Emmy Noms

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2014 Emmy nominees
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad" (AMC)
Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom" (HBO)
Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards" (Netflix)
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men" (AMC)
Matthew McConaughey, "True Detective" (HBO)
Woody Harrelson, "True Detective" (HBO)

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Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Michelle Dockery, "Downton Abbey" (PBS)
Claire Danes, "Homeland" (Showtime)
Robin Wright, "House of Cards" (Netflix)
Kerry Washington, "Scandal" (ABC)
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife" (CBS)
Lizzy Caplan, "Masters of Sex" (Showtime)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Lena Dunham, "Girls" (HBO)
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep" (HBO)
Melissa McCarthy, "Mike & Molly" (CBS)
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation" (NBC)
Taylor Schilling, "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes" (Showtime)
Don Cheadle, "House of Lies" (Showtime)
Louis C.K., "Louie" (FX)
William H. Macy, "Shameless" (Showtime)
Ricky Gervais, "Derek" (Netflix)

Outstanding Drama Series
"Breaking Bad" (AMC)
"Downton Abbey" (PBS)
"Game of Thrones" (HBO)
"House of Cards" (Netflix)
"Mad Men" (AMC)
"True Detective" (HBO)

Outstanding Comedy Series
"The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
"Louie" (FX)
"Modern Family" (ABC)
"Veep" (HBO)
"Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
"Silicon Valley" (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Dancing on the Edge" (Starz)
Martin Freeman, "Fargo" (FX)
Mark Ruffalo, "The Normal Heart" (HBO)
Billy Bob Thornton, "Fargo" (FX)
Benedict Cumberbatch, "Sherlock: His Last Vow" (PBS)
Idris Elba, "Luther" (BBC America)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Cicely Tyson, "The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime)
Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX)
Sarah Paulson, "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX)
Kristen Wiig, "Spoils of Babylon"
Helena Bonham Carter, "Burton and Taylor" (BBC America)
Minnie Driver, "Return to Zero" (Lifetime)

Outstanding Miniseries
"American Horror Story: Coven" (FX)
"Bonnie and Clyde" (A&E)
"Fargo" (FX)
"Luther" (BBC America)
"Treme" (HBO)
"The White Queen" (BBC America)

Outstanding Television Movie
"The Normal Heart" (HBO)
"The Trip to Bountiful" (Lifetime)
"Killing Kennedy" (National Geographic Channel)
"Sherlock: His Last Vow" (PBS)
"Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad" (AMC)
Jim Carter, "Downton Abbey" (PBS)
Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones" (HBO)
Josh Charles, "The Good Wife" (CBS)
Mandy Patinkin, "Homeland" (Showtime)
Jon Voight, "Ray Donovan" (Showtime)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Anna Gunn, "Breaking Bad" (AMC)
Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey" (PBS)
Lena Headey, "Game of Thrones" (HBO)
Christine Brananski, "The Good Wife" (CBS)
Christina Hendricks, "Mad Men" (AMC)
Joanne Froggatt, "Downton Abbey" (PBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Breaugher, "Brookiyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)
Adam Driver, "Girls" (HBO)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, "Modern Family" (ABC)
Ty Burrell, "Modern Family" (ABC)
Fred Armisen, "Portlandia" (IFC)
Tony Hale, "Veep" (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik, "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
Julie Bowen, "Modern Family" (ABC)
Allison Janney, "Mom" (CBS)
Kate Mulgrew, "Orange Is the New Black" (Netflix)
Kate McKinnon, "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
Anna Chlumsky, "Veep" (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Colin Hanks, "Fargo" (FX)
Jim Parsons, "The Normal Heart" (HBO)
Joe Mantello, "The Normal Heart" (HBO)
Alfred Molina, "The Normal Heart" (HBO)
Matt Bomer, "The Normal Heart" (HBO)
Martin Freeman, "Sherlock: His Last Vow"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Frances Conroy, "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX)
Kathy Bates, "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX)
Angela Bassett, "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX)
Allison Tolman, "Fargo" (FX)
Ellen Burstyn, "Flowers In the Attic" (Lifetime)
Julia Roberts, "The Normal Heart" (HBO)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Dylan Baker, "The Good Wife"
Reg E. Cathey, "House of Cards"
Paul Giamatti, "Downton Abbey"
Robert Morse, "Mad Men"
Beau Bridges, "Masters of Sex"
Joe Morton, "Scandal"

