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7/19: Turner Emmy nominations
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I had some time this afternoon to scan the entire list of Emmy nominations and Turner Broadcasting didn’t do too badly.
TNT took home 11 nominations, Cartoon Network (including Adult Swim) grabbed three and Turner Classic Movies, one. (TBS was shut out.)
In the most major category, Kyra Sedgwick, who has already won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of transplanted Atlanta detective Brenda Johnson on TNT’s “The Closer,” nabbed her first Emmy nomination for best actress in a drama series.
“Robot Chicken,” the manic sketch comedy show featuring action figures on Adult Swim, is vying for best animated program airing an hour or less, while “Camp Lazlo” and “Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends,” both on Cartoon Network, are nominated for best animated program airing an hour or more.
TNT’s “The Ron Clark Story” received nominations for both best made-for-TV movie and outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or movie, courtesy of Matthew Perry, who portrayed Clark, an educator building the private, non-profit Ron Clark Academy in south Atlanta.
On a sidenote, in the best musical number category, the SNL short/Internet sensation “[Gift] in a box” with Justin Timberlake and Andy Samburg was nominated. And you know what the gift is, right?
The very funny musical cuts from the “Scrubs” musical episode, “Guy Love” and”Everything Comes Down to Poo” also generating noms.
And sniffing around the Web, some other Emmy omissions critics are opining about include Lauren Graham (again) for “The Gilmore Girls,” Michael Hall in “Dexter,” Kyle Chandler for “Friday Night Lights,” Michael Chiklis from “The Shield,” Terry Crews for “Everybody Hates Chris,” HBO’s “Deadwood” and “Rome.”
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