The Emmys, America’s major television awards. are now just a few weeks away and the nominees have just been announced… and it’s quite a diverse line-up.
The list of Emmy nominees has been released and, as always, there are some notable thumbs-up for some favourites and some apparent snubs for shows deemed just as worthy in the ratings. There are far too many categories, never mind nominees, to list here, but here’s a note of some of the main categories that will be of interest to Impact readers…
Lead Actor in a Drama:
Kyle Chandler, “Bloodline”
Rami Malek, “Mr. Robot”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”
Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”
Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards”
Lead Actress in a Drama:
Claire Danes, “Homeland”
Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder”
Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”
Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”
Keri Russell, “The Americans”
Robin Wright, “House of Cards”
Lead Actor in a Limited Series:
Bryan Cranston, “All the Way”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride”
Idris Elba, “Luther”
Cuba Gooding Jr., “The People vs. O.J. Simpson”
Tom Hiddleston, “The Night Manager”
Courtney B. Vance, “The People vs. O.J. Simpson”
Lead Actress in a Limited Series:
Kirsten Dunst, “Fargo”
Felicity Huffman, “American Crime”
Audra McDonald, “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grille”
Sarah Paulson, “The People v. O.J. Simpson”
Lili Taylor, “American Crime”
Kerry Washington, “Confirmation”
Drama series:
“The Americans”
”Better Call Saul”
”Downton Abbey”
”Game of Thrones”
”Homeland”
”House of Cards”
”Mr. Robot”
Outstanding Limited Series:
“American Crime”
“Fargo”
“The Night Manager”
“The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”
“Roots”
TV Movie:
“All the Way”
“Confirmation”
“Luther”
“Sherlock: The Abominable Bride”
“A Very Murray Christmas”
Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie:
“The Blacklist“
“Game Of Thrones“
“Gotham“
“Marvel’s Daredevil“
“Rush Hour“
The actual Emmy Award show will be screened on 18th September…
