#20
Mad About You - Season 6
Year: 1998Nominations: Lead Actor (Paul Reiser), Guest Actor (Hank Azaria, Nathan Lane, Carol Burnett)
Wins: Lead Actress (Helen Hunt), Guest Actor (Mel Brooks)
Snubbed by: Seinfeld
The more shocking thing here isn't Mad About You dropping out the nomination field even though it pulled a ton of acting noms. (and wins). It's really the fact that it deserved a spot over Seinfeld of all shows which nearly fell entirely out of Emmy love in it's final season. Objectively speaking, Seinfeld needed more nominations to deserve the spot over Mad About You.
#19
The Good Wife - Season 3
Year: 2012
Nominations: Lead Actress (Julianna Margulies), Supporting Actress (Archie Panjabi, Christine Baranski), Guest Actress (Martha Plimpton), Guest Actor (Dylan Baker, Michael J. Fox), Casting
Wins: TBD
Snubbed by: Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones
The Good Wife got a ton of acting nominations again. To me, that seems more deserving to stay in the field than Boardwalk Empire or Game of Thrones which were hemorrhaging nominations from the year before. This isn't a quality judgment but a numbers one. We will see how this plays out at this year's awards ceremony.
#18
Ellen - Season 3
Nominations: Lead Acress (Ellen DeGeneres), Guest Actress (Laura Dern), Directing,
Wins: Writing, Editing for a Series - Multi-Camera
Snubbed by: 3rd Rock from the Sun
I want to call Ellen's snub from the field, despite acting, directing, and writing noms indefensible, but the weak show on the list, 3rd Rock from the Sun, pulled two wins in it's only two major nominations (Lead Actor and Supporting Actress). Otherwise, I'd put this snub a lot higher up on the list.
#17
Year: 2011
Nominations: Lead Actress (Mireille Enos), Supporting Actress (Michelle Forbes), Directing, Writing, Casting, Single-Camera Picture Editing
Wins: None
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Justified - Season 2
Year: 2011
Nominations: Lead Actor (Timothy Olyphant), Supporting Actor (Walton Goggins), Guest Actor (Jeremy Davies)
Wins: Supporting Actress (Margo Martindale)
Snubbed by: Dexter
The Killing may not have been great, but the noms don't lie. It certainly got the nominations to be considered. It clearly deserved it. Justified also raked in acting nominations. Either would've been excellent picks over Dexter that year with it's acting nominations for Michael C. Hall and Julia Stiles.
#16
My So-Called Life - Season 1
Year: 1995
Nominations: Lead Actress (Claire Danes), Directing, Writing
Wins: None
Snubbed by: Law & Order
My So Called Life had acting, directing, and writing noms. but Law & Order got the last Outstanding Drama nomination with no other major nominations. That's a load of bullshit if you ask me, and that's even ignoring the cult status My So-Called Life has gained over the years. 2012 should be a redeeming year for Claire Danes.
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