Emmy nominations announced!

Peter and Nina: Winners!
The rest…. Not easy

It seems odd to me that Blackwater wasn’t the the episode nominated for Visual Effects.

What the hell? No score nomination? Blackwater not nominated for visual effects? Also the lack of writing and directing nominations tells me the Academy is not taking this how seriously. Translation: they are handing them over to Wiener and co in September.

No real surprises in the nominations, sadly. I wanted to see Maisie Williams nominated.
Best supporting actor will go to Aaron Paul or to Giancarlo Esposito (and I’m not sure which one of them deserves it more). Best drama – probably to Mad Men again or, if there will be a surprise – to Breaking Bad, which deserves it much more for the fourth season.
GoT will win some of the technical Emmys.

I’m not really surprised about the writing nomination. It was pretty patchy this year and Mad Men was better than its ever been. Still if Downton Abbey got one for scriptwriting!!

Glad about all the Sherlock nominations. That show couldn’t have been better.

wow no directing or writing nominations? downgrade from last year. and I kind of expected a nomination for Lena Headey too.

Joshua Taylor,

Gratz to Peter, Nina and all the rest, you deserve it, for all the work and effort.

I noticed that too Joshua, no writing or directing noms for Blackwater, and they give three; three to Mad Men. Those Emmy goons just love Mad Men, I think it harkens back to their memories of the 60′s and subsequent love affair with that era, at least for the 60+ crowd, which is probably the majority demo.
I just hope PD gets the win, with the lack of writing or directing noms, I don’t anticipate a win in the big category.
I mean com’on Emmy voters, three noms for MM in writing, wasn’t that greedy, aren’t you suppose to spread the wealth.
Concerning Blackwater, I don’t think it got nominated because it was toooo outstanding, with GRRM writing and Marshall (movie director) directing, they viewed it as a theartrical movie, and knew if it got noms, it would win hands down over their pet Mad Men, God forbid that happening.

Meh. Dink was good, but what about Lena Headey, Alfie Allen, or even Charles Dance? The problem with HBO is that everyone’s a supporting actor, they should make Dink the protagonist (at least officially), and then there’d be some room for the others…

I was really hoping for a nod for Maisie :( She was so amazing this season. It’ll just have to be the next one, then.

To be fair though Breaking Bad and Mad Men at least to me had far more compelling arcs than a story adapted to the television. And a popular series GoT may be it still hasn’t impressed the old guard. Will it take seasons 3 and 4 to convince them?

I am still shocked about Lena Headey though. It just seemed a lock that she would get one. Oh well, she has juicier stuff to come.

Very happy about the Sherlock nominations. Still no love for John Noble though…

really surprised there’s no nomination for writing and direction especially for ‘Blackwater’!

but really want a win for costumes this year!!!!!!!!

Just Dinklage again? VERY DISAPPOINTED!

Gratz to Peter, Nina and all the rest for well deserved noms.
FYI, the reason Dinklage gets a nom in supporting, is HBO pushes it. They don’t want him competing with Steve from BE, their other biggie, so if HBO can garner wins in both categories it is kudos for them, period.
The reason Blackwater didn’t get noms for writing or directing is simple. BW was not your typical tv episode, with GRRM writing and Marshall directing it was a 1 hr. and 15 minute powerhouse movie on tv and the Emmy voters knew the other shows wouldn’t stand a chance, especially their little pet MM, God forbid anyone beating their little baby. They should just go ahead and give MM the statues.

no cinematography nomination?
no director nod for neil marshall

justified seems to get snubbed a lot too… while crapfests like boredwalk empire get nominated for everything.

There is no award for score right?

I’m mostly rooting for Casting.

I would have liked to see Alfie Allen included this year. I have never been so impressed with a character before. I HATED Theon in the books. I hated reading him, I hated what he did, I just hated him. Alfie made his motivations so real to me that I started to feel bad for Theon. I think he deserved a nod. I can understand that Maisie did not get a nod. As a book reader I love Arya. But she is not the same on the show. In my opinion her show character is a little boring. She pours wine and talks this season. The actress is perfect. I loved her material last season. This season she had the potential to knock it out of the park but the writers erased her story and gave her a new slower one.

I know Peter D is great as Tyrion but Alfie Allen was the stand out actor in season two. He absolutely smashed it and at times carried the show.

