RichC2

Nominations by show: 21 Nominations, Mildred Pierce; 19 Nominations, Mad Men; 18 Nominations, Boardwalk Empire; 17 Nominations, Modern Family; 16 Nominations, Saturday Night Live; 13 Nominations, Game Of Thrones, 30 Rock; 12 Nominations, Glee; 11 Nominations, Downton Abbey (Masterpiece), Too Big To Fail; 10 Nominations, American Idol, The Kennedys; 9 Nominations

Outstanding Comedy Series
The Big Bang Thery
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 Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi Boardwalk Empire
Michael C. Hall Dexter
Kyle Chandler Friday Night Lights
Jon Hamm Mad Men
Hugh Laurie House
Timothy Olyphant Justified

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Elisabeth Moss Mad Men
Connie Britton Friday Night Lights
Mariska Hargitay L&O: SVU
Mireille Enos The Killing
Julianna Marglies The Good Wife
Kathy Bates Harry's Law

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:
Matt LeBlanc Episodes
Jim Parsons Big Bang Theory
Steve Carell The Office
Johnny Galecki Big Bang Theory
Louis CK Louie
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Edie Falco Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey 30 Rock
Laura Linney The C Word
Melissa McCarthy Mike and Molly
Martha Plimpton Raising Hope
Amy Poehler Parks and Rec

Outstanding Supporting Actor in A Drama Series
John Slattery Mad Men
Andre Braugher Men of a Certain Age
Walton Goggins Justified
Peter Dinklage Game of Thrones
Josh Charles The Good Wife
Alan Cumming The Good Wife

Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Drama Series
Kelly Macdonald Boardwalk Empire
Christina Hendricks Mad Men
Michelle Forbes The Killing
Archie Panjabi The Good Wife
Margo Martindale Justified
Christine Baranski The Good Wife

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer Two and a Half Men
Chris Colfer Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson Modern Family
Ed O'Neill Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet Modern Family
Ty Burrell Modern Family

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Jane Lynch Glee
Betty White Hot in Cleveland
Julie Bowen Modern Family
Kristen Wiig SNL
Jane Krakowski 30 Rock
Sofia Vergara Modern Family

Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
Cinema Verite (HBO)
Too Big To Fail (HBO)
The Pillars of the Earth (Starz)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Guy Pearce Mildred Pierce
Brian F. O'Byrne Mildred Pierce
Tom Wilkinson The Kennedys
Paul Giamatti Too Big To Fail
James Woods Too Big To Fail

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Greg Kinnear The Kennedys
Barry Pepper The Kennedys
Edgar Ramirez Carlos
William Hurt Too Big To Fail
Idris Elba Luther
Laurence Fishburn Thurgood

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Kate Winslet Mildred Pierce
Elizabeth McGovern Downton Abbey
Diane Lane Cinema Verite
Taraji P. Henson Taken From Me
Jean Marsh Upstairs Downstairs

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Evan Rachel Wood Mildred Pierce
Melissa Leo Mildred Pierce
Mare Winningham Mildred Pierce
Maggie Smith Downton Abbey
Eileen Atkins Upstairs Downstairs

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Conan (TBS)
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Deadliest Catch (Discovery)
Hoarders (A&E)
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo)
MythBusters (Discovery)
Undercover Boss (CBS)

Outstanding Reality - Competition Program
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
American Idol (Fox)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Top Chef (Bravo)

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Jeff Probst Survivor
Cat Deeley So You Think You Can Dance
Phil Keoghan The Amazing Race
Tom Bergeron Dancing with the Stars
Ryan Seacrest American Idol

Outstanding Guest actor in a Comedy Series
Idris Elba The Big C
Zach Galifianakis Saturday Night Live
Matt Damon 30 Rock
Will Arnett 30 Rock
Nathan Lane Modern Family
Justin Timberlake Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Guest actor in a DramaSeries
Robert Morse Mad Men
Bruce Dern Big Love
Jeremy Davies Justified
Beau Bridges Brothers and Sisters
Paul McCrane Harry's Law
Michael J. Fox The Good Wife

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristin Chenoweth Glee
Dot-Marie Jones Glee
Gwenyth Paltrow Glee
Cloris Leachman Raising Hope
Elizabeth Banks 30 Rock
Tina Fey SNL

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Alfre Woodard True Blood
Randee Heller Mad Men
Cara Buono Mad Men
Joan Cusack Shameless
Julia Stiles Dexter
Mary McDonnell The Closer
Loretta Devine Grey's Anatomy

Yeah, a pretty boring line-up. Not that many aren't deserving, but it's a duplicate of last year with Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire added in and Breaking Bad taken out. The fact Cinema Verite and Too Big To Fail were considered two of the best made-for-tv movies of the year makes me think they should reconsider the category. Very cool that Idris Elba got two separate acting noms, though, cool to see Dinklage up there as well.

writer106

I'm happy for Martha Plimpton, Connie Britton, Timothy Olyphant, Kyle Chandler and Louie CK.

Nominations that irk me
-Betty White for Hot in Cleveland. She didn't do any Emmy worthy work on that show. Several actresses from other shows were a lot better than her like Alison Brie on Community, Busy Phillips on Cougartown,Kaitlyn Olson on It's Always Sunny and even Naya Rivera on Glee did better work than Betty.
-Mariska Hargitay on SVU-She hasn't been Emmy worthy in several years but she continues to get nods because of nepotism
-Kathy Bates on Harry's Law-Undeserved
-Jon Cryer-Nick Offerman on Parks and Rec, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover were a lot better than Cryer this year
-Johnny Galecki-Ugggh Joel McHale should have his nod

Red Dog

I don't care much about the Emmys anymore but it's nice to see FNL finally get some love.

