When it came to Emmy recognition, this FX series seemed to fly under the radar no less ably than did its lead characters, married Russian spies who pose as an ordinary American couple.
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“The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” proved to be more than just a pop culture obsession, scoring Emmy noms for stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Courtney B. Vance in the outstanding actor in a miniseries category, Sarah Paulson for lead actress and for best limited series. In this image released by HBO, Peter Dinklage appears in a scene from “Game of Thrones“. Who do you think should win the Emmy? Maybe no one at the Emmys is watching it because it’s on Lifetime – and I get it. When I tell people how incredible this show is, I usually have to say, “It’s on Lifetime, BUT HEAR ME OUT”.
Sony-owned Crackle, an ad-free streaming services, has been boosting its original programming output over the a year ago, but its inaugural drama series, The Art of More, was not among its three nominations.
The nominees for best drama series are: “Better Call Saul”; “Downton Abbey”; “Game Of Thrones”; “Homeland”; “House Of Cards”; “Mr. Robot”; “The Americans“.
The heart of “Modern Family”, it’s tough to see a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category without Eric Stonestreet.
The veteran actress earned her first ever lead actress nomination for her role as the uptight, overworked director of medicine at an extended care facility for elderly women on HBO’s underrated “Getting On”.
Harington: “It is a serious understatement to say that I am somewhat stunned”.
FX’s long-ignored show FINALLY scored some much needed attention, picking up nominations for stars Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys and the show itself.
Lena Heady, Emilia Clarke and Maisie Williams will go from fighting for the iron throne to fighting for the Emmy as all three actresses are competing in the Outstanding Supporting Actresses in a Drama Series category.
An outstanding short form variety series category has been created, along with outstanding actor in a short form comedy or drama series and outstanding actress in a short form comedy or drama categories.
Other nominees included Indian-American Aziz Ansari for his debut Netflix comedy “Master of None”, Egyptian-American Rami Malek for “Mr. Robot” and black actresses Taraji P. Henson for Fox’s hip-hop series “Empire” and Viola Davis in ABC’s thriller “How to Get Away with Murder”.
The show is in only its second season, and its star Anthony Anderson, who was nominated for best actor, was one of the presenters at the nomination ceremony this morning.
HBO became this year’s top nominated network because of shows such as “Game of Thrones”, “Silicon Valley”, and “Veep”. The awards will be televised live, September 18 on ABC, with Jimmy Kimmel as host.
While “Roots” was the only locally shot series to earn a major 2016 Emmy nomination, it was among a number of programs and performers whose nominations demonstrated an apparent desire by the TV Academy to avoid the sort of complaints over lack of diversity that dogged January’s Oscar nominations announcement. Comedy was the surprise runner-up to HBO at last year’s Emmys, bringing home four trophies, including three for Daily Show-a happy moment for departing Jon Stewart.
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Hiddleston will compete for the best lead actor in a limited series award against Elba, who is nominated for Luther, and Cumberbatch, who has been recognised for Sherlock. Among the possible contenders include the TV sitcom “black-ish”, the transgender comedy “Transparent” and the Asian-American family comedy “Fresh Off the Boat”.
