Posted on 07/14/2017 10:00:06 AM PDT by EdnaMode
NBC’s variety series “Saturday Night Live,” re- invigorated with its lampooning of President Donald Trump, and HBO’s “Westworld” scored a leading 22 nominations Thursday for the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
NBC’s “This is Us” broke an extended drought among broadcast networks by earning a nomination in the outstanding drama series category. It’s the first time a broadcast network program has been nominated in the category since CBS’ “The Good Wife” in 2011.
Also nominated for outstanding drama series were AMC’s “Better Call Saul,” Netflix’s “The Crown,” Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Netflix’s “House of Cards,” Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and “Westworld.”
HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” the winner in the category the past two years, wasn’t eligible to be nominated because its only new episodes aired during the eligibility period were part of the body of work considered for last year’s victory.
HBO’s “Veep,” the winner of the outstanding comedy series Emmy for the past two seasons, was nominated again, while ABC’s “Modern Family” earned its eighth nomination in eight seasons. It was the winner in the category for five consecutive seasons, tying the record set by NBC’s “Frasier” from 1994- 98.
Also nominated for best comedy were FX’s “Atlanta,” ABC’s “black- ish,” Netflix’s “Master of None,” HBO’s “Silicon Valley” and Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”
“Saturday Night Live” was nominated for outstanding variety sketch series, along with truTV’s “Billy on the Street,” IFC’s “Documentary Now!,” Comedy Central’s “Drunk History,” IFC’s “Portlandia” and HBO’s “Tracey Ullman’s Show.”
“SNL” also earned guest actress nominations for Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, guest actor nominations for Tom Hanks, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dave Chappelle, supporting actress nods for Vanessa Bayer, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon, and a supporting-actor nomination for Alec Baldwin — for his celebrated portrayal of Trump.
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Seriously? What category ... worst writing? Worst acting? Those Trump skits were ... ahem ... deplorable!
They wound up nominated in acting and writing categories. The Emmys are a joke.
How heartbreaking is this?
Sean Spicer helps Stephen Colbert mock Trump at the Emmys: Ex-press secretary turns on his old boss with shock cameo as host ridicules the President as a ‘morally corrupt anti-hero’
Who bleeping cares?
I guarantee the KDrama I just finished watching, “Goblin”, was better than anything these folks put out.
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