2011 Emmy Winners + My Thoughts

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Here's a list of the Emmy winners and nominees. (The ones announced on the air, anyways.) My thoughts are in green after various categories

Outstanding Comedy Series

WINNER

"Modern Family"

Other Nominees:

"The Big Bang Theory"
"Glee"
"The Office"
"Parks and Recreation"
"30 Rock"

Modern Family winning was not a surprise. I have yet to watch this show, but I've heard nothing but great things. The TV spots are pretty amusing. I loved the Kobe one.

Outstanding Drama Series

WINNER

"Mad Men"

Other Nominees

"Boardwalk Empire"
"Dexter"
"Friday Night Lights"
"Game of Thrones"
"The Good Wife"

My husband guaranteed me that Games of Thrones would win. I saw Boardwalk Empire. Whoops.

Outstanding Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

WINNER

"Downton Abbey"

Other Nominees:

Cinema Verite
"The Kennedys"
"Mildred Pierce"
"The Pillars of the Earth"
Too Big to Fail

Surprised Mildred Pierce didn't win.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Jim Parsons for "The Big Bang Theory"

Other Nominees:

Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock"
Steve Carell for "The Office"
Louis C.K. for "Louie"
Johnny Galecki for "The Big Bang Theory"
Matt LeBlanc for "Episodes"

I'm really happy that Jim Parsons won again. Charlie Sheen presenting was awkward. In other news, What the fuck is Episodes? 

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Since Bryan Cranston didn't qualify

WINNER

Kyle Chandler for "Friday Night Lights"

Other Nominees:

Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire"
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter"
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D."
Timothy Olyphant for "Justified"

Like I stated last night, every nominee in this category deserved it more than Kyle Chandler. This one floors me. 

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

WINNER

Barry Pepper for "The Kennedys"

Other Nominees:

Idris Elba for "Luther"
Laurence Fishburne for Thurgood
William Hurt for Too Big to Fail
Greg Kinnear for "The Kennedys"
Édgar Ramírez for "Carlos"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Melissa McCarthy for "Mike & Molly"

Other Nominees:

Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie"
Tina Fey for "30 Rock"
Laura Linney for "The Big C"
Martha Plimpton for "Raising Hope"
Amy Poehler for "Parks and Recreation"

I absolutely loved how all the nominees got on stage together. That was probably the funniest thing all night. I'm really surprised that McCarthy took home the trophy.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER

Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife"

Other Nominees:

Kathy Bates for "Harry's Law"
Connie Britton for "Friday Night Lights"
Mireille Enos for "The Killing"
Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Elisabeth Moss for "Mad Men"

No surprises here.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

WINNER

Kate Winslet for "Mildred Pierce"

Other Nominees:

Taraji P. Henson for Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Diane Lane for Cinema Verite
Jean Marsh for "Upstairs Downstairs"
Elizabeth McGovern for "Downton Abbey"

Well deserved.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Ty Burrell for "Modern Family"

Other Nominees:

Chris Colfer for "Glee"
Jon Cryer for "Two and a Half Men"
Jesse Tyler Ferguson for "Modern Family"
Ed O'Neill for "Modern Family"
Eric Stonestreet for "Modern Family"

Surprise! Someone from Modern Family won. Thank God it wasn't Glee.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series since Aaron Paul didn't qualify.

WINNER

Peter Dinklage for "Game of Thrones"

Other Nominees:

Andre Braugher for "Men of a Certain Age"
Josh Charles for "The Good Wife"
Alan Cumming for "The Good Wife"
Walton Goggins for "Justified"
John Slattery for "Mad Men"

Good for Peter Dinklage! That was a nice surprise in a pretty open category.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

WINNER

Guy Pearce for "Mildred Pierce"

Other Nominees:

Paul Giamatti for Too Big to Fail
Brían F. O'Byrne for "Mildred Pierce"
Tom Wilkinson for "The Kennedys"
James Woods for Too Big to Fail

Well deserved, thought for a minute I thought Giamatti might take it.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Julie Bowen for "Modern Family"

Other Nominees:

Jane Krakowski for "30 Rock"
Jane Lynch for "Glee"
Sofía Vergara for "Modern Family"
Betty White for "Hot in Cleveland"
Kristen Wiig for "Saturday Night Live"

I really thought Lynch would win this, but the hosts never win. I should've known.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

WINNER

Margo Martindale for "Justified"

Other Nominees:

Christine Baranski for "The Good Wife"
Michelle Forbes for "The Killing"
Christina Hendricks for "Mad Men"
Kelly Macdonald for "Boardwalk Empire"
Archie Panjabi for "The Good Wife"

This was a surprise to me as well.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

WINNER

Maggie Smith for "Downton Abbey"

Other Nominees:

for "Upstairs Downstairs"
Melissa Leo for "Mildred Pierce"
Mare Winningham for "Mildred Pierce"
Evan Rachel Wood for "Mildred Pierce"

Evan Rachel Wood should've won this, IMO.

