Thursday, July 19, 2012

2012 Emmy Nomations: Walking Dead, Community and Revenge Snubbed!

Shane to Rick: They snubbed us again?

Can you really respect an award show where so many of the most of the deserving are routinely snubbed?

In year's past, I would blast Emmy voters for snubbing game changing shows like "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" and "The Wire, but now its getting ridiculous.

Show's like "The Walking Dead", "Community" and "Renvenge" were  snubbed as were actors Kerry Washington, John Slattery and Madeleine Stowe.

The overlooking for Stowe and "Revenge" were quite shocking because the ABC  nighttime soap was one the major water cooler shows on TV last season; Plus what female character was more fun to watch than Stowe's Victoria Grayson, maybe Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope.

However my biggest gripe is with the snubbing of The Walking Dead.

OK its a show about zombies, but its mush deeper than that. There's no way if any of these any voters watched  the "Better Angels" episode can't tell me that its just as thrilling as watchin Gus and Walt on Breaking Bad, (unless Peter Dinklage wins again, Giancarlo Esposito should win best supporting act for his role as 'Gus' Fring in "Breaking Bad")

In some ways "The Walking Dead" is the new version of "The Wire".

Because while the gritty urban drama watched its fellow HBO shows like "Sex and The City" and "The Sopranos" garner nominations and awards, AMC's top ranked show has to watch "Mad Men" and" Breaking Bad" get invited to the party with the cool kids.

One of the  categories I do find fascinating to watch will be for is for Best Comedy Actor,  where Don Cheadle ("House of Lies") Louis C.K.("Louie") were nominated. Now the question is will Emmy voters go outside box and vote for either or go with Big Bang's Jim Parsons again? (The funny thing is the C.K.'s show "Louie" wasn't nominated for best comedy....try figure that one out).

As long as I live  I will never understandt Emmy's, but as much as I gripe, I will be right there watching the  64th Primetime Emmy Awards, on September 23rd.

Outstanding Comedy Series
"Veep"
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath in "Girls"
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn in "Mike & Molly"
Zooey Deschanel as Jess Day in "New Girl"
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton in "Nurse Jackie"
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope in "Parks and Recreation"
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon in "30 Rock"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer in "Veep"
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper in "The Big Bang Theory"
Larry David as Himself in "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan in "House of Lies"
Louis C.K. as Louie in "Louie"
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy in "30 Rock"
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper in "Two And A Half Men"
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler in "The Big Bang Theory"
Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey in "Desperate Housewives"
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy in "Modern Family"
Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in "Modern Family"
Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow in "Nurse Jackie"
Kristen Wiig as various characters in "Saturday Night Live"
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett in "Modern Family"
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett in "Modern Family"
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy in "Modern Family"
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker in "Modern Family"
Max Greenfield as Schmidt in "New Girl"
Bill Hader as various characters in "Saturday Night Live"
Outstanding Drama Series
"Game Of Thrones"
"Homeland"
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes in "Damages"
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley in "Downton Abbey"
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick in "The Good Wife"
Kathy Bates as Harriet Korn in "Harry's Law"
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in "Homeland"
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson in "Mad Men"
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson in "Boardwalk Empire"
Bryan Cranston as Walter White in "Breaking Bad"
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in "Dexter"
Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham in "Downton Abbey"
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in "Homeland"
Jon Hamm as Don Draper in "Mad Men"
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Anna Gunn as Skyler White in "Breaking Bad"
Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham in "Downton Abbey"
Joanne Froggatt as Anna in "Downton Abbey"
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma in "The Good Wife"
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart in "The Good Wife"
Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway Harris in "Mad Men"
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman in "Breaking Bad"
Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo 'Gus' Fring in "Breaking Bad"
Brendan Coyle as John Bates in "Downton Abbey"
Jim Carter as Mr. Carson in "Downton Abbey"
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in "Game Of Thrones"
Jared Harris as Lane Pryce in "Mad Men"
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
"American Horror Story"
"Game Change"
"Hatfields & McCoys"
"Luther"
"Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia (Masterpiece)"
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon in "American Horror Story"
Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in "Game Change"
Nicole Kidman as Martha Gellhorn in "Hemingway & Gellhorn"
Ashley Judd as Rebecca Winstone in "Missing"
Emma Thompson as She in "The Song Of Lunch (Masterpiece)"
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Woody Harrelson as Steve Schmidt in "Game Change"
Kevin Costner as 'Devil' Anse Hatfield in "Hatfields & McCoys"
Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy in "Hatfields & McCoys"
Clive Owen as Ernest Hemingway in "Hemingway & Gellhorn"
Idris Elba as John Luther in "Luther"
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes in "Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia (Masterpiece)"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or A Movie
Frances Conroy as Moira in "American Horror Story"
Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon in "American Horror Story"
Sarah Paulson as Nicolle Wallace in "Game Change"
Mare Winningham as Sally McCoy in "Hatfields & McCoys"
Judy Davis as Jill Tankard in "Page Eight (Masterpiece)"
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Denis O'Hare as Larry Harvey in "American Horror Story"
Ed Harris as John McCain in "Game Change"
Tom Berenger as Jim Vance in "Hatfields & McCoys"
David Strathairn as John Dos Passos in "Hemingway & Gellhorn"
Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson in "Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia (Masterpiece)"
Outstanding Variety Series
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart"
"The Colbert Report"
"Real Time With Bill Maher"
"Jimmy Kimmel Live"
"Late Night With Jimmy Fallon"
Outstanding Reality - Competition Program
"So You Think You Can Dance"
"The Amazing Race"
"Dancing With The Stars"
"Top Chef"
"Project Runway"
"The Voice"
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program
Cat Deeley as host of  "So You Think You Can Dance"
Phil Keoghan as host of "The Amazing Race"
Ryan Seacrest as host of "American Idol"
Betty White as host of "Betty White's Off Their Rockers"
Tom Bergeron as host of "Dancing With The Stars"
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