Best Television Series – Drama is Showtime's Homeland!...

[Little Star]

Sorry Skinner. I know you love Game of Thrones. This is how they shook out:

Best Television Series – Drama

Homeland, Showtime
American Horror Story, FX
Boardwalk Empire, HBO
Boss, STARZ
Game of Thrones, HBO

[one_voice]

1. I watch all of them...

surprised to see American Horror Story....

[Little Star]

4. Which one is your favorite?..

We don't have HBO and I haven't seen Boss.

[one_voice]

5. oh wow...

that's difficult to answer I like them all for different reasons. I don't know...they're all so different. Horror, fantasy, crime drama...

Do you have a favorite?

I think Claire Danes did/does a fantastic job in Homeland. Jessica Lang is great in American Horror Story. So much good tv..LOL

[FarPoint]

2. I'm absolutely thrilled !

Claire Dane also won Best Actress in a tv drama...for Homeland!

[Little Star]

3. Me too! She is great!

[Duer 157099]

7. Who was she up against?

Though, it doesn't matter, she would have won it no matter what, unless if maybe Meryl Streep did a TV show.

Yeah, she totally deserved it and it would have been a shock if she didn't get it.

[Ohio Joe]

6. Yeesh... Homeland is the worst show on the list...

Where is Breaking Bad and Justified?

[Duer 157099]

8. No kidding.

I couldn't believe that Damian Lewis was up for best actor! He was great in Band of Brothers, but his acting just absolutely sucked in Homeland, I could barely stand watching him.

Did Justified get any nominations?

And I think Game of Thrones should have easily won, if not Boardwalk Empire.

Sheeesh.

[FarPoint]

9. Homeland is my favorite.

I sense many DU'er also find it intriguing. A very plausible....sleeper cells.....the characters are complex....its political ....yea...many here like Homeland very much.

[Ohio Joe]

10. It's not a bad show... (spoliers)

It did indeed have a very good concept but... They really blew it in my mind on a few fronts. The first half of the season was not much more then giving a twist for the sake of the twist... Is he a terrorist, is he not a terrorist, yes, no, yes, no, come on, get on with it. So much opportunity to advance the story or give some real complexity to the characters wasted. Then it started to really move the story along and it went from good to great but... Whoever made the choice to continue the same story line into a second season, made that choice way to late and they completely blew the ending. It was a total let down to what should have been a very exciting and dramatic end. An ambigious ending can work fine but here they have dug a hole that not only screwed the set up but makes any continuation wildly outside of reality. The entire Claire Dane story line was to show that her illness not only should not dis-qualify her from her job but in some ways made her great at it but the ending screwed that completely. Nobody... Not even she should have any idea that she was right so there is no logical reason for anyone (even her) to want to continue to look at Damian Lewis, so he should be free to go about his next plot. They also have the huge obsticle to over come of... How do they involve her in the investigation at all going forward... She should be out and have no way of getting back in... It will be hokey.

Then there is the whole plot itself... It was just stupid. Convert two US service men to become involved in a suicide attempt on the VP because he is an evil murderer of children... OK, I'm with it... Have the plan be to have a sniper shoot someone so that all the important people run into a shelter where the second guy will blow them all up... um... What? No, a much better plan would have been to kill the VP while the cameras were rolling with the sniper and while still on TV have the suicide bomber go off... It may not kill as many of the important people but would have had a much bigger impact.

Ending season one with Damian coming in for a camera closeup while there is hysteria going on, giving his final words and blowing himself up would have been a far better way to go. Eliminates bad guys, allows them to introduce a new plot and can repracussions from season one echo throughout.

Don't get me wrong, it was not a bad show, just not on the level of any of the shows it was up against (and some that did not even make the list) and should not have won.

