HBO and Showtime Reveal 2013/2014 Emmy Category Placements
HBO and Showtime have revealed their category placements for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards and there are some head-scratchers. HBO has never been that much of a supporter of the younger folks in Game of Thrones in terms of Emmy pushes but even Jack Gleeson, after last night’s epic Purple Wedding episode, gets the shaft. He doesn’t appear in the Supporting or Guest categories. Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner (Arya and Sansa, respectively) do however appear in the Supporting Actress categories. They’re probably not much of a match for the previously nominated Emilia Clarke or even Lena Headey though. HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, last year’s winner in the Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category lists no fewer than nine gentlemen in the running. Jeffrey Wright would appear to have the best chance this year.
After announcing that the anthology series True Detective would be submitted for Drama Series instead of Miniseries as most expected, HBO has also decided to push Treme, a former four-season series, in the Miniseries category for its five-episode wrap-up. The show has never been an awards magnet so it’s unlikely this will have much of an impact but with True Detective out of the picture it does open up the possibility.
Over at Showtime, they recently announced a category switch for Shameless from Drama to Comedy. Joan Cusack has been nominated in the Guest Actress in a Drama Series category for three years in a row (the show’s only Emmy nods) and stands an excellent shot at a fourth. Although Emmy Rossum probably won’t benefit from the switch, William H. Macy might. His role and performance is far less dramatic than Rossum’s but Showtime also has Don Cheadle (House of Lies) and Matt LeBlanc (Episodes) to push and they’ve both been Emmy nominated for their roles two years running. The strangest choice Showtime has made though is to push Homeland‘s Damian Lewis in Lead for a season in which he barely appeared. The show, after a gangbusters first season of Emmy wins (including Drama Series, breaking Mad Men‘s four-season streak), fell out of favor with a sharp downturn in its second season with just Claire Danes and the show’s writing repeating wins.
Full list:
HBO:
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
Drama Lead Actor:
Steve Buscemi
Drama Supporting Actor:
Stephen Graham
Jack Huston
Ron Livingston
Michael Shannon
Paul Sparks
Michael Stuhlbarg
Shea Whigham
Michael K. Williams
Jeffrey Wright
Drama Supporting Actress:
Margot Bingham
Kelly Macdonald
Gretchen Mol
Drama Guest Actor:
Lou Gossett, Jr.
Drama Guest Actress:
Patricia Arquette
GAME OF THRONES
Drama Supporting Actor:
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Charles Dance
Peter Dinklage
Kit Harington
Drama Supporting Actress:
Emilia Clarke
Lena Headey
Sophie Turner
Maisie Williams
Drama Guest Actor:
Pedro Pascal
Drama Guest Actress:
Diana Rigg
THE NEWSROOM
Drama Lead Actor:
Jeff Daniels
Drama Supporting Actor:
John Gallagher Jr.
Dev Patel
Thomas Sadoski
Sam Waterston
Drama Supporting Actress:
Emily Mortimer
Olivia Munn
Alison Pill
Drama Guest Actor:
Hamish Linklater
Chris Messina
Drama Guest Actress:
Jane Fonda
Marcia Gay Harden
Constance Zimmer
TRUE BLOOD
Drama Lead Actor:
Stephen Moyer
Drama Lead Actress:
Anna Paquin
Drama Supporting Actor:
Chris Bauer
Nelsan Ellis
Ryan Kwanten
Joe Manganiello
Alexander Skarsgard
Sam Trammell
Drama Supporting Actress:
Kristin Bauer
Carrie Preston
Rutina Wesley
Deborah Ann Woll
TRUE DETECTIVE
Drama Lead Actor:
Woody Harrelson
Matthew McConaughey
Drama Supporting Actor:
Tory Kittles
Michael Potts
Drama Supporting Actress:
Michelle Monaghan
Drama Guest Actor:
Glen Flesher
Shea Whigham
EASTBOUND & DOWN
Comedy Lead Actor:
Danny McBride
Comedy Supporting Actor:
Steve Little
Ken Marino
Comedy Supporting Actress:
Katy Mixon
FAMILY TREE
Comedy Lead Actor:
Chris O’Dowd
Comedy Supporting Actor:
Ed Begley Jr.
Tom Bennett
Christopher Guest
Michael McKean
Jim Piddock
Fred Willard
Comedy Supporting Actress:
Carrie Aizley
Nina Conti
GETTING ON
Comedy Lead Actress:
Laurie Metcalf
Comedy Supporting Actor:
Mel Rodriguez
Comedy Supporting Actress:
Alex Borstein
Niecy Nash
Comedy Guest Actor:
Daniel Stern
Comedy Guest Actress:
Molly Shannon
June Squibb
GIRLS
Comedy Lead Actress:
Lena Dunham
Comedy Supporting Actor:
Adam Driver
Alex Karpovsky
Comedy Supporting Actress:
Jemima Kirke
Zosia Mamet
Allison Williams
Comedy Guest Actor:
Richard E. Grant
Andrew Rannells
Peter Scolari
Danny Strong
Comedy Guest Actress:
Becky Baker
Gaby Hoffmann
Louise Lasser
Patti LuPone
June Squibb
HELLO LADIES
Comedy Lead Actor:
Stephen Merchant
Comedy Supporting Actor:
Nate Torrence
Kevin Weisman
Comedy Supporting Actress:
Christine Woods
LOOKING
Comedy Lead Actor:
Jonathan Groff
Comedy Supporting Actor:
Frankie J. Alvarez
Murray Bartlett
Raul Castillo
Comedy Supporting Actress:
Lauren Weedman
Comedy Guest Actor:
Scott Bakula
Russell Tovey
SILICON VALLEY
Comedy Lead Actor:
Thomas Middleditch
Comedy Supporting Actor:
T.J. Miller
Kumail Nanjiani
Martin Starr
Christopher Evan Welch
Zach Woods
Comedy Guest Actor:
Matt Ross
VEEP
Comedy Lead Actress:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Comedy Supporting Actor:
Kevin Dunn
Tony Hale
Reid Scott
Timothy Simons
Matt Walsh
Comedy Supporting Actress:
Sufe Bradshaw
Anna Chlumsky
Comedy Guest Actor:
Gary Cole
CLEAR HISTORY
Movie/Mini Lead Actor:
Larry David
Movie/Mini Supporting Actor:
Bill Hader
Philip Baker Hall
Jon Hamm
Michael Keaton
Danny McBride
J.B. Smoove
Movie/Mini Supporting Actress:
Kate Hudson
Eva Mendes
THE NORMAL HEART
Movie/Mini Lead Actor:
Mark Ruffalo
Movie/Mini Supporting Actor:
Matt Bomer
Taylor Kitsch
Joe Mantello
Alfred Molina
Jim Parsons
Movie/Mini Supporting Actress:
Julia Roberts
MUHAMMED ALI’S GREATEST FIGHT
Movie/Mini Lead Actor:
Christopher Plummer
Benjamin Walker
Movie/Mini Supporting Actor:
Danny Glover
Frank Langella
TREME
Movie/Mini Lead Actor:
Clarke Peters
Wendell Pierce
Movie/Mini Lead Actress:
Khandi Alexander
Movie/Mini Supporting Actor:
David Morse
Movie/Mini Supporting Actress:
Luica Micarelli
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