Breaking Bad - Nominations Contain Plenty Of Surprises - Hollywood Reporter - Emmys 2012

The 64th total Primetime Emmy nominations have been introduced this morning, more than one of the TV Academy's inclusions and exclusions found pundits by surprise.

Sure, anyone knew that presently there could well be significant showings from coming back again favorites like Mad Men (AMC), Breaking Bad (AMC), and also Modern Family (ABC). But it was before something although several which Downton Abbey (PBS), Girls (HBO), plus Veep (HBO) might have massive days. Or which The Good Wife (CBS), Parks & Rec (NBC), plus Boss (Starz) could be dealt major snubs.

Let's dissect what exactly happened, category-by-category.

BEST DRAMA SERIES There were six casino wars pertaining to seven acceptable contenders: Mad Men, Breaking Bad , Downton Abbey, Homeland (Showtime), Boardwalk Empire (HBO), Game of Thrones (HBO), and The Good Wife (CBS). Disappointment for just one ones was inevitable. Mad Men, Breaking Bad, in addition to Homeland, your year's discovery drama, generally looked safe. Downton seemed to be hoping to produce the soar with the ideal movie/mini-series kind (which the item won last calendar year around HBO's Mildred Pierce) to the one, plus I was not convinced than a PBS show particularly cost-free year associated with this one, that has not recently been compared favorably to help its first could continue to remain competitive within this category, which is right now dominated through cable connection networks of which tend to produce edgier programming because they can point out plus display anything they'd like. Indeed, one hasn't since 1988, along with had merely done hence seven times considering that the group was made in 1951.

But, inside the end, Downton's massive acceptance it gotten at least one actor nom within every category, including a complete of five performing noms, a number bettered solely by way of Hill Street Blues inside 1981, as much as I might say to helped them to displace not just one of both HBO shows, nevertheless alternatively The Good Wife, that's nominated with this category in all the not one but two prior a long time whereby it had been eligible. Had neither The Good Wife nor Downton made the cut, it might happen to be at first chance inside background that your transmit system drama wasn't among the list of category's nominees. Also associated with note: Dexter (Showtime) has been knocked away from the following category for your brand new within all 5 years.

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BEST COMEDY SERIES Modern Family and also 30 Rock (NBC) were generally visiting be included, as they have already been considering these were first eligible with 3 years ago and 2010, respectively. (Indeed, zero different exhibit provides won this kind throughout that will occasion period.) After them, though, the surest gamble appeared to end up being the actual four-camera The Big Bang Theory (CBS) in addition to single-camera Parks & Rec (NBC), which have equally been recently accepted through critics as well as the criminal court and are both on its way away from considered one of the most beautiful seasons.