchy's burger combos

RuPaul's Drag Race: Serving you fish in the shade

Hannibal: That really nice chicken soup with star anise and stuff from the last episode

Downton Abbey: Bates's candy canes

Call The Midwife: Baby back ribs. (Free delivery.)

Bunheads: Head-shaped buns

The Newsroom: A ham sandwich, but the girl whose job it is to bring it to you falls and spills it EVERYWHERE, haha, girls

The Walking Dead: Burgers from Krystal

Boardwalk Empire: Saltwater taffy that will REALLY fuck up your teeth

Kitchen Nightmares: You don't even want to know

Doomsday Preppers: A full carload of MREs

Best Ink: Squid ink pasta

American Horror Story: You are held down and a sack with a live bat, anglerfish, and hairless cat are placed directly into your mouth. Please vote AHS.

Bob's Burgers: Burger Of The Day: Emmy Wiener (burger with a hot dog on it)

Catfish: You order catfish, but you get shrimp

The Ricky Gervais Show: Reheated leftovers

The Americans: Skittle-filled dessert pierogi

Game Of Thrones: Jon Sno-Cones

Hoarders: What is either a can of chili covered in extremely furry mold, or an actual cat corpse

Homeland: 24 half-baked falafels

Family Guy: Remember the time you were held down and a sack with a live bat, anglerfish, and hairless cat were placed directly into your mouth?