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They’re here! They’re here! The 2011 Emmy nominations are here!
Every year, we make a lot of fun of the Emmys because few industries are less in need of award ceremonies and self-congratulation than the television industry. These people make morally insidious amounts of money for creating what is often some of the most intellectually vacuous cultural content in the history of human experience, and all for the sake of selling more Gillette Mach 3 razors*. That being said, TV is actually really great these days, and has been for a few years. Let’s put it this way: some of the best shows in the history of the medium have been in the past decade and are already off the air! The Sopranos! The Wire! Arrested Development! Other examples! Eventually, with this kind of quality becoming the norm, even a group of over-paid, over-proud Ego Animaniacs like those who run the television industry are bound to come up with a semi-interesting awards season, and THIS COULD BE THAT SEASON!
There are some legendary match-ups this year. Excuse me, but Kyle Chandler vs. Jon Hamm vs. Timothy Olyphant? What is the category? BEST WHO SHOULD BE GABE’S DAD?! Amy Poehler vs. Tina Fey? Steve Carrell vs. Alec Baldwin vs. Louis C.K.? John Slattery vs. Walter Goggins vs. Peter Dinklage? It is so hard to know who to even root for! Obviously, it is Friday Night Lights‘s year to just SAH-WEEP. But you kind of want to throw a couple gold-plated bones (Emmys) to the newcomer, Game of Thrones, so that networks will take even more bold, almost offensively expensive chances in the future. And a special congratulations to Maggie Smith on her nomination for Downton Abbey, because Downton Abbey is the best. OUTSTANDING DOWAGER COUNTESS!
Not bad, Emmys. A rare non-miss. The full list of nominees after the jump:
Best Series, Drama
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game Of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men
Best Series, Comedy
Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
Parks and Recreation
30 Rock
Best Actor, Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Best Actress, Drama
Elizabeth Moss, Mad Men
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: SVU
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law
Best Actor, Comedy
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, Big Bang Theory
Steve Carell, The Office
Johnny Galecki, Big Bang Theory
Louis C.K., Louie
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Best Actress, Comedy
Laura Linney, The Big C
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Melissa McCarthy, Mike and Molly
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Best Supporting Actor, Drama Series
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
Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Margo Martindale, Justified
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series
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
Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series
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
Lead Actress, Miniseries Or Movie
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Elizabeth McGovern, Grantham
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Taraji P. Henson, Take It From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Lead Actor, Miniseries 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
Supporting Actor, Miniseries Or Movie
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Brian F. O’Byrne, Mildred Pierce
Tom Wilkinson, The Kennedys
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
James Woods, Too Big to Fail
Supporting Actress, Miniseries Or Movie
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce
Melissa Leo, Mildred Pierce
Mare Winningham, Mildred Pierce
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Eileen Atkins, Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece)
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Saturday Night Live
Conan
Real Time With Bill Maher
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Outstanding Reality Program
Hoarders
Antiques Roadshow
Deadliest Catch
Myth Busters
Undercover Boss
Kathy Griffen: My Life on the D List
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
So You Think You Can Dance
The Amazing Race
Project Runway
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Top Chef
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Jeff Probst, Survivor
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Tom Bergeron , Dancing With the Stars
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
*It may or may not be worth pointing out that Videogum’s business model is also advertising based, and so we, too, exist only to sell more Gillette Mach 3 razors. SUCH IS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. Oh, and while we are at it, let’s all just be honest and admit that we would be more than happy to make “morally insidious” amounts of TV money if given the opportunity, but that if given said opportunity we would understand and respect that part of that arrangement means you will get gently teased on a pop culture blog once or twice a year when you are getting your Ralph Lauren Purple Label tuxedo champagne-steamed for the big events.
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Jeff Probst is still tickin?
I was unaware that Community doesn’t exist. Did you guys know that Community doesn’t exist?
But at least Glee was nominated!
Shut the fuck up, Facetaco!
He’s not quoting The Big Lebowski this time.
yesssss. i need a “so good” gif for your comments
If Community doesn’t exist, then I guess I just dreamed these pictures*:
*I would have dreamt of these pictures if Community did exist, FYI.
Where are those pictures from? How can I have been living in a world where those pictures exist and not have known about them?!?!?
Those photos just scream that they’re from GQ. Are they from GQ?
