Think you know it all when it comes to the Emmy Awards? You may be surprised to learn that a number of favorite TV shows, actors and actresses who seemed deserving never won - and in some case, were never even nominated - for awards by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Yes, from long-running hit shows like "Married...With Children" (never even NOMINATED for an Outsanding Comedy Series Emmy!) and "The Wire" to veteran actors like Michael Landon, Jim Nabors and, most recently, Nick Offerman, many have been denied even an Emmy nomination, much less a win. Read on and be amazed at some of the biggest, most heinous Emmy nomination snubs ever.
Cult favorite "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was never once nominated for a Best Dramatic Series Emmy award. The show was nominated frequently for technical achievements - including Outstanding Makeup, Visual Effects and Music Composition - and series creator Joss Whedon got a nomination in 2000 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Still, it seems a crime that the show - and its ensemble cast of talented actors, including Sarah Michelle Gellar - never got recognized.
Let's discuss Courteney Cox, shall we? The star of "Cougar Town" and "Friends" has been completely overlooked by the Emmys. In fact, of the entire main "Friends" cast, she's the only one without a single Emmy nomination. (Her former co-star Matt LeBlanc - the guy who did that monkey baseball movie after the show was over - got a nod this year for his Showtime series "Episodes.") Over ten seasons, more than 60 Emmy nominations - and not one for Cox? Monica is a sore loser - maybe they were scared she'd flip out if she lost?
"The Andy Griffith Show" was nominated for Best Comedy Series, and co-star Don Knotts was repeatedly up for Outstanding Comedy Actor (with a total of 5 career nominations for the role of Deputy Barney Fife). But Andy himself was never nominated for an Emmy for his role. PLUS, as long as we're complaining about this particular show, Ron Howard ALSO never got a nomination for his TV acting, for either "Andy Griffith" or "Happy Days"!
Academy, you got some splainin' to do...For six years, Desi Arnaz made us laugh as Ricky Ricardo, husband of Lucy Ricardo (and real-life husband of Lucille Ball) on "I Love Lucy." Yet not once was he nominated for an Emmy? Come on! In fact, of the show's four regular cast members (including William Frawley and Vivian Vance as neighbors Fred and Ethel), Arnaz is the ONLY one who never got the Emmy nod.
Despite winning the 2010 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for HBO's "Big Love," Chloe Sevigny has never been nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Wife Number Ywo, Nikki, on the series. Five seasons of phenomenal performances - and not one single Emmy nomination? Big snub for "Big Love."
""The Honeymooners"" changed the meaning of comedy on TV, and to this day remains one of the most beloved and iconic of TV sitcoms - yet it never ONCE received a Best Comedy Series Emmy nomination. Not a one. Series stars Art Carney, Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows DID all were nominated for their performances (and Carney won in 1956), but the show itself continually came up empty-handed. (popular shows that were nominated during the ""Honeymooners"" era included ""I Love Lucy,"" ""Make Room for Daddy,"" ""Our Miss Brooks,"" ""The Phil Silvers Show"" and ""The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show."")
HBO's "The Wire" was just a first-rate, brilliant series - yet for some absolutely inexcusable reason, it was completely ignored by the Academy, meaning no Emmy nominations EVER for Best Drama. Come on! Over five seasons, the show only got two Emmy nominations total - for writing in 2005 and 2008. (For the record, it lost both times.) Kudos, at least, for Idris Elba's 2011 Emmy nomination for the BBC mystery series "Luther" - awesome as he was as "The Wire's" Russell 'Stringer' Bell, the Academy never noticed.
Dear Gomer Pyle: We love you. Actor Jim Nabors, who portrayed the lovable, goofball Gomer Pyle on both "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." was never once nominated for an Emmy. He did, however, get a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1978 for 'The Jim Nabors Show.' But still. Gooollly!
Raise your hand if you loved 'Sports Night!' This Aaron Sorkin-created show was hilarious, and while it did get several Emmy nominations for writing, directing and cinematography (winning for the latter two), it was never nominated for Best Comedy Series. If you raised your hand a second ago, you know - this is a shame.
No Emmy snubs list would be complete without adding beloved actor Michael Landon. Sadly, despite outstanding performances on "Little House on the Prarie" and "Bonanza" (and yeah, while we're at it, let's just throw in "Highway to Heaven" well, because we love him), Landon was never once even nominated for an Emmy award. Not. One. Time.
