The Emmy Awards Nominees 2011

The Emmy Awards is known as an award for TV productions which embraces different areas such as documentaries, news, sport programs, soap operas. Recently Melissa McCarty, Joshua Jackson and the chairman of Academy of Television Arts & Sciences John Shaffner announced the nominees of the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. The ceremony will be held on 18 September in Nokia Theatre, LA, with the “Glee” star Jane Lynch being a host.

The Emmy nominee leader is a movie serial about the life of divorced woman during the Great Depression Age called “Mildred Pierce”. It got 21 nominations. The second position in the top of the highest number of Emmy nominations holders occupied the “Mad Men” soap which received 19 chances to win the award. “Mad Men” has already won three Emmy awards as the best drama series. Will it gain recognition this time?

The leader #3 is “Broadwalk Empire” holding 18 nominations. “Broadwalk Empire” depicts the genesis of gambling industry in Atlantic-City during the age of Prohibition in 1920-s. Martin Scorsese contributed to this film as a producer and a director of the pilot series. Another star involved into the project is Steve Buscemi who plays the major role in the drama series.

Here is the list of the nominees:

Best Series, Drama

“Boardwalk Empire”
“Dexter”
“Friday Night Lights”
“Mad Men”
“Game of Thrones”
“The Good Wife”

Best Series, Comedy
“30 Rock”
“Glee”
“The Office”
“Modern Family”
“Parks and Recreation”

Best Actor, Drama

Steve Buscemi – “Boardwalk Empire”
Michael C. Hall – “Dexter”
Hugh Laurie – “House”
Jon Hamm – “Mad Men”
Kyle Chandler – “Friday Night Lights”
Timothy Olyphant – “Justified”

Best Actress, Drama

Connie Britton – “Friday Night Lights”
Elisabeth Moss – “Mad Men”
Mariska Hargitay – “Law & Order: SVU”
Julianna Margulies – “The Good Wife”
Mireille Enos – “The Killing”
Kathy Bates – “Harry’s Law”

Best Actor, Comedy

Alec Baldwin – “30 Rock”
Jim Parsons – “The Big Bang Theory”
Steve Carell – “The Office”
Louis C.K. – “Louie”
Johnny Galecki – “The Big Bang Theory”
Matt LeBlanc – “Episodes”

Best Actress, Comedy

Tina Fey – “30 Rock”
Laura Linney – The Big C”
Amy Poehler – “Parks and Recreation”
Edie Falco – “Nurse Jackie”
Martha Plimpton – “Raising Hope”
Melissa McCarthy – “Mike & Molly”

Best Supporting Actor, Drama Series

Andre Braugher – “Men of a Certain Age”
Walton Goggins – “Justified”
Josh Charles – “The Good Wife”
John Slattery – “Mad Men”
Alan Cumming – “The Good Wife”
Peter Dinklage – “Game of Thrones”

Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series

Kelly Macdonald – “Boardwalk Empire”
Christine Baranski – “The Good Wife”
Archie Panjabi – “The Good Wife”
Michelle Forbes – “The Killing”
Christina Hendricks – “Mad Men”
Margo Martindale – “Justified”

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series

Eric Stonestreet – “Modern Family”
Chris Colfer – “Glee”
Jon Cryer – “Two And A Half Men”
Ty Burrell – “Modern Family”
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – “Modern Family'”
Ed O’Neill – “Modern Family”

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series

Jane Lynch – “Glee”
Kristen Wiig – “Saturday Night Live”
Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family”
Jane Krakowski – “30 Rock”
Julie Bowen – “Modern Family”
Betty White – “Hot in Cleveland”

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”
“The Colbert Report”
“Saturday Night Live”
“Conan”
“Real Time with Bill Maher”
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”

Outstanding Reality Program

“Antiques Roadshow”
“Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List”
“Deadliest Catch”
“Dirty Jobs”
“MythBusters”
“Undercover Boss”
“Hoarders”

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

“The Amazing Race”
“American Idol”
“Dancing With the Stars”
“Project Runway”
“Top Chef”
“So You Think You Can Dance”

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Tom Bergeron -“Dancing With the Stars”
Phil Keoghan – “The Amazing Race”
Cat Deeley – “So You Think You Can Dance”
Jeff Probst – “Survivor”
Ryan Seacrest – “American Idol”

Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Loretta Devine – “Grey’s Anatomy”
Alfre Woodard – “True Blood”
Joan Cusack – “Shameless”
Randee Heller – “Mad Men”
Cara Buono – “Mad Men”
Julia Stiles – “Dexter”
Mary McDonnell – “The Closer”

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Jeremy Davies – “Justified”
Michael J. Fox – “The Good Wife”
Robert Morse – “Mad Men”
Bruce Dern – “Big Love”
Beau Bridges – “Brothers & Sisters”
Paul McCrane – “Harry’s Law”

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Elizabeth Banks – “30 Rock”
Dot-Marie Jones – “Glee”
Kristin Chenoweth – “Glee”
Tina Fey – “Saturday Night Live”
Cloris Leachman – “Raising Hope”
Gwyneth Paltrow – “Glee”

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Will Arnett – “30 Rock”
Nathan Lane – “Modern Family”
Matt Damon – “30 Rock”
Idris Elba – “The Big C”
Zach Galifianakis – “Saturday Night Live”
Justin Timberlake – “Saturday Night Live”

Outstanding Made For Television Movie/Minieseries

“Mildred Pierce”
“The Pillars of the Earth”
“Downton Abbey”
“Cinema Verite”
“Too Big to Fail”
“The Kennedys”

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or A Movie

Kate Winslet – “Mildred Pierce”
Diane Lane – “Cinema Vertie”
Taraji P. Henson – “Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story”
Elizabeth McGovern – “Downtow Abbey”
Jean Marsh – “Upstairs, Downstairs”

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or A Movie

Edgar Ramirez – “Carlos”
Laurence Fishburne – “Thurgood”
Idris Elba – “Luther”
Greg Kinnear – “The Kennedys”
William Hurt – “Too Big to Fail”
Barry Pepper – “The Kennedys”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or A Movie

Evan Rachel Wood – “Mildred Pierce”
Maggie Smith – “Downton Abbey”
Melissa Leo – “Mildred Pierce”
Mare Winningham – “Mildred Pierce”
Eileen Atkins – “Upstairs, Downstairs”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or A Movie

Guy Pearce – “Mildred Pierce”
Paul Giamatti – “Too Big to Fail”
James Woods – “Too Big to Fail”
Brian F. O’Byrne – “Mildred Pierce”
Tom Wilkinson – “The Kennedys”

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