2011 Emmy Nominations Announced
By Angie Han/July 14, 2011 8:04 am EST
The 2011 Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning in Los Angeles by hosts Melissa McCarthy and Joshua Jackson. As always, the list contained a few surprises and a few disappointments, as well as many more predictable choices.
Among the pleasant surprises were outstanding series nods for Parks & Recreation and Friday Night Lights, both excellent (and personal favorite) series that the Emmy folks have overlooked in the past. On an unhappier note, Nick Offerman’s singular performance as Ron Swanson was overlooked, and neither Treme nor Community made a single appearance in the list. Meanwhile, Modern Family picked up four of the six Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy nominations, which… I like the show and all, but surely we could’ve bumped one or two of those men to make room for Offerman, Danny Pudi, Ted Danson, etc.? Read the list of nominees after the jump, and leave your questions, thoughts, and rage-filled rants in the comments.
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory Matt LeBlanc, Episodes Louis C.K., Louie Steve Carell, The Office Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire Michael C. Hall, Dexter Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights Hugh Laurie, House Timothy Olyphant, Justified Jon Hamm, Mad Men Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:Edgar Ramirez, Carlos Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys Barry Pepper, The Kennedys Idris Elba, Luther Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood William Hurt, Too Big to Fail Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:Laura Linney, The Big C Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope Tina Fey, 30 Rock Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law Mireille Enos, The Killing Mariska Hartigay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie:Diane Lane, Cinema Verite Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce Taraji P. Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:Chris Colfer, Glee Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family Ed O’Neill, Modern Family Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family Ty Burrell, Modern Family Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones Josh Charles, The Good Wife Alan Cumming, The Good Wife Walton Goggins, Justified John Slattery, Mad Men Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:Tom Wilkinson, The Kennedys Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce Bryan F. O’Byrne, Mildred Pierce Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail James Woods, Too Big to Fail Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:Jane Lynch, Glee Betty White, Hot in Cleveland Julie Bowen, Modern Family Sofia Vergara, Modern Family Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife Christine Baranski, The Good Wife Margo Martindale, Justified Michelle Forbes, The Killing Christina Hendricks, Mad Men Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie:Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce Melissa Leo, Mildred Pierce Mare Winningham, Mildred Pierce Eileen Atkins, Upstairs Downstairs Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: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 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series:Bruce Dern, Big Love Beau Bridges, Brothers & Sisters Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife Paul McCrane, Harry’s Law Jeremy Davies, Justified Roger Morse, Mad Men Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:Kristen Chenoweth, Glee Dot-Marie Jones, Glee Gwyneth Paltrow, Glee Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live Elizabeth Banks, 30 Rock Joan Cusack, Shameless Alfre Woodard, True Blood Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series:Mary McDonnell, The Closer Julia Stiles, Dexter Loretta Devine, Grey’s Anatomy Randee Heller, Mad Men Cara Buono, Mad Men Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program:Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race Ryan Seacrest, American Idol Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance Jeff Probst, Survivor Outstanding Comedy Series:The Big Bang Theory
Glee Modern Family The Office Parks & Recreation 30 Rock Outstanding Drama Series:Boardwalk Empire Dexter Friday Night Lights Game of Thrones The Good Wife Mad Men Outstanding Miniseries or Movie:Cinema Verite Downton Abbey The Kennedys Midred Pierce The Pillars of the Earth Too Big to Fail Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series:The Colbert Report Conan The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Real Time with Bill Maher Saturday Night Live Outstanding Reality Program:Antiques Roadshow Deadliest Catch Hoarders Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Mythbusters Undercover Boss Outstanding Reality – Competition Program:The Amazing Race American Idol Dancing with the Stars Project Runway So You Think You Can Dance Top Chef The 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air Sunday, September 18 with nominee Jane Lynch hosting. Head over to the official Emmys website for the (rather lengthy) full list of nominees, including those in the writing (Matthew Weiner got a nod for “The Suitcase”) and music (Game of Thrones’ amazing theme song was somehow ignored) categories.
2011 Emmy Nominations Announced
By Angie Han/July 14, 2011 8:04 am EST
The 2011 Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning in Los Angeles by hosts Melissa McCarthy and Joshua Jackson. As always, the list contained a few surprises and a few disappointments, as well as many more predictable choices.
Among the pleasant surprises were outstanding series nods for Parks & Recreation and Friday Night Lights, both excellent (and personal favorite) series that the Emmy folks have overlooked in the past. On an unhappier note, Nick Offerman’s singular performance as Ron Swanson was overlooked, and neither Treme nor Community made a single appearance in the list. Meanwhile, Modern Family picked up four of the six Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy nominations, which… I like the show and all, but surely we could’ve bumped one or two of those men to make room for Offerman, Danny Pudi, Ted Danson, etc.? Read the list of nominees after the jump, and leave your questions, thoughts, and rage-filled rants in the comments.
