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Connie Britton reacts to Emmy nomination
“Thank you! Go Austin! Woooo!”
“Friday Night Lights” star Connie Britton is pretty chipper for an actress who works into the wee hours. But, then, she’s just been nominated for a lead actress Emmy award.
“I was shaking. I was in shock,” she says. “I mean, I really … I was like, ‘no.’ I actually thought it might have been a mistake at first, like, ‘are you sure?’ ”
Britton got the news from a cousin who lives in New York — the actress counts her among her biggest fans. “She’s always into what’s happening in terms of, you know, Oscars and Emmys and all that. She was probably one of the few people who were actually up watching it. And so, of all people, she was the first to call me. And then my publicist called after that. But it was so great to hear it from her and she was so excited for me.”
The family football drama, filmed in and around Austin, has always been low-rated, in spite of consistent critical acclaim. So although Britton was aware that the nominations would be announced this morning, she wasn’t expecting a nod.
“Are you kidding? After three years of this? I think we had really gotten to a point where we just didn’t think that the show was really going to be on the Emmys radar,” she says, and she seems to be at peace with that. “ I mean, we just love our show so much and the critics have been so great and the fans have been so amazing and so supportive. And so, it’s one of those things where it’s like, well, you can’t win ‘em all. So it was just such a wonderful, complete surprise.”
Britton’s also glad she was in Austin when she got the news. “Austin has been such a big part of this,” she says, “and we have just loved being here so much and so I feel like, in a way, it’s an acknowledgement for all of us.”
The accolades are all the sweeter because, although a fifth season has yet to air, production on filming that season is winding down. “It’s been a little bit melancholy, like the show is really ending and it’s going to be a big change. So just to have this completely surprising acknowledgement of the show for me and for Kyle, but really, I think, of the show — even though the show didn’t get nominated — it’s just a great feeling.”
She’s especially happy that co-star Chandler joined her on the list of nominees.
“It kind of leaves me speechless, frankly,” she admits. “I just feel that we’ve been such partners in this from the beginning and have loved every minute of it and so it’s just so, so, so thrilling that we get to share this together.”
The show’s Emmy snubs are legendary and Britton claims to have no idea why she and Chandler were nominated this year in particular. But in addition to a strong story line that, in many ways, felt like a complete reboot, satellite television provider DirecTV (which produces the show in conjunction with NBC Universal) pushed hard for Emmy recognition, sending the complete fourth season to Emmy voters.
When I ask Britton how her character, Tami Taylor, would react to a similar honor, she reflexively slips into a drawl.
“I think Tami Taylor would be really honored. Real honored,” she laughs, “And feel like it was very nice to have her hard work acknowledged.”
She giggles and then sums it all up: “At the end of the day, the Taylors are just hard-workin’ people.”
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The ‘FNL’ Emmys push
Yes, “Friday Night Lights” got a bigger Emmys push this year, but key to the nominations for Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler was simply the quality of their performances, says TV Squad.
After the jump, read our June story about the Emmys campaign.
Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can’t win.
The critically acclaimed “Friday Night Lights,” shot in and around Austin, can’t get a break with Emmy voters. Oh, there was that 2007 win for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series and a handful of other casting, directing and short subject nominations but, in spite of Peabody Awards, laurels from the Television Critics of America — even a Humanitas prize — the DirecTV/NBC drama remains the Rodney Dangerfield of Emmy-eligible television programming.
So this year (to get the obligatory football analogy out of the way) the cable operator and broadcast network have teamed up to mount a strong offense in an effort to push Coach Taylor and company into the end zone. In a move that’s rare in Emmy campaigns, the cable operator — which aired the fourth season on its 101 Network before it was shown on NBC — has sent all 13 episodes to the Television Academy’s members “for their consideration” (the members review submitted episodes of TV programming and their votes determine the nominees for the annual Emmy Awards).
A little background: “Friday Night Lights” debuted on NBC in fall 2006. A second season renewal followed, but it was cut short by the 2007-2008 writers’ strike. Facing possible cancellation, the show was saved by the deal struck between NBC and DirecTV to share production costs in exchange for first-run episodes airing on DirecTV’s 101 Network.
