Emmy Awards 2014 - Discussion thread. Breaking Bad wins best Drama Series

[grim22]

Drama series– “Breaking Bad” (AMC) - WINNER– “Downton Abbey” (PBS)– “Game of Thrones” (HBO)– “House of Cards” (Netflix)– “Mad Men” (AMC)– “True Detective” (HBO)

 

Comedy series– “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)– “Louie” (FX)– “Modern Family” (ABC) - WINNER– “Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)– “Silicon Valley” (HBO)– “Veep” (HBO)

 

Miniseries– “American Horror Story: Coven” (FX)– “Bonnie and Clyde” (A&E)– “Fargo” (FX) - WINNER– “Luther” (BBC America)– “Treme” (HBO)– “The White Queen” (BBC America)

 

TV Movie– “Killing Kennedy” (National Geographic)– “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” (HBO)– “The Normal Heart” (HBO) - WINNER– “Sherlock: His Last Vow” (BBC America)– “The Trip to Bountiful” (Lifetime)

 

Variety Series– “The Colbert Report” (Comedy Central) - WINNER– “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” (Comedy Central)– “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC)– “Real Time With Bill Maher” (HBO)– “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)– “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC)

 

Reality-Competition Program– “The Amazing Race” (CBS) - WINNER– “Dancing With The Stars” (ABC)– “Project Runway” (Lifetime)– “So You Think You Can Dance” (FOX)– “Top Chef” (Bravo)– “The Voice” (NBC)

 

Actor in a drama– Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” - WINNER– Jeff Daniels, “The Newsroom”– Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”– Woody Harrelson, “True Detective”– Matthew McConaughey, “True Detective”– Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards”

 

Actress in a drama– Lizzy Caplan, “Masters of Sex”– Claire Danes, “Homeland”– Michelle Dockery, “Downton Abbey”– Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife” - WINNER– Kerry Washington, “Scandal”– Robin Wright, “House of Cards” 

 

Actor in a comedy– Louis C.K, “Louie”– Don Cheadle, “House of Lies”– Ricky Gervais, “Derek”– Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes”– William H. Macy, “Shameless”– Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory” - WINNER

 

Actress in a comedy– Lena Dunham, “Girls”– Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”– Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” - WINNER– Melissa McCarthy, “Mike & Molly”– Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”– Taylor Schilling, “Orange is the New Black”

 

Actor in a miniseries or a movie– Chiwetel Ejiofor, “Dancing On The Edge”– Martin Freeman, “Fargo”– Billy Bob Thornton, “Fargo”– Idris Elba, “Luther”– Mark Ruffalo, “The Normal Heart”– Benedict Cumberbatch, “Sherlock: His Last Vow” - WINNER

 

Actress in a miniseries or a movie– Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story: Coven” - WINNER– Sarah Paulson, “American Horror Story: Coven”– Helena Bonham Carter, “Burton And Taylor”– Minnie Driver, “Return To Zero”– Kristen Wiig, “The Spoils Of Babylon”– Cicely Tyson, “The Trip To Bountiful”

 

Supporting actor in a drama series– Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad” - WINNER– Jim Carter, “Downton Abbey”– Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”– Josh Charles, “The Good Wife”– Mandy Patinkin, “Homeland”– Jon Voight, “Ray Donovan”

 

Supporting actress in a drama series– Anna Gunn, “Breaking Bad” - WINNER– Maggie Smith, “Downton Abbey”– Joanne Froggatt, “Downton Abbey”– Lena Headey, “Game of Thrones”– Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife”– Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”

 

Supporting actor in a comedy series– Andre Braugher, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”– Adam Driver, “Girls”– Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “Modern Family”– Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”  - WINNER– Fred Armisen, “Portlandia”– Tony Hale, “Veep”

 

Supporting actress in a comedy series– Mayim Bialik, “The Big Bang Theory”– Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”– Allison Janney, “Mom” - WINNER– Kate Mulgrew, “Orange is the New Black”– Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”– Anna Chlumsky, “Veep”

 

Supporting actor in a miniseries or a movie– Colin Hanks, “Fargo”– Jim Parsons, “The Normal Heart”– Joe Mantello, “The Normal Heart”– Alfred Molina, “The Normal Heart”– Matt Bomer, “The Normal Heart”– Martin Freeman, “Sherlock: His Last Vow” - WINNER

 

Supporting actress in a miniseries or a movie– Frances Conroy, “American Horror Story: Coven”– Kathy Bates, “American Horror Story: Coven” - WINNER– Angela Bassett, “American Horror Story: Coven”– Allison Tolman, “Fargo”– Ellen Burstyn, “Flowers In The Attic”– Julia Roberts, “The Normal Heart”

