The Emmy nominations for 2012 were released yesterday. As usual, HBO got the most nominations of any network, with 81. CBS got 60 nominations. And thanks to the Emmy voters’ scary obsession with “Downton Abbey,” PBS came in third with 58.
For the first time ever, there were no shows from broadcast networks nominated for Outstanding Drama Series. The six shows nominated are “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” from AMC, “Game of Thrones“ and “Boardwalk Empire“ from HBO, “Downton Abbey“ from PBS, and “Homeland“ from Showtime. Three broadcast shows were nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, along with three HBO series. The broadcast shows are “Modern Family” from ABC, “Big Bang Theory” from CBS, and “30 Rock” from NBC.
The cable series nominated are “Veep”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, and “Girls” from HBO. For the first time since the category was created, “American Idol” was not nominated for Outstanding Reality-Competition Series. “The Voice” took its slot along with the other shows that get nominated every year. Those are “Dancing With the Stars”, “The Amazing Race”, “Project Runway”, “So You Think You Can Dance”, and “Top Chef”.
“Mad Men” and “American Horror Story” got the most nominations of any show, with 17 each. “American Horror Story” pulled that off by submitting as a miniseries rather than a drama.
“Downton Abbey” and the History Channel miniseries “Hatfields & McCoys” both got 16 nominations. “Modern Family” got the most of any comedy, with 14 nominations. “Homeland” got the most of any new show, with nine.
Jimmy Kimmel will host this year’s Emmys, which air live on September 23rd on ABC. Kimmel’s show “Jimmy Kimmel Live” got its first-ever nomination for Outstanding Variety Series this year, a category the “Daily Show” has won the last nine years in a row.
Yesterday morning, Kimmel also presented the nominations, along with Kerry Washington from “Scandal.” Kimmel wore pajamas, which he said were from the, quote, “husky baby collection.” He filled in at the last minute for Nick Offerman from “Parks and Recreation” who was stuck in New York because of the massive storm.
The nominees for the 2012 Emmy Awards were announced today. Check out the full list:
Outstanding Drama
“Boardwalk Empire”
“Breaking Bad”
“Downton Abbey”
“Game of Thrones”
“Homeland”
“Mad Men”
Outstanding Actress in a Drama
“Kathy Bates, “Harry’s Law”
“Glenn Close, “Damages”
“Claire Danes, “Homeland”
“Michelle Dockery, “Downton Abbey”
“Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”
“Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”
Outstanding Actor in a Drama
Hugh Bonneville, “Downton Abbey”
Steve Buscemi, “Boardwalk Empire”
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Damian Lewis, “Homeland”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad”
Giancarlo Esposito, “Breaking Bad”
Brendan Coyle, “Downton Abbey”
Jim Carter, “Downton Abbey” Jared Harris, “Mad Men”
Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama
Archie Panjabi, “The Good Wife”
Anna Gunn, “Breaking Bad”
Maggie Smith, “Downton Abbey”
Joanne Froggatt, “Downton Abbey”
Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”
Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife”
Outstanding Comedy Series
“The Big Bang Theory”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
“Girls”
“Modern Family”
“30 Rock”
“Veep”
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy
Zooey Deschanel, “New Girl”
Lena Dunham, “Girls”
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Melissa McCarthy, “Mike & Molly”
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Don Cheadle, “House of Lies”
Louis CK, “Louie”
Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men”
Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Ed O’Neill, “Modern Family”
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “Modern Family”
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family”
Bill Hader, “Saturday Night Live”
Max Greenfield, “New Girl”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Mayim Bialik, “The Big Bang Theory”
Merritt Wever, “Nurse Jackie”
Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”
Kristen Wiig, “Saturday Night Live”
Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”
Kathryn Joosten, “Desperate Housewives”
Outstanding Reality Show Competition
“The Amazing Race”
“Dancing With the Stars”
“Project Runway”
“So You Think You Can Dance”
“Top Chef”
“The Voice”
Outstanding TV Miniseries or Movie
“American Horror Story”
“Game Change”
“Hatfields & McCoys”
“Hemingway and Gellhorn”
“Luther”
“Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia”
Lead Actor in a TV Miniseries or Movie
Kevin Costner, “Hatfields & McCoys”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia”
Idris Elba, “Luther”
Woody Harrelson, ” Game Change”
Clive Owen, “Hemingway and Gellhorn”
Bill Paxton, “Hatfields & McCoys”
Lead Actress in a TV Miniseries or Movie
Connie Britton, “American Horror Story”
Ashley Judd, “Missing”
Nicole Kidman, “Hemingway and Gellhorn”
Julianne Moore, “Game Change”
Emma Thompson, “The Song of Lunch”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Denis O’Hare, “American Horror Story”
Ed Harris, “Game Change”
Tom Berenger, “Hatfields & McCoys”
David Strathairn, “Hemingway & Gellhorn”
Martin Freeman, “Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Frances Conroy, “American Horror Story”
Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story”
Sarah Paulson, “Game Change”
Mare Winningham, “Hatfields & McCoys”
Judy Davis, “Page Eight”