Best Drama will be between Mad Men, Breaking Bad and possibly Homeland. Best Supporting Actor will go to one of the guys from Breaking Bad.

Game of Thrones is only winning the technical nods this year.

I hope BReaking Bad sweeps it, to be honest. Season 4 was the best thing on television. Game of Thrones is great, but Breaking Bad is in another league entirely.

I thought Alfie Allen should have gotten a nod this year. He did a terrific job and his story arc was fantastic. Happy they got the best drama nod and to see Dinklage up again, but what about Maisie, Alfie, so many of the terrific actors on the show?

The Emmy’s are a joke? How was Blackwater not given a director nomination?

George: and I kind of expected a nomination for Lena Headey too

She deserved a nomination at the very least. I hate Cersei with a passion, but Lena has had some spectacular acting moments portraying her this season – Blackwater alone should have won her a nomination.

Quick question: Could GoT be nominated for Lead Actor/Actress? The way the characters come and go, i guess no…

Josh,

I can only speculate that as the Emmy’s are in the (ofttimes sordid) business of awarding television shows, they could not contend with the sheer CINEMATIC splendour of Blackwater. Television shows, you see, are not supposed to look quite so – what’s the word I’m looking for? GOOD! They just couldn’t handle the heat – pun very much intended.

Congrats all around.

A good haul! The golden globes should be good too, just you wait!

Damnit, was really hoping Alfien Allen would get a nomination…. And I can see why episode 10 got a Visual Effects nomination, and not Blackwater. The only big effect was the wildfire explosion, which was epic as hell. But Valar Morghulis had a lot more visual effects, what with the three dragons, Dany going into the snowy Iron Throne room, and then stepping out into the blizzard beyond the Wall, and the Dracarys scene.

Alex Also,

If you ignore Hound of the Baskervilles, yeah, it was excellent. Might be a trend for Sherlock, the 2nd episode has been the weakest by a lot both seasons.

hi,

Boardwalk’s second season was much, much better than the first. The real crime is that The Good Wife and Justified were left off while American Horror Story and Downton Abbey were nominated for 17 and 16 emmy’s respectively. AHS was wildly uneven and only saved by a very strong close to the season, and Downton season 2 was Edwardian soap and not even in the same dukedom as the brilliance of season 1.

Cosign all those disappointed about the lack of writing/directing nods. Also sad that Lena Headey was overlooked for best supporting actress, though I can’t really say that the other actresses in the category aren’t deserving.

So much great acting in GoT season 2. It’s a shame only Peter is nominated.

Mad Men was not at its best this season. I wouldn’t consider it the frontrunner here for best drama.

Blatz,

Mad Men was outstanding this season.

Well done Peter!

Glad to see a nomination for casting. Nina Gold really deserves to be recognised, the cast are absolutely perfect.

I’m sad, but not surprised, that Alfie Allen wasn’t nominated, I think he was the best of all of them this year- and that takes some doing.

Very surprised Blackwater wasn’t nominated for writing and directing, it should have been!

OT: How is American Horror Story considered a mini series? It has more episodes than GoT if I recall correctly…

i do agree about alfie allen. he turned a hated character into one that at best could be empathised with and at worst pitied. from his anguish at betraying robb to his desperation when his plans go wrong.

as far as the writing goes im not surprised. season 2 was weaker than season 1. now im not a book purist but it seemed to me that when the source material was followed closely the scenes were great and engaging but when the writers moved away the scenes were very sloppy and i think that reflects poorly on the writers.

Danm, Downton Abbey really played the spoiler in those acting categories this year, they got 6 nominations. What I really feel bad for is Justified and Olyphant and Goggins. I think they deserved it more than the Downton guys.

Honestly, I am really relieved that GOT got the nom in best drama series, I was afraid it wasn’t going to get it this year. It’s going to be tough though, methinks Breaking Bad might finally topple Mad Men this year.

Paul and Esposito in Supporting actor will split the BB vote, as will the two downton actors in that category. I think Peter has a GREAT chance of repeating!

And I’m calling a lock in the sound editing, those are ours to win. Costumes is going to be tough one also. I think we got both the makeup prizes locked up also though.

