drama series
Winner:
Mad Men
Nominees:
Broadwalk Empire
Friday Night Lights
Fringe
The Good Wife
Game of Thrones
comedy series
Winner:
Modern Family
Nominees:
The Big Bang Theory
Community
Parks and Recreation
30 ROCK
United Stated of Tara
tv movie/mini-series
Winner:
Downton Abbey – PBS
Nominees:
Carlos – Sundance Channel
Luther – BBC America
Macbeth – PBS
Mildred Pierce – HBO
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena – Starz
variety series
Winner:
Saturday Night Live – NBC
Nominees:
Chelsea Lately – E!
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Comedy Central
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – NBC
Portlandia – IFC
Real Time with Bill Maher – HBO
reality/non-fiction series
Winner:
Top Chef – Bravo
Nominees:
30 For 30 – ESPN
So You Think You Can Dance – Fox
Survivor – CBS
The Voice – NBC
Who Do You Think You Are? – NBC
variety/reality/non-fiction special
Winner:
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 – HBO
Nominees:
The 62nd Annual Emmy Awards – NBC
Carrie Fisher in Wishful Drinking – HBO
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour – HBO
Pee Wee Herman Show on Broadway – HBO
Tina Fey: Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Comedy – PBS
new comedy series (series nominated as best series are ineligible)
Winner:
Louie – FX
Nominees:
The Big C – Showtime
Episodes – Showtime
Happy Endings – ABC
Raising Hope – Fox
performance, new comedy series (performers nominated elsewhere are ineligible)
Winner:
Oliver Platt – The Big C
Nominees:
Tamsin Greig – Episodes
Jane Leeves – Hot in Cleveland
Adam Pally – Happy Endings
Lucas Neff – Raising Hope
Cloris Leachman – Raising Hope
new drama series (series nominated as best series are ineligible)
Winner:
The Walking Dead – AMC
Nominees:
Covert Affairs – USA
The Killing – AMC
Rubicon – AMC
Shameless – Showtime
performance, new drama series (performers nominated elsewhere are ineligible)
Winner:
Vincent Piazza – Boardwalk Empire
Nominees:
Donnie Wahlberg – Blue Bloods
Stephen Graham – Boardwalk Empire
Piper Perabo – Covert Affairs
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
Lorraine Bracco – Rizzoli & Isles
performance, younger actor
Winner:
Keir Gilchrist – United States of Tara
Nominees:
Jack Gleeson – Game of Thrones
Max Burkholder – Parenthood
Cameron Monaghan – Shameless
Jeremy Allen White – Shameless
performance, younger actress
Winner:
Kiernan Shipka – Mad Men
Nominees:
Maisie Williams – Game of Thrones
Makenzie Vega – The Good Wife
Kaitlyn Dever – Justified
Ruby Jerins – Nurse Jackie
lead actor, drama series
Winner:
Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Nominees:
Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler – Friday Night Lights
Timothy Olyphant – Justified
Peter Krause – Parenthood
James Dadge Dale – Rubicon
lead actress, drama series
Winner:
Anna Torv – Fringe
Nominees:
Connie Britton – Friday Night Lights
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Mireille Enos – The Killing
Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men
Lauren Graham – Parenthood
supporting actor, drama series
Winner:
John Noble – Fringe
Nominees:
Michael B Jordan – Friday Night Lights
Michael Pitt – Boardwalk Empire
Josh Charles – The Good Wife
Shawn Hatosy – Southland
Denis O’Hare – True Blood
supporting actress, drama series
Winner:
Margo Martindale – Justified
Nominees:
Kelly Macdonald – Boardwalk Empire
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones
Sara Ramirez – Grey’s Anatomy
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
Monica Potter – Parenthood
guest actor, drama series
Winner:
Jack Huston – Boardwalk Empire
Nominees:
Bruce Dern – Big Love
Jonny Lee Miller – Dexter
Michael J Fox – The Good Wife
Jeremy Davies – Justified
Michael Cristofer – Rubicon
guest actress, drama series
Winner:
Jessica Pare – Mad Men
Nominees:
Mia Soteriou – Game of Thrones
Martha Plimpton – The Good Wife
Shohreh Aghdashloo – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Joan Cusack – Shameless
Jenny Gago – Southland
directing, drama series
Winner:
Robert King – The Good Wife – “Closing Arguments”
Nominees:
Martin Scorsese – Boardwalk Empire – “Boardwalk Empire”
Alan Taylor – Game of Thrones – “Baelor”
Michael Slovis – Rubicon – “Wayward Sons”
Felix Alcala – Southland – “Code Four”
Frank Darabont – The Walking Dead – “Days Gone Bye”
writing, drama series
Winner:
Jeff Pinkner & JH Wyman – Fringe – “Entrada”
Nominees:
Rolin Jones – Friday Night Lights – “Kingdom”
Dan Benioff & DB Weiss – Game of Thrones – “Fire and Blood”
Robert King & Michelle King – The Good Wife – “Closing Arguments”
Taylor Elmore – Justified – “Brother’s Keeper”
Matthew Weiner – Mad Men – “The Suitcase”
lead actor, comedy series
Winner:
Steve Carell – The Office
Nominees:
Johnny Galecki – The Big Bang Theory
