The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominess for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards on Thursday morning. Critically-acclaimed darling Mad Men, airing on cable channel AMC, took in 16 nominations including Best Drama and Lead Actor in a Drama Series (star Jon Hamm). NBC's 30 Rock managed to surpass Mad Man, receiving 17 nominations including Best Comedy, Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Alec Baldwin), and Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Tina Fey). HBO mini-series John Adams took home the most nominations of any program, grabbing 23 in total.
Lost also came back after a year where it took in very few accolades across the board by grabbing nominations for Best Drama and Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Michael Emerson). Amongst the other mostly-pleasant surprises were nominations for Lee Pace and Kristin Chenoweth on Pushing Daisies, and Michael C. Hall on Dexter (while he had twice been nominated for a Golden Globe, he had previously been ignored by Emmy voters). Not so surprising were same-old, same-old nominations for Tony Shalhoub, James Spader, and Two and a Half Men. (But at least two of them are actually good!)
Read below for the major nominees, or visit Emmys.tv for the complete list.
Tags: Emmys, Emmy Awards, awards, 30 Rock, Mad Men
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Ariana says...
I think for every category, I watch one or fewer of the shows represented. And I watch a lot of TV. I just don't think this is very indicative of, you know, people who watch and enjoy television. Not that this is surprising.
Antalya says...
Really, if you took out the Two and a Half Men noms and rectified the ridiculous Phil Keoghan snub (seriously, Emmy voters, WTF?), this would be a pretty decent list, certainly a lot better than last year's. The picks for drama series and for lead and supporting actor in a drama are particularly strong. My only quibble of the lot of them would be Shatner who's less of a great actor and more of a force of nature, but if he submitted the episode I'm thinking of, his nomination is not undeserved, no matter how much boohooing there may be from critics, professional and otherwise.
Antalya says...
Really, if you took out the Two and a Half Men noms and rectified the ridiculous Phil Keoghan snub (seriously, Emmy voters, WTF?), this would be a pretty decent list, certainly a lot better than last year's. The picks for drama series and for lead and supporting actor in a drama are particularly strong. My only quibble of the lot of them would be Shatner who's less of a great actor and more of a force of nature, but if he submitted the episode I'm thinking of, his nomination is not undeserved, no matter how much boohooing there may be from critics, professional and otherwise.
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