The 2011 Emmy Nominations have been announced and among the nominees you'll find all the major names you've been expecting, except for me, as I was hoping to see
"Fringe" on that list. Another surprise, pleasant I would say, is that the miniseries
"Carlos" earned two nominations for Best Directing and Best Lead Actor (Edgar Ramirez). If you recall, this 6 hour movie won the Golden Globe for Best Miniseries even though it faced last year's Emmy winner
"The Pacific" as competition. You can read a review
here. One new TV series that didn't quite make a huge impression is Showtime's
"Shameless" which received only one nomination, for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Joan Cusack). Here's a quick count of some of the major TV productions and their total number of nominations :
- Mildred Pierce (miniseries) - 21 nominations
- Mad Men - 19 nominations
- Boardwalk Empire - 18 nominations
- Modern Family - 17 nominations
- 30 Rock - 14 nominations
- Game of Thrones - 13 nominations
- Glee - 12 nominations
- The Good Wife - 9 nominations
- Dexter - 5 nominations
- The Office - 4 nominations
- True Blood - 4 nominations
- Grey's Anatomy - 3 nominations
- Nurse Jackie - 2 nominations
To read the complete list of nominations for the major categories, read the full article.
