HBO's 'Sopranos' and 'Bury My Heart' Top Emmy Nominations
By: Sharifah Chammas
July 20,
North Hollywood,
Calif. – HBO dominates this year’s Primetime Emmy nominees with its drama series “Sopranos” and movie “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” ruling all categories. The final installment of the suburban mafia drama nabbed an astounding 15 Emmy nods, including best drama series and best acting noms for James Gandolfini and Edie Falco. “Bury My Heart,” a drama about Native Americans, earned 17.
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano. Courtesy of HBO.
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The cable network garnered a total of 86 nominations followed by ABC, with a solid 70 and NBC with 69. Other top network contenders include: CBS (44), Fox (28) and PBS (24).
This year's Emmy voters showed a lot of love for first-timers and a lot less, in some cases, none for old favorites. Emmy freshman raked in 60 percent of the nominations.
Here is a brief list of notable Emmy snubs and newcomer love:
- ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” received a paltry one nomination for Felicity Huffman.
- The diagnosis is lukewarm for “Grey’s Anatomy” which earned four supporting nominations this year, but none for Patrick Dempsey or Ellen Pompeo.
- A panning from critics about the a sub par season destroyed the chances for Fox’s “ 24” to secure a nom for best drama series to where newcomers Fox’s “Boston Legal” and NBC’s “Heroes” join former nominees “Sopranos” and “House.”
- ABC’s comedy freshman “Ugly Betty” won’t be a wallflower at this year’s formal: the series cleaned up nicely wit a total of 11 nominations, including noms for best comedy series and a noms for the show’s stars America Ferrera and Vanessa Williams.
- For the first time, Survivor does not make the cut in the reality show category.
- One category remained safe from newcomers – best lead actor in a drama series. Only returning nominees will battle it out in this category: Gandolfini (“Sopranos,”) Kiefer Sutherland (“24,”) James Spader (“Boston Legal,”) and Hugh Laurie (Fox’s “House M.D.”).
Fox broadcasts the Academy of Television and Arts’ 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 16 at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Academy's black tie Governor's Ball will be hosted next door at the Shrine Exhibition Hall after the awards ceremony.
Primetime emmy nominees Jon Cryer and Kyra Sedgwick, along with the Television Academy's CEO and Chairman, Dick Askin, announced the nominees early Thursday morning at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood.
Sedgwick received a nomination for Actress in a Drama Series for her starring role in "The Closer." Cryer is a nominee in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for "Two and a Half Men."
Here is a summary list of this year's Primetime Emmy nominees:
Drama series
Boston Legal
Grey's Anatomy
Heroes
House
The Sopranos
Comedy series
Entourage
The Office
30 Rock
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty
Actor in a drama series
James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Hugh Laurie, House
Denis Leary, Rescue Me
James Spader,
Boston Legal
Kiefer Sutherland, 24
Actress in a drama series
Patricia Arquette, Medium
Minnie Driver, The Riches
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Actor in a comedy series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Ricky Gervais, Extras
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men
Actress in a comedy series
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Supporting actor in a drama series
William Shatner, Boston Legal
T.R. Knight, Grey's Anatomy
Masi Oka, Heroes
Terry O'Quinn, Lost
Michael Emerson, Lost
Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos
Supporting actress in a drama series
Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
Katherine Heigl, Grey's Anatomy
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
Aida Turturro, The Sopranos
Lorraine Bracco, The Sopranos
Supporting actor in a comedy series
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Rainn Wilson, The Office
Jon Cryer, Two And A Half Men
Supporting actress in a comedy series
Jaime Pressly, My Name Is Earl
Jenna Fischer, The Office
Conchata Ferrell, Two And A Half Men
Holland Taylor, Two And A Half Men
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Reality show, competition
American Idol
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
The Amazing Race
Top Chef
Reality show
Antiques Roadshow
Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan
Extreme Makeover Home Edition
Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List
Penn & Teller: Bull——!
Miniseries
Broken Trail
The Starter Wife
Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Made-for-television movie
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Inside The
Twin
Towers
Longford
The Ron Clark Story
Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy
Lead actor in a miniseries or movie
Robert Duvall, Broken Trail
Tom Selleck, Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Jim Broadbent, Longford
William H. Macy, Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Umney's Last Case
Matthew Perry, The Ron Clark Story
Lead actress in a miniseries or movie
Queen Latifah, Life Support
Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre)
Mary-Louise Parker, The Robber Bride
Debra Messing, The Starter
Wife,
USA
Gena Rowlands, What if God Were the Sun
Supporting actor in a miniseries or movie
Thomas Haden Church, Broken Trail
August Schellenberg, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Aidan Quinn, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Edward Asner, The Christmas Card
Joe Mantegna, The Starter Wife
Supporting actress in a miniseries or movie
Greta Scacchi, Broken Trail
Anna Paquin, Bury My Heart at
Wounded Knee
Samantha Morton, Longford
Judy Davis, The Starter Wife
Toni Collette, Tsunami, The Aftermath
