Emmy nominations produce surprises, snubs and just a little “Glee”
Welcome to the annual game of who wants to win a winged pointy golden girl! The Emmy nominations were announced this morning and they featured some familiar favorites (Glee! The Good Wife! 30 Rock!) some worthy newcomers (Parks & Recreation! Game of Thrones! Friday Night Lights!). So let’s take a look at the deserving and surprising, and, of course, the snubbed.
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
Parks & Recreation
30 Rock
The only thing I see here is Parks & Recreation‘s first and very deserved nomination. OK, just kidding. Big kudos to long-adored, little-recognized Friday Night Lights. And, my inner Gleek and Feyminist loves the Glee and 30 Rock nods. Left off? Community, True Blood, The Waking Dead, Fringe — I could go on.
LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA
Kathy Bates – Harry’s Law
Connie Britton – Friday Night Lights
Mireille Enos – The Killing
Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order: SVU
Julianna Marguiles – The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men
LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA
Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler – Friday Night Lights
Michael C. Hall – Dexter
John Hamm – Mad Men
Hugh Laurie – House
Timothy Olyphant – Justified
Interesting to see Mireille Enos make the cut after her series, The Killing, went from critical darling to critical kicking bag in its first season. Also, interesting to see new faces crowd out last year’s winner, Kyra Sedgwick. For the fellas, so happy to see Timothy Olyphant get his due as the man in the white hat.
LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey – 30 Rock
Laura Linney – The Big C
Melissa McCarthy – Mike & Molly
Martha Plimpton – Raising Hope
Amy Poehler – Parks & Recreation
LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
Louis CK – Louie
Steve Carell – The Office
Johnny Galecki – The Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
Good news: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are together where they belong, as Emmy nominees. Surprising news: Melissa McCarthy gets a nod for a show few critics give the time of day — but since I loved her so much in Bridesmaids, I’m nothing but happy for her. (Plus, as one of the Emmy nominations announcers this morning, it was adorable to get her reaction live.) Snubbed news: No Lea Michele for Glee, I repeat, NO LEA MICHELE FOR GLEE.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Kelly McDonald – Boardwalk Empire
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
Michelle Forbes – The Killing
Archie Panjabi – The Good Wife
Margo Martindale – Justified
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife
SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA
John Slattery – Mad Men
Andre Braugher – Men of a Certain Age
Walton Goggins – Justified
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
Josh Charles – The Good Wife
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife
Good looking best supporting actress category there, plus Archie Panjabi is the only actress playing a lesbian or bisexual character to be nominated this year.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY
Jane Lynch – Glee
Betty White – Hot in Cleveland
Julie Bowen – Modern Family
Kristen Wiig – Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski – 30 Rock
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family
SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY
Jon Cryer – Two and a Half Men
Chris Colfer – Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Modern Family
Ed O’Neill – Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
I want to hug all the women in the comedy category with my legs in friendship. Big kudos to Jane Lynch for her nod as the only out lesbian or bisexual woman to be honored this year. Though would a nomination for Naya Rivera have killed the Academy? Santana’s role was bigger than Sue’s this season, and more complex. And no love for perennial nominee Neil Patrick Harris this year? Though, it is these are the only major categories with out nominees in Lynch, Colfer and Ferguson. Oh, and stop nominating Jon Cryer. That is all.
LEAD ACTRESS MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce
Elizabeth McGovern – Downton Abbey
Diane Lane – Cinema Verite
Taraji P. Henson – Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh – Upstairs Downstairs
LEAD ACTOR, MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Greg Kinnear – The Kennedys
Barry Pepper – The Kennedys
Edgar Ramirez – Carlos
William Hurt – Too Big To Fail
Idris Elba – Luther
Laurence Fishburne – Thurgood
Kate Winslet will be at the awards this year — nicely done, Academy. Also, those nominations for The Kennedys are a shocker since pretty much no network wanted to air the series.
GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Kristin Chenoweth – Glee
Dot-Marie Jones – Glee
Gwyenth Paltrow – Glee
Cloris Leachman – Raising Hope
Tina Fey – Saturday Night Live
Elizabeth Banks – 30 Rock
GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Idris Elba – The Big C
Nathan Lane – Modern Family
Zach Galifianakis – Saturday Night Live
Justin Timberlake – Saturday Night Live
Matt Damon – 30 Rock
Will Arnett – 30 Rock
Cheno! Gwynnie! Dot! Glee kind of crushed this category, and rightfully so. Don’t worry, I see you there, too, Tina.
GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Mary McDonnell – The Closer
Julia Stiles – Dexter
Loretta Devine – Grey’s Anatomy
Randee Heller – Mad Men
Cara Buono – Mad Men
Joan Cusack – Shameless
Alfre Woodard – True Blood
GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Bruce Dern – Big Love
Beau Bridges – Brothers & Sisters
Michael J. Fox – The Good Wife
Paul McCrane – Harry’s Law
Jeremy Davies – Justified
Robert Morse – Mad Men
Hey, Julia Stiles, you’ve come a long way since 10 Things I Hate About You.
VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Conan (TBS)
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL
Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (HBO)
Wishful Drinking (HBO)
The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour At Madison Square Garden (HBO)
Pee Wee Herman Show On Broadway (HBO)
Hey, Lady Gaga, hey.
So, what do you think? Happy with this year’s honorees? Fuming at who got snubbed? Let’s have it.