De nieuwe tv-serie Game of Thrones heeft dertien Emmy nominaties gekregen.
Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones
Zo werd de middeleeuwse fantasyserie genomineerd voor Beste Drama Serie, en acteur Peter Dinklage verkreeg een nominatie voor zijn rol als Tyrion Lannister. De Game of Thrones aflevering Baelor verkreeg een nominatie voor Outstanding Writing.
De serie is gebaseerd op de verhalen van de Amerikaanse schrijver George R.R. Martin en werd zeer goed ontvangen. Direct na het uitzenden van de eerste aflevering werd een tweede seizoen goedgekeurd. Critici waren zeer te spreken over Peter Dinklage. "if Dinklage doesn't get an Emmy for his clever, rude Tyrion Lannister, I'll be gobsmacked", aldus Entertainment Weekly. De Los Angeles Times schreef over zijn optreden "If the man doesn't win an Emmy, heads should certainly roll."
De meeste nominaties gingen echter naar de miniserie Mildred Pierce (21 nominaties), waarin Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce en Evan Rachel Wood te zien zijn. Andere series die goed in de smaak vielen waren Mad Men (19 nominaties), Boardwalk Empire (18 nominaties) en Modern Family (17 nominaties).
Hieronder de belangrijkste nominaties:
Best Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men
Dexter
Best Comedy Series
30 Rock
Modern Family
The Big Bang Theory
Parks and Recreation
Glee
The Office
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Hugh Laurie, House
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Laura Linney, The Big C
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Walton Goggins, Justified
John Slattery, Mad Men
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Margo Martindale, Justified
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Chris Colfer, Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Best Miniseries or Movie
Mildred Pierce, HBO
Downtown Abbey, PBS
The Kennedys, ReelzChannel
Cinema Verite, HBO
Too Big To Fail, HBO
The Pillars of Earth, Starz
Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
Barry Pepper, The Kennedys
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
William Hurt, Too Big To Fail
Idris Elba, Luther
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Best Actress in a Miniseries of Movie
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Elizabeth McGovern, Downtown Abbey
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Taraji P. Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs
De complete lijst met nominaties staat op de Emmy website .
