(PRINTWORDS NEWS) It is going to be a night of felicity and fanfare on 63rd Emmy Awards as the who’s who of the television fraternity will walk the red carpet again. Some dreams will come true and some dreams will be shattered as the winners will be announced on September 18, 2011.
On July 14, the nominees of Primetime Emmy were announced at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood, California. “Mike & Molly”s Melissa McCarthy and “Fringe” fame Joshua Jackson announced the nominees of this year’s Emmy. This year, Jane Lynch will host the show.
Emmy Awards is said to be the top prize in the U. S. television industry. “Boardwalk Empire”, “Game Of Thrones” and three-time Emmy winner “Mad Men” will compete each other in the best drama category. “Friday Night Lights”, “The Good Wife” and “Dexter” will also challenge all in the same category. The nominations for the best comedy series are “Modern Family”, “Glee”, “30 Rock” and “The Office”.
Along with these shows, two newcomers of televisions took away the cake of nominations. The two comedy shows are “Parks and Recreation” and “The Big Bang Theory”. Amy Poehler, the producer of “Parks and Recreation” seemed excited to get this honor.
In his interview, he said that the cast and crew of the drama series had an interesting journey all through and hence he feels that getting nomination is a type of “validation” for them.
The nominations for the lead actor in a drama series were bagged by “Boardwalk Empire”s Steve Buscemi, Chandler for “Friday Night Lights”. The psychological thriller series “Dexter”s Michael C. Hall, Hugh Laurie for “House”, Timothy Olyphant for “Justified” and Jon Hamm for “Mad Men” are the other nominees for this award.
The nominees for lead actress are Kathy Bates for the series “Harry’s Law”, Mariska Hargitay for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, Britton for “Friday Night Lights”, Elisabeth Moss for “Mad Men”, Julianna Margulies for “The Good Wife” and Mireille Enos for “The Killing”. What shocked the audience the most is “True Blood” as it did not receive any nomination this year.
However, “Mad Men” received whooping 19 nominations this year for its contribution in the television industry. Along with it “Modern Family” received 17 nominations. “Boardwalk Empire” is also not far behind.
It received 18 nominations. “Saturday Night Live” bagged 16, “Game of Thrones” and “30 Rock” received 13 nominations each. Here’s a list of all the nominees:
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
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 of 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 and Recreation
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Tina Fey, Liz Lemon
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 Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Diana 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 Ag
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Tom Wilkinson, The Kennedys
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Brian 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 Marindale, 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
Meilssa Leo, Mildred Pierce
Mare Winningham, Mildred Pierce
Eileen Atkins, Upstairs Downstairs
Outstanding Host for a Reality
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, CBS
Glee, Fox
Modern Family, ABC
The Office, NBC
Parks and Recreation, NBC
30 Rock, NBC
Outstanding Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire, HBO
Dexter, Showtime
Friday Night Lights, DirectTV
Game of Thrones, HBO
The Good Wife, CBS
Mad Men, AMC
Oustanding Miniseries or Movie
Cinema Verite, HBO
Downton Abbey, PBS
Mildred Pierce, HBO
The Pillars of the Earth, Starz
Too Big to Fail, HBO
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report, Comedy Central
Conan, TBS
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, NBC
Real Time With Bill Maher, HBO
Saturday Night LIve, NBC
