The Emmy noms are here everyone! Lots of surprises today, including my very favorite and for me, totally unexpected, nod for Tatiana Maslany!!!!!! She did it! After two seasons of being utterly snubbed, she now gets for the nod! For the show's worst season of course, and for the one year where submission tapes will no longer matter as much, because they've opened up the voting, but still, guys. She's in. Justice at last. Other nice things were Parks and Recreation making it back into comedy series for its last season, Jim Parsons snubbed for even a nomination after winning four years in a row, and all the love for Transparent, including Gaby Hoffmann (awesome). Not so nice things? Well, The Americans was shut out everywhere except for a writing nod, Justified was completely overlooked, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was embraced (yay!) everywhere except for Ellie Kemper (wtf?), who practically IS the show, and the switch to drama completely screwed over Orange is the New Black (as I always knew it would), with the show declining from 12 noms last year to just 4 this year. People, it's a black comedy and it cannot compete against the other dramas. Here's the list of the major nominations:
OUTSTANDING DRAMA
- Better Call Saul
- Downton Abbey
- Game of Thrones
- Homeland
- House of Cards
- Mad Men
- Orange Is the New Black
LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA
- Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
- Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
- Jon Hamm, Mad Men
- Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
- Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
- Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
- Claire Danes, Homeland
- Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
- Taraji P. Henson, Empire
- Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
- Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
- Robin Wright, House of Cards
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
- Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
- Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
- Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
- Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
- Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
- Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
- Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
- Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
- Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
- Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
- Michael Kelly, House of Cards
- Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
- Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
- Rachel Brosnahan, House of Cards
- Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away With Murder
- Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
- Khandi Alexander, Scandal
- Margo Martindale, The Americans
GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
- Alan Alda, The Blacklist
- Michael J Fox, The Good Wife
- F. Murray Abraham, Homeland
- Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards
- Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex
- Pablo Schreiber, Orange Is the New Black
OUTSTANDING COMEDY
- Louie
- Modern Family
- Parks and Recreation
- Silicon Valley
- Transparent
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Veep
LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
- Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
- Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
- Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
- Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
- Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY
- Anthony Anderson, black-ish
- Louis C.K., Louie
- Don Cheadle, House of Lies
- Will Forte, Last Man on Earth
- Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
- William H. Macy, Shameless
- Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
- Niecy Nash, Getting On
- Julie Bowen, Modern Family
- Allison Janney, Mom
- Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
- Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
- Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
- Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Anna Chlumsky, Veep
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
- Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Adam Driver, Girls
- Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
- Ty Burrell, Modern Family
- Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Tony Hale, Veep
GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
- Gaby Hoffmann, Girls
- Pamela Adlon, Louie
- Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family
- Joan Cusack, Shameless
- Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
- Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
- Mel Brooks, The Comedians
- Paul Giamatti, Inside Amy Schumer
- Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
- Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
- Bradley Whitford, Transparent
- Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
REALITY SHOW HOST
- Tom Bergeron, DWTS
- Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night
- Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway
- Cat Deeley, SYTYCD
- Anthony Bourdain, The Taste
REALITY SHOW COMPETITION
- The Amazing Race
- Dancing With the Stars
- Project Runway
- So You Think You Can Dance
- Top Chef
- The Voice
VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
- The Colbert Report
- The Daily Show
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Last Week Tonight
- Late Show With David Letterman
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
LIMITED SERIES
- American Crime
- American Horror Story: Freak Show
- The Honorable Woman
- Olive Kitterridge
- Wolf Hall
TV MOVIE
- Agatha Christie’s Poirot — Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case
- Bessie
- Grace of Monaco
- Hello Ladies: The Movie
- Killing Jesus
- Nightingale
LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- Felicity Huffman, American Crime
- Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Queen Latifah, Bessie
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
- Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
- Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd
LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- Timothy Hutton, American Crime
- Ricky Gervais, Derek Special
- Adrien Brody, Houdini
- David Oyelowo, Nightingale
- Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
- Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- Regina King, American Crime
- Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Mo’Nique, Bessie
- Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- Richard Cabral, American Crime
- Denis O’Hare, American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie
- Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
- Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Looks like the voters responded very well to Better Call Saul (a little prematurely, imo), and decided to give David Letterman some farewell nominations, but overall, I think this might be Game of Thrones's year to take the top honors. There's no clear alternative in drama unless they decide to go back to Mad Men (possible, as it increased its haul this year from last), and there's a couple of precedents for overdue cultural phenomenon shows finally winning in their fifth seasons (24, The Sopranos). As for comedy, Modern Family was actually shut out of writing and directing for the first time ever, so there's now evidence of real fatigue with it (thank god). So with Transparent having the most nominations (with 11) and Veep on its heels with 9, I'm thinking it could be Transparent, given the cultural wave it's riding on at the moment as well. We'll see on September 20th, when Andy Samberg hosts the Emmys.