“As a studio, we try to treat all of our shows fairly, and we send out one mailer and it includes 16 different shows,” explains Curt King, who oversees publicity for Universal Media Studios, the network arm of the “FNL” team. So though Universal’s Emmy packet includes an episode of “Friday Night Lights,” it also sports programming such as “30 Rock,’ “The Office,” “House,” late-night shows and so on.
“So Direc really thought — and they worked with us very closely on it — why not send all episodes?” King says. “Let’s send the whole 13 episodes to the Academy members because we believe if those 14,000 voters see it, they will absolutely be compelled to nominate the show for Outstanding Drama, etc.”
“We wanted to be sure that we did give the Academy members the opportunity to actually watch it, and the best way for them to be able to watch it is to get it into their hands, not to ask them to record it or to tune in,” explains Patty Ishimoto, vice president of entertainment and general manager of the 101 Network.
Sending out a full season is rare, but it has been done before, and it has resulted in nominations. In a May 25 blog (goldderby.latimes.com), the Los Angeles Times’ Tom O’Neil, who performs forensics on these “for your consideration” packets, says that Showtime was the first to try the full-season push, sending out a full season of “Huff” in 2005 and gaining seven Emmy nominations and one win — Blythe Danner for supporting actress. FX followed with a full season of “The Shield,” netting acting nominations for Glenn Close and CCH Pounder, O’Neil wrote. The same network sent the full freshman season of “Rescue Me,” receiving writing and directing nods.
DirecTV hired a firm, Yes Design Group, to wrap a pretty and persuasive package, which includes nearly two-dozen effusive quotes from critics and fans. Perhaps the most pointed:
” … will FNL’s high quality be both maintained and finally rewarded with the Emmys the show so deserves?” Entertainment Weekly Universal Media Studios supported the gambit with the creation of a plea from fans incorporating still shots and video snippets to drum up buzz. (The video can be viewed at at http://bit.ly/fnlfanvid.)
“Yes Design … reached out to fans who were, like, in droves eager to do everything they could to support ‘Friday Night Lights,’” King says, adding that “hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of fans” took the time to participate. “It was pretty overwhelming. As we expected, people are very, very passionate about that show.”
But what’s the benefit of Emmy nominations or even wins for a show that is widely thought to be filming its final season? Both NBC and DirecTV deny that there’s any conscious effort to use Emmy attention to extend the show or to make the 101 Network an original drama destination the way shows such as “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” did for cable network AMC.
“That’s not the reason we’re getting behind it,” Ishimoto says. “It really is just that we wanted to let it shine.”
King agrees.
“We feel that incredible work deserves recognition,” he says. “The show does incredible work and we feel it can’t garner enough recognition and attention for that.”
We’ll see if the effort pays off when Emmy nominations are announced July 8. It could happen — the Biography channel is pushing its episode on Rodney Dangerfield to Emmy voters, too.
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Austin casting director reacts to Emmy nods
Austin casting director Beth Sepko was on the phone this morning when I called to get a reaction to her dual Emmy nominations, but not with somebody offering congratulations — she was talking to an agent who hadn’t even heard the news. “Friday Night Lights” was calling for an actor for Thursday’s shoot, so Sepko was hard at work. It’s that kind of ethic that has netted her four straight ‘FNL’ casting nods.
And she might have been one of the first to get the news. “The call time on set today for ‘Friday Night Lights’ is 4 p.m., so everyone’s asleep,” she laughed.
In spite (or perhaps because) of her routine nominations for extras casting on the show, Sepko claimed to be taken off guard. “We work really hard. I’m so proud of the actors and they make me look good,” she said. “But I was definitely surprised to be recognized four years in a row for ‘Friday Night Lights’. Honestly, I thought if I had a chance at a nomination, it was for ‘Temple Grandin’.” The HBO movie was shot in and around Austin.
Sepko definitely plans to attend this year’s ceremony. “Absolutely! Two nomination — are you kidding? Who would of thought?” she said.
