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Screen Actors Guild award nominations for TV
by Allison Waldman, posted Dec 17th 2009 11:33AM
Every day it seems that we have nominations to announce. Yes, we are in award season and today it's the Screen Actors Guild's turn. On Saturday, January 23, 2010, at 8 p.m. on TNT and TBS, the winners of the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will air live from Los Angeles. Here's the nominees in the main categories and some thoughts on each: Drama Ensemble: The Closer; Dexter; The Good Wife; Mad Men; True Blood
Interesting that CBS's The Good Wife made the cut, especially over Lost or House or Breaking Bad or Sons of Anarchy or Damages or Friday Night Lights. And I love The Closer, but the inclusion here is a surprise. I guess NCIS would be too big a surprise to get recognized.
Comedy Ensemble: 30 Rock; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Glee; Modern Family; The Office
Glee and Modern Family are freshmen, but clearly excellent ensemble comedies. And for Curb Your Enthusiasm, are they honoring the Seinfeld team all over again? Also, where's The Big Bang Theory?
Actress in a Drama Series: Patricia Arquette, Medium; Glenn Close, Damages; Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU; Holly Hunter, Saving Grace; Julianna Marguilies, The Good Wife; Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
With the exception of Margulies, the usual bunch of wonderful actresses. However, no love for Brothers & Sisters and Mad Men? Seriously? What does January Jones have to do?
Actor in a Drama Series: Simon Baker, The Mentalist; Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad; Michael C. Hall, Dexter; Jon Hamm, Mad Men; Hugh Laurie, House
No shocks here, but how do you choose? They're all deserving.
Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock; Steve Carell, The Office; Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm; Tony Shaloub, Monk; Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men
More of the same. I would have preferred Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) or Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory) -- or what about Matthew Morrison on Glee?
Actress in a Comedy Series: Christina Applegate, Samantha Who; Toni Colette, United States of Tara; Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie; Tina Fey, 30 Rock; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
One thought: Jane Lynch, Glee. One more thought: Patricia Heaton, The Middle.
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