Friday, July 9, 2010

THE 2010 PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS NOMiNATIONS!


the 2010 emmy awards (kind of like the TV version of the oscars) nominations came out today & here's the major ones:

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Lost
The Good Wife
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Mad Men
True Blood

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
Glenn Close (Damages)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)
January Jones (Mad Men)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Hugh Laurie (House M.D.)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Matthew Fox (Lost)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
Rose Byrne (Damages)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
John Slattery (Mad Men)
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
Martin Short (Damages)
Terry O' Quinn (Lost)
Michael Emerson (Lost)
Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mary Kay Place (Big Love)
Sissy Spacek (Big Love)
Shirley Jones (The Cleaner)
Lily Tomlin (Damages)
Ann-Margret (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Beau Bridges (The Closer)
Ted Danson (Damages)
John Lithgow (Dexter)
Alan Cumming ( The Good Wife)
Dylan Baker (The Good Wife
Robert Morse (Mad Men)
Gregory Itzin (24)

OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Friday Night Lights
Mad Men
Dexter
Big Love
The Good Wife
True Blood

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad - One Minute
Dexter - The Getaway
Lost - The End
Mad Men - Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency
Treme - Pilot

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Friday Night Lights - The Son
Lost - The End
The Good Wife - Pilot
Mad Men - Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency
Mad Men - Shut The Door. Have A Seat.

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OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Nurse Jackie
Glee
Modern Family
Curb Your Enthusiasm
30 Rock
The Office

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Lea Michele (Glee)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Toni Collette (The United States of Tara)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Matthew Morrison (Glee)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jane Lynch (Glee)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
Holland Taylor (Two and A Half Men)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Chris Colfer (Glee)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
Jon Cryer (Two and A Half Men)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory)
Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives)
Kristin Chenoweth (Glee)
Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live)
Betty White (Saturday Night Live)
Elaine Stritch (30 Rock)
Jane Lynch (Two and a Half Men)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Eli Wallach (Nurse Jackie)
Mike O' Malley (Glee)
Neil Patrick Harris (Glee)
Fred Willard (Modern Family)
Jon Hamm (30 Rock)
Will Arnett (30 Rock)

OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Glee
Nurse Jackie
The United States of Tara
Modern Family
30 Rock

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Glee - Pilot
Glee - Wheels
Modern Family - Pilot
Nurse Jackie - Pilor
30 Rock - I Do Do

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Glee - Pilot
Modern Family - Pilot
The Office - Niagara
30 Rock - Anna Howard Shaw Day
30 Rock - Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter


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a few facts:
- one time emmy favorites, 24, Law & Order, and Ugly Betty were shut out of the major categories for their final seasons
- of the 48 acting nominees, less than half were nominated in 2009 and 14 are from new shows
- elizabeth mitchell is the first & only female from Lost to get acting recognition
- edie falco is now one of the few actors/actresses who have been nominated in their career for both a drama (the sopranos) and a comedy (nurse jackie) series
- new comedies cougar town, the middle, and community were shut out
- several nomination streaks were broken this year: after 5 consecutive nominations, grey's anatomy's sandra oh gets shut out, after 4 consecutive nominations, grey's anatomy chandra wilson and two and a half men's charlie sheen get shut out, after 3 consecutive nominations, weeds' elizabeth perkins, brothers & sisters' sally field, weeds' mary-louise parker, the office's rainn wilson, and entourage's kevin dillon were shut out
- after 4 straight nominations, house is shut out of best drama series while, after 3 straight nominations, entourage is shut out of best comedy series
- after being the only "friend" not nominated during the show's 10 year run, courteney cox continues to be snubbed by not getting nominated for cougar town
- of the six adult characters on modern family, only one was not nominated: ed o' neill
- every award considered, glee leads with 19 nominations, mad men with 17, 30 rock with 15, modern family with 14, Lost with 12, and the good wife with 9.

other nominees listed at emmys.com

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