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory Matt LeBlanc, Episodes Louis C.K., Louie Steve Carell, The Office Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire Michael C. Hall, Dexter Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights Hugh Laurie, House Timothy Olyphant, Justified Jon Hamm, Mad Men Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:Edgar Ramirez, Carlos Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys Barry Pepper, The Kennedys Idris Elba, Luther Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood William Hurt, Too Big to Fail Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:Laura Linney, The Big C Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope Tina Fey, 30 Rock Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law Mireille Enos, The Killing Mariska Hartigay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie:Diane Lane, Cinema Verite Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce Taraji P. Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:Chris Colfer, Glee Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family Ed O’Neill, Modern Family Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family Ty Burrell, Modern Family Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones Josh Charles, The Good Wife Alan Cumming, The Good Wife Walton Goggins, Justified John Slattery, Mad Men Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:Tom Wilkinson, The Kennedys Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce Bryan F. O’Byrne, Mildred Pierce Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail James Woods, Too Big to Fail Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:Jane Lynch, Glee Betty White, Hot in Cleveland Julie Bowen, Modern Family Sofia Vergara, Modern Family Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife Christine Baranski, The Good Wife Margo Martindale, Justified Michelle Forbes, The Killing Christina Hendricks, Mad Men Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie:Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce Melissa Leo, Mildred Pierce Mare Winningham, Mildred Pierce Eileen Atkins, Upstairs Downstairs Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: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 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series:Bruce Dern, Big Love Beau Bridges, Brothers & Sisters Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife Paul McCrane, Harry’s Law Jeremy Davies, Justified Roger Morse, Mad Men Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:Kristen Chenoweth, Glee Dot-Marie Jones, Glee Gwyneth Paltrow, Glee Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live Elizabeth Banks, 30 Rock Joan Cusack, Shameless Alfre Woodard, True Blood Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series:Mary McDonnell, The Closer Julia Stiles, Dexter Loretta Devine, Grey’s Anatomy Randee Heller, Mad Men Cara Buono, Mad Men Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program:Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race Ryan Seacrest, American Idol Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance Jeff Probst, Survivor Outstanding Comedy Series:The Big Bang Theory
Glee Modern Family The Office Parks & Recreation 30 Rock Outstanding Drama Series:Boardwalk Empire Dexter Friday Night Lights Game of Thrones The Good Wife Mad Men Outstanding Miniseries or Movie:Cinema Verite Downton Abbey The Kennedys Midred Pierce The Pillars of the Earth Too Big to Fail Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series:The Colbert Report Conan The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Real Time with Bill Maher Saturday Night Live Outstanding Reality Program:Antiques Roadshow Deadliest Catch Hoarders Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Mythbusters Undercover Boss Outstanding Reality – Competition Program:The Amazing Race American Idol Dancing with the Stars Project Runway So You Think You Can Dance Top Chef The 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air Sunday, September 18 with nominee Jane Lynch hosting. Head over to the official Emmys website for the (rather lengthy) full list of nominees, including those in the writing (Matthew Weiner got a nod for “The Suitcase”) and music (Game of Thrones’ amazing theme song was somehow ignored) categories.
Among the pleasant surprises were outstanding series nods for Parks & Recreation and Friday Night Lights, both excellent (and personal favorite) series that the Emmy folks have overlooked in the past. On an unhappier note, Nick Offerman’s singular performance as Ron Swanson was overlooked, and neither Treme nor Community made a single appearance in the list. Meanwhile, Modern Family picked up four of the six Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy nominations, which… I like the show and all, but surely we could’ve bumped one or two of those men to make room for Offerman, Danny Pudi, Ted Danson, etc.?
Read the list of nominees after the jump, and leave your questions, thoughts, and rage-filled rants in the comments.
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Louis C.K., Louie
Steve Carell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Hugh Laurie, House
Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
Barry Pepper, The Kennedys
Idris Elba, Luther
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
William Hurt, Too Big to Fail
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:Laura Linney, The Big C
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Mariska Hartigay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie:Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Taraji P. Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:Chris Colfer, Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ed O’Neill, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Walton Goggins, Justified
John Slattery, Mad Men
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:Tom Wilkinson, The Kennedys
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Bryan F. O’Byrne, Mildred Pierce
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
James Woods, Too Big to Fail
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Margo Martindale, Justified
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie:Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce
Melissa Leo, Mildred Pierce
Mare Winningham, Mildred Pierce
Eileen Atkins, Upstairs Downstairs
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: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
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series:Bruce Dern, Big Love
Beau Bridges, Brothers & Sisters
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
Paul McCrane, Harry’s Law
Jeremy Davies, Justified
Roger Morse, Mad Men
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:Kristen Chenoweth, Glee
Dot-Marie Jones, Glee
Gwyneth Paltrow, Glee
Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Elizabeth Banks, 30 Rock
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Alfre Woodard, True Blood
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series:Mary McDonnell, The Closer
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Loretta Devine, Grey’s Anatomy
Randee Heller, Mad Men
Cara Buono, Mad Men
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program:Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Jeff Probst, Survivor
Outstanding Comedy Series:The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
Parks & Recreation
30 Rock
Outstanding Drama Series:Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie:Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Kennedys
Midred Pierce
The Pillars of the Earth
Too Big to Fail
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series:The Colbert Report
Conan
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Reality Program:Antiques Roadshow
Deadliest Catch
Hoarders
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Mythbusters
Undercover Boss
Outstanding Reality – Competition Program:The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air Sunday, September 18 with nominee Jane Lynch hosting. Head over to the official Emmys website for the (rather lengthy) full list of nominees, including those in the writing (Matthew Weiner got a nod for “The Suitcase”) and music (Game of Thrones’ amazing theme song was somehow ignored) categories.
