- First-time nominees include Kerry Washington, Emilia Clarke, Carrie Preston, and Harry Hamlin.
- Eric Stonestreet becomes the first Modern Family actor to fail to be Emmy-nominated since Ed O'Neill was skipped in the first season. The other three get to go up against Stefon, Tony Hale, and Adam Driver. (Third straight year they passed on NPH.)
- No Kingslayer. No Tatiana Maslany. No Corey Stoll. And no Rob Lowe love for Behind the Candelabra, or David Lynch for Guest Actor on Louie? Really?
- Eight different individual nominations for Louis C.K., five for Tina Fey (including lyrics to "The Rural Juror"), and three for Anthony Bourdain.
- Christine Baranski yes, Archie Panjabi no. This is correct.
- Much love for 30 Rock's final season, including Best Comedy, Tina Fey, Jane Krakowski, Will Forte (!!) in guest, writing noms for each half of the finale ...
- Survivor gets no love other than in the tech categories. Amazing Race, however, again, yeah.
- Jonathan Banks' first nomination since 1989, when he was supporting on Wiseguy and lost to Larry Drake ("Benny") from L.A. Law.
- Parks and Rec was only nominated for Amy Poehler and Sound Mixing.
Sepinwall: "[T]hese aren't the exact nominees I'd have chosen, but it's a far less egregious list than we've had in some other years."
MZS: "If Jonathan Banks doesn't win Best Supporting Actor for playing Mike on Breaking Bad, the award means nothing, and the word acting means nothing, and maybe everything means nothing, and we should all just go die in the tall grass."
MZS: "If Jonathan Banks doesn't win Best Supporting Actor for playing Mike on Breaking Bad, the award means nothing, and the word acting means nothing, and maybe everything means nothing, and we should all just go die in the tall grass."
