2010-2011 Emmy Awards

[Reza]

Is there any precedent for a 12-year old finding a nomination?

A number of the kids won Emmy nods years ago for The Cosby Show.

[Sabin]

True that. I've hope-dicting before myself a few times in predictions. Is there any precedent for a 12-year old finding a nomination? Especially considering that there are four other far more likely nominees from the same show in a pool with several acclaimed ensembles (Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, and 30 Rock...basically an entire night of television!) that either have yet to find Academy favor or are perennial standby.

[anonymous1980]

Which kid is Nolan Gould from Modern Family? Isn't he that twelve year old?

He's Luke Dunphy. He makes me laugh as much as Ty Burrell and Sofia Vergara on that show. He *deserves* a nomination. He most likely won't get it and he's at best a longshot at a nom so I'm hope-dicting, really.

[Sabin]

Which kid is Nolan Gould from Modern Family? Isn't he that twelve year old?

[dws1982]

Downton Abbey is a drama series....not a miniseries or tv film.

For purposes of the Emmys, it's a miniseries.

How absurd. There's going to be a Season 2 soon. What about The Borgias.....is that in contention this year?

It is absurd, but it's the Emmys. Upstairs Downstairs competed in the Drama Series category way back when, so I think Downton Abbey should too. But Downton Abbey aired in a different format in the States than it did internationally--it was basically edited into four 90-minute episodes rather than seven 52-minute episodes. Seems like they pretty much only did that do get it into the miniseries category, because they probably didn't think they could get into the regular series categories, being on PBS. And The Borgias should be eligible. It was pretty much met with a giant "who cares" in the States though.

[Reza]

Downton Abbey is a drama series....not a miniseries or tv film.

For purposes of the Emmys, it's a miniseries.

How absurd. There's going to be a Season 2 soon. What about The Borgias.....is that in contention this year?

[dws1982]

Downton Abbey is a drama series....not a miniseries or tv film.

For purposes of the Emmys, it's a miniseries.

[Reza]

For starters scratch out Elizabeth McGovern and Mare Winningham.

Downton Abbey is a drama series....not a miniseries or tv film.

[anonymous1980]

My first stab at Emmy predicting:

OUTSTANDING MINISERIES or MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
Carlos (BBC America)
Cinema Verite (HBO)
Downton Abbey: Masterpiece (PBS)
Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Too Big to Fail (HBO)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Dexter (Showtime)
Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Community (NBC)
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC)
The Office (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC or COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Conan (TBS)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES or MOVIE
Idris Elba, Luther (BBC America)
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood (HBO)
William Hurt, Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos (BBC America)
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth (PBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES or MOVIE
Hayley Atwell, The Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
Taraji P. Henson, Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (Lifetime)
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite (HBO)
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey: Masterpiece (PBS)
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce (HBO)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights (DirecTV/NBC)
Michael C. Hall, Dexter (Showtime)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie, House (Fox)
Timothy Olyphant, Justified (FX)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law (NBC)
Mirielle Enos, The Killing (AMC)
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (CBS)
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men (AMC)
Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy (FX)
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (TNT)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell, The Office (NBC)
Louie C.K., Louie (FX)
Danny McBride, Eastbound & Down (HBO)
Joel McHale, Community (NBC)
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Toni Collette, The United States of Tara (Showtime)
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Tina Fey, 30 Rock (NBC)
Laura Linney, The Big C (Showtime)
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope (Fox)
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation (NBC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES or MOVIE
James Gandolfini, Cinema Verite (HBO)
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite (HBO)
James Woods, Too Big to Fail (HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES or MOVIE
Eileen Atkins, Upstairs, Downstairs: Masterpiece (PBS)
Melissa Leo, Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey: Masterpiece (PBS)
Mare Winningham, Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce (HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife (CBS)
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Michael Pitt, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Michael Shannon, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
John Slattery, Mad Men (AMC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife (CBS)
Michelle Forbes, The Killing (AMC)
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men (AMC)
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Margo Martindale, Justified (FX)
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife (CBS)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ty Burrell, Modern Family (ABC)
Chris Colfer, Glee (Fox)
Nolan Gould, Modern Family (ABC)
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Ed O'Neill, Modern Family (ABC)
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family (ABC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julie Bowen, Modern Family (ABC)
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock (NBC)
Jane Lynch, Glee (Fox)
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family (ABC)
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)
Kristin Wiig, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Michael Emerson, Parenthood (NBC)
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife (CBS)
Jeremy Irons, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Jonny Lee Miller, Dexter (Showtime)
Robert Morse, Mad Men (AMC)
Bob Newhart, NCIS (CBS)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Ellen Burstyn, Big Love (HBO)
Marcia Gay Harden, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Gretchen Mol, Boadwalk Empire (HBO)
Julia Stiles, Dexter (Showtime)
Alfre Woodard, True Blood (HBO)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Will Arnett, 30 Rock (NBC)
Matt Damon, 30 Rock (NBC)
John Lithgow, How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Carl Reiner, Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)
John Slattery, 30 Rock (NBC)
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Carol Burnett, Glee (Fox)
Dot Marie Jones, Glee (Fox)
Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope (Fox)
Gwyneth Paltrow, Glee (Fox)
Sherri Shepherd, 30 Rock (NBC)
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock (NBC)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES or MOVIE
Olivier Assayas, Carlos (BBC America)
Shari Spinger Berman & Robert Pulcini, Cinema Verite (HBO)
Todd Haynes, Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, The Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
Curtis Hanson, Too Big to Fail (HBO)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire ("Pilot") (HBO)
Tim Van Patten, Game of Thrones ("Winter Is Coming"/Pilot) (HBO)
Robert King, The Good Wife ("Closing Arguments") (CBS)
Jennifer Getzinger, Mad Men ("The Suitcase") (AMC)
Frank Darabont, The Walking Dead ("Days Gone Bye"/Pilot) (AMC)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Bill Condon, The Big C ("Pilot") (Showtime)
Ryan Murphy, Glee ("The Substitute") (Fox)
Scott Ellis, Modern Family ("The Kiss") (ABC)
Paul Feig, The Office ("Goodbye Michael Part 2") (NBC)
Beth McCarthy-Miller, 30 Rock ("Live Show") (NBC)

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES or MOVIE
David Seltzer, Cinema Verite (HBO)
Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey: Masterpiece (PBS)
Todd Haynes, James M. Cain, Jonathan Raymond & Jon Raymond, Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Peter Gould, Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Eileen Atkins, Jean Marsh, Heidi Thomas, John Hawkesworth and Jon Whitney, Upstairs, Downstairs: Masterpiece (PBS)

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Terence Winter, Boardwalk Empire ("A Return to Normalcy") (HBO)
Howard Korder, Boardwalk Empire ("Paris Green") (HBO)
Jason Katims, Friday Night Lights ("Always") (DirecTV/NBC)
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men ("The Suitcase") (AMC)
Jonathan Igla and Matthew Weiner, Mad Men ("Tomorrowland") (AMC)

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Abraham Higginbotham, Modern Family ("The Kiss") (ABC)
Dan O'Shannon and Ilana Wernick, Modern Family ("Mother's Day") (ABC)
Bill Wrubel, Modern Family ("Someone to Watch Over Lily") (ABC)
Greg Garcia, Raising Hope ("Pilot") (Fox)
Tracey Wigfield, 30 Rock ("Queen of Jordan") (NBC)

OUTSTANDING REALITY/COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Idol (Fox)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
Survivor (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)

[anonymous1980]

Jane Lynch is hosting.

The ballots have been posted online.

My hopes and wishes for this year's Emmy Awards:

Game of Thrones for Outstanding Drama Series.

Peter Dinklage for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Game of Thrones.

Michelle Forbes for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The Killing

Nolan Gould for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Modern Family.