I love Peter and I was very happy for him last year, but it’s terrible how of all the amazing women this show has, none of them got a nomination, only Peter. I mean, he’s great, but he’s not the only good actor in the show. It makes me feel bad for the rest of the cast not being recognized for their good work. Sophie was amazing this year in her drama scenes, specially for a girl her age. Lena was amazing. ALL of them were incredible.

And Peter wasn’t nominated in the Lead Actor category because it’s simple, Tyrion isn’t the protagonist. No one really is. How are you going to put a person in the lead category against, I don’t know, Bryan Cranston, when she had almost 30 minutes in the WHOLE season to show her acting skills? He wouldn’t stand a chance in the leading category, and it would be unfair to the rest because as amazing as Tyrion is, and as much as he was the one with more chapters in Book 2, he’s still not THE protagonist. All of them are deserving too. At least in the Supporting Category he stands a chance, but this year Aaron Paul or Giancarlo are definitely going to take the prize home (I hope so!). No one is more deserving then one of these two.

Always a fan of the Dinks, but it is a shame, as has been mentioned, that both Lena Headey and Alfie Allen were passed up. Oh well. Still a lot of good nominations here.

glenn,

Because people have a different opinion than you do?

Sit down. Take a deep breath. Process this fact: a lot of people including her detractors from Season 1 believe that Lena was amazing this season.

Stannis for King:
Theon Rules!,

It’s got 10 episodes too. I agree though, it’s not a mini series, it has a new series starting next year so I don’t see how it can be classed as such. I’m pretty sure it was a choice by FX given the emmy’s keep overlooking Justified and Sons of Anarchy, and the mini series category is never as competitive (I still expect Game Change to sweep up)

I think AHS is classified as a mini series because its basically an anthology series, in that every season will be a different setting, story, characters, etc

I love the Dinks, but I gotta give it to Jared Harris.

The big bummer for me besides no writing (GRRM) or directing was no Lena Headey for supprting actress. This is solefy the fault of HBO and D&D. They need a better strategy.
- Pick one no more than two actresses per season.
- Begin a media blitz for that actress.
- Pick one or two episodes and concentrate the writing/directing on those two episodes.

There were too many hands in the cookie jar.

Breaking Bad might do a sweep this year but if its going toe to toe with Mad Men then I am not too sure. I agree with some of the posters above, Game of Thrones won’t stand a chance against veterans like Breaking Bad and Mad Men. Even worse, Season 5 of Breaking Bad has already started and if Gilligan and crew continue churning out the goods till next year then GOT possibly won’t have much to work with at the Emmys.

I think Game of Thrones has its chance with the current source material for season 3 and 4, but still its going to take more than just the Red and Purple Wedding to stun Voters. I also think that once Breaking Bad and Mad Men end, Game of Thrones will clean up the Emmys with Season 6 and 7. Possibly….if American Gods and 100 Bullets don’t get in the way. Their seasons will be staring about 2014 or 2015.

I totally forgot about 100 Bullets. If David Goyer plays his cards right and gets a phenomenal casting director, 100 Bullets could end up with several Emmy nods for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor (anyone whose read the source material knows that roles like Graves, Lono, Wylie, Loop, Remi, or just anybody for the damn series are just meaty roles).

American Gods could also give GOT a run for its money. Another fantasy series from HBO with a interesting concept attached? It could make voters think twice. After all, True Blood got nominated (which I hate), why can’t this show.

Sorry for the rant, but I am not against GOT winning Emmys. I am just looking at its chances within this decade. Even when juggernauts like Mad Men end, that doesn’t mean that GOT will do a clean sweep. But who knows? I’m just rambling at this point.

I’m disappointed that Neil Marshall and George RR Martin weren’t nominated, especially considering the slew of nominations received by Downton – which as others pointed out took a huge nosedive in year 2. But I guess I’m not that surprised.

Happy for Sherlock, though, which outside of Breaking Bad was the best 4.5 hours of television this past year. Not a miniseries, of course, but then neither was Downton.

Alfie Allen was robbed.

Also if any female should have been nominated this season it should have been Sophie Turner that girls facial expressions can speak volumes.

A woman is pleased with the many nominations here, but slightly disappointed that Alfie, Lena, Maisie, and Tom W. were not nominated. Shouldn’t there be a “Most Hotness by a recurring guest actor” category? The fandom should keep in mind that much of the Emmy world is political, don’t know how much backslapping D+D do from Belfast? Agree though with many above who feel a more focused strategy in submissions by D+D might help their chances next year.

