{"id":7302,"date":"2013-07-19T02:45:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T06:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=7302"},"modified":"2013-07-22T08:05:28","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T12:05:28","slug":"the-emmys-list-of-nominees-is-out-and-there-are-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/the-emmys-list-of-nominees-is-out-and-there-are-surprises.html","title":{"rendered":"The Emmys List Of Nominees Is Out &#8230; And There Are Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/blog\/3762848\/?claim=qe9rdacakx6\">Follow my blog with Bloglovin<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Emmys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7305\" alt=\"Emmys\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Emmys-300x203.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Emmys-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Emmys.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s time for the 65th annual Emmy Awards, and it airs on Sunday, September 22nd at 8pm EST on CBS. I was going to post the entire list of nominees when I realized that it&#8217;s 71 pages long on Microsoft Word. Uhm, no thanks. So I&#8217;ll just post the most popular categories. I didn&#8217;t even scroll to the 71st page, so you can check out the full list of nominees for yourself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emmys.com\/nominations\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. The ones I&#8217;m rooting for are highlighted in pink.I&#8217;m shocked that Jeff Perry (Cyrus on Scandal) didn&#8217;t get nominated. So who are you rooting for?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1. \u00a0Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Breaking Bad:\u00a0<\/b>Bryan Cranston as Walter White<\/p>\n<p><b>Downton Abbey:\u00a0<\/b>Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>Homeland:\u00a0<\/b>Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">House Of Cards:\u00a0<\/b>Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Mad Men:\u00a0<\/b>Jon Hamm as Don Draper<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The Newsroom:\u00a0<\/b>Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2. \u00a0Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Bates Motel:\u00a0<\/b>Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates<\/p>\n<p><b>Downton Abbey:\u00a0<\/b>Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Homeland:\u00a0<\/b>Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">House Of Cards:\u00a0<\/b>Robin Wright as Claire Underwood<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Mad Men:\u00a0<\/b>Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson<\/p>\n<p><b>Nashville:\u00a0<\/b>Connie Britton as Rayna James<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Scandal:\u00a0<\/b>Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3. Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>Behind The Candelabra:\u00a0<\/b>Michael Douglas as Liberace<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>Behind The Candelabra:\u00a0<\/b>Matt Damon as Scott Thorson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The Girl:\u00a0<\/b>Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Parade&#8217;s End:\u00a0<\/b>Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Phil Spector:\u00a0<\/b>Al Pacino as Phil Spector<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">4. \u00a0Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>American Horror Story:\u00a0<\/b>Jessica Lange as Sister Jude Martin<\/p>\n<p><b>The Big C:\u00a0<\/b>Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Phil Spector:\u00a0<\/b>Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney-Baden<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Political Animals:\u00a0<\/b>Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Top Of The Lake:\u00a0<\/b>Elisabeth Moss as Robin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">5. \u00a0Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>American Idol:\u00a0<\/b>Ryan Seacrest, Host<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Betty White&#8217;s Off Their Rockers:\u00a0<\/b>Betty White, Host<\/p>\n<p><b>Dancing With The Stars:\u00a0<\/b>Tom Bergeron, Host<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Project Runway:\u00a0<\/b>Heidi Klum, Host |\u00a0Tim Gunn, Host<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>So You Think You Can Dance:\u00a0<\/b>Cat Deeley, Host<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Taste:\u00a0<\/b>Anthony Bourdain, Host<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">6. \u00a0Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Arrested Development:\u00a0<\/b>Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>The Big Bang Theory:\u00a0<\/b>Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Episodes:\u00a0<\/b>Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">House Of Lies:\u00a0<\/b>Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Louie:\u00a0<\/b>Louis C.K. as Louie<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">30 Rock:\u00a0<\/b>Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">7. \u00a0Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Enlightened:\u00a0<\/b>Laura Dern as Amy<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Girls:\u00a0<\/b>Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Nurse Jackie:\u00a0<\/b>Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Parks And Recreation:\u00a0<\/b>Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>30 Rock:\u00a0<\/b>Tina Fey as Liz Lemon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Veep:\u00a0<\/b>Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">8. \u00a0Outstanding Variety Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Colbert Report<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><b>Late Night With Jimmy Fallon<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Real Time With Bill Maher<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Saturday Night Live<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">9. \u00a0Outstanding Miniseries Or Movie<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>American Horror Story<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Behind The Candelabra<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The Bible<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Phil Spector<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Political Animals<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Top Of The Lake<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">10 \u00a0Outstanding Comedy Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>The Big Bang Theory<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Girls<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Louie<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Modern Family<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><b>30 Rock<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Veep<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">11. Outstanding Drama Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Breaking Bad<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Downton Abbey<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Game Of Thrones<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Homeland<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>House Of Cards<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Mad Men<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">12. \u00a0Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Boardwalk Empire:\u00a0<\/b>Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti<\/p>\n<p><b>Breaking Bad:\u00a0<\/b>Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut<\/p>\n<p><b>Breaking