Though it ran for 9 seasons and dramatically helped to change the TV landscape forever (would there be "blue collar comedy" on TV without Dan and Roseanne Conner?), "Roseanne" was never nominated for a Best Comedy Series Emmy. Several of the show's actors got the nod (most more than once), but the show itself never got the Emmy recognition that many feel it deserved as a ground-breaking look at a lower-middle-class Midwestern family.
Talk about a double whammy: Despite giving us eleven seasons of hilarity as Al and Peggy Bundy on "Married...With Children," neither Ed O'Neill nor Katey Sagal ever received Emmy nominations for their performances! And even more heinous: "Married...With Children" never WON a single Emmy. The show was largely snubbed by the Academy, receiving Emmy nominations in more minor categories like Costuming, Editing and Lighting Direction. Now, sure, perhaps the Academy likes more uplifting, positive entertainment (though, hey, they supported "Everybody Loves Raymond," one of the most caustic and bilious shows in network TV history). But "Married...with Children" was a satire after all, and Al and Peggy have rightfully taken their place in the pop culture pantheon. (Plus, O'Neill now gets nominations for his character from "Modern Family" while Sagal continues to shine as a voice actor on "F*turama.")
"Homicide: Life on the Street" won four Primetime Emmy awards. The first two came in 1993, when the show won Outstanding Achievement in Directing a Drama Series and Writing a Drama Series, for two different episodes. It took two more awards in 1998 - Outstanding Casting for a Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama for star Andre Braugher. Notice something missing? Yes, despite being, arguably, one of the finest crime dramas in TV history - and influencing a large variety of films, as well as another acclaimed shwo - "The Wire" - "Homicide" never won or was even nominated for Best Dramatic Series. Criminal.
Perhaps no character was more beloved or inspired more Internet love than "Parks and Recreation's" terse, libertarian Ron Swanson, probably the funniest fervent right-winger on TV since Alex P. Keaton. From his now-legendary "Pyramid of Strength" presentation (just watch the video), his anti-government rant using a little girl's lunch as a visual aid, his attempts to eat despite suffering from a hernia and his imploring a waiter to bring him "all the bacon and eggs you have," 2011 felt like actor Nick Offerman's year. This one seemed like a lock. And he doesn't even score a nomination? It was nice of the Academy to recognize Amy Poehler's great work on the show, but this was a major oversight.
Tyra Banks' "America's Next Top Model" has been on the air, pitting young, hopeful models against one another, for sixteen "cycles" now - since 2006, to be exact. Yet somehow, it's continually overlooked by the Academy in the Outstanding Reality Competition Program category? How? We realize, of course, that perennial favorites "The Amazing Race" (which has won the prize every year since its inception, save one) and "American Idol" will claim at least two of the nomination spots each year. But how can "ANTM" keep being ignored? That is so not fierce.
Fans of "Gilmore Girls," take heart: We know your pain and we understand it. In seven seasons, "Gilmore" was only nominated for one Emmy, and that was in 2004, for Outstanding Makeup. (It won, by the way). The fact that the show itself didn't seem to get the Emmy recognition it deserved is bad enough, but overlooking the awesome Lauren Graham? Really? We still love you, Lorelai.
KirkSaw The Most Outrageous Emmy Snubs of All Time at 4/10/2012 3:31 AM
Honeymooners, Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Dezi-- sure, I get it and I'm surprised but Courtney Cox? She can't act a lick really and you didn't even think enough of her to spell her name right. And Buffy The Vampire Slayer? Really? It was a drama. Look at all the dramas it had to compete with year after year. It was never a top 5 drama in any given year in spite of its overall body of work holding up so well. I've always been surprised the way Bob Newhart got ignored all through his first and better show.
FashionBaby The Most Outrageous Emmy Snubs of All Time at 9/19/2011 8:58 AM
While I will say that I am a loyal ANTM watcher, I don't think it really should even be considered for an Emmy. To be honest, I'm surprised it keeps getting renewed at all. Tyra had a great thing when she started the show but as many of the top models have become far from that, the ploy loses credibility each season, erm cycle, it continues.
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