My 2012 Emmy Nominations - Drama

Drama Nominations


After trying for about 20 minutes to write this post, I realize that I watch almost nothing worthy of Emmy awards except for Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad and Mad Men.  I do watch The Walking Dead and American Horror Story, but neither of those shows deserves Emmys for anything.  That being said, I will choose winners and runner-ups for each category, but I cannot do a full nomination breakdown.

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Christina Hendricks, "Mad Men"
Runner-Up: Lena Headey, "Game of Thrones"

Christina Hendricks took her performance to a whole new level this year, and thus deserves her Emmy.  I would have chosen Lena Headey, but she's going to win an award for season 5 of Game of Thrones (if they make it that far).  Maisie Williams was also in the running, although she has a strong chance of winning it in the next two years, for Seasons 3 or 4 of Game of Thrones.

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Vincent Kartheiser, "Mad Men"
Runner-Up: Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"

Vincent Kartheiser was brilliant on Mad Men this year and completely overshadowed everyone else on the show.  Aaron Paul or Peter Dinklage will likely win the real statue, although Peter Dinklage did not have enough to do on Game of Thrones to win this year, in my opinion.

Best Actress
Winner: Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"
Runner-Up: Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"

Make-up award for last year.  Also from a severe lack of worthy nominess.

Best Actor
Winner: Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Runner-Up: Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"

Poor Jon Hamm.  Last year was his one chance to win one of these, and Kyle Chandler ended up winning for 5 seasons of underappreciation on Friday Night Lights.  Bryan Cranston has a lock on this award until Breaking Bad airs its final season in 2013 (the same year Mad Men will air its final season).

Best Drama
Winner: Mad Men
Runner-Up: Game of Thrones

Like Bryan Cranston's hold over the Best Actor category, I can safely say that Mad Men will never lose Best Drama as long as it is on the air.  Game of Thrones was excellent this year, but its best seasons are yet to come.

My 2012 Emmy Nominations - Comedy

In years past I have made a list of my own Emmy nominations as a counter to the official lists, which are generally announced in August and awarded in September.  With the end of the 2011-12 season eligibility recently passing, I decided to make my list of Emmy nominations before my thinking becomes tainted by the official nominations.  This post will handle the comedy nominations, and the following post will handle the drama nominations. Winners are in italics.  (Note: I forgot that Curb Your Enthusiasm aired during the Emmy qualifying period, so I am revising these accordingly).

Comedy Nominations


Best Supporting Actress
Gillian Jacobs, "Community"
Allison Brie, "Community"
Cobie Smulders, "How I Met Your Mother"
Melissa Rauch, "The Big Bang Theory"
Rashida Jones, "Parks and Recreation"

Cobie Smulders absolutely killed it this year on How I Met Your Mother.  Gillian Jacobs would be my second choice.  Despite my occasional hatred towards The Big Bang Theory, Melissa Rauch (and the women in general) is the best thing about the show.  I can almost guarantee that none of my nominations will actually get nominated (except possibly Rauch).

Best Supporting Actor
Nick Offerman, "Parks and Recreation"
Danny Pudi, "Community"
Rob Lowe, "Parks and Recreation"
Garret Dillahunt, "Raising Hope"
Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother"


NPH was downright robbed last year, so this is partially a make-up win, but well-deserved for his performance this season.  My second choice would be Nick Offerman, who, under normal circumstances, I would like to win every year.  I will be satisfied with the Emmy committee if any of these 5 end up taking home the trophy, even though I know it's going to go to someone from Modern Family (which is completely undeserving this year).

Best Actress
Martha Plimpton, "Raising Hope"
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"
Zoey Deschanel, "The New Girl"
Julia-Louis Dreyfuss, "Veep"
Kaley Cuoco, "The Big Bang Theory"

This isn't even a contest.  Amy Poehler should have won last year, and she was even better this year.  A very, very distant second would be Martha Plimpton (who should really be in the supporting actress category).

Best Actor
Joel McHale, "Community"
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
David Duchovny, "Californication"
Josh Radnor, "How I Met Your Mother"

Curb had it's best season ever, and Larry David's performance is quite possibly one of the best comedy performances of all time.  David Duchovny would by my second choice.

Best Comedy
"Community"
"How I Met Your Mother"
"Parks and Recreation"
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
"Raising Hope"

Parks and Recreation is the best comedy currently on television, and no one will ever convince me otherwise.  However, I can almost guarantee Modern Family is going to win for the third season in a row, because the Emmy voters have trouble judging individual seasons on their own merits, and MF was bad this year.  Curb comes in a very, very close second.