CALIFORNIA: Six Feet Under may be leading the Emmy nominations tally but its stars will have difficulty matching David Hyde Pearce.
The star of Frasier has received his tenth successive Emmy nomination. He has won the Emmy thrice. The show, which airs in India on Star World every Monday at 9:30 pm, received five nominations in total.
The shows creators/executive producers David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee have between them received 27 Emmy Awards for the show over the years.
In a related development, Internet bookmaker Intertops.com has picked HBO’s drama Six Feet Under as favourite against The Sopranos and The West Wing to win the most awards at the 55th Primetime Emmys on 21 September.
Sex And The City is tipped to win the best comedy series. Speaking on the news Intertops.com chief bet manager Michael Maerz said: “The Emmys are great for betting action. The results are shown live on television; and you know instantly if you have won along with your favourite TV actor or show. It is the ultimate reality show. Entertainment betting is something Intertops has always offered our customers and they constantly prove to be a big success.”
Alias’ Jennifer Garner is the favourite in the ‘Best Actress in a Drama Series’ category along with Frances Conroy who plays the matriarch figure in Six Feet Under .
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David Hyde Pearce bags 10th successive Emmy nomination
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HBO leads television networks with 93 Emmy nominations
LOS ANGELES:HBO has received 93 Primetime Emmy nominations, leading all networks for the second year in a row in the race for the prestigious awards.
Popular series Six Feet Under with Peter Krause and Rachel Griffiths has got 23 nominations, the maximum any TV show has bagged this season, and the most in a single season for any HBO show ever. According to an official release, Band of Brothers, the 10 part series that sank without creating any ripples in the ratings charts when telecast in India earlier this year, has received 19 nominations. The comedy Sex and the City received 10 nominations including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Julie Rottenberg, Elisa Zuritsky).
HBO’s film The Gathering Storm has received nine nominations. Its stars Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave and Jim Broadbent all got recognised. Another film Path to War garnered eight nominations including nods to actors Michael Gambon and Alec Baldwin. The film is set in the mid 1960s when US president Johnson and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.
The network also scored five nominations for In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01, including Outstanding Non-Fiction Special. The show aired worldwide on CNN International.
The 54th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on 22 September.