 

Writing for a drama series– Moira Walley-Beckett, “Breaking Bad” - WINNER– Vince Gilligan, “Breaking Bad”– David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, “Game of Thrones”– Beau Willimon, “House of Cards”– Nic Pizzolatto, “True Detective”

 

Writing for a comedy series– David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik, “Episodes”– Louis C.K., “Louie” - WINNER– Liz Friedman and Jenji Kohan, “Orange is the New Black”– Alec Berg, “Silicon Valley”– Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche and Armando Iannucci, “Veep”

 

Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special– Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, “American Horror Story: Coven”– Noah Hawley, “Fargo”– Neil Cross, “Luther”– Larry Kramer, “The Normal Heart”– Steven Moffat, “Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece)” - WINNER– David Simon, Eric Overmyer, “Treme”

 

Writing For A Variety Special– Ken Ehrlich, David Wild, “The Beatles: The Night That ChangedAmerica,” CBS– Billy Crystal, “Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays,” HBO– Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Jon Macks, Dave Boone, Alex Baze, RobertCarlock, Sam Means, Seth Meyers, Mike Shoemaker, “The 71st Annual Golden GlobeAwards,” NBC– Sarah Silverman, “Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles,” HBO - WINNER– Dave Boone, Paul Greenberg, “67th Annual Tony Awards,” CBS

 

Directing for a drama series– Tim Van Patten, “Boardwalk Empire”– Vince Gilligan, “Breaking Bad”– David Evans, “Downton Abbey”– Neil Marshall, “Game Of Thrones”– Carl Franklin, “House Of Cards”– Cary Joji Fukunaga, “True Detective” - WINNER

 

Directing for a comedy series– Iain B. MacDonald, “Episodes”– Paris Barclay, “Glee”– Louis C.K., “Louie”– Gail Mancuso, “Modern Family” - WINNER– Jodie Foster, “Orange is the New Black”– Mike Judge, “Silicon Valley”

 

Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special– Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, “American Horror Story: Coven”– Adam Bernstein, “Fargo”– Colin Bucksey, “Fargo” - WINNER– Stephen Frears, “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight”– Ryan Murphy, “The Normal Heart”– Nick Hurran, “Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece)”

 

Directing For A Variety Special– Gregg Gelfand, “The Beatles: The Night That Changed America,” CBS– Louis J. Horvitz, “The Kennedy Center Honors,” CBS– Hamish Hamilton, “The Oscars,” ABC– James Lapine, “Six By Sondheim,” HBO– Beth McCarthy Miller, Rob Ashford, “The Sound Of Music Live!,” NBC– Glenn Weiss, “67th Annual Tony Awards,” CBS - WINNER

Edited August 26, 2014 by grim22

[grim22]

Whose smart idea was it to hold the Emmys on a Monday? At least Seth Myers poked fun at that decision repeatedly in the monologue.

[CJohn]

I am watching RAW. I will see who won tomorrow.

[grim22]

I am watching RAW. I will see who won tomorrow.

 

One advantage of being in Pacific time zone, Raw is still 3 hours away from starting 

[4815162342]

Opening monologue was very good.

 

And Jimmy Kimmel is ripping up Matthew McConaughey right now, it's glorious.

[Ezen Baklattan]

Not Kate Mulgrew? 

[darkelf]

Wow, Janney won 2 today.

[darkelf]

T.J. Miller

 

[grim22]

Wanted Mike Judge to win, Silicon Valley is an awesome show that deserves more recognition.

[4815162342]

Everyone wants a piece of Matthew McConaughey tonight

[darkelf]

Shut up, Craig!

[4815162342]

love this Billy Eichner bit

[grim22]

Hey, its the guy who got killed off within 30 minutes in Godzilla.

[darkelf]

A Barely Legal Pawn reunion

[darkelf]

Screw you Sheldon for making a great speech for your undeserved award!

[MrPink]

Julie Louis Dreyfus slaying.

[grim22]

Seinfeld (or Barely Legal Pawn) reunion 

 

[Water Bottle]

T.J. Miller

 

 

I wonder if his Transformers role is the reason the guy (who plays the same character every time) was chosen to answer that question.

[Fancyarcher]

The emmy's are playing it predictable and boring as usual. I swear I'm watching a repeat of last year's Emmy's.

Edited August 26, 2014 by Pokearcher

[grim22]

Now that most of the comedy stuff is out of the way, miniseries is up next and finally drama. Weird hierarchy.