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
Jason Schwartzman – Bored To Death
Joel McHale – Community
Louis CK – Louie
lead actress, comedy series
Winner:
Toni Collette – United States of Tara
Nominees:
Laura Linney The Big C
Melissa McCarthy Mike & Molly
Amy Poehler Parks and Recreation
Martha Plimpton Raising Hope
Tina Fey 30 Rock
supporting actor, comedy series
Winner:
Nick Offerman – Parks and Recreation
Nominees:
Donald Glover – Community
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Modern Family
Ed O’Neill – Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family
supporting actress, comedy series
Winner:
Betty White – Hot in Cleveland
Nominees:
Wendie Malick – Hot in Cleveland
Julie Bowen – Modern Family
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family
Anna Deavere – Smith Nurse Jackie
Merritt Wever – Nurse Jackie
guest actor, comedy series
Winner:
Nathan Lane – Modern Family
Nominees:
Idris Elba – The Big C
Darren Criss – Glee
Will Ferrell – The Office
Matt Damon – 30 Rock
Eddie Izzard – United States of Tara
guest actress, comedy series
Winner:
Gwyneth Paltrow – Glee
Nominees:
Jessica Walter The Big Bang Theory
Cynthia Nixon The Big C
Gabourey Sidibe The Big C
Ashley Fink Glee
Elaine Stritch 30 Rock
directing, comedy series
Winner:
Steve Levitan – Modern Family – “See You Next Fall”
Nominees:
Bill Condon – The Big C – “Pilot”
Paul Feig – The Office – “Goodbye Michael, Part 2”
Eyal Gordin – Raising Hope – “Say Cheese”
John Riggi – 30 Rock – “Christmas Attack Zone”
Craig Zisk – United States of Tara – “The Good Parts”
writing, comedy series
Winner:
Andrew Guest – Community – “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons”
Nominees:
David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik – Episodes – “Episode 7”
Brad Falchuk – Glee – “Born This Way”
Louis CK – Louie – “Bully”
Louis CK – Louie – “Poker/Divorce”
Norm Hiscock – Parks and Recreation – “Flu Season”
lead actor, tv movie/mini-series
Winner:
Idris Elba – Luther
Nominees:
Edgar Ramirez Carlos
Hugh Bonneville Downton Abbey
Patrick Stewart Macbeth
Ian McShane The Pillars of the Earth
William Hurt Too Big To Fail
lead actress, tv movie/mini-series
Winner:
Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce
Nominees:
Elizabeth McGovern Downton Abbey
Kate Fleetwood Macbeth
Lucy Lawless Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
Taraji P. Henson Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh Upstairs, Downstairs
supporting actor, tv movie/mini-series
Winner:
James Woods – Too Big to Fail
Nominees:
James Gandolfini Cinema Verite
Brendan Coyle Downton Abbey
Steven Mackintosh Luther
Guy Pearce Mildred Pierce
Donald Sutherland The Pillars of the Earth
supporting actress, tv movie/mini-series
Winner:
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Nominees:
Gillian Anderson Any Human Heart
Kim Cattrall Any Human Heart
Ruth Wilson Luther
Evan Rachel Wood Mildred Pierce
Allison Pill The Pillars of the Earth
directing, tv movie/mini-series
Winner:
Carlos – Sundance Channel
Nominees:
Downton Abbey – PBS
Luther – BBC America
Macbeth – PBS
Mildred Pierce – HBO
The Pillars of the Earth – Starz
writing, tv movie/mini-series
Winner:
Downton Abbey – PBS
Nominees:
Carlos – PBS
Cinema Verite – HBO
Luther – BBC America
Mildred Pierce – HBO
Upstairs, Downstairs – PBS
variety/music performer
Winner:
Kristin Wiig – Saturday Night Live
Nominees:
Fred Armisen Portlandia
Bill Maher Real Time with Bill Maher
Ricky Gervais Ricky Gervais: Out of Engald 2
Amy Poehler Saturday Night Live
Justin Timberlake Saturday Night Live
reality/non-fiction performer
Winner:
Padma Lakshmi – Top Chef
Nominees:
Jennifer Lopez American Idol
Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Mike Rowe Dirty Jobs
Cat Deeley So You Think You Can Dance
Jeff Probst Survivor
directing, variety/music or reality/non-fiction program
Winner:
Saturday Night Live – “Host: Amy Poehler” – NBC
Nominees:
Portlandia “A Song for Portland” (IFC)
Stand Up to Cancer
Survivor “Seems Like a No Brainer” (CBS)
Top Chef “Give Me Your Huddled Masses” (Bravo)
Who Do You Think You Are? “Steve Buscemi” (NBC)
writing, variety/music or reality/non-fiction program
Winner:
Portlandia – “A Song for Portland” – IFC
Nominees:
30 For 30 – “Once Brothers” – ESPN
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! – “The Vatican” – Showtime
Real Time with Bill Maher – “216” – HBO
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 – HBO
Saturday Night Live – “Host: Justin Timberlake” – NBC
ensemble, drama series
Winner:
Boardwalk Empire – HBO – Greg Antonacci, Steve Buscemi, Dabney Coleman, Paz de la Huerta, Stephen Graham, Anthony Lacuira, Kelly Macdonald, Gretchen Mol, Aleksa Palladino, Vincent Piazza, Michael Pitt, Michael Shannon, Paul Sparks, Michael Stuhlbarg, Erik Weiner, Shea Whigham, Michael K Williams.