No offense to Alfie, but when I look at the supporting actor nominees I don’t see who he should replace. It is a very strong category. You can make a better case for Lena Headey deserving a nom in the supporting actress category. It was always going to be a pipe dream to think that Emmy voters would nominate young actresses like Maisie or Sophie.

Oh thank god the show didn’t get nominated for writing, the last thing D&D need is validation

Yes Downton Abbey is not what it was but actors are not to blame for bad scripts and Brendan Coyle is still a magnificent actor and I regret to say it but for me he´s better than Dinklage. Very happy about Louie, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nina Gold.
Too bad for Lena Headey. I like her very much this season. And Justified… what the heck?
The lack of nominations at writing and directing doesn´t surprise me. Were not precisely the strengths of the show.
There´s no Emmy for best ensemble cast?

tysnow: The big bummer for me besides no writing (GRRM) or directing was no Lena Headey for supprting actress. This is solefy the fault of HBO and D&D. They need a better strategy.- Pick one no more than two actresses per season.- Begin a media blitz for that actress.- Pick one or two episodes and concentrate the writing/directing on those two episodes.There were too many hands in the cookie jar.

You are advocating they concentrate their writing/directing attention on one or two episodes in order to help get actresses an Emmy? That is a terrible idea. They need to concentrate on the whole season with the goal of making the show as good as possible, not focus on one or two episodes in the effort to win an award.

As we all already know, Game of Thrones is an epic. All the others are not. There is no other series on TV right now that fits into the “Epic” catagory. In this regards, Game of Thrones leaves them all in the dust.

Only HBO has the clout to fund such an epic series that pushes the boundaries of television. An Emmy may be the industry giving its nod of approval to the show, but that is all it is. Everyone in TV land knows Game of Thrones is a totally different kind of show then the rest of them that is top notch in every conceivable way.

If Game of Thrones does or doesn’t win any Emmys, who cares. We all know its an epic and the rest are just, at best, good TV…

Joshua Taylor,

thats not a fact either. also opinion. so after getting funny with me you have then tried to pass an opinion on as fact. . .

Bravo for the folks of “Game Of Thrones”! While I am grateful for all the nominations, it is a shame that the rest of the cast got no nods at all, there are soo many great actors, doing outstanding work on that show, the folks over at the Emmys must be blind!!!! What about directing!!! Are you kidding me! Neil Marshall alone should freaking win, just for directing such a massive, complicated and complex episode!!!

I guess I should be happy that at least we got some nods, considering that in years past “OZ” and “The Wire” got snubbed constantly and consistently, while “Deadwood” and “ROME” didn’t garner near as many awards as they should have…

Just like last year, I will happily ignore the Emmys, because in the end, I appreciate a lot more what other fans of this here show have to say, than people who continue rewarding shows which are stale, mediocre or overhyped, year after year, while ignoring true imagination and creativity!

Hell, at least I have a new season of “Boardwalk Empire” and “The Walking Dead” to look forward too (could throw “Hell On Wheels in there too), and of course “The Hobbit” in a few months time! To top them all off, we already have an idea when Season Three of GoT will premiere, and that makes things allright in my books, Emmy wins or not…

Ryan E,

I think you read my post wrong, I meant that they should select one or two actresses to represent the show and concentrate PR on the Emmy’s giving them serious consideration.
Also about the episodes, instead of placing 4, 5 o 6 episodes in the running for writing and directing awards, they should only put two in the running, reduce te amount of voting being spread over to many entries.
As you can see MM got three, three noms in writing, and this past season with the exception of two episodes was their worst. Voters were just checking the MM box, because they fawn all over the nostaglia of the 60′s which most voters harken back too.

OT, woot! HBO can now utilize bras as costuming for GoT, because they recently found medieval bras (just like modern ones) in a Austrian castle that dates back 600 years.

Ok, i am uppset too. so unfair… But that’s all political crap, the Emmys are like the Oscar, it almost never wins the best. or how do you explain Mad Men, Downtown Abbey, Modern Family…
Alfie,Lena,Writting,Directing should be nominated too.
P.s. i didn’t read the books,but i think D&D did a great job i love ervery sentence on the show…

hi: boredwalk empire is one of the dullest shows on TV…it shouldnt get nominated for anything, HBO needs to just cancel it.Theres a reason its ratings have steadily declined every episode.