[Ohio Joe]

11. Some more results

Best actress:

*a. CLAIRE DANES, HOMELAND
b. MIREILLE ENOS, THE KILLING
c. JULIANNA MARGULIES, THE GOOD WIFE
d. MADELEINE STOWE, REVENGE
e. CALLIE THORNE, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS

Claire Danes is an excellent choice, she did an awesome job in Homeland.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

a. STEVE BUSCEMI, BOARDWALK EMPIRE
b. BRYAN CRANSTON, BREAKING BAD
*c. KELSEY GRAMMER, BOSS
d. JEREMY IRONS, THE BORGIAS
e. DAMIAN LEWIS, HOMELAND

I know there is a lot of hate for Grammer because of his politics but there is no denying his performance this year in Boss. A well deserved win.

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. ENLIGHTENED, HBO
Ripcord Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
b. EPISODES, SHOWTIME
SHOWTIME Presents, Hat Trick Productions, Crane Klarik Productions
c. GLEE, FOX
Ryan Murphy Television in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
*d. MODERN FAMILY, ABC
Levitan-Lloyd Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
e. NEW GIRL, FOX
Chernin Entertainment in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television

Crap... I don't watch any of these shows... Where is Big Bang Theory?

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –
COMEDY OR MUSICAL

*a. LAURA DERN, ENLIGHTENED
b. ZOOEY DESCHANEL, NEW GIRL
c. TINA FEY, 30 ROCK
d. LAURA LINNEY, THE BIG C
e. AMY POEHLER, PARKS AND RECREATION

I would have gone with Tina.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES –
COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. ALEC BALDWIN, 30 ROCK
b. DAVID DUCHOVNY, CALIFORNICATION
c. JOHNNY GALECKI, THE BIG BANG THEORY
d. THOMAS JANE, HUNG
*e. MATT LEBLANC, EPISODES

Thomas Jane here would have been the better choice.

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

a. CINEMA VERITE, HBO
A Pariah Production in association with HBO Films
*b. DOWNTON ABBEY (MASTERPIECE), PBS
A Carnival/Masterpiece Co-production
c. THE HOUR, BBC AMERICA
Kudos Film and Television/BBC America co-production.
d. MILDRED PIERCE, HBO
A Killer Films/John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
and HBO Miniseries
e. TOO BIG TO FAIL, HBO
A Spring Creek and A Deuce Three Production in association with HBO Films

I've not watched any of these so...

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION
PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

a. ROMOLA GARAI, THE HOUR
b. DIANE LANE, CINEMA VERITE
c. ELIZABETH MCGOVERN, DOWNTON ABBEY (MASTERPIECE)
d. EMILY WATSON, APPROPRIATE ADULT
*e. KATE WINSLET, MILDRED PIERCE

Again, not seen any.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION
PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

a. HUGH BONNEVILLE, DOWNTON ABBEY (MASTERPIECE)
*b. IDRIS ELBA, LUTHER
c. WILLIAM HURT, TOO BIG TO FAIL
d. BILL NIGHY, PAGE EIGHT (MASTERPIECE)
e. DOMINIC WEST, THE HOUR

Idris Elba is the shit and if you have not watched Luther, you are missing out on some damn good TV.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A
SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

*a. JESSICA LANGE, AMERICAN HORROR STORY
b. KELLY MACDONALD, BOARDWALK EMPIRE
c. MAGGIE SMITH, DOWNTON ABBEY (MASTERPIECE)
d. SOFIA VERGARA, MODERN FAMILY
e. EVAN RACHEL WOOD, MILDRED PIERCE

I think Lange won because of her name, MacDonald should have gotten it.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES,
MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

*a. PETER DINKLAGE, GAME OF THRONES
b. PAUL GIAMATTI, TOO BIG TO FAIL
c. GUY PEARCE, MILDRED PIERCE
d. TIM ROBBINS, CINEMA VERITE
e. ERIC STONESTREET, MODERN FAMILY

No brainer that Dinklage would get this, no one else came close.

Wow... A complete snubbing of both Justified and Breaking Bad... That sucks.

[Little Star]

12. I'm with you on the snubbing of Justified. I don't get it!...

Everyone I know loves that show and the cast.

[Onceuponalife]

13. Homeland is very good

but I don't consider it the best. Top 10 probably. The best is probably Breaking Bad, followed in no particular order by Boardwalk Empire, Parenthood, Damages and Treme.