We are all curious about these pictures. I did some googling for you: http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/06/how-is-community-not-more-popular says they are not from GQ or any major magazine, but http://www.reddit.com/r/community/comments/i0ggj/it_looks_like_that_paddling_picture_is_real_you/ says it’s from a magazine photoshoot that hasn’t been released yet.
I tried to find the source by googling “annie’s boobs community” but all I found were pictures of a monkey.
I’ll never not be in the mood for ping-pong now.
FLW, you must have dreamed of those photos, because there is no way they could exist and I not know about them. They would set off every Google Alert I have.
This deserves to be nominated for Best Non-existent Photo(s). And I deserve to be nominated for having the Ultimate Non-existent boner(s).
UGH, ok, so these were some of first things I saw on my tumblr dashboard this morning and it kind of annoys me! These are two very funny women! They consistently make Community a funnier and better show, and it wouldn’t be the same without them but all I ever see online (even on this site) is them in a sexualized form, and it’s just stupid. They’re more then that.
So I see these earlier this morning, and then I come to one my favorite websites (which I don’t regularly comment on myself) and I see this. I didn’t think you had to be a lady to see these are troublesome, but I guess I’m the only one that does?
tl;dr: Can we really only talk about how attractive hot funny women are?
I feel conflicted, let’s put it that way.
While the photos are displeasing to my feminist sensibilities, it is more alarming to me that the actresses involved would agree to do the shoot at all. Perhaps they are not even convinced that their talent alone should afford them the success and attention they deserve.
Ah, yes, this bugged me too. When I first saw the photos I said out loud, “what are you doing?!”
Oh my, as a lady who likes the ladies, these photos have just sent me back to bed! Good night everyone, today is done.
whoa, pete cambell is going to be PISSED when he sees what his wife is up to.
Emmy and I aren’t together. i’m reminded of the old groucho marx joke: “I never want to join a club that would have Jon Cryer as a member”
I don’t know how The Big Bang Theory keeps getting nominated for awards. I don’t know why people find that show entertaining. I don’t know when broad stereotypes about nerds because an acceptable substitute for jokes. I don’t know why Chuck Lorre is still allowed to make shows. All I know is that all of these things make me very, very unhappy.
The Big Bang Theory is my parents’ favourite show and I’ll explain the appeal: When the laugh track laughs, they laugh too.
The laugh track is a glorified, yet somewhat-lazy version of the game ‘Simon Says.’ In modern times, however, we might as well just start calling it ‘Chuck Says.’ CHUCK SAYS SAY OOOH THEN LAUGH
The Big Bang Theory represents all that is bad about television. But I guess the universe has to balance all the good that is Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Justified, Bored to Death etc. etc. with some pure fucking evil.
My best friend – also a Monster! – once said that The Big Bang Theory is basically a half hour long Olive Garden commercial, humor-wise. It was a truly astute observation.
Charlie Sheen does live life as if there is always another serving of salad and breadsticks coming soon
Did I say breadsticks? I meant nightsticks. To the head and face area.
Recently, I was invited to dinner by a friend, not knowing that I’d spend the evening with a couple (who are in an open relationship or something and the girl asked for my number at the end which was so weird but she hasn’t used it so phew) that I’d heard about but never met. This couple wasn’t great company, and I couldn’t put my finger on why for a while. TV was brought up, and I mentioned Parks and Recreation, looking for SOMETHING in common with these people. They weren’t familiar with it, which is understandable, because a lot of people aren’t–even people I like. Then they asked if I watched Big Bang Theory. I told them I had seen it and that it wasn’t really my thing. Then the girl asked me why. I couldn’t think of a way to explain why without being rude, so I tried to change the subject. Instead of rolling with my attempt to talk about something else, the girl said, “Oh, do you just not get the jokes?” And her boyfriend leaned back, folding his arms, and grinned.
In that moment you are allowed to be as patronizing and mean as you damn well want.
I thought of doing a Buster-style “get her out of here” freak out, but pearls before swine or whatever.
So they entice people into three-ways with bad taste and misplaced smugness?
I think BBT is really fucking funny. Maybe I AM a monster.
Really? Downvote for that? Alright.
Even though I don’t like the show, I will defend with my upvote your right to like it (provided you don’t act like the couple mentioned in my short story above).
I got the first season for christmas last year and recently watched it and I am a nerd, who I guess the jokes are meant for, but only laughed genuinely maybe 5 times is 17 episodes. It’s ok. It’s better to be into than Two and a Half Men, in my opinion, but it’s not ever going to be a favourite for me.