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Kate Burton, "Scandal"
Jane Fonda, "The Newsroom"
Allison Janney, "Masters of Sex"
Kate Mara, "House of Cards"
Margo Martindale, "The Americans"
Diane Rigg, "Game of Thrones"

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Nathan Lane, "Modern Family"
Steve Buscemi, "Portlandia"
Jimmy Fallon, "Saturday Night Live"
Louis C.K., "Saturday Night Live"
Bob Newhart, "Arthur"
Gary Cole, "Veep"

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, "Orange is the New Black"
Laverne Cox, "Orange is the New Black"
Natasha Lyonne, "Orange is the New Black"
Tina Fey, "Saturday Night Live"
Melissa McCarthy, "Saturday Night Live"
Joan Cusack, "Shameless"

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
"Episodes" -- "Episode 305" (David Crane)
"Louise" -- "So Did The Fat Lady" (Louis C.K.)
"Orange Is the New Black" -- "I Wasn't Ready" (Jenji Kohan and Liz Friedman)
"Silicon Valley" -- "Optimal Tip-To-Tip Efficiency" (Alec Berg)
"Veep" -- "Special Relationship" (Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche and Armando Iannucci)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
"Episodes" -- "Episode 309" (Iain B. MacDonald)
"Glee" -- "100" (Paris Barclay)
"Louis" -- "Elevator, Part 6" (Louis C.K.)
"Modern Family" -- "Vegas" (Gail Mancuso)
"Orange Is the New Black" -- "Lesbian Request Denied" (Jodie Foster)
"Silicon Valley" -- Minimum Viable Product" (Mike Judge)

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
"Breaking Bad" -- "Ozymandias" (Moira Walley-Beckett)
"Breaking Bad" -- Felina" (Vince Gilligan)
"Game of Thrones" -- "The Children" (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss)
"House of Cards" -- "Chapter 14" (Beau Willimon)
"True Detective" -- "The Secret Fate of All Life" (Nic Pizzolatto)

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
"Boardwalk Empire" -- Farewell Daddy Blues" (Tim Van Patten)
"Breaking Bad' -- "Felina" (Vince Gilligan)
"Downton Abbey" -- "Episode 1" (David Evans)
"Game Of Thrones" -- "The Watchers on the Wall" (Neil Marshall)
"House Of Cards" -- "Chapter 14" (Carl Franklin)
"True Detective" -- "Who Goes There" (Cary Joji Fukunaga)

Outstanding Variety Series
"America's Got Talent"
"Dancing with the Stars"
"Saturday Night Live"
"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"
"The Voice"

Outstanding Variety Special
"AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Mel Brooks"
"The Beatles: The Night That Changed America"
"Best Of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Primetime Special"
"Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays"
"The Kennedy Center Honors"
"Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles"

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
"The Amazing Race"
"Dancing with the Stars"
"Project Runway"
"So You Think You Can Dance"
"Top Chef"
"The Voice"

Outstanding Structured Reality Program
"Antiques Roadshow"
"Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"
"MythBusters"
"Shark Tank"
"Undercover Boss"
"Who Do You Think You Are?"

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
"Alaska: The Last Frontier"
"Deadliest Catch"
"Flipping Out"
"Million Dollar Listing New York"
"Wahlburgers"
"Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan"

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program
Betty White, "Betty White's Off Their Rockers"
Tom Bergeron, "Dancing With The Stars"
Jane Lynch, "Hollywood Game Night"
Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn, "Project Runway"
Cat Deeley, "So You Think You Can Dance"
Anthony Bourdain, "The Taste"

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4 nominations in supporting category- they'll probably cancel each other out.

