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Screen Actor’s Guild Awards: nominees

Modern Family, Glee, Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, The Good Wife, The Office and Mad Men have all scored SAG nominations.

Nominations for the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards were announced earlier today, but no Aussies feature in the TV categories.

Geoffrey Rush and Nicole Kidman were nominated for film performances (some media note Jackie Weaver was “snubbed” -but is she actually a member of SAG?).

The awards will take place on on Sunday, Jan. 30 (US).

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Glenn Close, Damages
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Steve Carell, The Office
Chris Colfer, Glee
Ed O’Neill, Modern Family

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Jane Lynch, Glee
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
The Closer
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 Rock
Glee
Hot in Cleveland
Modern Family
The Office

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV movie or miniseries
John Goodman, You Don’t Know Jack
Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack
Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin
Catherine O’Hara, Temple Grandin
Julia Ormond, Temple Grandin
Winona Ryder, When Love is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
Susan Sarandon, You Don’t Know Jack

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Burn Notice
CSI: NY
Dexter
Southland
True Blood

16 Responses

  1. Hi JB Thanks for your comments, you see thats the funny thing about comedy, not everyone thinks a programe is good or funny!!
    Take a look at some of the nominations
    30 Rock hmmm seen 3 epps of it and that was enough (not funny)
    The Office, yep funny , thats if you want to see Steve Carell do the same thing over and over and play the same charactor all the time (deff not funny)
    Glee, ever heard of The monkeys , or The partridge family.
    The only show on that list that I would consider funny would be Moden Family , but to be honest im not that worried if i ever miss an epp!!
    My 2 cents 🙂

    Don

  2. @Don, it’s popular, but that doesn’t mean it’s good, which it certainly isn’t.

    @Carta, it is just that political correctness, but actor is actually a person that acts, so it is correct. Kind of like how they are police officers, rather than just a policeman. Cos there are male police officers and female police officers.

  3. ok i kno im gonna get shot down here , but no 2 1/2 men in comedy section or Charlie Sheen. Its only the worlds most popular comedy show. Nothing rong with the others on the list but the show and laughs just keep comming.

  4. Dakir – it’s similar to Tony Shalhoub in “Monk” – the show itself might have elements of dark comedy and his idiosyncrasies create moments of comedy, but he certainly isn’t a comedy actor like Ray Romano or Jim Parsons. The Golden Globes category (Musical or Comedy) makes more sense for Glee, but I guess they have strict rules about genres. The same show obviously can’t be considered for nomination in two categories depending on the nature of the actor/actress’s performance.

  5. Dean – the category isn’t “lead female actor” – it’s just “female actor” (Jane Lynch and Sofia Vergara certainly aren’t the lead female actors in their respective shows, either).

    Also, why do awards ceremonies such as this refuse to use the term, “actress”? Actor = a man who acts, actress = a woman who acts. Naming the categories “male actor” and “female actor” changes the definition to actor = a person who acts. Defaulting to the male term and adding “male” or “female” before the term is quite bizarre. What’s next – male child and female child instead of son and daughter? Male spouse and female spouse instead of husband and wife? People’s acting ability is judged according to whether they’re a male or a female (i.e. there’s no “most outstanding male Or female actor”), so really, why bother being precious and fiddling with the name of the category? It’s political correctness gone mad.

  6. Agree Re Tara being in the drama category. It baffles me how it’s considered a comedy. I love the show and have seen every episode. It has it’s funny parts, sure, but its best aspect is its drama.

  7. I still need to check out Boardwalk Empire. I’ve heard good things and seems to be recognised this awards season.
    Again, why is Chris Colfer singled out for Glee. He’s my least favourite and not the stand out, but i’m guessing it’s cos of the major storyline he’s been given this season.
    Hot in Cleveland. Terrible show.

  8. Betty White, i can understand, but Hot In Cleveland the show as a whole? Surely not. The two nods for the show are a little baffling – i would have expected it to show up in the Golden Globes not SAG. Also i think Toni Colette’s series should be a drama – i fail to see how it qualifies as comedy – and i’ve seen every ep and a fan of hers and Diablo Cody. Maybe SAG don’t know what to make of it?

  9. Why isn’t the headline of this story: Collette snubbed by SAG….again
    And as much as we love Betty White, she aint the lead actress in Hot in Cleveland let alone one of the best 5 in all series

  10. same old same old. not surprised by any of it.
    hahahaha

    except Hot in Cleveland for Best Comedy…. since it is the SAG awards i guess that makes sense, those guys love Betty White.

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