The jokes aren’t meant for nerds, they’re meant for bullies who laugh at nerds. Because that’s what Chuck Lorre is. He’s a high school bully. He has another show that is full of jokes about fat people. He’s like a more successful Biff Tannen.
I too am a nerd so my dad and brother are constantly asking me if I have watched it.
I find that Big Bang Theory only really goes for the low-hanging fruit of nerd stereotypes.
while I don’t find it completely abhorrent and I have laughed a couple of times (mostly at nerd references) I feel like it never really rises above mediocrity and sitcom tropes. The fact that it is even nominated when compared to Community is astounding.
It is, as Simon Pegg says, “A mental screen-saver,” (although he was referring to Friends when he made that comment).
I’m mostly looking forward to Kelly MacDonald take on Christina Hendricks.
Taking on, that is.
While I understand the stakes are unlawfully low….
Community > Parks and Rec.
(presented without commentary)
SECONDED!
I don’t feel like that’s a good argument to make, because they’re both great shows and let’s enjoy both of them. I enjoy one more than the other, but I enjoy both more than anything CBS has to offer so let’s celebrate them both.
Everything?
Who the fuck voted for Big Bang Theory? Who? I want names.
I feel like they nominated Parks & Rec as a stand-in for both shows, since they appeal to similar audiences. That said, I don’t necessarily think that one show is better than the other. Week to week, I have a new favorite, but it’s almost always one of those two.
I don’t know. I think Parks & Rec is much more similar to the Office in terms of appeal. I think Parks & Rec is funny, but I’m getting kind of sick of the (Office-started) look into the camera ironically bit.
I GET IT. YOU’RE LOOKING INTO THE CAMERA. IRONICALLY. LOL.
Parks & Rec feels younger than The Office, mostly because of everyone’s childlike enthusiasm (seriously, there is so much childlike enthusiasm [Leslie, Tom, Jean-Ralphio, Andy]) and it’s just a higher energy show in general.
Really, though, Parks & Rec has to be one of the most earnest shows on television. The irony is frequently kept to a minimum (the show even makes a point of arguing against irony in the Valentines day episode when April breaks up with her boyfriend[s]). The mechanics may be the same, but The Office frequently asks you to laugh at the people who work there in a much more condescending way. Where as in Parks and Rec, I don’t think we’re supposed to find anyone intolerable, stupid, etc, and rather that they’re all good people at heart who tend to be goofy.
I’ve been reading a lot of David Foster Wallace recently.
I recently checked out The Singles Girls for Meeting European Men on Amazon and under the users also bought section was David Foster Wallace.
I think yall make good points. To reiterate, I like Parks & Rec. I don’t think the writers of Roseanne’s Nuts could go wrong with that cast.
But Community is unlike any show out there right now. The writing is so much clevererer! I like Community because it takes more chances than Parks & Rec, (google) plus the paintball episode is the greatest episode of television of all time
I agree wholeheartedly, Max the King of All Wild Things! The main reason that I was never particularly fond of The Office is because I felt like the show itself disliked (or, at the very least, looked down upon) the characters and their situation. Therefore, one of the reasons that I so like Parks & Rec is because of the obvious love that the show has for Leslie, Ron, Andy, etc. I find it much more engaging when shows make an effort to have characters that are often ridiculous and petty, but still likable and human.
FURTHERMORE, I find that is also a particular strength of Party Down, which I just started watching and no duh it’s the best.
AND EVEN FURTHERMORE, I find that Community, while it is definitely one of the funniest shows, is actually a bit less engaging to me this season because Dan Harmon and the writing staff have made such a conscious decision to move away from character-based stories and focus more on the boundary-pushing stuff.
I mostly disagree. I mean, I love them both, but I actually think Parks and Rec is the pinnacle of the entire idea of NBC’s Thursday night lineup. It is both amazingly funny and also quite touching without being sappy. It’s the triple threat (the third threat is Ron Swanson’s mustache, I think).
Community is very smart and clever, but lacks any sentimentality, and I think that’s to its detriment.
I read an interview with one of the writers for Community in which she stated that the third season is going to explore more of the back stories of the characters and their motivations for being at Greendale. I’m hopeful that this means the show hasn’t totally abandoned character-based episodes in favour of the high-concept stuff.
I totally agree with Monsterbeard.
Parks & Rec is the best.