I love Boardwalk Empire haha

The second season was kind’ve dull until the last few episodes, but I thought season 1 was awesome. It kind’ve reminds me of GoT, with the sets being absolutely gorgeous, having a fairly large (and talented) cast, and being more about character development and interaction than the plot itself.

glenn,

Umm I used the word ‘believe’ so no I did not pass off an opinion as fact.

Whatever. You think she sucks. Many of us don’t.

Bygones be bygones.

DB,

Sooner the show is cancelled the better eh?

Phil,

When a show is nominated for a category, Benioff and Weiss deicide which ep to showcase. Even though blackwater was awesome, the ep they submitted had a greater number of sfx examples: dragons, face changing, wight army and white walkers.

Hmmm, I think that british actors are especially skipped. Why Peter? I know, he’s really great actor, but he is nominated a second time…

Maise Williams should have gotten a nomination. She totaly got robbed! The writing and directing for Black Water should also have been nominated IMO.

Realistically speaking, there’s a very good chance that Peter Dinklage’s Emmy is the highest honor this show wins over it’s run.

Dinklage is going to have a heckuva time repeating over Aaron Paul (Paul has been great — though I do not get the Esposito love. Good, but not great).

The only women who really have a shot going out would be Lena (Book 4/5 arc), Maisie (next 2 seasons) and Emilia (just on screen time), but man, I don’t see it. Screen time is so low on Game of Thrones. Dinklage had the advantage of weak competition AND a hugely fantastic reputation coming in from film. None of the women have that rep.

On that point, perhaps Diana Rigg has more of a shot than anyone.

And then there’s the genre issue, and that plays everywhere. I don’t know that fantasy is a huge issue amongst voters — it likely still costs some votes but I’m not sure it’s not what Game of Thrones is that is the issue. It’s what it’s not.

It’s not a hoity-toity period piece-ish thing (Downton, Mad Men). It’s not noticeably character-driven (Mad Men, Homeland, Breaking Bad) where we have whole episodes diving into “psyches” etc. It’s not about the breakdown of the American Dream (BB, MM). It doesn’t speak to modern politics overtly (Homeland). It has artistic direction but it doesn’t focus on it (BB, MM).

In other words, it’s really not Emmy bait.

Next year will be the last year of Breaking Bad and possibly (?) the last year of Mad Men. Until they are done, good luck to GoT, but they aren’t going to win many times head to head against those categories.

Middlefinger,

Karstark mentioning the seven instead of the old gods is not bad writing, it was a slight error in lore continuity that had no effect on the overall story. Let’s not turn mole hills into mountains, as they say.

Very happy for all those that got the nomination this year! Of course I wish Sophie Turner and Alfie Allen were nominated as well, but I wont complain. Now if only Dr. Horrible hadn’t crashed the Emmys a few years back, we’d all know how voting works…

glenn:
honestly dont understand why people are upset that lena heady isnt up for a nom. yes she was great in blackwater but that is one episode out of 10. other than that her character for me is rather boring (compared to the book version that is one of the most interesting of them all)

Aren’t the acting nominations based on an actor’s / actresses performance in one particular episode? For example, Peter Dinklage won last year for his performance in Baelor (which wasn’t even his strongest episode IMO!).

BiiaCX:
And Peter wasn’t nominated in the Lead Actor category because it’s simple, Tyrion isn’t the protagonist. No one really is. How are you going to put a person in the lead category against, I don’t know, Bryan Cranston, when she had almost 30 minutes in the WHOLE season to show her acting skills?

That’s one weird Leopold Bloom moment you had there.

But, last year Sean Bean and Lena Headey were submitted as Lead Actor and Lead Actress; maybe HBO considered them to be the protagonists of season 1, while season 2 had none?

Joshua Taylor,

indeed. though i dont think lena sucks personally i think the writers have morphed her character into someone who shouldnt be allowed to wear the name cersei lannister. it goes to show when grrm got his hands on an episode i think he brought us the real cersei and then came the brilliant lena performance

glenn,

Well this is where we disagree because I think D & D are improving Cersei Lannister. So that’s where we differ I’m afraid.

