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Thursday, July 18, 2002
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Emmy Nominations
It was a dramatic turn of events at Thursday morning’s Emmy nominations. With "The Sopranos" ineligible for the golden lady this year, there are lots of new stars and lots of new shows in the drama categories.
With "The Sopranos" taking a 15-month hiatus, there was a major shakeup at the top this year. Three new shows were nominated for Best Drama: "Six Feet Under," "CSI," and "24." "Six Feet Under" was the day's biggest winner, getting an astounding 23 nominations.
"CSI's" star sleuth and supervising producer William Petersen was proud to hear his show is up for Best Drama. He says, "Coming from the industry, this is a nice pat on the back from our friends and from the people who know how hard this is."
Also nominated for Best Drama was "Law & Order" -
for the 11th time - and of course, "The West Wing."
"West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin says getting nominated
never gets old. But he had a hard time finding out how his show
did this morning. He woke up early, only to find out his phones
were out. He says, "So in my pajamas I went out to my car,
in the middle of the street, and found someone and called. And
that's where I got the great news."
Overall, here's how the battle of the network stars worked out: HBO led the way with 93 nominations, NBC 89, and CBS with 50.
In the battle for Best Actress, Rachel Griffiths and Frances Conroy of "Six Feet Under" got nominations. They're up against Amy Brenneman of "Judging Amy," Jennifer Garner of "Alias," and Allison Janney of "The West Wing."
"Six Feet Under" also cleaned up in the Best Actor category; both Peter Krause and Michael C. Hall were nominated. They are up against "The West Wing's" Martin Sheen,
Kiefer Sutherland on "24," and the big surprise, rookie nominee Michael Chiklis for his gritty new cop role in "The Shield." He says, "In all my years in this business, I’ve never been to the Emmys. I've never been to the Oscars."
On the comedy side, Jennifer Aniston landed her first nomination for Best Actress in a comedy and her husband Brad Pitt has a chance to grab an Emmy of his own. It was the Thanksgiving episode that had everyone wanting seconds of guest star, Brad Pitt. This morning, the Oscar nominee was served his first Emmy nomination for Comedy Guest Star.
"Friends" producers Kevin Bright and David Crane say the must see TV hit found a new friend this morning in Emmy. The NBC comedy received 11 nominations, including Best Actor noms for Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry.
"Will and Grace" star Eric McCormack showed "Extra" that he's a good sport. The Emmy winner wasn't nominated this year, but the rest of the cast was. Emmy definitely had a fatal attraction for "Will and Grace." Also getting nominations were two guest stars: Glenn Close for her hopped-up photographer, and closeted cop Michael Douglas.
Oscar winner Susan Sarandon also landed a nomination for her wacky girl fight on "Malcolm in the Middle." Nominated "Malcolm" mom Jane Kaczmarek and her "West Wing" husband Bradley Whitford believed she would lose the fight for a nomination against the "Friends." Bradley says, "After she got nominated this morning she said, ‘I didn't think I would even get nominated.’ And I said, ‘I didn't think you would either.’"
"Extra" shared the happy news with "Everybody Loves Raymond" star Doris Roberts in New York Thursday morning. The CBS sitcom landed 11 nominations, including the 4th for Doris.
Fox's Bernie Mac grabbed his first nomination. But he'll go head-to-head with "Frasier's" Kelsey Grammer, while Sarah Jessica Parker leads the way for the ladies. And her gal pals Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Nixon will mix it up in the Supporting Actress category.
So, while the competition will be fierce, you can bet Emmy night will be good for a few laughs.
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