Bad:\u00a0<\/b>Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman<\/p>\n<p><b>Downton Abbey:\u00a0<\/b>Jim Carter as Mr. Carson<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>Game Of Thrones:\u00a0<\/b>Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Homeland:\u00a0<\/b>Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">13. \u00a0Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Breaking Bad:\u00a0<\/b>Anna Gunn as Skyler White<\/p>\n<p><b>Downton Abbey:\u00a0<\/b>Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Game Of Thrones:\u00a0<\/b>Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The Good Wife:\u00a0<\/b>Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Homeland:\u00a0<\/b>Morena Baccarin as Jessica Brody<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Mad Men:\u00a0<\/b>Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">14. \u00a0Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Good Wife:\u00a0<\/b>Nathan Lane as Clarke Hayden<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The Good Wife:\u00a0<\/b>Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Homeland:\u00a0<\/b>Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Mad Men:\u00a0<\/b>Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Mad Men:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Harry Hamlin as Jim Cutler<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Scandal:\u00a0<\/b>Dan Bucatinsky as James Novack<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">15. \u00a0Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Americans:\u00a0<\/b>Margo Martindale as Claudia<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Game Of Thrones:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Good Wife:\u00a0<\/b>Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni<\/p>\n<p><b>Mad Men:\u00a0<\/b>Linda Cardellini as Sylvia Rosen<\/p>\n<p><b>The Newsroom:\u00a0<\/b>Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing<\/p>\n<p><b>Shameless:\u00a0<\/b>Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">16. \u00a0Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Breaking Bad:\u00a0<\/b>George Mastras, Written by<\/p>\n<p><b>Breaking Bad:\u00a0<\/b>Thomas Schnauz, Written by<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Downton Abbey:\u00a0<\/b>Julian Fellowes, Written by<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Game Of Thrones: D<\/b>avid Benioff, Written by |\u00a0D.B. Weiss, Written by<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Homeland:\u00a0<\/b>Henry Bromell, Written by<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">17. \u00a0Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Boardwalk Empire<\/b>Tim Van Patten, Directed by<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Breaking Bad:\u00a0<\/b>Michelle MacLaren, Directed by<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Downton Abbey:\u00a0<\/b>Jeremy Webb, Directed by<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Homeland:\u00a0<\/b>Lesli Linka Glatter, Directed by<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">House Of Cards:\u00a0<\/b>David Fincher, Directed by<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">18. \u00a0Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Girls:\u00a0<\/b>Adam Driver as Adam Sackler<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Modern Family:\u00a0<\/b>Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Modern Family:\u00a0<\/b>Ed O&#8217;Neill as Jay Pritchett<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Modern Family:\u00a0<\/b>Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Saturday Night Live:\u00a0<\/b>Bill Hader as Various characters<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Veep:\u00a0<\/b>Tony Hale as Gary Walsh<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">19. \u00a0Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>The Big Bang Theory:\u00a0<\/b>Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Glee:\u00a0<\/b>Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>Modern Family:\u00a0<\/b>Sofia Vergara as Gloria Pritchett<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Modern Family:\u00a0<\/b>Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Nurse Jackie:\u00a0<\/b>Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow<\/p>\n<p><b>30 Rock:\u00a0<\/b>Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney<\/p>\n<p><b>Veep:\u00a0<\/b>Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">20. \u00a0Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>The Big Bang Theory:\u00a0<\/b>Bob Newhart as Arthur Jeffries\/Professor Proton<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Modern Family:\u00a0<\/b>Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Nurse Jackie:\u00a0<\/b>Bobby Cannavale as Dr. Mike Cruz<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Saturday Night Live:\u00a0<\/b>Louis C.K., Host<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Saturday Night Live:\u00a0<\/b>Justin Timberlake, Host<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">30 Rock:\u00a0<\/b>Will Forte as Paul<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">21. \u00a0Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Enlightened:\u00a0<\/b>Molly Shannon as Eileen Foliente<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Glee:\u00a0<\/b>Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Louie:\u00a0<\/b>Melissa Leo as Laurie<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Saturday Night Live:\u00a0<\/b>Melissa McCarthy, Host<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Saturday Night Live:\u00a0<\/b>Kristen Wiig, Host<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">30 Rock:\u00a0<\/b>Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">22.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Girls:\u00a0<\/b>Lena Dunham, Directed by<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Glee:\u00a0<\/b>Paris Barclay, Directed by<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Louie:\u00a0<\/b>Louis C.K., Directed by<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Modern Family:\u00a0<\/b>Gail Mancuso, Directed by<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">30 Rock:\u00a0<\/b>Beth McCarthy-Miller, Directed by<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">23. \u00a0Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>American Horror Story: <\/b>James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">American Horror Story:\u00a0<\/b>Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Behind The Candelabra:\u00a0<\/b>Scott Bakula as Bob Black<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The Big C:\u00a0<\/b>John Benjamin Hickey as Sean<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Top Of The Lake:\u00a0<\/b>Peter Mullan as Matt<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">24. \u00a0Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>American Horror Story:\u00a0<\/b>Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The Girl:\u00a0<\/b>Imelda Staunton as Alma Hitchcock<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Political Animals:\u00a0<\/b>Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish Worthington<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Restless:\u00a0<\/b>Charlotte Rampling as Sally Gilmartin<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Steel Magnolias:\u00a0<\/b>Alfre Woodard as Ouiser<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">25. \u00a0Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ff99cc;\"><b>Behind The Candelabra:\u00a0<\/b>Richard LaGravenese, Written by<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 13px; 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