Countdown to the Emmys

[darcyfarrow]

June 11 begins the voting period for the Emmys. The judges have until June 28 to decide which of the submitted episodes, series, music scores, costume and set designs, directors, writers and actors will make it onto the voting ballot. On July 19 we’ll know the nominees. On Sept. 23 we’ll know the winners.

Sending good vibes and a little of Gold’s hypnosis Hollywood-way. . . .

Any predictions? The number 6 hovers in my mind: 6 wins for Once.

[obisgirl]

I know Robert is nominated, and I really hope, he gets it into the final round of nominees. He deserves it 😀

Dearies need to make a prayer circle for him 😆 😀

[killianhookfan]

I’m confused about something (but maybe I misunderstood). When I watched the “at home” interviews with Robert and Lana, it sounded like ABC was submitting Robert for consideration for Best Actor and submitting Lana for consideration for Best Supporting Actress. That confuses me. Why wouldn’t Lana be submitted for consideration for Best Actress?? I don’t consider her a supporting actress at all – I think of her as the MAIN actress on the show because she is the female baddie. The guy interviewing her said something like it was really smart that they were submitting her for Best Supporting Actress so maybe they are thinking she has a better shot at winning in that category? But, won’t the people who would be deciding who the nominees will be also think she isn’t really a SUPPORTING actress so that would actually decrease her chances of even getting nominated? Could the people who decide who the nominees are decide to “upgrade” her to Best Actress if they really like her?

[Josephine]

There is confusion about what category Robert Carlyle is being submitted for. I’ve heard from numerous sites that it’s Best Actor, however on TVLine.com, they said he was confirmed for Best Supporting Actor. They’re usually correct.

Personally, I think this show is similar to Modern Family. Even Glee has this problem. They’re ensemble casts and really no one character is the main. They all work together and ones who are “supporting” end up having more screen time. On Glee, Matthew Morrison is always up for Best Actor in different awards, but to me he is supporting because they’ve ruined his character and made him background. I’ve always considered Finn more the Main Character, even from the Pilot. Modern Family solves this by all submitting in the Best Supporting categories for Comedy. I think RC and LP would do better submitting in Supporting Categories. That doesn’t mean they’re not liked as well. The only main character I’d say for the show is Jennifer Morrison, but even she’s not in any FTL shots which account for half the show. So I’d say they’re all Supporting like Modern Family.

Keeper of Rumplestiltskin's and Neal's spears and war paint and crystal ball.

[killianhookfan]

Thanks, Josephine. That makes so much more sense now. I love both RC and Lana so it was really bothering me that RC was in the Best Actor category while Lana was in the Supporting category – because, to me at least, I see what they do as pretty much equal in terms of the show; didn’t seem fair that Lana was in the Supporting category. But it makes total sense if both of them are in the Supporting category and if that is how they handle ensemble shows.

[darcyfarrow]

Here are the rules for the Emmys:

“It is the decision of the entrant whether to enter as a lead or supporting performer. Series performers should enter according to their lead or supporting place in the body of work aired during the eligibility year. However, only those performers with “guest star” billing, or who are contracted as such, may enter in a “guest” performer category. While the performer’s choice is generally approved, the Primetime Awards Committee determines the final category eligibility.”

I’ve read that there’s a lot of fine-lining when it comes to how an actor is billed, what order the names appear in the credits, whose name gets listed before the title (e.g. “Tom Hanks in ‘Splash'” vs. “‘Splash’ starring Tom Hanks”), etc. It all gets written into the contracts. It gets really interesting when a supporting actor steals the show, as when Fonzie became the big guy on “Happy Days.” I suppose the contracts then get renegotiated. Mr. Gold would love all this! By the way, the concepts and the terminology (“star,” “lead,” “supporting”) go way back–I was reading a book about traveling acting companies in the 1800s, and the book talked about how those terms were used then, and within the industry the terms have very specific meanings.

[darcyfarrow]

From Goldderby.com, May 18:

“Carlyle will be on the Emmy ballot in the Best Drama Actor category at this year’s Emmys. Asked about what his likely episode submission would be if he was nominated, Carlyle immediately narrows in on “Skin Deep,” which Carlyle likes to call “At home with Rumple” and which essentially reboots the classic “Beauty and the Beast” tale by recasting Carlyle’s Rumplestiltskin as the Beast opposite “Lost” alum Emilie de Ravin as Belle.

“You really see everything. You see all the bits that have been missing about Rumplestiltskin over the previous 11 episodes” enthuses Carlyle, who credits the episode’s writer Jane Espenson with giving his character a real showcase to let loose in. “You see the sadness in the man, you can see the fact that he’s intensely lonely,” Carlyle says, adding that the episode “gave him a tremendous platform to express myself” and “in terms of my entire career, that’s the best 42 minutes of TV I’ve ever been involved in.”