For those wondering why Peter D wasn’t nominated as a lead actor: HBO simply didn’t think he could win in that category. Nominations aren’t pulled out of the ether, production companies submit them and a committee then finalises them. For Peter to be considered for the lead category – which he coul have this season – HBO would have had to submit his name.

Jeremy Piven as the Red Viper

Joshua Taylor,

maybe my view of cersei is warped. if i didnt know her book self maybe i would actually like the show version. but i cant ever know

I’m disappointed it didn’t had more nominations, but then again there’s Downtown Abbey, and Americans- or, at least, the people that vote in these shows in America- seemingly get a hard-on with everything that has a British accent and is set in the late 1800′s or the first half of the 20th century. See that piece of garbage that won the Oscars last year, for example.

Eleanor:
Matt Vukovic,

. Even the Robb-Talisa romance arc had her monologue, which was well-written and excellently delivered, and absolutely sold his motivation for going over the edge in that one moment.

Mmm not really :P

Breaking Bad was incredible this past year but Game of Thrones was also really good. I still think Mad Men is overrated.

the goat: This.

Plus, it’s the Emmys, it’ll always be ridiculous to some degree.But hey, it seems to be getting better, at least on the drama side.In fact, this is the first year (the 64th) that the networks have been completely shut out of the Best Drama Series category, and all of the shows are quality (Downton’s the only one I haven’t seen).The most pleasant surprise of all: Mark Margolis nominated as a Guest Star for Hector “Tio” Salamanca on Breaking Bad.Pretty amazing considering his only lines were in Spanish in a couple of flashback scenes!

Comedy is still a complete mess.Big Bang is utter shit, and Modern Family, 30 Rock and Girls are terribly overrated.Veep is at least good, but Parks & Rec, Community, Louie and Always Sunny are all funnier.Hell, Archer is funnier than all the nominees and it can’t even get an Animation nom.

Agreed on comedy, Curb should win that by a country mile but I’d reckon it will be MF again (which is still good). Agreed on 30 Rock, I’ve just watched all the way through it (just done s5) and whilst it’s watchable I really don’t see why it gets all these nominations

We all know mad men will win again, I do hope breaking bad wins something. The Emmy should go to the dad from malcom in the middle (sorry, ive forgot his name)

As for game of thrones, it’s great Peter is nominated again but there is other cast members that should be getting a nom as well.

3eyes,

I thought that was interesting, it shows that we in modern times still are ignorant of some aspects of medieval life. Everyone thought the bra was a recent fashion invention and then to find out that bras existed six centuries ago, just lets us know we have a lot to learn about the past.

I agree that the comedy categories are so messed up. How are shows like ‘The Big Bang Theory’,’30 Rock’, ‘Veep’, and ‘Girls’ nominated over shows like ‘Parks and Recreation’,'Louie’, and ‘Community’? ‘Parks and Recreation’ is the funniest TV show since ‘Arrested Developement’, which was also never nominated for an Emmy. It is a crime that Nick Offerman still has yet to garner a nom.

No Alfie Allen or Lena Headey? That’s a surprise. Dinklage was good, just not as good as those two.

No Emmy love for Wallander (UK)?

tysnow,

Agreed. I was also struck by how much the bra in the picture resembled home-made bras that I’ve seen. The modern (manufactured) bra was supposedly designed by a man. Clearly, women were able to find a solution to this “engineering problem” long before he did.

The Winter Rose: Heck there should be! Especially since they have an “Outstanding Reality/Gameshow Host Award” -.-

A woman is pleased that you agree. “Outstanding Reality/Gameshow Host Award” is clearly there to placate Julie Chen, wife of CBS President Les Moonves, as host of Big Brother. They should just call the award “Best Spouse of a Network Executive that Also Hosts a Show.” And give a woman her “Hotness” award! Harumph!

Eleanor:
Matt Vukovic,

I agree with everybody – the women from GoT are a crowded field of greatness and one of them should have been nominated. Why should it have to be a pipe-dream for a young actress to get nominated? What Sophie Turner did with the task she was given this year – conveying Sansa’s story while surviving by using the oppressor’s language – was monumental.

