AMC's critical favorite "Mad Men" got 16 nominations, and its "Breaking Bad" earned four more. That's a total of 20 for the cable network formerly known as American Movie Classics, which wasn't even in the drama business before "Mad Men" premiered last summer.
Those four shows are about cynical ad men, a meth lab proprietor, a nearly psycho lawyer and an actual psycho. It ain't "The Waltons."
The nominees for the Emmy award for Best Drama are ABC's "Boston Legal," "Damages," "Dexter," Fox's "House," ABC's "Lost" and "Mad Men." (HBO's "The Sopranos" won last year.)
The nominees for Best Comedy were HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Entourage," NBC's "30 Rock" and "The Office," and CBS' "Two And A Half Men." ("30 Rock" won last year.)
Most-nominated programs were HBO's "John Adams" with 23, "30 Rock" with 17, and "Mad Men" with 16. ABC underdog "Pushing Daisies" had 12, and HBO's "Recount" had 11.
HBO led all networks with 85 nominations, followed by CBS with 51, NBC with 50, PBS with 33, Showtime with 21 and AMC with 20. CW had...wait for it...2.
Best actor in a drama nominees were James Spader in "Boston Legal," Bryan Cranston in AMC's "Breaking Bad," Michael C. Hall as "Dexter," Hugh Laurie as "House" and Jon Hamm in "Mad Men." (Spader won last year.)
Best actress in a drama nominees were Sally Field in ABC's "Brothers and Sisters," Kyra Sedgwick in TNT's "The Closer," Glenn Close in "Damages," perennial Mariska Hargitay in NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and Holly Hunter in TNT's "Saving Grace." (Field won last year.)
The nominations were announced in L.A. early this morning by Kristin Chenoweth ("Pushing Daisies"), Neil Patrick Harris ("How I Met Your Mother") and John Shaffner, CEO of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Chenoweth was nominated for best supporting actress for her work on ABC's "Pushing Daisies," and Harris for best supporting actor on "How I Met Your Mother."
Best actor in a comedy nominees were Tony Shalhoub in USA's "Monk," Steve Carell in "The Office," Lee Pace in ABC's "Pushing Daisies," Alec Baldwin in "30 Rock" and Charlie Sheen in "Two And A Half Men." (Ricky Gervais won last year.)
Best actress in a comedy nominees were Julia Louis-Dreyfus in CBS' "The New Adventures of Old Christine," Christina Applegate" in ABC's "Samantha Who?," Tina Fey in "30 Rock," America Ferrera in ABC's "Ugly Betty" and Mary-Louise Parker in Showtime's "Weeds." (Ferrera won last year.)
The Academy also made a point to recognize the current trend in TV, announcing two reality-show categories during the 5:30 a.m. telecast. Nominees for best reality competition show were CBS' "Amazing Race," Fox's "American Idol," ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," Bravo's "Project Runway" and "Top Chef." Best reality show host nominees were Tom Bergeron of "Dancing With The Stars," Heidi Klum of "Project Runway," Jeff Probst of "Survivor," Ryan Seacrest of "American Idol" and ... gulp ... Howie Mandel of "Deal Or No Deal."
Posted by craigorianchant on July 17, 2008
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