Thursday, July 8, 2010

PrimeTime Emmy Nominations announced!

OK, so the 2009-2010 PrimeTime Emmy Nominations were announced this morning.  Some surprises, and in my opinion, some notable snubs too.  Here is the list of nominees for the major categories:

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 

Jane Lynch - 'Glee'
Kristen Wiig - 'Saturday Night Live'
Jane Krakowski - '30 Rock'
Julie Bowen - 'Modern Family'
Sofia Vergara - 'Modern Family'
Holland Taylor - 'Two and a Half Men'

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Chris Colfer - 'Glee'
Neil Patrick Harris - 'How I Met Your Mother'
Jesse Tyler Ferguson - 'Modern Family'
Jon Cryer - 'Two and a Half Men'
Eric Stonestreet - 'Modern Family'
Ty Burrell - 'Modern Family'

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Sharon Gless - 'Burn Notice'
Christine Baranski - 'The Good Wife'
Christina Hendricks - 'Mad Men'
Rose Byrne - 'Damages'
Archie Panjabi - 'The Good Wife'
Elisabeth Moss - 'Mad Men'

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

John Slattery - 'Mad Men'
Aaron Paul - 'Breaking Bad'
Martin Short - 'Damages'
Terry O’ Quinn - 'Lost'
Michael Emerson - 'Lost'
Andre Braugher - 'Men of a Certain Age'

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Lea Michele - 'Glee'
Tina Fey - '30 Rock'
Toni Collette - 'The United States of Tara'
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - 'The New Adventures of Old Christine'
Edie Falco - 'Nurse Jackie'
Amy Poehler - 'Parks and Recreation'

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Larry David - 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'
Alec Baldwin - '30 Rock'
Matthew Morrison - 'Glee'
Steve Carell - 'The Office'
Jim Parsons - 'The Big Bang Theory'
Tony Shalhoub - 'Monk' 

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Julianna Margulies - 'The Good Wife'
Mariska Hargitay - 'Law & Order: SVU'
Glenn Close - 'Damages'
Kyra Sedgwick - 'The Closer'
January Jones - 'Mad Men'
Connie Britton - 'Friday Night Lights'

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jon Hamm - 'Mad Men'
Kyle Chandler - 'Friday Night Lights'
Bryan Cranston - 'Breaking Bad'
Hugh Laurie - 'House'
Michael C. Hall - 'Dexter'
Matthew Fox - 'Lost'

Outstanding Reality Show Competition
  
Project Runway
Top Chef
Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With The Stars

Outstanding Reality Show Host

Ryan Seacrest - 'American Idol'
Phil Keoghan - 'Amazing Race'
Tom Bergeron - 'Dancing With The Stars'
Heidi Klum - 'Project Runway'
Jeff Probst - 'Survivor' 

Outstanding Comedy Series 

Glee
Modern Family
Curb Your Enthusiasm
30 Rock
Nurse Jackie
The Office

Outstanding Drama Series 

Lost
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Mad Men
True Blood
The Good Wife


Now there were some big surprises and some big snubs.  The Academy really missed the boat on some of these.  First and foremost, the omission of Katey Sagal in the Supporting Actress category for 'Sons of Anarchy is a travesty.  Ed O'Neill not being nominated  for 'Modern Family' was a big snub too, especially when the show got 5 acting nominations and he was left out.   Maybe the Academy doesn't like 'Married with Children?'  Also, excluding 'Survivor' from Best Reality Show is an absolute joke.  'American Idol' had its worst season yet and it still beats out 'Survivor' for a nomination, when 'Survivor' had arguably it's 2 best editions???  I'm also really surprised that 'The Big Bang Theory' didn't get more nominations.  And I was also disappointed to see shows like 'Southland,' 'Chuck,' and 'Parenthood' not get recognized in the major categories, while some of the same people continue to get nominations.  People like Tony Shalhoub and Alec Baldwin.  Both are very good in their respective roles, but I would like to see some new people in there.  '30 Rock' had a down year, so I was really surprised to see it get as many noms as it did. 

I'll be pulling for 'Lost' to win big this year.  Matthew Fox finally gets a long deserved nomination, his first.  Elizabeth Mitchell, once a regular on the show, received a nomination in the Guest Actress in a Drama Series category for her role as Juliet.  It was a great show that had a great final season, and it deserves all the accolades it can get.  The show received 12 nominations, the most since it's first groundbreaking season.

Here was the tally:

'Glee' - 19 Nominations
'Mad Men'- 17 nominations
'30 Rock' - 15 nominations (This is a bit of a head-scratcher.  It wasn't a good season for 30 Rock at all.)
'Modern Family' - 14 nominations
'Lost' - 12 nominations
'SNL'- 12 nominations (SNL breaks the record for the most nominations in TV history with 126, ER held the record with 124 until today)
'The Good Wife' - 9 nominations

This year's most nominated program? HBO's World War II epic 'The Pacific,' produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, with a whopping 24 noms. That, however, does not set a record. The aged miniseries 'Roots' still holds that one, with 37 noms.

So what do you think?  Who got snubbed?  Who shouldn't have been nominated?

3 comments:

  1. Parenthood! This is an amazing show with amazing talent - Mae Whitman and Peter Krause were outstanding. I can't understand how they left this show off completely.

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  2. I agree on Parenthood. I had said in my Wish List that I had hoped Lauren Graham scored a nomination. It really is a good show, but it is also a new show. Modern Family and Glee aside, it's tough for first year shows to get noticed. Hopefully next year.

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  3. What happened to Parenthood?!?!!

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