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Pop culture writer Rich Heldenfels analyzes Emmy nominations

I am plowing through various Emmy lists right now; bummed that “Community” was overlooked, happy that “Friday Night Lights” FINALLY got nominated for best drama (with noms also for Chandler and Britton). Impressed at “Justified’s” performance, baffled by the Kathy Bates nomination, and so on. I’m going to post sundry lists and data provided by…

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Emmy Background on Major Nominees

From the TV Academy: OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES BOARDWALK EMPIRE, HBO First eligible year: 2011 Year(s) nominated in Outstanding Drama Series: 2011 Nominations this year: 18 Total: 18 nominations, 0 wins DEXTER, SHOWTIME First eligible year: 2007 Year(s) nominated in Outstanding Drama Series: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Nominations this year: 5 Total: 23 nominations, 4 wins…

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Emmys by Category

All as provided by TV Academy, in the academy’s order, after the jump.   Outstanding Voice-Over Performance Desperate Housewives • Come On Over For Dinner • ABC • ABC Studios Brenda Strong as Mary-Alice Young Futurama • Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences • Comedy Central • Twentieth Century Fox Television Maurice LaMarche as Lrrr & Orson Welles The…

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Emmy Nominations by Program

From the TV Academy, arranged alphabetically. It’s a huge list to slog through but I still find it kind of interesting because it shows how many, and how finely sliced, Emmy categories are. And so to the list. ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy Sync OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA 83rd Annual Academy Awards OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION…

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Emmy Data: Number of Nominations for Shows

I am plowing through various Emmy lists right now; bummed that “Community” was overlooked, happy that “Friday Night Lights” FINALLY got nominated for best drama (with noms also for Chandler and Britton). Impressed at “Justified’s” performance, baffled by the Kathy Bates nomination, and so on. I’m going to post sundry lists and data provided by…

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