#16-20
#11-15
#10
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 1
Nominations: Guest Actress (Gwen Verdon)
Wins: Writing, Directing
Snubbed by: Homefront
Homicide: Life on the Street not only got nominations for Writing and Directing, it won those categories. To win both of those and not even make the cut for the overall nomination really makes me question the Emmy voting process.
#9
Year: 2012
Nominations: Lead Actress (Amy Poehler), Writing (two)
Wins: TBD
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Louie - Season 2
Year: 2012
Nominations: Lead Actor (Louis C.K.), Directing, Writing
Wins: TBD
Snubbed by: Veep (and arguably Curb Your Enthusiasm)
I'm grouping these two together because neither make sense and could be hurt or helped on award night. Parks and Rec. got the nomination for Outstanding Comedy series in season 3, gains two nominations, still has more than half the nominees, yet gets bumped from the field. That's confusing.
Let me tell you a story about a show with a star, director, writer, showrunner, producer that is set in New York city. That description applies to both Girls and Louie, but Louie got snubbed. The major difference: Girls is on HBO...kind of like Veep and Curb which both make a weaker case for the overall nom. based on other nominations.
The case for either show could be helped or hurt by the results on Emmy night.
#8
Year: 2005
Nominations: Lead Actor (Hank Azaria), Supporting Actor (Oliver Platt), Guest Actress (Swoosie Kurtz), Director
Wins: Supporting Actress (Blythe Danner)
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Boston Legal - Season 1
Year: 2005
Nominations: None
Wins: Lead Actor (James Spader), Supporting Actor (William Shatner)
Snubbed by: Six Feet Under, 24...any show other than Lost
Huff got more nominations in major categories than any show other than Lost, so it doesn't make sense that it wouldn't get an Outstanding Drama nomination. Boston Legal didn't get many more nominations than any other nominee (although it was a pretty wide-open year), but pulling wins in all the fields in had nominations is a sign it probably should've been in the running.
#7
My Name is Earl - Season 1
Nominations: Supporting Actress (Jaime Pressly)
Wins: Directing, Writing, Casting, Single-Camera Picture Editing
Snubbed by: Scrubs specifically, but it was a weak overall field that year
You know, looking at this year, there was a major distribution of nominations. There were at least 10 comedies with legit claims to a nomination for Outstanding Comedy series. I'll say that My Name is Earl, with it's win in Directing and Writing wins, should've been one of the nominees for comedy. It obviously could've won.
#6
Deadwood - Season 1
Year: 2004
Nominations: Supporting Actor (Brad Dourif), Supporting Actress (Robin Weigert), Writing, Art Direction, Casting, Costumes, Hairstyling, Makeup
Wins: Directing, Sound-Editing
Snubbed by: CSI
CSI gets no major nominations. Deadwood gets supporting, directing, casting, and writing noms, including a win. That's doesn't make sense, right?
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