Emmy Nominations!

Cafe Society
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Here’s the PDF. A brief breakdown:

Nominations:
21: Angels In America
20: The Sopranos
12: The West Wing
11: Deadwood, Sex And The City
9: The 76th Annual Academy Awards, And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, Something The Lord Made, Will & Grace
8: Alias, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 24
7: Arrested Development, Carnivale, Friends, The Reagans

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
John Ritter, 8 Simple Rules
Kelsey Grammer, Frasier
Matt LeBlanc, Friends
Tony Shalhoub, Monk

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
James Spader, The Practice
James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Kiefer Sutherland, 24
Martin Sheen, The West Wing
Anthony LaPaglia, Without A Trace

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Antonio Banderas, And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself
Al Pacino, Angels In America
James Brolin, The Reagans
Alan Rickman, Something The Lord Made
Mos Def, Something The Lord Made

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Patricia Heaton, Everybody Loves Raymond
Jennifer Aniston, Friends
Bonnie Hunt, Life With Bonnie
Jane Kaczmarek, Malcolm In The Middle
Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex And The City

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Jennifer Garner, Alias
Amber Tamblyn, Joan Of Arcadia
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Allison Janney, The West Wing

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Emma Thompson, Angels In America
Meryl Streep, Angels In America
Glenn Close, The Lion In Winter
Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness
Judy Davis, The Reagans

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Jeffrey Tambor, Arrested Development
Brad Garrett, Everybody Loves Raymond
Peter Boyle, Everybody Loves Raymond
David Hyde Pierce, Frasier
Sean Hayes, Will & Grace

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Victor Garber, Alias
Brad Dourif, Deadwood
Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos
Steve Buscemi, The Sopranos
John Spencer, The West Wing

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Patrick Wilson, Angels In America
Justin Kirk, Angels In America
Ben Shenkman, Angels In America
Jeffrey Wright, Angels In America
William H. Macy, Stealing Sinatra

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Doris Roberts, Everybody Loves Raymond
Kim Cattrall, Sex And The City
Kristin Davis, Sex And The City
Cynthia Nixon, Sex And The City
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Robin Weigert, Deadwood
Tyne Daly, Judging Amy
Drea de Matteo, The Sopranos
Janel Moloney, The West Wing
Stockard Channing, The West Wing

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Mary-Louise Parker, Angels In America
Angela Lansbury, The Blackwater Lightship
Julie Andrews, Eloise At Christmastime
Anne Heche, Gracie’s Choice
Anjelica Huston, Iron Jawed Angels

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Fred Willard, Everybody Loves Raymond
Anthony LaPaglia, Frasier
Danny DeVito, Friends
John Turturro, Monk
John Cleese, Will & Grace

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Bob Newhart, ER
James Earl Jones, Everwood
William Shatner, The Practice
Matthew Perry, The West Wing
Martin Landau, Without A Trace

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
Georgia Engel, Everybody Loves Raymond
Laura Linney, Frasier
Christina Applegate, Friends
Cloris Leachman, Malcolm In The Middle
Eileen Brennan, Will & Grace

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
Louise Fletcher, Joan Of Arcadia
Mare Winningham, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Marlee Matlin, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Betty White, The Practice
Sharon Stone, The Practice

Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program
Billy Crystal, The 76th Annual Academy Awards
Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty
Ellen DeGeneres, Ellen DeGeneres: Here And Now
Bill Maher, Real Time With Bill Maher
Tracey Ullman, Tracey Ullman In The Trailer Tales

Outstanding Comedy Series
Arrested Development
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Everybody Loves Raymond
Sex And The City
Will & Grace

Outstanding Drama Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Joan Of Arcadia
The Sopranos
24
The West Wing

Outstanding Miniseries
American Family - Journey Of Dreams
Angels In America
Horatio Hornblower
Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness
Traffic: The Miniseries

Outstanding Made For Television Movie
And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself
Ike: Countdown To D-Day
The Lion In Winter
The Reagans
Something The Lord Made

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
Chappelle’s Show
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Night With Conan O’Brien
Late Show With David Letterman
Saturday Night Live

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Seems like the Emmy voters only watch a dozen or so shows total – most of them shows I either am tired of or never started with.

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A few observations:

Though Friends and Frasier had their final seasons, the Academy wasn’t sentimental enough to give either a Best Comedy Series nod (though each had several acting nods). Frasier did, however, get a writing nod for its last episode. LeBlanc’s nod bodes will for his new show, since he’ll be the star and not part of an ensemble (and speaking of ensembles, Cox-Arquette walks away from the series as the only Friend not to get Emmy love). Note Perry also got a second nod for his West Wing gig.