 

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^^^that's for Normal Heart

 

[alxwhtmr95]

come on, guys- I'd like to see some predictions! Something

 

[CoolBlue71]

The problem with the Emmys is that they think they are hip to what stood out for a given season it is supposedly honoring—yet the nominating voters prove themselves out of touch by either missing the boat on the obvious or rejecting what doesn't appeal to their collective sensibilities.

No one, most recently, is a better example of this than Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black. The series airs on BBC America. The Golden Globes have nominated Maslany. The Critics' Choice Television Award have nominated (and prized) Maslany for lead actress in a drama series for two consecutive season. Yet the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, for Orphan Black's second consecutive Emmy-eligible season, fails to nominate Maslany.

That Michelle Dockery was nominated, for the third consecutive season, for a no-great-shakes season on PBS's Downton Abbey, which conspicuously fell in quality (as was the case with AMC's Mad Men, nominated yet again in best drama series while Academy voters rightly denied such a slot to Showtime's Homeland), speaks to being out of touch. That CBS' The Good Wife, with its fifth season its best, is good enough for acting nods (it has won for at least one acting statue with each of its previous four seasons) but was denied a best-drama nomination (series creators and spouses Robert and Michelle King fucked up with not submitting for nomination "Hitting the Fan" in writing), speaks to the Academy being out of touch. That Showtime's Masters of Sex, with earned nominations for lead actress Lizzy Caplan and guest performers Beau Bridges and Allison Janney, was denied a lead-actor slot for Michael Sheen (nominated in 2010 for playing Tony Blair in the HBO movie The Special Relationship) and best drama series, speaks to the Academy being out of touch. That there is nowadays a no-standards, fast-and-loose gaming of the system with genre placement (drama series submitted as miniseries, drama series submitted as comedy series, miniseries submitted as drama series), speaks to the Academy being out of touch.

Almost every year, the Emmy Awards never fail to fail at some level. This speaks to a lack of credibility of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

 

[braex27]

I can't believe they snubbed Tatiana Maslany from Orphan Black yet again! Not cool, Emmy!

 

[alxwhtmr95]

Emmy gets their favorites and sticks with them to the death...Downton was pretty boring last year, Maggie Smith is more comic on the show- yet wins the drama category every year- I hope Joan from Mad Men FINALLY gets it!

 

[SFLMAN]

I get believe Parenthood was snubbed for Best Drama as well as the actors from the show. I think it's one of the best drama's on TV. It is also the last season.

 

[arpeggi]

I don't really see anyone worth cheering for on this list to care too much about winning. No underdogs, except maybe Louie C.K, who has the best written and most original comedy in years. Can they retroactively nominate Parker Posey from last season? I'd watch for that.
Otherwise, the two best actors on television are left out: Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) and Aden Young (Rectify). Probably because they don't care about nominating people from networks no one watches like BBC America and Sundance.

Of all the nominations for The Normal Heart, Taylor Kitsch was left out? I thought he was the most surprising and sincere of them all.

I still think Modern Family is terribly written and not funny. I love Veep but would choose Louie as best comedy.

I'd be happy with pretty much any nominee from Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Mad Men, and True Detective winning. They're all spectacular shows with great writers and actors. Except Woody Harrelson.

Fargo is terrible. SNL is terrible. Modern Family is the worst. Silicon Valley should be cancelled. The Newsroom is okay but forgettable. Downton Abbey has nice costumes, otherwise it's a pretentious General Hospital.
I haven't really watched any of the Netflix stuff.

I can't believe they've created genres for reality shows. I don't care who wins any of those categories except to say that Tim Gunn should just win everything for simply being Tim Gunn.