Bravo! A woman agrees that the age of an actress should not be a major consideration when deciding if their performance was award-worthy or not. Remember that Anna Pacquin won her Oscar for “The Piano” at what, age 12? And Tatum O’Neal for “Paper Moon,” age 11 or so? It’s entirely possible that the role of Arya might be the best TV work Maisie does, as she could go on to be a film actress or dancer, singer, or anything else as she grows up. Why shouldn’t she be nominated for such phenomenal work as she has done this season? And yes, Lena also did wonderful work and should have been given a nod, and Sophie. But we must remember that GoT is still a “baby” series compared to some that have been around for many more years, and the politics of the awards seems to favor the more veteran series that have had years to build their hype. Still, a woman agrees that more acting honors should come to GoT, maybe the Golden Globes will be a better forum, or future seasons will begin to get the honors. So, let’s look at this as a glass half-full here, GoT IS INDEED getting SOME honors even in the 2nd season/series.

Insomnia333:
As a few others have mentioned above, all of the acting noms are based on single episodes, not the entire season arc.This is why many (even on other entertainment sites) thought that Lena would be nominated due to her strong work in Blackwater.Unfortunately this worked against some of the others like Maisie and Alfie who, despite turning in Emmy worthy performances, had their work spread out so much over the season, that there really wasn’t one episode that showcased their work.

I think this is something that is going to plague GoT in the acting Emmy nods.With so many storylines going on, with few exceptions (Peter being one of them), there isn’t going to be enough screen time in any one episode for many of the actors to be nominated.Deserving as they are.

As for the whole Lead/Supporting Actor thing, that is entirely up to studio/producer/actor who is doing the submitting.There is no sort of Emmy standard that dictates where one gets nominated in.

It is this woman’s opinion that Maisie’s performance in “The Ghost of Harenhall” was HER episode (if I’m thinking of the correct one, please correct me if not) because in that ONE LOOK as she was looking at Tywin’s neck as he was looking out the window and she had the knife in her hand, you knew what she was thinking. And THEN she covered up her actual knowledge of grammar and pronunciation while pretending to be lowborn, with Arya pretending as “Girl” to mess up her grammar to show Tywin she really WAS lowborn and was taught how to speak “proper, er, properly.” I think that was the same episode, have to watch again. Just finished re-reading her chapter where she says “I AM the Ghost of Harenhall” at the end of the chapter. Then it clicked in my head, yeah, THAT WAS HER EPISODE. She “killed it” in that episode! Even though she really wanted to kill HIM (Tywin). Hope that makes Maisie’s show reel.

Hopefully we are luckier this time around…though I wouldn’t bet on it…

I’d like to see the other actors/actresses get recognition too.

Tyrion Pimpslap:
No offense to Alfie, but when I look at the supporting actor nominees I don’t see who he should replace.It is a very strong category.

He should replace Dinklage, in my opinion. Dinklage was great, of course, but Alfie was even better. I suppose Dinklage has more chances to actually win the Emmy than Alfie could ever have, but it’s still a pity to see Alfie out of the final nominations.

And I very much agree with you about Sophie :)

I’m going to go out on a limb here, and say that Nina Gold is the single remaining completely flawless part of this production. She should win.

OT, but there is a great GoT-based article on the NBA on ESPN that really shows what a cross-over hit this has become…complete with quotes from the show in the Sports Guy style…

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8182261/game-nba-thrones-part-i

we shouldn’t be concerned about the Emmys, these are the same people that didn’t been nominate sean bean.

The Winter Rose: Yeah I was really hoping that Maisie would get nominated too. She really deserves it!

That is my biggest disappointment as well. How does Masie Williams not qualify, at the very least, a nomination? She is as good as anybody on that show, even Dinklage.

Yay Dinklage! No Alfie Allen… boo! :( His performance really amazed me the most. Lena Headey was also pretty good this year. And Brienne impressed me too.

I have to say, after watching Breaking Bad, Giancarlo Esposito totally deserves the supporting actor nom. Dinklage is great, but Gus is such an amazing villain. Honestly, for drama, I think this year should go to Breaking Bad or Homeland. GOT had some issues with writing and consistency this year, though hopefully next year they will really kick it up a notch. I am disappointed by a lack of a nom for Lena Headey–I loved her in Blackwater. Maisie Williams was great too, and I wish they’d given Sophie more screen time this year–I love her portrayal of Sansa, and I think she really improved from last year. In any case, they’ve got excellent source material for seasons 3/4, so as long as the writers don’t screw it up there’s real potential for some wins next year.

EDIT: oh, I second a nom for Jack Gleeson. He was excellent–the perfect little evil bastard.