And damn, look at all those supporting noms for Modern Family. Deserved, but still wow.

The only glaring omission to me was Justified in the Drama category. Weird that the key players all got acting noms and yet it didn't make the cut for best drama.

sven

Two I'm really pulling for are Peter Dinklage and Margo Martindale.

writer106

A similar thing happend last year with FNL. Connie and Kyle got nods while they didn't get a best drama nod. I'm happy FNL got the drama nod this year.

I'm happy for Timothy and Margo which could mean that Justified while continue to recognized in the future by the Emmy's.

Red Dog

I didn't realize Kyle got a nom last season.

superdeluxe

Absolute joke that Game of Thrones did not get a main title music nomination.

Geofferson

Hopefully this is the year that FNL will take home the trophy. Too bad that Breaking Bad's scheduling was such that it didn't qualify. Surprised to see Pillars of the Earth (Starz) make the cut -- while I liked it, it feels like it aired forever ago.

Hokeyboy

No Community love?

Mysteryfan

I didn't realize there was such a category but I certainly agree. I sit through the opening credits all the time just to hear the music.

Deftones

for the Justified love. Also glad to see the entire MF crew get nods.

conscience

Too bad most of the shows I love right now are (almost) nowhere to be found in the (main at least) nominations: White Collar, Happy Endings, Parenthood, Shameless, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson...

Elated that Mad Men is, of course, still strong but where is Jared Harris' nomination? He was amazing in the episode 'The Good News'. I'd take him over Slattery to be honest. The Suitcase hands down deserves writing in a drama.

I am glad that Modern Family's 'Caught in the Act' was nominated in writing for a comedy series. That was the funniest comedy episode of the year. I liked Louie's Poker/Divorce (mainly Poker), but I would have much preferred to have Travel Day/South nominated.

The Killing is showing too much in those nominations. Did people vote for it before the final handful of episodes? Michelle Forbes? One note performance if I ever saw one.

rfduncan

I'm pleasantly surprised for Martha Plimpton - though everyone who watches Raising Hope has been saying she deserved a nod.

I find it odd that seemingly every adult actor on Modern Family is up for supporting. I guess they agreed as an ensemble to put themselves in that category since they really ARE an ensemble supporting each other.

Decker

Agreed. It's a great theme.
I used to be family friends with one of, if not the, biggest, most famous composers of TV themes. I once asked him about industry awards. He told me he really respected and appreciated the Grammys; he considered that his peer award. He said the Emmys didn't vote for the best theme, that it was all political. He basically considered it a garbage award for music. That was 25 years ago, things may have changed. But maybe not.

RichC2

The adult cast seems to be more focal than the kids on the series so technically they should have all been in lead actor/actress with the kids in supporting. But it's their call.

Draven

What. The. Hell.

I love Modern Family. It's one of my favorite shows. But I will NEVER understand how anyone could say that 4 of the best comedic actors on TV are on one show. It's simply not possible.

There should be a limit of one nomination per show per category. It would force voters to go for more than the most absolutely obvious choices with no thought to anything but the top shows on TV and all of the actors from those shows.

Goldberg74

John Noble gets overlooked again this year (as does Fringe).

Grrrrrrrr!

Decker

Isn't everyone pulling for Dinklage?

In Answer to the question about Modern Family, yes they all submit as Supporting characters. Did last year as well. Glad to see they all got nominated this year; I think they all deserved it -- it must have been awkward for Jesse Tyler Ferguson to have been the odd man out. I predict that Jon Cryer will win out of sympathy for his crappy situation last season.

I know the rule has changed, but it's still stupid that Robert Morse is a nominee in the Guest category of Mad Men because of the way he's credited. Clearly he's not a guest actor on that show. Not that he'll beat Michael J Fox anyway. And I agree with the comment about the actor who plays Pryce being more deserving than Sterling this year.

I'm surprised Sean Bean isn't nominated for Best Actor. I thought he was great, and though I don't watch that many dramas, I'd have picked him ahead of Bushemi, who I never really bought as a powerful mob boss.

Ayre

I lost respect for the emmy's decades ago, but this is an opportunity to regain some of that respect by giving FNL it's due. Most notably Connie Britton. She has created one of the most memorable multi-dimensional characters to ever appear on TV and from what I understand FNL was a show that allowed the actors freedom to shape the dialog and characters.

RichC2

Despite its very slow pace, Boardwalk Empire really has no notable character to me. Buscemi's acting is fine on the show, though, it's just the writing did a poor job fleshing out the character. I am in general not a fan of the show, though I appreciate the excellent production values.

Cloris Leachman is in a similar situation as Morse, she's on most episodes but is still considered a "guest" star. Kind of like Heather Locklear on Melrose.

Decker

Yeah. It's a rule change that went into effect last year. If the credits list you with a "And Featuring" before your name, then you're considered a Guest Actor now. It's a stupid change.

writer106

I totally agree with you on Connie. I hope she wins but I have a feeling Moss will win.

superdeluxe

I think GoT watchers are.

DRG

Glad to see Louis CK and Cat Deeley on there.

I hope this is the year Elisabeth Moss finally wins, just for 'The Suitcase' alone.

Alfre Woodard is the lone True Blood nomination? Not to knock her, but if I was going to nominate anyone from last season it would have been Denis O'Hare (Russell Edgington).

PopcornTreeCt

I know FNL is popular on the internet... but I found it pretty meh.

Overall pretty good list. I couldn't think of anything that was really snubbed except maybe I'd substitute Community for 30 Rock on the Comedy list.