The casting director also expressed satisfaction that actors on the show have finally received Emmy recognition (stars Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton were both recognized). “I am so thrilled,” she said. “Honestly, each year I was so bummed for them, because I just think they’re so amazing. They’re such skilled actors and the chemistry between the two of them is so fantastic. They’re such great, nice people and they’ve really embraced our town.”
Sepko asked area resident Chandler during a casting session a week ago (the actor is directing the episode that’s currently filming) if he was really, truly going to stick around after the show finishes production this summer. “He said, ‘Oh yeah, I want to bring more projects here’,” Sepko said.
That’s more good news for Sepko on a very good news-filled day.
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Double Emmy nominee Beth Sepko
Austin casting director Beth Sepko got a double dose of good news on Thursday morning: She’s a double Emmy nominee. Sepko was recognized for her work on “Friday Night Lights” and the HBO movie “Temple Grandin.”
“That’s just my job,” she said in a 2009 American-Statesman interview, “to know the talent in the area and also know what they are capable of.”
Beth Sepko waits for me on the patio at Jo’s Hot Coffee on South Congress Avenue. The first thing I notice is the dog: a Chihuahua, cradled in her mistress’ arms and wearing a string of pearls.
Uh-oh. Paris Hilton accessorizes with a Chihuahua.
Was the Austin casting director a diva? After all, she does hobnob with celebrities and famous directors. She is a star-maker, plucking actors out of relative obscurity and thrusting them into the national spotlight. Perhaps she’d become drunk with power. Or maybe she would be bitter and jaded by all the glitz and glamour - the constant ego stroking and placating a career in show biz must demand.
But, no ” it turns out that Sepko is nothing so much as a self-described “little Texas girl” whose keen insight, commitment to and love of her career has led to three Emmy nominations (and one win) for her work on NBC’s “Friday Night Lights.”
Behind Roxanne (the Chihuahua), Sepko sports her power-broker office attire: a Clash T-shirt. Perhaps, after years of a job that requires her to quickly categorize and file away performers for future use, she’s afraid of being summed up herself. That might be why she’s quick to reveal that she actually saw the band, years ago at the Majestic in San Antonio (Sepko was born in Austin, but raised farther down Interstate 35). “It’s not like it was the ‘London Calling’ tour or anything, but I saw the Clash, dammit!” she tells me. The shirt’s sleeves are torn off - victims of the ’80s, though no leg warmers are in sight - and at some point she “bedazzled it,” she says, with sequins and shiny things. But one gets the feeling that this is about as glitzy as Sepko gets.
The energetic Sepko (one immediately gets the impression that the last thing she needs is anything caffeinated, but when on SoCo “) is too busy to craft an image anyhow. She still has three or four speaking roles to cast for Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete,” already in its third week of shooting, and she’s in the midst of casting new roles on “Friday Night Lights,” which is experiencing a large cast turnover this season. She’s already thinking about her next gig, an independent film called “The Legend of Hell’s Gate: An American Conspiracy.”
“So, yeah,” she smiles, “I’m juggling a couple of different things.”
Sepko’s trips to the Emmys might have taken a different path.
“I think when I was really little I had delusions of being an actress,” she says. She recalls going to the movies and being especially interested in the credits, even though she didn’t recognize those people’s names or what their occupations meant. She always thought that one day her name would be up there on the screen. Early on, she realized she’d rather be on the other side of the camera. After she graduated from high school, her second cousin, a screenwriter, offered her shelter on the West Coast, but was equally as generous with his frank assessment of the industry.
“I don’t know if my mother paid him to scare me, but he did and so I decided not to go,” Sepko says.
Instead, she wound up working as a talent agent in San Antonio. Fade and flash forward six years to 1993, when Sepko became an assistant to a casting director doing mostly commercials. Her work casting extras for television led to feature films such as “The Big Green,” and that, in turn, led to the largely improvised Christopher Guest comedy, “Waiting for Guffman.”
“(That) was really sort of the first one where I was really on my own,” she remembers. “I was flying by the seat of my pants and didn’t want anyone to know. I mean we had no script! So it was a crazy place to start. So then I was hooked, you know? That’s what I was going to do.”