I disagree about Community though… even though I love that show I find that they are weakest when they try for sentimentality; To me anyway, it comes off as a little cloying.
I don’t know, I wouldn’t want Jon Hamm and Timothy Olyphant to be my dads. Then it would be illegal for them to be my boyfriends.
I don’t think dating your dad is illegal, only marrying him, I do not know for sure since that would be a weird thing to know off hand
I would check, but I’m pretty sure a google search for “is it legal to date your dad” would probably get me fired.
There was this girl I had a crush on for a while, but she always had boyfriends. We would still hang out sometimes, though, and this reference became our best inside joke. So, yeah, upvote.
You guys, I hope Peter Dinklage, Steve Carell, Coach Taylor, and Tami Taylor all win.
When is Downton Abbey coming back?
THE WAR HAS STARTED DAMNIT.
I KNOW! i feel like i’ve been waiting forever.
and why only one nomination? the emmies just don’t want to admit that the bbc makes better television.
It’s also nominated for best mini-series, lead actress in a mini series (and for most of the mini-series technical categories like writing, directing, art direction, cinematography, direction, casting).
http://www.emmys.com/sites/emmys.com/files/PressReleaseNoms2011emmys.pdf
I can’t wait to see Melissa Leo’s “Consider” ads. I haven’t had a good barf lately.
I am hoping that in a stunning upset, Maggie Smith will win everything because she is just that badass.
Clearly the most exciting news here is that Idris Elba was nominated for Luther. Go, String!
Is Harry’s Law still on tv? I watched the pilot episode but wasn’t really moved, and didn’t notice it even being on after that.
I personally think reruns of Twin Peaks got robbed.
Can we already just put down our bets for Steve Carrell winning this year because it was his last season of The Office? I’ll buy every Toronto monster a beer if I’m wrong.
Also I have so many words about Community getting shafted, but most of them relate to Donald Glover’s fake crying being better than everything on television combined and consist of the letters R, O, and BBED.
Does that mean you’re going to the Toronto Monster Meet Up Saturday at Snakes and Lattes?!
For a little bit, yes!
WAIT I MISSED THIS?! Bah. Stupid road trip to Chicago.
DOWNTON ABBEY FOREVER!
Yet another shutout year for ‘Whoopi’. Fucking bullshit.
How come no one has noted there is no Ron Fucking Swanson up in these nominations? Because there is no Ron Fucking Swanson.
there should be a best character award and they should call it the Ron Swanson Award and every year it should go to ron swanson, regardless if parks and rec is on the air or not
Yes.
I just assumed that Ron Swanson transcended the Emmys. They are probably working on a new brand of award called the Swanson in his hirsute honor #alliteration!
Grammargum: Is it still alliteration if one of the h’s is silent?
Ron Fucking Swanson will get the lifetime achievement award, but instead of a statue, they’ll give him a giant steak and a glass of scotch.
Ron doesn’t need no stinking Emmys – he’d take a good breakfast buffet over that any day of the week.
He already won the best prize:
That image is a giant, but he deserves it.
This thing deserves an Emmy -as in “L’Emmy eat that thing!”
I show myself out..
What is your avatar, notspelledbrain!? It looks very familiar, and is (I am 90% sure) from a late-90s Nicktoon whose name escapes me!
this is krum from ahh! real monsters. appropriate
i looked on the ben and jerry’s website to see if it was real. Why isn’t this real? we need more scotch flavored ice cream in the world.
On second thought, lets just have Ron host, mocking the Emmy’s–and awards in general–the whole time? Is there a petition I can sign for this?
Seriously. I’m sure Modern Family is a great show, but yeah, why do they have four nominations in the Supporting Actor category? Surely some other actor from some other show is worthy? Like Nick Offerman? Maybe?
because they all refuse to be considered for lead actor, since it’s an ensemble, so they hog all the supporting noms. jerks.
Even worse, that will split the vote and mean Jon Cyer is going to win that fucking Emmy AGAIN.
Wouldn’t winning an award go against his whole philosophy?
At the top of Ron Swanson’s Pyramid of Greatness: “HONOR: If you need it defined, you don’t have it.” (I know because I have a poster of it in my cubicle at work.)
No Community? I’m gonna burn this mother down.
go Friday Night Lights!
chuck klosterman (ugh) wrote about how breaking bad is the best http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6763000/bad-decisions
which made me realize that beaking bad comes back in 4 days and i don’t think i can handle it, especially after HP tonight
sinnombre- great article. Thanks for sharing!
