Emmys: Who got snubbed?
by FRAZIER MOORE
That cliché about awards says it’ s an honour just to be nominated. But what about all the worthies Emmy overlooks each year? Are they being dishonoured by Emmy’ s neglect?
That cliché about awards says it’ s an honour just to be nominated. But what about all the worthies Emmy overlooks each year? Are they being dishonoured by Emmy’ s neglect? It was a question raised by Emmy’ s latest round of snubs as this year’ s nominees were announced. HBO’ s magnificent Treme? Jilted yet again. Same for AMC’ s The Walking Dead and HBO’ s
True Blood. They just seem to freak out Emmy judges.
Showtime’ s Dexter was shut out, too, with no Emmy love lost on Michael C. Hall( a past best-actor nominee five years in a row) or for Jennifer Carpenter, who, as Dexter’ s foul-mouthed sister, has never been nominated for one of TV’ s most vivid portrayals.
Anyone who saw Tatiana Maslany in BBC America’ s Orphan Black was floored by her multiple roles as identical women who were revealed to be clones. But Emmy shut its eyes to a salute for her.
FX’ s motorcycle drama Sons of Anarchy continues to get Emmy’ s cold shoulder, despite riveting performances from an impressive gang of actors( including Katey Sagal, who won a 2011 Golden Globe for her role as the motorcycle club’ s firey matriarch but, in her long career, has never snagged an Emmy nomination).
And what about The Americans, FX’ s splendid Cold War-era thriller? Sure, it scored a guestactress nod for Margo Martindale. But how to explain
Treme
zero recognition for terrific performances by stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys( not to mention the sly supporting-actor turn by Noah Emmerich)?
Nothing for New Girl. Speaking of indelible supporting actors: Christopher Heyerdahl as The Swede on AMC’ s Hell on Wheels, which, like Heyerdahl, was spurned by the Emmys.
And is there any point in lamenting a second year that Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman were forgotten along with their great work for AMC’ s The Killing?
Kevin Bacon’ s entry into series TV was received with excitement when Fox’ s serial-killer drama The Following debuted earlier this year, but it was“ hold the Bacon” at the Emmys as he and his series was ignored.
What a difference a year makes: Fox’ s comedy New Girl landed two Emmy nominations last season- for lead actress Zooey Deschanel and supporting actor Max Greenfield. They and the show got nada this year.
Jon Cryer, last year’ s best-actor winner for the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men, was also shut out of a nomination this year.
And Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet, last year’ s winner as comedy supporting actor, failed to make the cut this year. Three of Stonestreet’ s cast mates on the ABC hit were named instead.
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