However, sentiment did reign in that the entire Sex and the City cast got nods, as did the dearly departed John Ritter (would he have gotten the recognition if he were still alive? Not likely). Bonnie Hunt also gets a nod for her cancelled show. And The Practice goes out with some flash, especially with nods for Spader and Shatner(!), stars of the upcoming spin-off Boston Legal (formally Fleet Street). And how could you not love a category that pits Capt. Kirk vs. Darth Vader (with Bob Hartley, Chandler Bing, and Bela Lugosi in the mix)?

4 of the 5 Drama writing nods went to The Sopranos, and 3 of the 5 Comedy directing nods went to Curb Your Enthusiasm. Futurama and The Simpsons are pitted against each other in two categories. And this is Angela Lansbury’s 17th Emmy nod (she’s never won).

A few more categories:

Outstanding Nonfiction Series
American Masters
Biography
Cold Case Files
Inside The Actors Studio
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues

Outstanding Reality Program
Colonial House
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Project Greenlight
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
American Idol
The Apprentice
Last Comic Standing
Survivor

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How on God’s Green Earth did the West Wing get a non-acting nomination?

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Why on God’s Green Earth did they create reality TV categories? One wasn’t good enough, they had to go and make two of them. Where’s the vomiting smilie when I need it?

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I hate when they give “pity nominations” when a show goes off the air or someone dies (RIP John Ritter–love ya!).

I don’t mind reality show categories as long as there aren’t any more than two. We don’t need sub-categories like “Best Reality Dating Show” or “Best Let’s-See- How-Much-Cow-Intestine-You-Can-Shove-In-Your-Piehole Show”.

I vote for Colonial House and The Amazing Race.

I’m glad to see Drea de Mateo get a nomination. She was great this season. With the IBD, the FBI, the…dying. She did it all. And now if we want to see her, we have to watch Joey? Bye Drea. :frowning:

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It’s great that Deadwood got 11 nominations, but I think it’s a travesty–an absolute outrage–that Ian McShane didn’t get a nomination for best actor in a drama. I hope Deadwood wins for best cast. This is the first time I’ve ever given a rat’s ass about the Emmy’s… :slight_smile:

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Geez, where have I been the last year? I’ve never heard of several of the lead nominees before reading them here: Angels in America, Deadwood, Something the Lord Made.

Most of the others, I’m only vaguely aware of, in that I know the title, but don’t know anything about them: Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Carnivale.

Looking more closely at that list, the only shows among the leading nominees that I’ve actually seen are 24, Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, Fraiser, and The West Wing.

I feel almost like when the lists of leading Oscar contenders start coming out and I’ve never heard of half of them, except with this list I don’t have the excuse of their not having been released yet.

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You obviously do not have HBO or Showtime…and I was like you a few years ago. However, I used to rent DVD’s from Netflix and cancelled and got both HBO and Showtime instead. Trust me on this, some of the best original series television you have never seen is only $14.95 extra a month. It is worth every penny. Deadwood is a western, and I hate westerns, but it is a fantastic show. Curb Your Enthusiasm is a show I had to warm up to, and now is on the “can’t miss” list. Carnivale is quirky in a Twin Peaks kind of way, and also a must-see show. Then there is Sex and The City which was great, and now there is Six Feet Under and Dead Like Me and Queer as Folk and Sopranos…the best series on televison now is (sadly) only to be seen if you plunk down the buckeroos and pay for the premium channnels. I mean, even Shield, Monk and a whole bunch of others are only available on cable. Network television still has some good shows in between the reality show crap, but if you want to see some quality television these days, you really have to bite the bullet and pay for it.

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We have cable tv; we just choose to spend our money elsewhere. We have the High Definition tier and both Cinemax and The Movie Channel for HD movies, and for Mrs. Six, the Filipino Channel. This makes for quite a cable bill, and Mrs. Six would not stand for any more premium channels, so I guess it’s just going to be mystery time for us come Emmy time each year.

When we got our cable hooked up, we looked at HBO and Showtime, and found that looking for movies on those channels was like looking for music on MTV; it’s there, but can be hard to find at times. Cinemax and The Movie Channel are all movies all the time, which is what we want premium channels for in the first place.

There are several cable shows we like, Monk is a favorite, and I liked the two or three episodes of Old West CSI that I’ve seen (can’t think of the real title). I think I’ve seen an episode or two of The Shield, and wasn’t impressed.

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The mention of HBO made me notice that Six Feet Under didn’t get any nods. Was there enough of a gap between this season and the last one to have missed the voting season entirely? Did that make sense?

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What does SCRUBS have to do to get ONE nominations!? :smack:

I was happy to see Arrested Development nominated but upset that no one, especially Jason Bateman, got an acting nod! Oops. Wait. Tambor was nominated, I see. I guess the Academy was used to nominating him from Larry Sanders.

But no Bateman!?

I am pulling for Arrested Development!