2014 Emmy Nominations

[OnTheWarpath15]

Pick your winners. That "Outstanding Actor in a Drama" category is ****ing loaded. (My picks in bold, no pick means I haven't seen enough to make judgment, multiple picks - can't decide.)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA

Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mad Men
True Detective

OUTSTANDING COMEDY

The Big Bang Theory
Louie
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Veep

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Claire Danes, Homeland
Robin Wright, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Louis CK, Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Ricky Gervais, Derek
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
William H Macy, Shameless
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver, Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Fred Armisen, Portlandia
Tony Hale, Veep

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Anna Chlumsky, Veep

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Paul Giamatti, Downton Abbey
Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards
Robert Morse, Mad Men
Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex
Joe Morton, Scandal
Dylan Baker, The Good Wife

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Kate Mara, House of Cards
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Kate Burton, Scandal
Margo Martindale, The Americans
Jane Fonda, The Newsroom

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA

Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad
True Detective
Game of Thrones
House of Cards

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY

Louie
Episodes
Veep
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM

Archer
Bob’s Burgers
Futurama
South Park
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Manhattan Project

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITION

The Amazing Race
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES

The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

OUTSTANDING TV MINISERIES

American Horror Story: Coven
Bonnie & Clyde
Fargo
Luther
Treme
The White Queen

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE

Killing Kennedy
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight
The Normal Heart
Sherlock: His Last Vow
The Trip to Bountiful

LEAD ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow
Idris Elba, Luther
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing On the Edge
Martin Freeman, Fargo
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart

LEAD ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES

Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
Minnie Driver, Return to Zero
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Coven
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
Kristen Wiig, The Spoils of Babylon

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Colin Hanks, Fargo
Jim Parsons, The Normal Heart
Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart
Alfred Molina, The Normal Heart
Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Martin Freeman, Sherlock: His Last Vow

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Frances Conroy, American Horror Story: Coven
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Coven
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Coven
Allison Tolman, Fargo
Ellen Burstyn, Flowers in the Attic
Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart

[007]

People still watch these things?

[donkhater]

I've been catching up with Fargo. I only have the finale to watch. That's a damn good show. Martin Freeman and Bily Bob Thornton are really good.

[frankotank]

I'm watching the first season of Orange Is The New Black....and while it is certainly funny at times....I'm very surprised to see it labeled a comedy with the like of Big Bang Theory!
really!?

[underEJ]

I don't watch awards show, but I do like to see what gets nominated. This list is decent. It will be interesting to see if there is any erosion in the breaking bad and mad men devotion. I am not sure I like the season splits that amc does that keep their big shows qualifying into the following year. Not that it really matters as winning isn't really that important anymore, but some of them are like auto-nominations. I didn't think Christina Hendricks was nearly as good as she had been in previous seasons of Mad Men, and I don't watch Modern Family, but it seems over nominated to me when shows like silicon valley are overlooked for performances. Is Modern Family really that good? And Downton Abby is loads of fun, but an auto-nom at this point. I also don't watch Scandal so I can't judge that inclusion, I assume it is good like Good Wife is, but I was surprised Good Wife was left out.

[ragedogg69]

Once again, the most talented actress on TV isnt even getting nominated because the emmies have something against Science Fiction. Tatiana Maslany was head and shoulders above any actress on TV this past year. I guess I am rooting for Lizzy Caplan for the actress in a Drama series. She was outstanding.

[ragedogg69]

Originally Posted by frankotank

I'm watching the first season of Orange Is The New Black....and while it is certainly funny at times....I'm very surprised to see it labeled a comedy with the like of Big Bang Theory!
really!?

Dramedy. Same with Nurse Jackie. Honestly I think studios submit these shows to comedy because they know there is no way they would get a nom going against real dramas.

[ragedogg69]

And holy shit, can we just have a 6 way tie for Lead actor in a drama? Those are all deserving actors.

[Baby Lee]

First trans Emmy nom.

[ragedogg69]

Where is Andy Samberg? He WON a golden globe...

Thank god Jim Parsons is now in auto-nom mode. The guy has been playing himself for the last 7 years and has 4 emmys for it. What a joke.

[ThaVirus]

Peter Dinklage vs. Aaron Paul for best supporting actor. **** me.

I'll take Aaron Paul in that one. It's tough though.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by ragedogg69

And holy shit, can we just have a 6 way tie for Lead actor in a drama? Those are all deserving actors.

I like everything you've been saying in this thread except for this. I don't think Jeff Daniels' performance is anywhere near the level of the other nominees. I don't really think Spacey's performance is either, on account of how hammy and lacking in depth it is, but he is entertaining.

[ragedogg69]

While I would love to swap Sheen for Daniels, I would say that Daniels was the only good thing about that season of the Newsroom. Also, I am pretty sure Spacey's nom is from season 1 not the sub par season 2.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by ragedogg69

While I would love to swap Sheen for Daniels, I would say that Daniels was the only good thing about that season of the Newsroom. Also, I am pretty sure Spacey's nom is from season 1 not the sub par season 2.

Nope. Spacey was nominated last year for season 1. This is his second consecutive nomination for Frank Underwood.

[BigMeatballDave]

Nice to see Episodes nominated for something.

McConaughey should win.

Jeff Daniels was great in The Newsroom.