“Big” reveals and “Mad” shut-outs for the 2009 Primetime Emmys
July 20, 2009
Filed under Movies/TV
Nominations were announced Thursday morning for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards, with NBC’s 30 Rock leading with 22 nods, beating its previous record (17), with AMC’s Mad Men being cool with 16. Both acclaimed shows won top honors the previous year in the Best Comedy and Drama category.
Both Big Bang Theory‘s Jim Parsons and Grey’s Anatomy‘s Chandra Wilson were ecstatic and surprised when the nominee presenters have also been nominated: freshman Parsons for Lead Actor in a Comedy, and Wilson for Supporting Actress in a Drama as well as Lead Actress for the Hallmark movie Accidental Friendship.
And it is good to be semi-psychic and obsessive-compulsive with Simon Baker and Tony Shalhoub each nominated as Lead Actor in the Drama and Comedy categories for The Mentalist and Monk.
However, True Blood and Desperate Housewives didn’t make the cut, as recently ended long-running shows like Battlestar Galatica, The Shield, Boston Legal, ER, and The Shield were also snubbed. FOX’s clock-ticking thrill-ride 24 wasn’t in the running except star Kiefer Sutherland as Lead Actor for the movie prequel Redemption.
Even Jay Leno’s final Tonight Show year and Conan O’Brian’s farewell were left out in the late-night category.
And on a sad end, Farrah’s Story, which follows Farrah Fawcett’s battle with cancer before her death on June 25 was nominated in the nonfiction special category.
Supporting Actor nominee Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) hosts the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards September 20, live at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
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