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SAG Nominees

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The Screen Actors Guild Award nominations have been announced, and unsurprisingly, cable cleaned up again, although the broadcast networks fared better than they did with the Golden Globes. HBO leads the pack in the TV categories with 10 total nominations, followed by NBC with 6, and ABC, AMC, CBS, Fox, and Showtime with 4 each. Individual shows with multiple nods include Modern Family with 4 nominations, and 3 each for 30 Rock, Dexter, Glee, Mad Men, and Temple Grandin.

The complete TV nominations are as follows:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
John Goodman as Neal Nicol – You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)
Al Pacino as  Jack Kevorkian – You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)
Dennis Quaid as Bill Clinton – The Special Relationship (HBO)
Edgar Ramirez as Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, aka “Carlos” – Carlos (Sundance Channel)
Patrick Stewart as Macbeth – Macbeth (Great Performances) (Thirteen/PBS)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Claire Danes as Temple Grandin – Temple Grandin (HBO)
Catherine O’Hara as Aunt Ann – Temple Grandin (HBO)
Julia Ormond as Eustacia Grandin – Temple Grandin (HBO)
Winona Ryder as Lois Wilson – When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (CBS)
Susan Sarandon as Janet Good –You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson – Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Bryan Cranston as  Walter White – Breaking Bad (AMC)
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan – Dexter (Showtime)
Jon Hamm as Don Draper – Mad Man (AMC)
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House – House (Fox)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes – Damages (FX)
Mariska Hargitay as Det. Olivia Benson – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick – The Good Wife (CBS)
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson – Mad Men (AMC)
Kyra Sedgwick as Dep. Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson – The Closer (TNT)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy – 30 Rock (NBC)
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy – Modern Family (ABC)
Steve Carell as Michael Scott – The Office (NBC)
Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel – Glee (Fox)
Ed O’Neill as Jay Pritchett – Modern Family (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton – Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon – 30 Rock (NBC)
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester – Glee (Fox)
Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett – Modern Family (ABC)
Betty White as Elka Ostrovsky – Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
The Closer (TNT)
Dexter (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 Rock (NBC)
Glee (Fox)
Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)
Modern Family (ABC)
The Office (NBC)

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Burn Notice (USA)
CSI: NY (CBS)
Dexter (Showtime)
Southland (TNT)
True Blood (HBO)

The Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Finally – a real awards night! The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards was resounding success — mainly because it was the only show that had the Writers’ Guild blessing, and the celebs came in full force.

The Sopranos brought home many awards, including Edie Falco (outstanding female actor in a drama series) and James Gandolfini (outstanding male actor in a drama series). “This is the last official act as Sopranos, together,” he said. since the show ended after its sixth season.

30 Rocks’ Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin also won “the actor” for their comedy performances, though The Office was named the best comedy show.

List of TV Nominees for SAG awards (part 1)

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Actor in a movie or miniseries:
Michael Keaton, “The Company”
Kevin Kline, “As You Like It”
Oliver Platt, “The Bronx Is Burning”
Sam Shepard, “Ruffian”
John Turturro, “The Bronx Is Burning.”

Actress in a movie or miniseries
Ellen Burstyn, “Mitch Albom’s for One More Day”
Debra Messing, “The Starter Wife”
Anna Paquin, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
Queen Latifah, “Life Support”
Vanessa Redgrave, “The Fever”
Gena Rowlands, “What if God Were the Sun?”

Actor in a drama series
James Gandolfini, “The Sopranos”
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House”
James Spader, “Boston Legal.”

Actress in a drama series
Glenn Close, “Damages”
Edie Falco, “The Sopranos”
Sally Field,” “Brothers & Sisters”
Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace:
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer.”