Sepko collaborates with casting directors in Los Angeles or New York whose productions are filming here. As a location casting director, Sepko’s greatest asset is her encyclopedic knowledge about the talent available in Central Texas. “That’s just my job,” she says, “to know the talent in the area and also know what they are capable of.”
Because she feels the local talent pool is “very strong, but shallow,” another part of her job is to seek out and cultivate new talent.
“Sometimes we get a really great actor and then they leave,” she explains. “And so I’m having to look for someone to replace that go-to guy that I would always cast in a particular role, you know. If he’s gone I have to be ready. So, I am constantly reading new people and making sure that I know who’s out there.”
Sepko sees a lot of local theater productions and seeks out student showcases. She goes to concerts (post-interview she was headed out to see Pat Benatar and Blondie) and judges the Funniest Person in Austin contest. “I’m always trying to turn comedians into actors or musicians into actors,” she laughs, recounting the time she cast Dale Watson in an independent film.
I’m beginning to feel as if Sepko’s always on the prowl - that it’s difficult for her to power down and flip off the casting switch.
“Yesterday, I was driving to the Reel Women meeting over on the East Side,” recounts Sepko, who sits on the organization’s board. “And I’m driving down Seventh Street and there’s this little, old Hispanic woman with white, white hair and dark brown skin and she must be 90, watering her lawn. And I just found myself, out loud, I was like, ‘Oh, that’s beautiful!’ “
Sepko realized the woman probably wasn’t an actress, but she couldn’t help picturing her in “Machete.”
“Robert needs to have her watering the lawn in the background of a scene in the neighborhood,” she thought. “She was awesome! So I do that all the time.” She’s also accosted by just about anyone who’s aware of her occupation. She talks about a trainer at the gym who volunteered for a coach’s role on “Friday Night Lights.” And although she hasn’t used that person, Sepko’s not averse to the idea.
“If we’re looking for a reporter for the show, there is a certain cadence in the way a reporter speaks that I assume they learned in broadcast journalism school, and it’s hard for some actors to copy,” she explains. “And I end up calling local reporters to play reporters.” And cops to play cops, and so on. It’s all part of expanding the talent pool. Sepko says she’s happy in Austin and, in spite of her success, has no desire to go to L.A. Except for the Emmys. Again. After winning two years ago and then losing last year to “Damages” (“We really thought we were going to be beat by ‘Mad Men,’ so we were surprised”) she’s hoping for another victory. “I have the purdy statue from the first season, and she wants a partner on the shelf,” she wrote in our initial e-mail exchange. Even if her statue gets that mate, it would be hard to match the surreal thrill of her first Emmy experience. Sepko arrived in Los Angeles and met that city’s “Friday Night Lights” casting directors - including John Brace - with whom she had worked over the wires for so long. They told Sepko she would meet their significant others, both of them actors, at the ceremony.
“So, I’m sitting there the next night,” she recalls, “and John Brace’s significant other is Gedde Watanabe. I’m sitting there and we’re like, ‘We’re with Long Duk Dong!’ (Watanabe’s iconic “Sixteen Candles” character). At the Emmys! How did this happen? I mean, that was the best part!”
Nope. This little Texas girl’s not jaded at all.
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Reaction to Emmy nominations for Chandler, Britton
— Chicago Now: “Best news: Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton were both nominated—finally—for their incredible work in ‘Friday Night Lights.’” — Boston.com: Some of the best Emmy news has to do with the extremely overdue recognition for the two ‘Friday Night Lights’ leads, Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton. The show, now in its fifth season, finally got some acknowledgement, although it failed to make the best drama category, which is crowded with quality. Working together with utterly believable chemistry, Britton and Chandler have brought an extraordinarily realistic portrait of marriage to network TV. — Orlando Sentinel: “The most pleasant surprises? Nominators saluted Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, the superb stars of the low-rated ‘Friday Night Lights.’”
