The 61st Annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Emmy nominations have been announced. Here is a breakdown of the nominations for our sci-fi shows by number of nominations (categories nominated in follow title of show):
5 nominations:
Battlestar Galactica
Outstanding Directing for Drama Series
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (1 hr)
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series
Lost
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in Drama Series (Michael Emerson as Ben Linus)
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (1 hr)
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Pushing Daisies
Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
Outstanding Costumes for a Series
Outstanding Make-up for a Single-Camera Series (non-prosthetic)
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in Comedy Series (Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook)
3 nominations:
Big Bang Theory
Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
True Blood
Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Outstanding Main Title Design
2 nominations:
Ghost Whisperer
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
Heroes
Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series
Robot Chicken
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
Outstanding Animated Program
1 nomination:
American Dad
Outstanding Animated Program
BSG: The Face of the Enemy
Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program
Chuck
Outstanding Stunt Coordination
The Dharma Initiative
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media (fiction)
Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog
Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program
Fringe
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series
Legend of the Seeker
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
Life on Mars
Outstanding Cinematography for a 1 hr Series
Sanctuary
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series
Smallville
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (1 hr)
Southpark
Outstanding Animated Program
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
Wizards of Waverly Place
Outstanding Children’s Program
The Emmys will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris on September 20th at Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, CA. For a full list of Emmy nominees, visit the Academy’s site here.
[Rant] I can’t say that I’m surprised that some of our shows, say :cough: BSG for example :cough: , weren’t nominated for more awards that they obviously deserve at least a nomination for, but I’m at the very least glad that there were nods given to the technical effort and achievements made by sci-fi shows.
I’m massively excited for “Dr. Horrible” being nominated in the new short-format live-action category though it does pit Joss Whedon against former Buffy writer- Jane Espenson’s “BSG: Face of the Enemy”.
Why Bear McCreary didn’t get a nomination for his beautiful score for BSG, I have no frakking clue! His work on BSG and even T:TSCC, in my opinion, broke paradigms in television scores. Does the academy even use their ears?
The Academy’s picks definitely contrast that of the public’s as we can compare these nominations with the winners of the public vote for the Tater Top Awards announced earlier this week. At the Golden Tater Awards, Chuck and Lost were clearly popular, but the Academy is… well, not the public! [end Rant]
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[Source] Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
