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| Friday Night Lighs |
The Emmy's came out today: There were plent of quality nominations like for the deserving Friday Night Lights, but no major nominations for Lea Michele, "Walking Dead", "Rescue Me", "Community" or "Shameless" (and don;t get me started on "True Blood", much like Biffy The Vampire, this show is virtually ignored by the Emmy voters).
The biggest disappointment was for HBO's Treme and its lead actress Khandi Alexander.
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| Treme's Khandi Alexander |
Its funny, the Emmy voters love of HBO.
However, "The Wire" with its mostly African American cast was aslso critical favorite every season, yet was routinley snubbed by the Emmy voters
The same thing is happening again with HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" and "Treme".
Both are very good shows, but the the fact that Emmy voters continue to praise highly stylized mob life filled with sex and violence, yet turn its head away from the real life tales of urban life .
In recent year's AMC's Mad Men has replaced The Soprano's as the show with the most Emmy nominations and wins . This year, the 60's inspired show led the way with 19 nominations.
I've always been intrigued by the voters lust for the show.
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| Walking Dead |
I dig the Don Draper character and I wrote about my "admiration" of Christina Hendricks a few years ago, but Mad Men is not the ratings juggernaut that its painted to be.
In fact the highest rated show on AMC is actually "The Walking Dead" which averages 3.5 million viewers compared to Mad Men which is around 2.2 million viewers.
Yes, they are different shows, but one would think that the show with the most Emmy wins, would be the highest rated show on cable right?
No, that distinction would be "The Closer", (where its season opener for Kyra Sedgwick's last season opened to 7.2 million total viewers this week), but likeThe Walking Dead, Closer didn't get a nod for Best Drama either.
Like most award shows, the Emmy's are not an exact science..I just wish I could understand voting process better.
Here are the nominations courtesy of EW.com
"It was a tight race to land the most nominations: Mad Men tallied 19, followed by 18 for Boardwalk Empire (including a best actor nod for Steve Buscemi), 17 for Modern Family (including a near sweep of the supporting comedy actor category) and 13 for Thrones. NBC’s 30 Rock (13) and Fox’s Glee (12)" -EW
Best drama series: Boardwalk Empire, Friday Night Lights, Dexter, Game of Thrones, The Good Wife, Mad Men.
Best comedy series: Modern Family, 30 Rock, Glee, The Office, The Big Bang Theory, Parks and Recreation.
Drama actress: Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife; Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men; Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU; Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law; Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights and Mireille Enos, The Killing.
Comedy actor: Steve Carell, The Office; Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock; Jim Parsons, Big Bang Theory; Matt LeBlanc, Episodes, Louis C.K., Louie; Johnny Galecki, Big Bang Theory.
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| Drama, Actor Timothy Olyphant, Justified. |
Comedy actress: Tina Fey, 30 Rock; Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie; Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation; Laura Linney, The Big C; Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope; Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly.
Supporting drama actor: Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age; John Slattery, Mad Men; Alan Cumming, The Good Wife; Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones; Josh Charles, The Good Wife; Walton Goggins, Justified.
Supporting comedy actor: Ty Burrell, Modern Family; Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family; Ed O’Neill, Modern Family; Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family; Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men; Chris Colfer, Glee.
Supporting comedy actress: Julie Bowen, Modern Family; Sofia Vergara, Modern Family; Jane Lynch, Glee; Betty White, Hot in Cleveland; Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live; Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock.
Supporting drama actress: Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife; Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire; Christine Baranski, The Good Wife; Michelle Forbes, The Killing; Margo Martindale, Justified; Christina Hendricks, Mad Men.
Movie or miniseries: Mildred Pierce, HBO; Downtown Abbey, PBS; The Kennedys, ReelzChannel; Cinema Verite, HBO; Too Big To Fail, HBO; Pillars of the Earth, Starz.
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| Actor, Miniseries: Idris Elba |
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Diane Lane, Cinema Verite , Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) , Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce, Taraji P Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story , Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece)
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: , Tom Wilkinson, The Kennedys , Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce , Brian F O'Byrne, Mildred Pierce , Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail , James Woods, Too Big to Fail.
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) , Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce , Melissa Leo, Mildred Pierce , Mare Winningham, Mildred Pierce , Eileen Atkins, Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece)
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| SYTYCD's Cat Deeley |
Reality host: Jeff Probst, Survivor; Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance; Phil Keoghan, Amazing Race; Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars; Ryan Seacrest, American Idol.
Variety, music or comedy series: The Colbert Report, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live, Conan, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly) and Joshua Jackson (Fringe) announced the nominations live from North Hollywood. The Primetime Emmys will air live on Sunday, Sept. 18.
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