Go Modern Family, GO!
umm, boo, MIldred Pierce. Bad form.
A good friend of mine works on Mad Men, got to go to the Emmys last year and be up on stage when they won, and had all sorts of stories to tell about the after-parties. Soooo I am hoping for another win this year, just to hear the stories and see her on stage, as much as I dislike awards shows in general.
No True Blood? #fangrape
Always gonna see this
I’m still coming to terms with “Emmy Nominated” Louis C. K…
He won an Emmy for his writing on the Chris Rock Show!
The lack of True Blood on this list only reinforces my view that it is just TOO good for everyone to appreciate. And not that the show is too BAD to deserve any…
…Glee is a comedy?
I say all the awards should go to (the improbably named) PETER DINKLAGE!
Booo to no noms for Community.
Yay for Louis CK and all the Mad Men nom.
And – non sequitur-ish – I found this while trolling the Game of Thrones tag on Tumblr this morning: A Song of Princess Bride and Ice.
Yes, it’s a Princess Bride / Game of Thrones blog and it’s THE BEST.
Has anyone here watched Southland? It is such a great show. But no nominations.
Best Series, Drama – Game of Thrones
Best Series, Comedy – The Office
Best Actor, Drama – (my niqqa) Timothy Olyphant
Best Actress, Drama – I don’t care
Best Actor, Comedy – Stevie Boy Carell
Best Actress, Comedy – Laura Linney
Best Supporting Actor, Drama Series – Walton Goggins
Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series – I don’t care
Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series – I don’t care
Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series – Kristen Wiig
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series – The Daily Show (of course!)
Outstanding Reality Program – Antiques Roadshow
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program 0 Project Runway
Jon Cryer and no Adam Scott or Nick Offerman?
“Funny story, I spilled it.”
ROBBED.
Did Breaking Bad seriously not get nominated? I am reading that list correctly?
I KNOW. I KNOW. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE NOMINATION ON THAT ENTIRE LIST EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE ON THAT SHOW DESERVES ALL THE AWARDS.
FUCK THE EMMYS.
FUCK EVAN RACHEL WOOD.
i think they said when they delayed the season from March to start in July that this season is not elligible, and therefore Brian Cranston wasn’t going to be able to defend his 3 year win streak.
happiest for this news was the [we can all assume] runner up the past 3 years, Jon Hamm.
explainer guy explains again!
The Kennedys sucked.
How is it that year after year its always sunny in philadelphia doesn’t receive a nomination. Is it because there isn’t a laugh track, is that it? That would make sense to me, because people are stupid and need to be told when to laugh. In that case I’m gonna go watch Meet the Browns on TBS because that show will let me know what’s funny, I don’t like thinking.
While I love IASIP, only one (The Big Bang Theory) of the six shows nominated for best comedy has a laugh track.
These nominations are so otherwise great that it’s easy to overlook that lone nomination for The Killing. (Of all the mediocre performances to nominate, why Michelle Forbes’s comedogrief?)
Oops. With all of the Tami Taylor in the lead actress category, I didn’t even notice our detective mom Sarah Linden in that category.
Man. Super Conflicted in the Best Actress in a Comedy….Amy? Tina? MARTHA? Martha Plimpton is seriously great you guys. and I’ve never watched Mike and Molly but I just love Sookie/Melissa McCarthy SOO MUCH. Maybe she’ll win something for Bridesmaids… but man. WHO SHOULD I ROOT FOR!? Thank goodness it doesn’t matter! ♥
it’s really repulsive that they had to nominate all 4 modern family actors and didn’t have one ounce of decency to nominate nick offerman, who is so deserving of recognition. ron swanson needs an emmy next to his dorothy everton smythe woman of the year award!
Best Support for a Supporting Actress: Christina Hendricks’ bras
I’m so glad my boyfriend* Idris Elba** got a nomination! I’m so proud of you, honey!!!
*I met him at a Tanqueray gin event in Brooklyn last night.
**Don’t tell Jeb.
My heart got so happy when I saw Chris Colfer’s name, you guys. I want him to be my bestfriend. Why won’t he be my best friend?!
…no seriously I sent him a message on facebook and everything. If he wins the Emmy he’ll be in a league I’ll never hope to approach! But if he loses we’ll both be crushed! So! Dilemmas!
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I’m surprised Gabe failed to mention that BOTH these fine actresses got a nomination.