Thursday, July 3, 2014

2014 Evannies Nomination Announcement

Hello everyone! Sorry for not posting over the past few weeks. I am currently in England doing a study abroad program, and it has been a life-changing experience. I haven't had a lot of time to focus on the blog, although I am prepping for next week's Emmy nomination announcement. Today, though, I wanted to take the time to announce the nominations for my own personal awards, the Evannies! Yes, the Evannies...I came up with the name years ago and it's stuck ever since, and I don't have the energy to change it. I have the Evannies for film and TV every year to honor the best in cinematic and television achievement, so I'm excited to announce the nominees for the 2014 TV Evannies.

PLEASE NOTE: My category placements do not entirely match up with the Emmys. "Fargo" and "American Horror Story: Coven" are competing in the drama series races because I do not have separate races for miniseries. Additionally, while I did finish the entire "Breaking Bad" series earlier this television season, I have chosen not to include them in my nominations this year because I did not want to nominate the series for only eight episodes, since it would not be reflective of how the series would have performed throughout the course of its run. It also allows room for other shows to be recognized since, like I'm imagining it will next week at the Emmys, "BB" would have dominated here. Don't worry, there is more than enough quality programming to make up for a lack of "Breaking Bad." However, there is one other show that I caught up on previous seasons this year that I have included in my nominations for the first time this year because it is returning for more seasons. That would be "Shameless." Since I just finished catching up earlier this summer, it does not have any previous nominations outside of this season, but since it is returning for a fifth season this winter, I included it in this year's nominations.

Without further ado, here are the nominees for the 2014 TV Evannies...

Best Directing for a Drama Series
“Anslo Garrick” for The Blacklist (directed by Joe Carnahan)
“The Crocodile’s Dilemma” for Fargo (directed by Adam Bernstein)
“The Children” for Game of Thones (directed by Alex Graves)
“Hitting the Fan” for The Good Wife (directed by James Whitmore, Jr.)
“Chapter 14” for House of Cards (directed by Carl Franklin)
“Who Goes There?” for True Detective (directed by Cary Fukunaga)

Best Writing for a Comedy Series
“Cooperative Polygraphy” for Community (written by Alex Rubens)
“Beach House” for Girls (written by Jenni Konner, Lena Dunham, and Judd Apatow)
“The Quarterback” for Glee (written by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan)
“How Your Mother Met Me” for How I Met Your Mother (written by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas)
“You’ve Got Sext” for The Mindy Project (written by Mindy Kaling)
“Moving Up” for Parks and Recreation (written by Aisha Muhararr and Alan Yang)
“Crate” for Veep (written by Armando Iannucci, Simon Blackwell and Georgia Pritchett)
“Debate” for Veep (written by Armando Iannucci, David Quantick, and Tony Roche)

Best Writing for Drama Series
“The Crocodile’s Dilemma” for Fargo (written by Noah Hawley)
“The Decision Tree” for The Good Wife (written by Robert and Michelle King)
“Hitting the Fan” for The Good Wife (written by Robert and Michelle King)
“The Last Call” for The Good Wife (written by Robert and Michelle King)
“A Weird Year” for The Good Wife (written by Robert and Michelle King)
“Form and Void” for True Detective (written by Nic Pizzolato)

Best Directing for a Comedy Series
“Basic Intergluteal Numismatics” for Community (directed by Tristram Shapeero)
“Beach House” for Girls (directed by Jesse Peretz)
“Flo” for Girls (directed by Richard Shepard)
“Las Vegas” for Modern Family (directed by Gail Mancuso)
“Iron City” for Shameless (directed by James Ponsoldt)
“Crate” for Veep (directed by Chris Addison)

Drama Episode of the Year
“Anslo Garrick” for The Blacklist
“The Crocodile’s Dilemma” for Fargo
“Hitting the Fan” for The Good Wife
“The Last Call” for The Good Wife
“Chapter 14” for House of Cards
“Form and Void” for True Detective

Comedy Episode of the Year
“Basic Intergluteal Numismatics” for Community
“Beach House” for Girls
“The Quarterback” for Glee
“Las Vegas” for Modern Family
“Moving Up” for Parks and Recreation
“Crate” for Veep

Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Pedro Pascal for Game of Thrones
Dylan Baker for The Good Wife
Michael J. Fox for The Good Wife
Nathan Lane for The Good Wife
Beau Bridges for Masters of Sex
Joe Morton for Scandal

Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Cristin Milioti for How I Met Your Mother
Mimi Kennedy for Mom
Uzo Aduba for Orange Is the New Black
Taryn Manning for Orange Is the New Black
Anna Kendrick for Saturday Night Live
Emily Bergl for Shameless
Joan Cusack for Shameless

Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
James Earl Jones for The Big Bang Theory
Bob Newhart for The Big Bang Theory
Brad Garrett for The Crazy Ones
Nathan Lane for Modern Family
Pablo Schreiber for Orange Is the New Black
Jimmy Fallon for Saturday Night Live

Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Carrie Preston for The Good Wife
Annaleigh Ashford for Masters of Sex
Allison Janney for Masters of Sex
Julianne Nicholson for Masters of Sex
Kate Burton for Scandal
Lisa Kudrow for Scandal

Breakthrough Performer of the Year
Emma Roberts for American Horror Story: Coven
Chelsea Peretti for Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Allison Tolman for Fargo
Sophie Turner for Game of Thrones
Lizzy Caplan for Masters of Sex
Taylor Schilling for Orange Is the New Black
Timothy Simons for Veep

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Colin Hanks for Fargo
Charles Dance for Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage for Game of Thrones
Josh Charles for The Good Wife
Mandy Patinkin for Homeland
Jeff Perry for Scandal

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik for The Big Bang Theory
Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting for The Big Bang Theory
Chelsea Peretti for Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Sarah Hyland for Modern Family
Allison Janney for Mom
Laura Prepon for Orange Is the New Black

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Joe Lo Truglio for Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver for Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson for Modern Family
Jeremy Allen White for Shameless
Tony Hale for Veep
Timothy Simons for Veep

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Angela Bassett for American Horror Story: Coven
Allison Tolman for Fargo
Christine Baranski for The Good Wife
Molly Parker for House of Cards
Bellamy Young for Scandal
Melissa McBride for The Walking Dead

Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Johnny Galecki for The Big Bang Theory
Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory
Andy Samberg for Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Robin Williams for The Crazy Ones
Adam Scott for Parks and Recreation
William H. Macy for Shameless

Best Actress in a Drama Series
Vera Farmiga for Bates Motel
Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife
Claire Danes for Homeland
Robin Wright for House of Cards
Lizzy Caplan for Masters of Sex
Tatiana Maslany for Orphan Black
Kerry Washington for Scandal

Best Actor in a Drama Series
James Spader for The Blacklist
Martin Freeman for Fargo
Billy Bob Thornton for Fargo
Kevin Spacey for House of Cards
Michael Sheen for Masters of Sex
Woody Harrelson for True Detective
Matthew McConaughey for True Detective

Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Lena Dunham for Girls
Mindy Kaling for The Mindy Project
Anna Faris for Mom
Taylor Schilling for Orange Is the New Black
Amy Poehler for Parks and Recreation
Emmy Rossum for Shameless
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep

Best Ensemble
American Horror Story: Coven
The Big Bang Theory
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Orange Is the New Black
Veep

Best Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Girls
Orange Is the New Black
Parks and Recreation
Shameless
Veep

Best Drama Series
Fargo
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards
Masters of Sex
Scandal
True Detective

ONE FINAL NOTE: Nominations for the categories Performer of the Year and Program of the Year will be announced when the winners are announced at a later date.

The Good Wife leads the nominations with 16, a new record for Evannie nominations in a single year (the show holds onto the record, but builds on its nomination count of 14 from last year). Veep garners the highest number of nominations for a comedy series with ten nominations. Fargo tallies up nine mentions, while just behind with eight nominations apiece are The Big Bang Theory, Masters of Sex, and Orange Is the New Black. A total nomination count is below:

The Good Wife - 16
Veep - 10
Fargo - 9
The Big Bang Theory, Masters of Sex, Orange Is the New Black - 8
Game of Thrones, Girls, Scandal, Shameless - 7
House of Cards, True Detective - 6
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks and Recreation - 5
Modern Family - 4
American Horror Story: Coven, The Blacklist, Community, Mom - 3
The Crazy Ones, Glee, The Mindy Project, Homeland, How I Met Your Mother, Saturday Night Live - 2

Bates Motel, Orphan Black, The Walking Dead - 1

I hope you've enjoyed this peak into my television viewing favorites. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this year's nominees in the comments section below!

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