Emmys

[shipperx]

Personal opinion:  Dany is a lot of fun, but if I were choosing supporting actress on acting I would have gone with Michelle Fairley or Maisie Williams.  (For that matter, I'd give Hayden Pannetierre props over Connie Briton from Nashville (though I suppose CB's nom is to make up for all those years she SHOULD have been nominated for Friday Night Lights.) Diana Rigg/Granny Tyrell also got a nom for guest actress.

From TVGuide.com:

American Horror Story: Asylum topped the Primetime Emmy Award nominations Thursday with 17, while Kerry Washington made history.

The Scandal star nabbed a Best Drama Lead Actress nomination, becoming only the fifth African-American actress to be nominated in the category and the first in 18 years. She's up against Connie Britton (Nashville), defending champ Claire Danes (Homeland), Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel) and Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men).

Homeland will try to defend its Best Drama Series crown against Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, House of Cards and Mad Men.

House of Cards also earned acting nominations for Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, but its fellow and Netflix series and former Emmy champ Arrested Development was snubbed in the Best Comedy Series race.

Modern Family will gun for a three-peat in Comedy Series against The Big Bang Theory, Girls, Louie, 30 Rock and Veep.

The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air Sunday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS.

Check out the nominees below.

Drama Series
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men

Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Louie
Modern Family
30 Rock
Veep

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Connie Britton, Nashville
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks, Breaking Bad
Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Morena Baccarin, Homeland
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
Louis C.K., Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Will Arnett, Arrested Development
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Adam Driver, Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
Tony Hale, Veep

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Jane Lynch, Glee
Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie

Comments

[ww1614.livejournal.com]

I hate everything these nominations choose to be. Ugh.

I don't get how Kerry Washington could be making history when she is the 5th African American actress to be nominated.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Well they can't very well advertise by saying "We've nominated all the same people that we always nominate. And they'll be the ones that win, too." >:)

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

From reading elsewhere, I think the line of reasoning is that she could potentially be as others have been nominated but there's yet to be a winner.

[eilowyn.livejournal.com]

Boo! I hate Girls! That nomination should have gone to Arrested Development! And I totally agree about Michelle Fairley getting the supporting actress nomination. I now have no horse in the best comedy race (maybe 30 Rock, but it feels like that ended forever ago), but I find the supporting actor in a comedy race pretty interesting with Gob vs. Buster (in a different role).

Once again, no love for Community, which is okay because season 4 sucked ass, but they do get an E for effort.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I hate Girls too! Basically, in that category I'm rooting "Anyone BUT what's her face" (though I wouldn't be bothered if the Adam guy did well in his category. Everything else though -- I HATE GIRLS!

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Oh, I thought I was the only one who really hated GIRLS. This is reassuring.
I can't say it's not realistic..because I know people like that. Unfortunately.
But ugh. Unwatchable. Do not understand the appeal.

[shapinglight]

It seems weird putting Emilia Clarke in the supporting actress category. GoT doesn't really have a leading actress, but if there is one, it's her.

Cannot believe the amount of noms for Downton Abbey. I can't even watch that show any more.

[silverusagi]

Cannot believe the amount of noms for Downton Abbey. I can't even watch that show any more.

I know, right?

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

No one I admire will get any acting awards (Hamm, Moss, Balik, Hader etc.) except possibly in the Best Actor in a Comedy category (I think Baldwin (despite his rage issues) and especially Louis CK have excellent chances). Best Drama will go to Breaking Bad, which I don't watch or like, and Best Comedy will be Modern Family, which doesn't deserve it as much as 30 Rock or Louie or even TBBT.

These nominations are mostly exceptionally annoying. I loathe Clare Danes, Jeff Daniels and Lena Dunham (surely the most undeserving nominee EVAR). All of them stand for "fake" intelligent TV acting, which is actually mostly wanking and/or scenery chewing. Their histrionics always cut out the truly great, subtle performances in truly intelligent, ground-breaking series.

You're right about Clarke, though, as much as I love her. Fairley and especially Williams were far better in pivotal roles than she was.

All of this is to say I won't be watching the Emmys because FEH.

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

There are so rarely any shows I actually watch (while they're being broadcast) anymore, since it all goes to premium stations and cable networks I don't usually watch; most of these are in the "when they come out on DVD I'll watch entire seasons of" because I don't pay for HBO or Showtime.

I feel like I ought to watch Homeland just for Mandy Patinkin (whom I adore), but on the whole... nothing for Person of Interest? Seriously?

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Felt the same way.

Dany is a lot of fun, but if I were choosing supporting actress on acting I would have gone with Michelle Fairley or Maisie Williams. (For that matter, I'd give Hayden Pannetierre props over Connie Briton from Nashville (though I suppose CB's nom is to make up for all those years she SHOULD have been nominated for Friday Night Lights.)

Agreed.

I honestly do not understand the appeal of VEEP, Girls, and Downton Abbey.

But admittedly the emmy's have never made much sense to me.

Apparently...they forgot about Grey's Anatomy - when Chandra Wilson was nominated various years? Granted the same person being nominated five years in a row doesn't exactly count as five actresses.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I can't believe that Hannibal didn't get a single nomination :(