In this image released by HBO Kerry Washington appears in a scene from, “Confirmation“.
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Game of Thrones confirmed its dominance of the TV landscape on Thursday when its sixth season picked up 23 nominations for the Emmy awards, just one short of the record 24 nominations it received the previous year. The shows claimed the top drama and comedy series prizes at last year’s Emmy ceremony. The FX show Fargo and mini-series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story were the next most nominated.
Dutchess County resident Liev Schreiber and Jimmy Fallon, who grew up in Saugerties and launched his comedy career in Poughkeepsie, were among numerous Hudson Valley links revealed when the Emmy Award nominations were announced Thursday.
The most star-studded category was perhaps lead actor in a limited series or TV movie which included six-time Emmy victor Bryan Cranston, who has received rave reviews for anchoring HBO’s Lyndon B Johnson biopic All the Way. Two-time victor Julianna Margulies, who was snubbed a year ago, is MIA, as is Christine Baranski, who was until now the only Good Wifeactor to have been nominated every season.
That went to Taraji P. Henson in the best actress in a drama category for her portrayal of family matriarch Cookie Lyon. Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, which was nominated first as a comedy and then as a drama in past years, didn’t get a drama nom this time around, and none of its stars – not even two-time victor Uzo Aduba – were recognized. “But if “Game of Thrones” keeps gets getting nominated year after year, then more and more people are likely going to watch it”. But finally the Academy has stumbled across “The Americans” and its two splendid leads, handing a nomination to the series as well as to Matthew Rhys as best lead actor and Keri Russell as best lead actress (the first-ever nominations for both these veteran stars).
Also in the best comedy category is “Master of None“, starring Aziz Ansari as a struggling NY actor coping with personal and professional woes. Alas, it didn’t. This marks the first time since 2000 that an incarnation of The Daily Show has not been nominated, and this also means we’ll get a non-Daily Show, non-Colbert victor for the first time since, ironically, David Letterman’s Late Show won in 2002. His series “Horace And Pete” was nominated twice, for best multi-camera editing for a comedy and best guest actress for Laurie Metcalf. And if that’s the case, why haven’t those platforms earned more respectful nods from TV’s integral body, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences? I am thrilled that this important story was recognized in so many areas.
“Talking Dead” once again received a nomination for Outstanding Interactive Program, its second consecutive nomination in this category.
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The show, which received only one major nomination past year in its freshman season, landed in the best comedy category. “Black-ish” star Anthony Anderson and “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” actress Lauren Graham help reveal the names at a live stream event, AceShowbiz said.
