2011 Emmy Award

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2011 Emmy Nominations

The 2011 Emmy Award nominations were announced today by Melissa McCarthy, who found herself nominated for her work on Mike & Molly, and Joshua Jackson. Here's a short list to start things off, which we'll be updating throughout the day as the full list of nominees is announced (they're available in less convenient slideshow form at Emmys.com too) . Surprises included a first-time nomination for Parks & Recreation as Best Comedy series, a nod to Louis C.K. as Best Actor in a Comedy for his series Louie, and a spot for Martha Plimpton in Best Actress in a Comedy in Raising Hope, one of the only freshman shows from the recent season to make it at all. The Big Bang Theory, which has been a hit for years, is also enjoying its first-ever nomination as Best Comedy Series.

DRAMA

Outstanding Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire

Dexter

Friday Night Lights

Game of Thrones

The Good Wife

Mad Men

Lead Actor, Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
John Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Timothy Olyphant, Justified

Lead Actress, Drama
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Supporting Actress, Drama
Kelly McDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Margo Martindale, Justified
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Supporting Actor, Drama
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

COMEDY

Outstanding Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
Parks & Recreation
30 Rock

Lead Actress, Comedy
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation

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

Supporting Actress, Comedy
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Supporting Actor, Comedy
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

MINI-SERIES, MOVIE, REALITY TV ETC.

Lead Actress, Mini-series or Movie
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Taraji P. Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs

Lead Actor, Mini-series or Movie
Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
Barry Pepper, The Kennedys
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
William Hurt, Too Big To Fail
Idris Elba, Luther
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood

GUEST ROLES

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
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"

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Bruce Dern - "Big Love"
Beau Bridges - "Brothers & Sisters"
Michael J. Fox - "The Good Wife"
Paul McCrane - "Harry's Law"
Jeremy Davies - "Justified"
Robert Morse - "Mad Men"

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Kristin Chenoweth - "Glee"
Dot-Marie Jones - "Glee"
Gwyenth Paltrow - "Glee"
Cloris Leachman - "Raising Hope"
Tina Fey - "Saturday Night Live"
Elizabeth Banks - "30 Rock"

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Mary McDonnell - "The Closer"
Julia Stiles - "Dexter"
Loretta Devine - "Grey's Anatomy"
Randee Heller - "Mad Men"
Cara Buono - "Mad Men"
Joan Cusack - "Shameless"
Alfre Woodard - "True Blood"

VARIETY SHOWS

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central)
"The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central)
"Conan" (TBS)
"Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" (NBC)
"Real Time With Bill Maher" (HBO)
"Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL
"Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On" (HBO)
"Wishful Drinking" (HBO)
"The Kennedy Center Honors" (CBS)
"Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour At Madison Square Garden" (HBO)
"Pee Wee Herman Show On Broadway" (HBO)

 

[Label Basher]

So happy for Big Bang Theory in Best Comedy but where is Community. As much as I love 30 Rock it's had it's day and as for The Office I can't believe they won't just let it die.

Community was robbed.

 

[MyNameIs]

This is BS. What does Courtney Cox have to do to get recognized? First Friends. Now Cougar Town. The funniest show on TV. The Best Lead Female Comedy performance on TV. Gets snubbed, AGAIN. Also Busy Phillips. And the show itself.

That's my biggest issue with the Emmys, they don't know where to stop. If they're 'into' a show they give it like 20 nominations (Modern Family didn't deserve half of its nominations, sorry to say; same with Glee). But real gems go unnoticed for years if not for ever.

 

[sobriquet87]

I'm so happy to see all the nominations for Mildred Pierce and Yay for Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey.
I'm hoping Maggie Smith wins!

 

[lostgirl]

The Emmys nominate the same shows over and over again regardless of whether or not those shows had a particularly good season. Plus they seem to just give annual nominations to the same people. It gets boring. Especially when there's a lot of great stuff out there.

 

[Flashbang]

Has it been a year since I rant about no Community nominations? And now they skipped it again

AMY POEHLER!

 

[ladygodiva]

I'm just glad FNL is finally getting the love it so deserves. I know there's no chance in hell them getting the win but it's nice for the Connie and Kyle and the show to get recognised by the Emmys.

 

[lostgirl]

But isn't frustrating that a show should have to wait so long to get so much as a nomination so that the same old shows can be nominated again and again?

 

[jemina]

why do I have a feeling that the shows which get nominations are always the same?

 

[littlepaperstars]

Really pleased to see Idris Elba picking up two nominations. I think Jon Hamm is deserving 10 times over by now, can't believe he's never won, Don Draper is one of the most iconic characters of TV in the last decade. Chuffed Justified is getting some attention but again they've over-looked Sons of Anarchy. It's too dark and gritty for the Emmy voters I think but I had hoped that perhaps the tide was changing after Katey Segal's GG win. Still from a Brit point of view I'm thrilled with Downton's reception.

 

[TheCheekyCritic]

It seems that the Primetime Emmys this year are once again more about the appeal of the characters than the talent of the actors. That Bill Paxton has been left without a nomination for Big Love every year - this year most of all - is just unforgivable. At the same time, I like Hugh Laurie and he's been consistently good as House (outstanding in the early seasons), but I can't help but wonder if his nomination this year (as perhaps with some of the other years as well) has more to do with the continuing appeal of Gregory House than any particularly extraordinary performance from Laurie this season.

 

[Flashbang]

Just saw the recorded live nomination announcement on youtube, love Melissa!

 

[Scott]

i dunno,there were a few great and unique characters we were introduced to last season that could have been well deserved nods. from john benjamin hickey's scene stealing role as "sean" on the big c to merritt wever,who albeit wasn't new,has such a fantastic supporting role as hilarious "zoey" on nurse jackie. i'm in agreement with some of you....seems to be there was a lot to choose from this year but all i keep seeing is glee and modern family. and while modern family is funny i think it's all rather overkill by now. and as much as i love mad men,that one too.

and i'm bitterly disappointed that kyra sedgwick after winning last year was left off of this year's roster. yet mariska hargitay was nominated once again and wasn't nearly as compelling as she normally is. but i suspect as usual that has more to do with typical hollywood politics seeing as this is the final season of the closer.

 

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WINNERS (I'll post as we go along) -

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot In Cleveland
WINNER: Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy
Chris Colfer, Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
WINNER: Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

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Directing in a Comedy Series
Modern Family

Writing in a Comedy Series
Modern Family

 

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Outstanding Actor in a Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Louis C.K., Louie
Steve Carrell, The Office
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
WINNER : Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory


Outstanding Actress in a Comedy
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
WINNER: Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

 

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Outstanding Reality Show
WINNER: The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Comedy Or Musical Series
Winner: The Daily Show

 

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Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Comedy Or Musical Series
WINNER: Don Roy King for Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Variety, Comedy Or Musical Series
The Colbert Report
Conan
WINNER: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

 

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Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series:
WINNER: Jason Katims for Friday Night Lights


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

 

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Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
WINNER: Martin Scorsese - Boardwalk Empire


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