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7/17: Dexter, Damages and Mad Men break through in Emmy noms
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
While there were plenty of usual suspects in the Emmy nominations, a few newer shows in cable land snuck through, including Showtime’s “Dexter,” FX’s “Damages” and AMC’s “Mad Men” for best drama.
In fact, this is the first year ever that this many best drama nominations were from cable, not broadcast TV, which only got in Fox’s “House,” my favorite ABC’s “Lost” and perennial Emmy favorite “Boston Legal.”
Four of the six lead actor nominations in drama were also from cable: Gabriel Byrne for HBO’s “In Treatment,” Bryan Cranston in the excellent AMC show “Breaking Bad,” Michael C. Hall in “Dexter” and Jon Hamm from “Mad Men.” Past Emmy winners Hugh Laurie (“House”) and James Spader (“Boston Legal”) also made it in.
ABC favorites “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Desperate Housewives” were locked out of major categories, save for supporting actress for Chandra Wilson and Sandra Oh in “Grey’s.” And last year’s favorite “Ugly Betty” was blocked out this time around for best drama.
HBO’s “John Adams” had the most nominations with 23, followed by “30 Rock” with 17. Although HBO failed to get a drama series nomination for the first time in a decade but did get the most overall nominations with 85. (“Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Entourage” did grab best comedy series nominations.)
Full nomination list available here.
Atlanta’s TNT received 10 nominations, the most of any local network. The two most prominent ones were Kyra Sedgwick in “The Closer” (her second nom) and Holly Hunter (“Saving Grace”) for best female actress in a drama. They face off against the formidable Sally Field, last year’s winner from “Brothers and Sisters,” Glenn Close in “Damages” and previous winner Mariska Hargitay from “Law & Order: SVU.”
Dunwoody High School grad and “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest was naturally nominated in the new category, best host in a reality show, competing with Tom Bergeron (“Dancing With the Stars”), Heidi Klum (“Project Runway”), Howie Mandel (“Deal or No Deal”) and Jeff Probst (“Survivor”).
Atlanta’s Kenny Leon should be thrilled, too, because his film version of “A Raisin in the Sun” was nominated for best made-for-TV movie and Phylicia Rashad nabbed a nomination for best female actress in a miniseries or movie.
Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken” was nominated for best animated program (under an hour.) The Cartoon Network also was nominated in a minor category for “Camp Lazio” and “Chowder.” TNT’s “The Company” was nominated for six categories including best casting, best music composition, main title design, best directing and outstanding cinematography for a miniseries, movie or special. HBO’s “John Adams” will probably win a lot of those categories.
“Saving Grace” from TNT also was nominated for best original main title theme music. And TNT nabbed a nom for outstanding music direction for “Christmas in Washington.”
The female actress in a comedy category was fairly predictable with Christina Applegate (“Samantha Who?”) a newbie with her new ABC series taking Felicity Huffman’s spot from a year ago. The other four were repeats with America Ferrera (“Ugly Betty”), Mary Louise-Parker (“Weeds”), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“New Adventures of Old Christine”) and Tina Fey (“30 Rock”).
The big surprise in the male actor in a comedy is the delightful Lee Pace in the new ABC show “Pushing Daisies.” He took the spot filled by last year’s winner Ricky Gervais in “Extras.” The other four were the same as a year earlier: Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”), Steve Carell (“The Office”), Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”) and Charlie Sheen (“Two and a Half Men”).
The five reality shows were the same as the previous year: “American Idol,” “The Amazing Race,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Project Runway” and “Top Chef.” “The Amazing Race” has won every year since the category was created.
Amy Poehler (“Saturday Night Live”) was nominated for best supporting actress in a comedy, a rare accolade for someone in a sketch comedy. I’ll post more as I dig through more categories.
Comments
By Deirdre
July 17, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this
Congrats to Lee Pace and Kristen Chenowith from Pushing Daisies. Love than innovative and interesting show.
Desperate Housewives didn’t deserve any noms this year and I’m VERY worried about what will happen with the leap in time next year.
By tc
July 17, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
Looks like The Wire finally got a nod. Now let’s just see if it actually wins. I’m not holding my breath.
By faye
July 17, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this
Shame the The Wire didn’t get more - one of the best shows I’ve ever seen!
Nice to see Mad Men getting nods, as well as Dexter. Love both shows - and Bryan Cranston is great in Breaking Bad! Congrats to all.
By A
July 17, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this
Agree about “The Wire”. I rank it up there with “The Sopranos” and can’t understand how it’s been snubbed in acting categories and best drama series. How can “Boston Legal” be nominated but not “The Wire”??
By Al
July 17, 2008 10:16 PM | Link to this
I did not know that new episodes of Dexter’s Laboratory have been made. All episodes lately have been reruns from the 1990’s. Love that DeeDee!
By tnecvolfan2001
July 29, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this
uh-Al, i believe that the show they’re referring to is ‘dexter’, a showtime series about a serial-killer detective set in miami.
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