Nominees:
Friday Night Lights – DirecTV – Connie Britton, Madison Burge, Kyle Chandler, Grey Damon, Michael B. Jordan, Matt Lauria, Jurnee Smollett, Aimee Teegarden.
Game of Thrones – HBO – Mark Addy, Alfie Allen, Sean Bean, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley, Aiden Gillen, Iain Glen, Kit Harrington, Lena Headey, Jack Gleeson, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Harry Lloyd, Richard Madden, Rory McCann, Jason Momoa, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams.
The Good Wife – CBS – Christine Baranski, Josh Charles, Alan Cumming, Matt Czuchry, Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Archie Panjabi, Mary Beth Peil, Graham Phillips, Makenzie Vega.
Mad Men – AMC – Cara Buono, Jon Hamm, Jared Harris, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Matt Long, Robert Morse, Elisabeth Moss, Kiernan Shipka, John Slattery, Rich Sommer, Christopher Stanley, Aaron Staton.
Rubicon (AMC – Jessica Collins, James Badge Dale, Lauren Hodges, Arliss Howard, Dallas Roberts, Miranda Richardson, Christopher Evan Welch.
ensemble, comedy series
Winner:
Parks and Recreation – NBC – Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Rob Lowe, Nick Offerman, Jim O’Heir, Aubrey Plaza, Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Retta, Adam Scott.
Nominees:
The Big Bang Theory – CBS – Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galceki, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Jim Parsons, Melissa Rauch.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – FX – Charlie day, Danny DeVito, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson.
Modern Family – ABC – Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nolan Gould, Sarah Hyland, Ed O’Neill, Rico Rodriguez, Eric Stonestreet, Sofia Vergara, Ariel Winter.
The Office – NBC – Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Creed Bratton, Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, Kate Flannery, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Angela Kinsey, John Krasinski, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Oscar Nuñez, Craig Robinson, Phyllis Smith, Rainn Wilson, Zach Woods.
Weeds – Showtime – Alexander Gould, Justin Kirk, Kevin Nealon, Mary-Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish.
ensemble, tv movie/mini-series
Winner:
Downton Abbey – PBS
Nominees:
Carlos – Sundance Channel
Luther – BBC America
Mildred Pierce – HBO
The Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (Starz)
ensemble, variety/music or reality/non-fiction program
Winner:
Top Chef – Bravo
Nominees:
Children’s Hospital – Adult Swim
Portlandia – IFC
Saturday Night Live – NBC
So You Think You Can Dance – Fox
Stand Up To Cancer
voiceover performance
Winner:
Alex Borstein – Family Guy – Fox
Nominees:
H. Jon Benjamin Archer – FX
Seth McFarlane Family Guy – Fox
Karl Pilkington The Ricky Gervais Show – HBO
Dan Castellaneta The Simpsons – Fox
casting
Winner:
Friday Night Lights – DirecTV
Nominees:
Boardwalk Empire – HBO
Downton Abbey – PBS
Game of Thrones – HBO
The Good Wife – CBS
Mildred Pierce – HBO
song (original or adapted)
Winner:
“All I Really Want for Chirtsmas” – Family Guy – “Road to the North Pole”
Nominees:
“Christmastime is Killing Us” – Family Guy – “Road to the North Pole”
“Get it Right” – Glee – “Original Song”
“Dream of the NIneties” – Portlandia – “The Farm”
“Opening Monologue” – Saturday Night Live – “Host: Justin Timbelrake”
“3-Way (The Golden Rule)” – Saturday Night Live – “Host: Justin Timbelrake”
music composition/score
Winner:
John Lunn – Downton Abbey – “Part 4”
Nominees:
Walter Murphy – Family Guy – “Road to the North Pole”
Chris Tilton – Fringe – “Marionette”