[darcyfarrow]

From Deadline Hollywood, May 31:

“To overcome Emmy’s bias against genre series, ABC’s freshman fairy tale will likely need more magic than even its strong ratings can conjure up. Worthy as the performances of Jennifer Morrison and Ginnifer Goodwin are, the show’s best chance to be recognized in a major category is probably a supporting actor nod for Rumplestiltskin’s nimble portrayer, Robert Carlyle, a 2006 contender for his work in the Lifetime movie Human Trafficking.”

[darcyfarrow]

From Gold Derby, May 22:

“Parrilla will be on the Emmy ballot this year in the Best Drama Supporting Actress race, the only actress from the show to be submitted in that category. She plays the dual roles of Regina Mills (mayor of Storybrooke) and the Evil Queen, who literally bursts onto the scene in the show’s first episode to interrupt the fairytale wedding of Snow White and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas).
In a video chat with Gold Derby, Parrilla talks about “The Stable Boy,” the episode from the show’s freshman season that she believes best showcases her work. That episode centers on the events that led to her character becoming so evil and features Oscar nominee Barbara Hershey as her wicked mother, who Parrilla lets slip is returning next season to flesh out her character even more.”

[darcyfarrow]

From Gold Derby, April 26:

“Gold Derby has confirmed the official acting category submissions from ABC for shows that it produces. (Other eligible performers could be submitting on their own).
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Body of Proof
Castle
Criminal Minds (produced for CBS)
Grey’s Anatomy
Once Upon a Time
Private Practice
Revenge
Scandal

BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Body of Proof (Dana Delany)
Castle (Stana Katic)
Grey’s Anatomy (Ellen Pompeo)
Once Upon a Time (Ginnifer Goodwin)
Once Upon a Time (Jennifer Morrison)
Private Practice (Kate Walsh)
Revenge (Madeleine Stowe)
Revenge (Emily Vancamp)
Scandal (Kerry Washington)

BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Castle (Nathan Fillion)
Once Upon a Time (Robert Carlyle)
Once Upon a Time (Josh Dallas)

BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Body of Proof (Jeri Ryan)
Castle (Penny Johnson Jerald)
Castle (Tamala Jones)
Castle (Molly Quinn)
Castle (Susan Sullivan)
Grey’s Anatomy (Jessica Capshaw)
Grey’s Anatomy (Sandra Oh)
Grey’s Anatomy (Kim Raver)
Grey’s Anatomy (Chandra Wilson)
Once Upon a Time (Lana Parrilla)
Private Practice (Amy Brenneman)
Private Practice (Caterina Scorsone)
Private Practice (KaDee Strickland)
Scandal (Katie Lowes)
Scandal (Darby Stanchfield)

BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Body of Proof (Geoffrey Arend)
Body of Proof (Windell Middlebrooks)
Castle (Seamus Dever)
Castle (Jon Huertas)
Grey’s Anatomy (Patrick Dempsey)
Grey’s Anatomy (Kevin McKidd)
Grey’s Anatomy (James Pickens, Jr.)
Once Upon a Time (Eion Bailey)
Once Upon a Time (Jared Gilmore)
Private Practice (Paul Adelstein)
Private Practice (Brian Benben)
Private Practice (Benjamin Bratt)
Private Practice (Taye Diggs)
Private Practice (Griffin Gluck)
Revenge (Joshua Bowman)
Revenge (Henry Czerny)
Revenge (Gabriel Mann)
Scandal (Guillermo Diax)
Scandal (Tony Goldwyn)
Scandal (Jeff Perry)
Scandal (Columbus Short)

BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
Body of Proof (Marcia Gay Harden)
Body of Proof (Rita Wilson)
Castle (Jennifer Beals)
Grey’s Anatomy (Debbie Allen)
Grey’s Anatomy (Kate Burton)
Grey’s Anatomy (Loretta Devine)
Grey’s Anatomy (Vanessa Marano)
Grey’s Anatomy (Alfre Woodard)
Once Upon a Time (Barbara Hershey)
Private Practice (A.J. Langer)
Private Practice (Anika Noni Rose)
Private Practice (Debbie Ryan)
Scandal (Liza Weil)

BEST DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
Body of Proof (Luke Perry)
Castle (Adam Baldwin)
Grey’s Anatomy (Scott Foley)
Grey’s Anatomy (Jason George)
Grey’s Anatomy (Daniel Sunjata)
Once Upon a Time (Sebastian Stan)
Private Practice (Stephen Amell)

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