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List of 2010 Primetime Emmy nominations
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 62nd Primetime Emmy Award Nominations — major categories
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm - HBO - HBO Entertainment
Glee - FOX - A Ryan Murphy TV Production in association with 20th Century Fox TV
Modern Family - ABC - Twentieth Century Fox Television
Nurse Jackie - Showtime - Showtime Presents, Lionsgate Television, Jackson Group Entertainment, Madison Grain Elevator, Inc. & Delong Lumber; A Caryn Mandabach Production
The Office - NBC - Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille LLC in association with Universal Media Studios
30 Rock - NBC - Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad - AMC - Sony Pictures Television
Dexter - Showtime - Showtime Presents, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions
The Good Wife - CBS - CBS Productions
Lost - ABC - Grass Skirts Productions, LLC in association with ABC Network and Studios
Mad Men - AMC - Lionsgate Television
True Blood - HBO - Your Face Goes Here Entertainment in association with HBO Entertainment
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory - CBS - Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
Curb Your Enthusiasm - HBO - HBO Entertainment Larry David as Himself
Glee - FOX - A Ryan Murphy TV Production in association with 20th Century Fox TV Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester
Monk - USA - Universal Cable Productions in association with Mandeville Films and ABC Studios Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
The Office - NBC - Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille LLC in association with Universal Media Studios Steve Carell as Michael Scott
30 Rock - NBC - Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad - AMC - Sony Pictures Television Bryan Cranston as Walter White
Dexter - Showtime - Showtime Presents, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Clyde Phillips Productions Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
Friday Night Lights - DirecTV - Imagine Entertainment in association with Universal Media Studios and Film 44 Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor
House - FOX - Universal Media Studios in association with Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry Productions Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
Lost - ABC - Grass Skirts Productions, LLC in association with ABC Network and Studios Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard
Mad Men - AMC - Lionsgate Television Jon Hamm as Don Draper
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Glee - FOX - A Ryan Murphy TV Production in association with 20th Century Fox TV Lea Michele as Rachel Berry
The New Adventures Of Old Christine - CBS - Kari’s Logo Here in association with Warner Bros. Television Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell
Nurse Jackie - Showtime - Showtime Presents, Lionsgate Television, Jackson Group Entertainment, Madison Grain Elevator, Inc. & Delong Lumber; A Caryn Mandabach Production Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton
Parks And Recreation - NBC - Produced by Deedle-Dee Productions and Universal Media Studios Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope
30 Rock - NBC - Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
United States Of Tara - Showtime - Showtime Presents, Dreamworks Television Toni Collette as Tara Gregson
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
The Closer - TNT - The Shephard/Robin Company, in association with Warner Bros. Television Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson
Damages - FX Networks - Sony Pictures Television, FX Productions and KZK Productions Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
Friday Night Lights - DirecTV - Imagine Entertainment in association with Universal Media Studios and Film 44 Connie Britton as Tami Taylor
The Good Wife - CBS - CBS Productions Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - NBC - Wolf Films in association with Universal Media Studios Mariska Hargitay as Det. Olivia Benson
Mad Men - AMC - Lionsgate Television January Jones as Betty Draper
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Glee - FOX - A Ryan Murphy TV Production in association with 20th Century Fox TV Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel
How I Met Your Mother - CBS - Twentieth Century Fox Television Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
Modern Family - ABC - Twentieth Century Fox Television Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell
Modern Family - ABC - Twentieth Century Fox Television Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker
Modern Family - ABC - Twentieth Century Fox Television Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
Two And A Half Men - CBS - Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc., The Tannenbaum Company in association with Warner Bros. Television Jon Cryer as Alan Harper
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad - AMC - Sony Pictures Television
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman
Damages - FX Networks - Sony Pictures Television, FX Productions and KZK Productions Martin Short as Leonard Winstone
Lost - ABC - Grass Skirts Productions, LLC in association with ABC Network and Studios Terry O’Quinn as John Locke