Casting news:

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/game-of-thrones/22014/game-of-thrones-season-3-news-round-up

No Spice King????????

How typical. Shitty nominations for shitty actors for the shittiest season.. can’t even get the noms right as its completely obvious by anyone who watches this painful show that the Spice King was the only saving grace..

Really dissappointed and seriously considering cancelling my HBO subscription. Can’t stand this show raping my favorite books.

KG,

Ouch! Buuurrnn!

I feel that Alfie should have gotten the nod over Peter because, while I love his performance as Tyrion, Theon’s arc was much more elaborate and Alfie’s performance was astounding

Lena Headey was robbed. She is amazing. I wanted her to get a nomination. The Emmys are overrated anyway. I like American Horror Story which got 17 Emmy nominations but it is not a better show than The Walking Dead which was snubbed completely. Just proves that Emmys is as much about popularity as it is about substance and rewarding talent. Even still, I was rooting for Lena!!!! Maise Williams and Jack Gleeson also deserve a lot of credit. They’re phenomenal

Pau Soriano: Disappointing…but so was season 2

…and so are you…

Joshua Taylor,

Thought it might be, but can’t find that news on WiC anywhere….?

And now HBO has shot themselves in the foot again with their episode submissions. According to GoldDerby, HBO has submitted episodes 1-2, 5-6, and 7-8 for Drama Series. They should have submitted 1-2, 6-7, and 9-10. And Dinklage has submitted “What is Dead May Never Die” for his Emmy episode instead of “Blackwater”. “Blackwater” was Dinklage’s best tape, and only that episode could get him a 2nd Emmy. Instead, he picks another episode, which will not be able to beat Esposito and Paul’s best episodes. Why HBO and Dinklage avoided “Blackwater” like the plague, when it was their best and most buzzed about episode of the season, is baffling. Whatever small chance they had of winning Drama Series is now nil, and Dinklage’s odds have decreased drastically. Unless they switch these episodes, they won’t be winning come September.

Andrew Eng,

I don’t think the episodes they select really matter. Most voters have seen plenty of these actors to know the quality of their work. If the single episode performance mattered then Jon Hamm would have won last year for the episode ‘The Suitcase’ on Mad Men. Most voters likely have their minds made up on who they are voting for.

KG: Pau Soriano, Then piss off already and go bother another fan base.

Hahaha little insecure are we? ;)

glenn: KG, bit extreme. he was dissapointed with season 2 as were a few people ive spoken to. i thought it was up and down. some parts brilliant and some not so great

Yes, I thought the same, hence dissapointing. I’m watching again season 1 and 2 back to back with my brother (it’s his first time) and I stand by my first impressions. Overall, second season felt more “disperse”, and, in comparison, it lacks from strong interpretations. When revisiting season 1 I’m still impressed by almost every scene with Sean Bean, David Lloyd and Mark Addy. Losing these 3 made the show overall acting worst

loco73: …and so are you…

Another dude with security issues…so u feel dissapointed by everyone that doesn’t agree with you? Why would u be dissapointed about what I think if u don’t even know me.

It’s ok if season 2 was worst than season 1. It could be worst, better or similar, and so will be season 3. It’s almost impossible for each season to be better than the previous one, becasue the first one was very high in the marks. Same as the books, they are not all equal in quality, and cetainly not in increasing order…
Grow up already.

Sinnerman Soriano,

I remember when it was you who criticised people who didn’t like the episodes…

bahahahaha, I don’t think we agree on what a fan is. Talk about delusions…

Good news! According to GoldDerby, HBO has reconsidered and switched their submission episodes. They are now submitting episodes 3-4, 6-7, and 9-10 for Drama Series, and Dinklage is submitting Blackwater instead of What is Dead May Never Die. Now GoT stands a much better chance of winning Series, and Dinklage has a very good shot to get a 2nd Emmy.

Andrew Eng:
Good news! According to GoldDerby, HBO has reconsidered and switched their submission episodes. They are now submitting episodes 3-4, 6-7, and 9-10 for Drama Series, and Dinklage is submitting Blackwater instead of What is Dead May Never Die. Now GoT stands a much better chance of winning Series, and Dinklage has a very good shot to get a 2nd Emmy.

A woman thinks these were good moves, we shall see if it gets the desired result!