This week was one of the most anticipated events in the world of television – a list of nominees for the most prestigious award «Emmy», which is considered the equivalent of the «Oscar» in the world a great movie, «Grammy» in the music industry and «Tony» in the theater circle.
«Emmy» award is given annuallyto acknowledge the contributions of the representatives of the stars and mount Olympus in the development of the television industry. There are seven types of awards, including sports, documentary, and technical Emmy awards. Most covered in the press, and therefore the most well-known are the primetime Emmy and a Daytime Emmy award, celebrating the best work in Prime time and daytime broadcast, respectively.
For the first time the award ceremony the «Emmy» was held in 1949 at the Hollywood athletic club, however, it covered only programs Los Angeles.
Initially there were only one Emmy award, which was given every year before the start of the new TV season. But in 1974, an independent voyage went «Daytime Emmy award», then «Amy» became the name of the series awards. In addition, in the early 1970s was created the «international Emmy award», the purpose of which was to promote the best television programs produced outside the United States.
The statuette «Emmy» is not so recognizable as the same «Oscar», however, it seeks not fewer people. It represents a female angel who holds in his hands the atom. Its design was designed by television engineer Louis McManus, whose idea was the fact that the winged figure, a model for which, incidentally, was the wife of the Creator, symbolizing the Muse of art, which holds the atom surrounded by electrons — a symbol of science and technology. In other words, the statuette tells us that television is withthe Intesa art, science and technology. Each statuette weighs just over 3 kilograms and the height is 39 inches. It is cast from an alloy of copper, Nickel, silver and gold. Produce awards in new York, the same company that makes the Oscar and Golden globe.
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This year’s nominees for the 69th annual «Emmy», as usual, were the most acclaimed television projects, which include sci-Fi series Westworld, which tells us an intriguing story about the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence finds its own will; the controversial dystopia «the handmaid’s Tale»where women are deprived of all rights and possible use as a walking incubator and a veteran of the television sector, the show Saturday Night Livewhere Alec Baldwin was offered the role of President Donald trump and Melissa McCarthy reincarnated, the press Secretary of the White house Sean Spicer.
The greatest number of nominations (110) received HBO, which comes on the heels of another television giant Netflix (91). From the TV series the largest number of nominations gathered show «Strange things» (18), but last year’s record «Game of thrones» was not admitted to the list of nominees since the start of the new season is scheduled for mid-July.
This year the award ceremony «Emmy» will be held on September 17 in Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Video stream will start at 20:00 est.
A list of the main nominees of the primetime this year as follows:
Best drama series
- House of cards (Netflix)
- Better call Saul (AMC)
- Corona (Netflix)
- The handmaid’s tale (Hulu)
- We (NBC)
- Westworld (HBO)
- Strange things (Netflix)
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- Vice-President (HBO)
- Atlanta (FX)
- Blackish (ABC)
- The master of all trades (Master of None) (Netflix)
- American family (ABC)
- Silicon valley (HBO)
- Diehard Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Best mini-series
- Big little lies (HBO)
- Feud (FX)
- One night (HBO)
- Fargo (FX)
- Genius (National Geographic)
Best actress in a drama series
- Claire Foy (Crown)
- Elisabeth moss (the handmaid’s Tale)
- Robin Wright (house of cards)
- Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
- Viola Davis (How to get away with murder)
- Keri Russell (The Americans)
Best actor in a drama series
- Sterling K. brown (we)
- Anthony Hopkins (Westworld)
- Bob Odenkirk (Better call Saul!)
- Matthew Rice (American)
- Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
- Milo Ventimiglia (That’s us)
Best actress in Comedy show
- Ellie Kemper (The Insufferable Kimmy Schmidt)
- Allison Janney (Mom)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Vice President)
- Tracy Ellis Ross (Blackish)
- Lily Tomlin (grace and Frankie)
- Jane Fonda (grace and Frankie)
- Pamela Adlon (the Best things)
Best actor in a Comedy show
- Jeffrey Tambor (Obvious)
- Aziz Ansari (the Master of all trades)
- Donald Glover (Atlanta)
- Anthony Anderson (Blackish)
- William H. Macy (Shameless)
- Zach Galifianakis (Baskets)
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Best actress in a mini-seraglio or television film
- Nicole Kidman (Big little lies)
- Jessica Lange (Feud)
- Susan Sarandon (Feud)
- Reese Witherspoon (Big little lies)
- Carrie Coon (Fargo)
- Felicity Huffman (Crime in the us)
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- Robert De Niro (Master of lies)
- Riz Ahmed (One night)
- Ewan McGregor (Fargo)
- Geoffrey Rush (The Genius)
- John Turturro (One night)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
Best TV movie
- The wizard of lies (HBO)
- Black mirror (Netflix)
- Colorful Christmas Dolly parton (NBC)
- The immortal life of Henrietta lacks (HBO)
- Sherlock dying (PBS)
Best talk show
- Last Week Tonight (HBO)
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
- Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
