Best Television Series (Drama)
- Breaking Bad
- Downton Abbey
- Game of Thrones
- Homeland
- Mad Men
Alternates: Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, Justified, Dexter, Boss
Best Television Series (Comedy)
- 30 Rock
- The Big Bang Theory
- Louie
- Modern Family
- Parks and Recreation
Alternates: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Community, New Girl, Glee, Enlightened
Best Lead Actor (Drama)
- Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire
- Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
- Kelsey Grammar – Boss
- Jon Hamm – Mad Men
- Hugh Laurie – House
Best Lead Actor (Comedy)
- Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
- Don Cheadle – House of Lies
- Louie CK – Louie
- Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
Alternates: Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory), Ashton Kutcher (Two and a Half Men), Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men), Joel McHale (Community), Warwick Davis (Life’s Too Short)
Best Lead Actress (Drama)
- Glenn Close – Damages
- Claire Danes – Homeland
- Julianna Marguilles – The Good Wife
- Elizabeth McGovern – Downton Abbey
- Elizabeth Moss – Mad Men
Alternates: Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Kathy Bates (Harry’s Law), Mirelles Enos (The Killing), Katey Segal (Sons of Anarchy), Debra Messing (Smash)
Best Lead Actress (Comedy)
- Laura Dern – Enlightened
- Tina Fey – 30 Rock
- Laura Linney – The Big C
- Melissa McCarthy – Mike & Molly
- Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
Alternates: Julie Louis Dreyfuss (Veep), Zooey Deschanel (New Girl), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope), Lena Dunham (Girls)
Best Supporting Actor (Drama)
- Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
- Nick Nolte – Luck
- Mandy Patinkin – Homeland
- Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad
- John Slattery – Mad Men
Alternates: Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Josh Charles (The Good Wife), John Goodman (Damages), Michael Pitt (Boardwalk Empire), Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)
Best Supporting Actor (Comedy)
- Ty Burrell – Modern Family
- Jesse Tyler Freguson – Modern Family
- Ed O’Neill – Modern Family
- Nick Offerman – Parks and Recreation
- Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family
Alternates: Max Greenfield (New Girl), James Spader (The Office), Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live), Ricky Gervais (Life’s Too Short), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Best Supporting Actress (Drama)
- Rose Byrne – Damages
- Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
- Kelly MacDonald – Boardwalk Empire
- Archie Panjabi – The Good Wife
- Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Alternates: Christine Baranski (The Good Wife), Michelle Forbes (The Killing), Anjelica Huston (Smash), Morena Baccarin (Homeland), Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)
Best Supporting Actress (Comedy)
- Julie Bowen – Modern Family
- Maya Rudolph – Up All Night
- Sofia Vergara – Modern Family
- Betty White – Hot in Cleveland
- Kristen Wiig – Saturday Night Live
Alternates: Jane Krakowski (30 Rock), Diane Ladd (Enlightened), Kristen Bell (House of Lies), Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation), Cloris Leachman (Raising Hope)
Best TV Movie or Mini-Series
- American Horror Story
- Hemingway and Gelhorn
- Game Change
- Great Expectations
- Titanic
Alternates: Hatfield’s and McCoys, The Hour, Luther, Five, Appropriate Adult
Best Lead Actor – TV or Mini-Series
- Ed Harris – Game Change
- Woody Harrelson – Game Change
- Bill Nighy – Page Eight
- Clive Owen – Hemingway and Gelhorn
- Dominic West – The Hour
Alternates: Kevin Costner (Hatfields & McCoys), Idris Elba (Luther), Ray Winstone (Great Expectations), Benedict Cumberbatch (Parade’s End), Martin Landau (Have a Little Faith)
Best Lead Actress – TV or Mini-Series
- Romola Garai – The Hour
- Nicole Kidman – Hemingway and Gelhorn
- Julianne Moore – Game Change
- Emily Watson – Appropriate Adult
- Rachel Weisz – Page Eight
Alternates: Judy Davis (Page Eight), Connie Britton (American Horror Story), Rebecca Hall (Parade’s End), Mare Winningham (Hatfields & McCoys), Gillian Anderson (Great Expectations)
Best Supporting Actor – TV or Mini Series
- Robert Duvall – Hemingway and Gelhorn
- Michael Gambon – Page Eight
- Martin Landau – Have a Little Faith
- Bill Paxton – Hatfields and McCoys
- David Strathairn – Hemingway and Gelhorn
Alternates: Tom Berenger (Hatfields and McCoys), Ed Harris (Game Change), Evan Peters (American Horror Story)
Best Supporting Actress – TV or Mini-Series
- Gillian Anderson – Great Expectations
- Judy Davis – Page Eight
- Jessica Lange – American Horror Story
- Sarah Paulson – Game Change
- Mare Winningham – Hatfields and McCoys
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Why is “The Middle” ignored by so many? It’s just as well written as many of the other comedies that are nominated.
Pat
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Smash?
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