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

WINNER

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"

Other Nominees:

"The Colbert Report"
"Conan"
"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"
"Real Time with Bill Maher"
"Saturday Night Live"

9th win in a row for the Daily Show. The best damn news team deserves it.

Outstanding Reality Competition Program

WINNER

"The Amazing Race"

Other Nominees:

"American Idol"
"Dancing with the Stars"
"Project Runway"
"So You Think You Can Dance"
"Top Chef"

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

WINNER

"Modern Family" (2009): Michael Spiller

Other Nominees:

"How I Met Your Mother" (2005): Pamela Fryman
"Modern Family" (2009): Steven Levitan
"Modern Family" (2009): Gail Mancuso
"30 Rock" (2006): Beth McCarthy-Miller

30 Rock was nominated for the Live Show, I thought that should've won.

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

WINNER

"Boardwalk Empire" (2010): Martin Scorsese

Other Nominees:

"Boardwalk Empire" (2010): Jeremy Podeswa
"The Borgias" (2011): Neil Jordan
"Game of Thrones" (2011): Tim Van Patten
"The Killing" (2011): Patty Jenkins

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

WINNER

"Downton Abbey" : Brian Percival

Other Nominees:

"Carlos" : Olivier Assayas
Cinema Verite: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
"Mildred Pierce"  Todd Haynes
Too Big to Fail  Curtis Hanson

Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series

WINNER

"Saturday Night Live": Don Roy King

Other Nominees:

"American Idol": Gregg Gelfand
"The Colbert Report": Jim Hoskinson
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart": Chuck O'Neil
"Late Show with David Letterman": Jerry Foley

SNL winning surprised me. I thought Daily Show or Colbert Report would take the win.

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

WINNER

"Modern Family": Steven Levitan, Jeffrey Richman

Other Nominees:

"Episodes": Jeffrey Klarik, David Crane
"Louie": Louis C.K.
"The Office" : Greg Daniels
"30 Rock" : Matt Hubbard

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

WINNER

"Friday Night Lights": Jason Katims

Other Nominees:

"Game of Thrones": David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
"The Killing": Veena Sud
"Mad Men": André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton
"Mad Men": Matthew Weiner

I'm sure he won because they are going off the air.

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

WINNER

"Downton Abbey": Julian Fellowes

Other Nominees:

"Mildred Pierce": Jonathan Raymond, Todd Haynes
"Sherlock": Steven Moffat
Too Big to Fail: Peter Gould
"Upstairs Downstairs": Heidi Thomas

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series

WINNER

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"

Other Nominees:

"The Colbert Report"
"Conan"
"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"
"Saturday Night Live"

Again, well deserved. Although Colbert Report deserved it too.

Comments

  1. DaveSeptember 19, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    Your ignorance towards Friday Night Lights winning the two major awards last night tells me you haven't seen the show. Have you really watched it? Chandler is the soul of the show and his win (along with the creator's win for writing) was a big, fat thank you from the academy for five beautiful, heartbreaking seasons.

    If you like drama, I urge you to check it out. Then take a look at that list of Best Actor nominees again, and you'll change your tune. They are all good, no doubt, but see the show, and you won't be so surprised why Chandler pulled the upset.

    Seek out Modern Family, too. You don't know what you're missing!

    For the first time in a long, long time, the Emmys got a lot right this year.

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  2. Brittani BurnhamSeptember 19, 2011 at 2:33 PM

    Actually, I have seen Friday Night Lights. I found it to be boring and melodramatic. I never understood the hype for it. In my opinion, there's no way Chandler showed more depth than Hamm, Hall and Laurie.

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  3. DaveSeptember 19, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    I can't speak for Hamm (I haven't seen Mad Men yet), but Hall is terrific. Didn't he win a few years ago? I don't feel badly if they won already (ditto for Laurie). Though the Emmys do have a tendency to reward repeat winners (i.e. Jim Parsons), it's just nice to see they are capable of upsets. Everyone will have another chance next year except for Chandler.

    And we'll have to agree to disagree re: depth. I'm a grown man and Kyle Chandler made me cry more than once, I'm not ashamed to admit. I can't speak the same about the other guys. :-P

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