2014 Emmy Nominations

[Maritime Q-Scout]

This subject has come up in several other threads. I thought starting a new thread would be appropriate.

Here are the nominations:

Drama series
Breaking Bad, AMC
Downton Abbey, PBS
Game of Thrones, HBO
House of Cards, Netflix
Mad Men, AMC
True Detective, HBO

Comedy series
The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Louie, FX
Modern Family, ABC
Orange Is the New Black, Netflix
Silicon Valley, HBO
Veep, HBO

Actor, drama series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom (HBO)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
Woody Harrelson, True Detective (HBO)
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective (HBO)
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)

Actress, drama series
Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
Claire Danes, Homeland (Showtime)
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (CBS)
Kerry Washington, Scandal (ABC)
Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix)

Actor, comedy series
Louis C.K., Louie (FX)
Don Cheadle, House of Lies (Showtime)
Ricky Gervais, Derek (Netflix)
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes (Showtime)
William H. Macy, Shameless (Showtime)
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Actress, comedy series
Lena Dunham, Girls (HBO)
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO)
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly (CBS)
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)

Supporting actor, drama series
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland (Showtime)
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan (Showtime)
Josh Charles, The Good Wife (CBS)

Supporting actress, drama series
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men (AMC)
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife (CBS)

Supporting actor, comedy series
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
Adam Driver, Girls (HBO)
Ty Burrell, Modern Family (ABC)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family (ABC)
Fred Armisen, Portlandia (IFC)
Tony Hale, Veep (HBO)

Supporting actress, comedy
Julie Bowen, Modern Family (ABC)
Allison Janney, Mom (CBS)
Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Anna Chlumsky, Veep (HBO)

Actor, miniseries or movie
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge (Starz)
Idris Elba, Luther (BBC America)
Martin Freeman, Fargo (FX)
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart (HBO)
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo (FX)

Actress, miniseries or movie
Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor (BBC America)
Minnie Driver, Return to Zero (Lifetime)
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime)
Kristen Wiig, Spoils of Babylon (IFC)

Variety
The Colbert Report, Comedy Central
The Daily Show, Comedy Central
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Real Time With Bill Maher, HBO
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, NBC

Reality competition
The Amazing Race, CBS
Dancing With the Stars, ABC
Project Runway, Lifetime
So You Think You Can Dance, Fox
Top Chef, Bravo
The Voice, NBC

Reality host
Betty White, Betty White's Off Their Rockers (NBC)
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night (NBC)
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway (Lifetime)
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
Anthony Bourdain, The Taste (ABC)

Miniseries
American Horror Story: Coven, FX
Fargo, FX
Luther, BBC America
Bonnie & Clyde, A&E
Treme, HBO
The White Queen, Starz

Movie
Killing Kennedy, National Geographic Channel
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, HBO
The Normal Heart, HBO
Sherlock: His Last Vow, PBS
Trip to Bountiful, Lifetime

Guest actor, drama series
Paul Giamatti, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards (Netflix)
Robert Morse, Mad Men (AMC)
Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
Joe Morton, Scandal (ABC)
Dylan Baker, The Good Wife (CBS)

Guest actress, drama series
Dianna Rigg, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Kate Mara, House of Cards (Netflix)
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
Kate Burton, Scandal (ABC)
Margo Martindale, The Americans (FX)
Jane Fonda, The Newsroom (HBO)

Guest actor, comedy series
Nathan Lane, Modern Family (ABC)
Steve Buscemi, Portlandia (IFC)
Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Gary Cole, Veep (HBO)

Guest actress, comedy series
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Natasha Lyonne, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Joan Cusack, Shameless (Showtime)

Animated program
Archer, FX
Bob's Burgers, Fox
Futurama, Comedy Central
South Park, Comedy Central
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Manhattan Project, Nick

[Maritime Q-Scout]

If I were voting I'd have Game of Thrones as best Drama series, Matthew McConaughey for best actor drama and Peter Dinklage for best supporting actor.

Also I never really thought of Orange is the New Black as a comedy. Yes it has funny parts, but it's more of a drama to me.