Ramin Djawadi – Game of Thrones – “Winter is Coming”
Frans Bak – The Killing – “Pilot”
Peter Nashel – Rubicon – “Wayward Sons”
main title theme
Winner:
Game of Thrones – HBO
Nominees:
The Borgias – Showtime
Camelot – Starz
Downton Abbey – PBS
Rubicon – AMC
The Walking Dead – AMC
titles sequence
Winner:
Game of Thrones – HBO
Nominees:
The Borgias – Showtime
Fairly Legal – USA
The Killing – AMC
Rubicon – AMC
Too Big to Fail – HBO
film editing
Winner:
Friday Night Lights – “Always” – DirecTV
Nominees:
Big Love – “Where Men and Mountains Meet” – HBO
Fringe – “Entrada” – Fox
Mad Men – “The Summer Man” – AMC
Southland – “The Winds” – TNT
The Walking Dead – “Days Gone Bye” – AMC
cinematography
Winner:
Game of Thrones – “Winter is Coming” – HBO
Nominees:
Boardwalk Empire – “Home” – HBO
Downton Abbey – “Part 3” – PBS
The Killing – “Pilot” – AMC
Mad Men – “The Summer Man” – AMC
The Walking Dead – “Days Gone Bye” – AMC
production design
Winner:
Mad Men – “Public Relations” – AMC
Nominees:
Boardwalk Empire – “Boardwalk Empire” – HBO
Carlos – “Part 2” – Sundance Channel
Game of Thrones – “Fire and Blood” – HBO
The Pillars of the Earth – “Part 8” – Starz
The Walking Dead – “Days Gone Bye” – AMC
costume design
Winner:
Downton Abbey – “Part 1” – PBS
Nominees:
Boardwalk Empire – “Anastasia” – HBO
The Borgias – “The Poisoned Chalice” – Showtime
Game of Thrones – “The Pointy End” – HBO
Glee – “New York” – Fox
Mad Men “The Beautiful Girls” – AMC
makeup/hairstyling
Winner:
The Walking Dead – “Days Gone Bye” – AMC
Nominees:
The Cape – “Razer” – NBC
Community – “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons” – NBC
Game of Thrones – “Winter is Coming” – HBO
Private Practice – “Just Lose It” – ABC
True Blood – “It Hurts Me Too” – HBO
sound mixing
Winner:
Game of Thrones – “Fire and Blood” – HBO
Nominees:
Covert Affairs – “Pilot” – USA
Family Guy – “Road to the North Pole” – Fox
Friday Night Lights – “Always” – DirecTV
Grey’s Anatomy – “Song Beneath the Song” – ABC
The Walking Dead – “Days Gone Bye” – AMC
sound editing
Winner:
Boardwalk Empire – “Paris Green” – HBO
Nominees:
Fringe – “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide” – Fox
Justified – “Bloody Harlan” – FX
Southland – “Code Four” – TNT
True Blood – “Hitting the Ground” – HBO
The Walking Dead – “TS-19” – AMC
visual effects
Winner:
Game of Thrones – “Fire and Blood” – Fox
Nominees:
Fringe “The Last Sam Weiss” – Fox
Fringe “Olivia” – Fox
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena “The Bitter End” – Starz
True Blood “It Hurts Me Too” – HBO
The Walking Dead “Days Gone Bye” – AMC
stunt co-ordination/ensemble
Winner:
Fringe – “Olivia” – Fox
Nominees:
Covert Affairs “Pilot” – USA
Fringe “Olivia” – Fox
Southland “The Winds” – TNT
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena “The Bitter End” – Starz
True Blood “It Hurts Me Too” – HBO
animated program
Winner:
Family Guy – Fox
Nominees:
Archer – FX
Community “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas” – NBC
The Simpsons – Fox
South Park – Fox
————SPOILER WARNING————
top 10 scenes of the 2010-2011 television season
(alphabetical order)
Friday Night Lights – “Always” – Final montage.
Fringe – “Entrada” – Fauxlivia exposed.
Game of Thrones – “Fire and Blood” – Rebirth.
The Good Wife – “Closing Arguments” – The elevator.
The Killing – “Beau Soleil” – You’ve got mail.
Luther – “Episode 1” – Interview room.
Mad Men – “The Beautiful Girls” – RIP Mrs Blankenship.
The Office – “Goodbye Michael” – Airport goodbye.
Southland – “Code Four” – Bryant and Moretta ambushed.
United States of Tara – “Wheels” – Meeting.
Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.
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