Join BuzzFeed in a collective freak-out about the Emmys overlooking Julianna Margulies, Tatiana Maslany, Zooey Deschanel, John Slattery, and many more.
1. The Good Wife 2. Julianna Margulies 3. Archie Panjabi 4. Alan Cumming
Look, this omission is absurd, and that is all there is to it. The show itself was fantastic this season, bouncing back from a less consistent (but still very good) Season 3. In the Outstanding Drama category, The Good Wife deserves to be there. I'm going to complain as little as possible in this post about what didn't deserve to be nominated, but looking here at what was — Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, House of Cards, and Homeland — it's my opinion that The Good Wife is better than three of those. By a mile. Though I enjoy Downton Abbey in general (not the finale!), it sank further into melodrama in its third season; Homeland, which won Outstanding Drama last year, fell off a cliff in its second season; and House of Cards is trashy fun, not actually good. That Julianna Margulies wasn't nominated is... I don't know what to say? I would like to go talk to some Emmys voters. I would listen to them. And then I would yell! Archie Panjabi and Alan Cumming have both been nominated before (Panjabi won once), and they should have been nominated again. Christine Baranski was nominated. And so were Nathan Lane, Carrie Preston, and Michael J. Fox, showing that The Good Wife has the best guest stars there are. On what show were they guest starring? What series regulars did they work with? And if the relatively low-rated The Good Wife isn't getting awards, do we need to worry about CBS canceling it? Talk me down, friends.
Via: CBS
5. Monica Potter for Parenthood
Did Monica Potter's Kristina of Parenthood have to die of breast cancer in order to be nominated in the Supporting Actress category? There were few story arcs more powerful on television in the past year. I've thought in the past that Parenthood is ignored by the Emmys because its greatness is too evenly spread throughout the cast: that it actually suffers from its strengths. Which is why the show's fans were so excited that Potter was given a standout plot. And a brutal weeper at that. Good lord, what a mess I was every week watching Kristina! (And Peter Krause as Adam, her husband.) Sigh. Monica Potter, you have won this award in our hearts.
Via: NBC
6. The Americans 7. Keri Russell
With a gun to my head, I would admit that I'm not shocked that The Americans was overlooked. The TV Academy — after rewarding FX early in its quality-TV incarnation (Michael Chiklis won Outstanding Actor in a Drama for the first season of The Shield) — seemingly has something against the channel. This bias has caused shows such as Sons of Anarchy, Justified, and the consistently great Shield in later seasons to be snubbed entirely or included somewhat randomly. I did hope, though, that this streak would break with The Americans, which, in addition to being so, so good, is also, let's face it, Emmy bait. But nope. Even more than the show itself, Keri Russell really deserved an Outstanding Actress nomination. As the cold, dogmatic KGB agent Elizabeth, she transformed as an actress and changed as a character. It was wonderful to watch. Matthew Rhys and Noah Emmerich also should have been nominated, but I'm less surprised they weren't included. The Russell neglect, however, is horrifying. One thought: What if the Emmys brought back the Best New Program category? It would solve so many problems.
Via: FX
8. John Slattery for Mad Men
John Slattery was nominated for playing Roger Sterling for the first four seasons of Mad Men. Apparently, as of last year, he became less terrific in this part. Wait. No, he didn't. Ugh.
Via: AMC
