The Emmy is America's most prestigious television award. Since 1949, the American Television Academy annually selects the best TV series and TV shows, as well as the best actors and actresses to take part in television projects. In 2012, the Emmy will be awarded for the 64th time. This year the award ceremony will take place according to tradition before the official start of the next TV season - in September, and so far only the names of the nominees are known.
The list of nominees for the 2012 Emmy was announced on July 19, 2012 in Los Angeles. The list was announced by actress Kerry Washington and comedian Jimmy Kimmel. ABC TV channel broadcast the ceremony live.
The Best Drama Series category includes: the fantasy TV series Game of Thrones, based on the novels by George Martin; "Boardwalk Empire", which tells the story of Atlantic City gangsters during the "Prohibition"; The Mad Men series about advertisers, which won this nomination for four years in a row; British drama "Downton Abbey". Also, the premiere of the previous TV season "Alien Among Friends" and one of the projects of the AMC channel "Breaking Bad" will compete for the statuette.
The title of the best comedy series is claimed by the multiple winners of "Studio 30" and "American Family", previously nominated for "Emmy" "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "The Big Bang Theory", as well as new items in 2012 "Girls" and "Vice President" …
In the nomination "Best Miniseries or Film", the battle will unfold between the horror "American Horror Story", biographical dramas "The Game Has Changed" and "Hemingway and Gellhorn", British detectives "Sherlock: Scandal in Belgravia" and "Luther" and based on real the events of the American mini-series Hatfields & McCoys.
Best Drama Actor nominated Brian Cranston (Breaking Bad), Steve Buscemi (as Enoch Thompson in Underground Empire), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Hugh Bonneville (Robert Crowley in Downton Abbey "), John Hamm (director of advertising agency in the TV series Mad Men) and Damien Lewis (Sergeant Brody," Stranger Among Friends "). For Bonneville and Lewis, this is their first Emmy nomination.
For Best Actress in a Drama Series, last year's winner Julianne Margulies (The Good Wife), three Emmy-winning Glenn Close (Fight), Claire Danes (Alien Among Friends), who won Emmy Awards in 2010, multiple nominations for Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) and Katie Bates (Harry's Law), and English actress Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey).
Best Actor in a Comedy Series nominated for 2008 and 2009 Alec Baldwin (Studio 30), 2010 and 2011 winner Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), nominated for his role in the series Curb Your Enthusiasm by Larry David, as well as John Cryer (Two and a Half Men), Don Cheadle (House of Lies) and comedian Louis CK (Louis).
Seven actresses will compete for the award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series: multiple Emmy winners Tina Fey (Studio 30), Julia Luis-Dreyfus (Vice President), Edie Falco (Sister Jackie "), Last year's winner Melissa McCarthy (" Mike and Molly "), as well as Amy Poler (" Parks and Recreation ") and first-time nominations Zooey Deschanel (" New Girl ") and Lena Dunham (" Girls ").
The top nominations this year were Mad Men and American Horror Story, presented in 17 categories. Downton Abbey and Hatfields & McCoys were slightly behind them, receiving 16 nominations each. A full list of 2012 Emmy nominees can be found on the award's official website.