[northcrunk]

Best actor in a comedy series should go to Ricky Gervais in Derek. Such a great show and he does a good job of portraying Derek.

[Northendzone]

a very surprising lack of recognition for Law & Order: SVU

[Coys1882]

My predictions:

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

Drama series
Breaking Bad, AMC
Downton Abbey, PBS
Game of Thrones, HBO
House of Cards, Netflix
Mad Men, AMC
True Detective, HBO

Actor, drama series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom (HBO)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
Woody Harrelson, True Detective (HBO)
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective (HBO)
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)

Actress, drama series
Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
Claire Danes, Homeland (Showtime)
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (CBS)
Kerry Washington, Scandal (ABC)
Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix)

Supporting actor, drama series
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland (Showtime)
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan (Showtime)
Josh Charles, The Good Wife (CBS)

[GP_Matt]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

Damn it. Wrong board, Mods can you please move? Sorry

If I were voting I'd have Game of Thrones as best Drama series, Matthew McConaughey for best actor drama and Peter Dinklage for best supporting actor.

Also I never really thought of Orange is the New Black as a comedy. Yes it has funny parts, but it's more of a drama to me.

Listing it as a comedy probably improves their odds.

[Igster]

Quite interesting to see the awards dominated by networks like HBO, Showtime, AMC, Netflix, etc. Really a changing of the guard over regular network television.

[calgarygeologist]

I haven't watched Futurama in years so I am surprised to see it nominated for best animated program. Do they still make new episodes of Futurama?

[nfotiu]

The last season of Breaking Bad was the most I've ever been emotionally involved in a TV series ever. It would definitely get my vote. Game of Thrones would be a close second. And True Detective 3rd. Mad Men is still decent but has lost a step or two. Haven't got around to the new House of Cards yet, and still on season 1 of Downton Abby, so can't really comment on those.

I have to say looking at that list, I have thoroughly enjoyed TV a lot more over the last year or two than movies. I can't think of any movies off hand over that time frame I find any more memorable than these series listed here.

[Igster]

Nice to see American Horror Story get some nominations as well. Definitely one of my favs.

[EldrickOnIce]

Has to be the best ever list of nominees in this category, hands down:

Actor, drama series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom (HBO)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
Woody Harrelson, True Detective (HBO)
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective (HBO)
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)

[GreenLantern]

Comon Cranston!

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Has to be the best ever list of nominees in this category, hands down:

Actor, drama series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom (HBO)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
Woody Harrelson, True Detective (HBO)
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective (HBO)
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)

If Matty wins an Emmy, is he the first person to pull an Oscar and Emmy in the same year in major categories? I can't think of anyone else, but I'm sure I could be wrong.

This category is too close to call. Outside of Daniels, I would have no issue seeing anyone of the 5 get it. Hamm deserves one for his whole body of work on Mad Men, but that's not what it's about. In terms of the actual seasons getting voted on, I think MM and Harrelson are top 2 IMO. What they did was pretty special.

[Chill Cosby]

This is the best quote regarding the Emmy's this year:

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

If the Emmy's were the World Cup, the best actor category would be the group of death.

My vote is for McConaughey, just so brilliant in True Detective. I would've said Cranston, but really, I'd play the political card and say because he's already won it's ok for him not to nab it this year. As a consolation prize of course, Breaking Bad should win best drama.

[Muffins]

Not even a cinematography nod for Hannibal? Laaaaame!

[OutOfTheCube]

Big Bang Theory? Modern Family? People still watch these shows?

[Igster]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Big Bang Theory? Modern Family? People still watch these shows?

Yes. And they are quite funny, thanks.

[Hemi-Cuda]

If True Detective can have 2 nominees for best actor, then Game of Thrones should get 2 for best supporting actor. Yes Peter Dinklage is awesome and always has been, but Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy) has been absolutely brilliant the last couple of seasons. Playing someone so mentally shattered isn't easy and he nails it

[cKy]

Modern Family is still the funniest show on network TV IMO. The last season has been hilarious.

[Yamer]

Drama Series - True Detective
Male Drama Actor - Matthew McConaughey
Male Supporting - Aaron Paul

Only real predictions I have.