Release: 63rd Primetime Emmy Nominations Announced

Thursday, July 14 – Nominations for the 63rd Primetime Emmy® Awards, covering the eligibility period of June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011, were announced today by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood, California. Television Academy Chairman and CEO John Shaffner presided over the nominations along with Mike & Molly’s Melissa McCarthy, and Joshua Jackson from the FOX drama Fringe. Five of the twelve nominated Comedy and Drama series are first time nominees this year, and seven of the twelve are network programs. New among the outstanding drama series nominees are Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones and Friday Night Lights; for outstanding comedy series, first time nominees are The Big Bang Theory and Parks and Recreation. Programs receiving ten or more nominations are Mildred Pierce, Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, Modern Family, Saturday Night Live, Game of Thrones, 30 Rock, Glee, Downton Abbey (Masterpiece), Too Big To Fail, American Idol and The Kennedys. This year’s outstanding comedy series performer categories feature a slew of familiar faces being recognized with an Emmy nomination for the first time, or for the first time in these particular comedy roles. They include: (leads) Melissa McCarthy in Mike & Molly, Martha Plimpton in Raising Hope, Laura Linney in The Big C, Johnny Galecki in The Big Bang Theory, Matt LeBlanc in Episodes, and Louis C.K. in Louie; (supporting performers) Betty White in Hot in Cleveland and Ed O’Neill in Modern Family; (guests) Elizabeth Banks and Matt Damon in 30 Rock, Gwyneth Paltrow and Dot-Marie Jones in Glee, Cloris Leachman in Raising Hope, Idris Elba in The Big C, Nathan Lane in Modern Family and Zach Galifianakis in Saturday Night Live. This marks Betty White’s 17th Emmy nomination and Cloris Leachman’s 22nd . Similar to the comedy categories, the outstanding drama series performer categories are comprised of many new nominees, including: (leads) Kathy Bates in Harry’s Law, Mireille Enos in The Killing, Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire and Timothy Olyphant in Justified; (supporting performers) Margo Martindale and Walton Goggins in Justified, Kelly Macdonald in Boardwalk Empire, Michelle Forbes in The Killing, Josh Charles and Alan Cumming in The Good Wife and Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones; (guests) Mary McDonnell in The Closer, Julia Stiles in Dexter, Loretta Devine in Grey’s Anatomy, Randee Heller and Cara Buono in Mad Men, Joan Cusack in Shameless, Alfre Woodard in True Blood, Bruce Dern in Big Love, Beau Bridges in Brothers & Sisters, Michael J. Fox in The Good Wife, Paul McCrane in Harry’s Law and Jeremy Davies in Justified. This year the Primetime Emmy Awards merged the miniseries and movie program categories to be consistent with the longstanding consolidation in longform individual achievement categories; e.g., lead and supporting actor and actress in movies and miniseries. The merger resulted in four nominations for miniseries and two for movies. First-time nominees in lead performance categories for miniseries and movie include Elizabeth McGovern in Downton Abbey (Masterpiece), Kate Winslet in Mildred Pierce, Taraji P. Henson in Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story, Edgar Ramirez in Carlos, Greg Kinnear in The Kennedys and Idris Elba in Luther. Additional first- time nominees in supporting performance categories for miniseries and movie include Evan Rachel Wood, Melissa Leo, Guy Pearce and Brian F. O’Byrne in Mildred Pierce, and Paul Giamatti and James Woods in Too Big To Fail. A total of 504 separate nominations in categories and areas, compiled by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, were distributed as follows: A&E – 2 ABC – 40 ABC.com – 2 AMC – 29 Animal Planet – 2 BBC America – 1 BIO – 2 Bravo – 5 Cartoon Network – 6 CBS – 50 Comedy Central – 11 CW – 1 DirecTV – 4 Discovery Channel – 5 Disney Channel – 2 Disney XD – 1 EPIX – 2 ESPN – 2 FOX – 42 Fox Movie Channel – 1 FOX.com – 1 FUSE – 1 FX Networks – 6 HBO – 104 HISTORY – 7 JayLenosGarage.com – 1 Lifetime – 3 MTV – 1 NBC – 46 NBC.com – 2 Nickelodeon – 6 OWN – 3 PBS – 43 ReelzChannel – 10 Showtime – 21 Starz – 9 Sundance Channel – 2 Syfy – 1 TBS – 3 TBS.com – 1 TCM – 3 TeenNick – 1 thedailyshow.com – 1 TNT – 3 Travel Channel – 4 TVLand – 3 USA – 1 Commercials – 6 (no network affiliation) *Please note: Stand Up To Cancer was broadcast on multiple networks. This program received one nomination and is included in the total of 504 nominations, but is not included in the individual network totals. The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards will air live from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on Sunday, September 18th at 8pm EDT/5pm PDT on the FOX Network. This year’s telecast will be executive produced by Mark Burnett and will be hosted by Jane Lynch. The Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be executive produced by Spike Jones Jr. and take place on Saturday, September 10th. Additional awards may also be given for the two "juried areas" (no nominations): Costumes for a Variety or Music Program and Individual Achievement in Animation. Additional awards may also be given for Engineering Development and the Governors Award. These awards, if any, will be announced later this month (with the exception of Engineering, which will be announced in October). Nomination rosters will be finalized during the period July 14 to July 28, 2011. The rosters may be revised in cases where names or titles are incorrect, or appeals for changes—including the addition or removal of names—are approved by the Primetime Awards Committee. Producer eligibility is based on both title and function. A review of title and function will be conducted by the Producers Peer Group, and the nominees in the program categories will be announced late-July. The complete list of Primetime Emmy nominations, Media Credentials, and other Television Academy news is available at www.Emmys.com. Please note: When listing programs with parenthetical titles, the parenthetical titles must be included, e.g., Downton Abbey is incorrect, but Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) is correct. Press Contacts: PMK*BNC for the Television Academy: Chris DiIorio 310-854-4866 chris.diiorio@pmkbnc.com JoannaCichocki 310-854-4773 joanna.cichocki@pmkbnc.com