Jane Lynch, Neil Patrick Harris, Chris Colfer Get Emmy Nods
By On Top Magazine Staff
Published: July 08, 2010
Seven openly gay stars received Emmy Awards nods as nominations were announced Thursday.
Half of the six men nominated in the Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series are openly gay: Chris Colfer who plays Kurt Hummel on Fox's musical comedy hit Glee, Neil Patrick Harris who plays Barney Stinson in CBS' How I Met Your Mother and Jesse Tyler Ferguson who plays gay dad Mitchell Pritchett on ABC's Modern Family.
Harris is also nominated in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series category for an appearance on Glee.
Recently married Jane Lynch is also a double nominee. She's up for consideration in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category for her role as Sue Sylvester, the sharp-tongued coach of McKinley High whose mission is to ruin the glee club singers on Glee, and her guest appearance on CBS' Two And A Half Men has also been nominated.
Lily Tomlin's supporting role as Marilyn Tobin on FX's legal drama Damages was nominated.
Sir Ian McKellen's interpretation of Two on AMC's miniseries The Prisoner earned the veteran actor an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie category.
Alan Cummings' guest spot in CBS' The Good Wife will also be considered when the Emmy Awards are presented live Sunday August 29th on NBC.
Emmy Nominations: 2010 Full List
This morning, Sofia Vergara of "Modern Family" and Joel McHale of "Community" announced the nominees for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Award Nominations. New show "Glee" led the pack with 19 nominations, including nods for leads Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele, while AMC's "Mad Men" scored with 17 nods. On the miniseries side, HBO's "The Pacific" received 24 nominations. The awards will be handed out in Los Angeles on Aug. 29.
As usual, few surprises peppered the nominations. A few of note: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien picked up nominations for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special as well as Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music or Comedy Series — whereas Jay Leno's Tonight Show, which was submitted by NBC, was not.
Another snub: while almost every adult cast member of ABC's hit comedy "Modern Family" was nominated in supporting categories, patriarch Ed O'Neill was not — despite being the one to reportedly suggest that all the actors enter the Emmys race as supporting players. (O'Neill's former "Married… with Kids" co-star Katey Sagal also failed to score a nomination for her work on the fx show "Sons of Anarchy.")
On the happier side, relative surprise "True Blood" was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, alongside "Breaking Bad," "Dexter," "The Good Wife," "Lost," and "Mad Men." (Speaking of "Lost", star Matthew Fox picked up his first Lead actor nod for the show, which ended earlier this year.)
Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, from the critically-acclaimed drama "Friday Night Lights," were also recognized for their acting contributions to the show.
For a full list of nominations, check out Emmys.com.
Some of the nominees in the top categories:
Comedy series:
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Modern Family
Glee
Nurse Jackie
The Office
30 Rock
Drama series:
Breaking Bad
Dexter
The Good Wife
Lost
Mad Men
True Blood
Outstanding Actress In A Comedy Series
Lea Michele, Glee
Julia Louis Dreyfuss, New Adventures of Old Christine
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Toni Collette, The United States of Tara
Outstanding Actor In A Comedy Series
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Steve Carell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Matthew Morrison, Glee
Outstanding Actor In A Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Hugh Laurie, House
Matthew Fox, Lost (his first Emmy nomination)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Outstanding Actress In A Drama Series
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Glenn Close, Damages
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
January Jones, Mad Men
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Chris Colfer, Glee
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two And A Half Men
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Martin Short, Damages
Terry O'Quinn, Lost
Michael Emerson, Lost
John Slattery, Mad Men
Andre Braugher, Men Of A Certain Age
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Jane Lynch, Glee
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Holland Taylor, Two And A Half Men
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Sharon Gless, "Burn Notice"
Rose Byrne, "Damages"
Archie Panjabi, "The Good Wife"
Christine Baranski, "The Good Wife"
Christina Hendricks, "Mad Men"
Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"
Reality Competition program:
American Idol
Amazing Race
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series:
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Saturday Night Live
Real Time With Bill Maher
Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/07/08/2010-emmy-nominations-announced/
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