Lost - ABC - Grass Skirts Productions, LLC in association with ABC Network and Studios Michael Emerson as Ben Linus
Mad Men - AMC - Lionsgate Television John Slattery as Roger Sterling
Men Of A Certain Age - TNT - TNT Original Productions Andre Braugher as Owen
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Emma (Masterpiece) - PBS - A co-production of BBC Productions and WGBH Boston Michael Gambon as Mr. Woodhouse
Hamlet (Great Performances) - PBS - production of Illuminations and Royal Shakespeare Company for BBC in association with Thirteen for WNET.org and NHK Patrick Stewart as Ghost / Claudius
Return To Cranford (Masterpiece) - PBS - BBC/WGBH in association with Chestermead Jonathan Pryce as Mr. Buxton
Temple Grandin - HBO - A Ruby Films, Gerson Saines Production in association with HBO Films David Strathairn as Dr. Carlock
You Don’t Know Jack - HBO - Bee Holder, Cine Mosaic and Levinson/Fontana Productions in association with HBO Films John Goodman as Neal Nicol
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Glee - FOX - A Ryan Murphy TV Production in association with 20th Century Fox TV Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester
Modern Family - ABC - Twentieth Century Fox Television Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
Modern Family - ABC - Twentieth Century Fox Television Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
Saturday Night Live - NBC - SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video Kristen Wiig as Various Characters
30 Rock - NBC - Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney
Two And A Half Men - CBS - Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc., The Tannenbaum Company in association with Warner Bros. Television Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Burn Notice - USA - FOX Television Studios in association with Fuse Entertainment Sharon Gless as Madeline Westen
Damages - FX Networks - Sony Pictures Television, FX Productions and KZK Productions Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons
The Good Wife - CBS - CBS Productions Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma
The Good Wife - CBS - CBS Productions Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart
Mad Men - AMC - Lionsgate Television Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris
Mad Men - AMC - Lionsgate Television Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Alice - Syfy - A Reunion Pictures and Studio Eight Production in association with RHI Entertainment Kathy Bates as Queen of Hearts
Temple Grandin - HBO - A Ruby Films, Gerson Saines Production in association with HBO Films Julia Ormond as Eustacia (Temple’s Mom)
Temple Grandin - HBO - A Ruby Films, Gerson Saines Production in association with HBO Films Catherine O’Hara as Aunt Ann
You Don’t Know Jack - HBO - Bee Holder, Cine Mosaic and Levinson/Fontana Productions in association with HBO Films Brenda Vaccaro as Margo Janus
You Don’t Know Jack - HBO - Bee Holder, Cine Mosaic and Levinson/Fontana Productions in association with HBO Films Susan Sarandon as Janet Good
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
A Dog Year - HBO - Duopoly in association with HBO Films Jeff Bridges as Jon Katz
The Prisoner - AMC - AMC, ITV Productions and Granada Ian McKellen as Two
The Special Relationship - HBO - A Rainmark and Kennedy/Marshall Production in association with HBO Films Michael Sheen as Tony Blair
The Special Relationship - HBO - A Rainmark and Kennedy/Marshall Production in association with HBO Films Dennis Quaid as Bill Clinton
You Don’t Know Jack - HBO - Bee Holder, Cine Mosaic and Levinson/Fontana Productions in association with HBO Films Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Kevorkian
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Capturing Mary - HBO - A talkbackTHAMES Production in association with the BBC and HBO Films Maggie Smith as Mary Gilbert
Georgia O’Keeffe - Lifetime - Sony Pictures Television for Lifetime Television Joan Allen as Georgia O’Keeffe
Return To Cranford (Masterpiece) - PBS - BBC/WGBH in association with Chestermead Dame Judi Dench as Miss Matty
The Special Relationship - HBO - A Rainmark and Kennedy/Marshall Production in association with HBO Films Hope Davis as Hillary Clinton
Temple Grandin - HBO - A Ruby Films, Gerson Saines Production in association with HBO Films Claire Danes as Temple Grandin
Read the complete list at the Academy’s website.
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‘Friday Night Lights’ stars get Emmy nominations
“Friday Night Lights” stars Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton picked up Emmy nominations Thursday morning for their roles in the Austin-filmed series.
While the NBC/DirecTV series has been nominated for Emmys before, these nominations are its first in major categories. “FNL” missed picking up a nomination for best drama series, though.
Also nominated for Emmys are the HBO movie “Temple Grandin,” filmed in Central Texas, and its star, Claire Danes.
Look for Emmys reports here throughout the day.
UPDATED: “FNL” has also received nominations for casting and writing.
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I’ll be live tweeting the Emmy nominations at 7:30 a.m. CT this morning. You can follow me live on Twitter by clicking here. Then check back later for my reaction to the nominations.
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