We all deal with disappointment in our own ways, and the 2014 Primetime Emmy nominations are no exception. The list of omissions is, as always, endless, but there are some especially perplexing ones this year: No Best Drama nod for “The Good Wife,” which arguably had the best season of any network show? Nothing for “Orphan Black‘s” Tatiana Maslany? Industry observers will be breaking down the nods and snubs for weeks to come, but here’s how they reacted as the news — good and bad — broke.
“Time is a flat circle. Every Emmy vote we ever gave we’ll do over and over again. Like Modern Family. And Downton Abbey. And Edie Falco.”
— Tim Goodman (@BastardMachine) July 10, 2014
Wait, the Emmy nominations are not actually that bad, right? We’re just having fun?
— Willa Paskin (@willapaskin) July 10, 2014
Things I’ve accepted the Emmy voters like more than I do: murder, misery, gore, comedies without laughter, The Newsroom, sameness.
— Linda Holmes (@nprmonkeysee) July 10, 2014
It’s very liberating to not have to write about a body that gives out television awards but doesn’t recognize the work of #TheAmericans.
— Alyssa Rosenberg (@AlyssaRosenberg) July 10, 2014
— Merrill (@HeyMerrill) July 10, 2014
Reminder to world: Buffy and The Wire were perpetually snubbed at the Emmies. Then they became the greatest rock band of all time!
— emilynussbaum (@emilynussbaum) July 10, 2014
I’m building a time machine to go back to 2011 when the Emmys got drunk and we were all happier.
— Kaitlin Thomas (@thekaitling) July 10, 2014
Downton Abbey and House of Cards over Americans and Good Wife? Jeff Daniels over Matthew Rhys? Outstanding work, Emmy voters.
— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) July 10, 2014
The Emmys failed to nominate Hannibal for best cinematography. If they honored celestial bodies they’d probably snub the sun.
— Matt Zoller Seitz (@mattzollerseitz) July 10, 2014
I will restrict myself to three Emmy complaints because awards outrage is always pointless: 1) No Christopher Evan Welch for Silicon Valley.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) July 10, 2014
2) Good Wife’s omission as Best Drama Series–byproduct of category fraud (True Detective) and rubber-stamp voter laziness (Downton Abbey)
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) July 10, 2014
3) Whatever cosmic prankster decided that the Oscar-nominated uprising-in-Egypt doc The Square is, in 1 category, up against Project Runway.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) July 10, 2014
SO glad that #ModernFamily finally got some love. #EmmyNoms
— Lisa Schwarzbaum (@lisaschwarzbaum) July 10, 2014
You guys, DOG WITH A BLOG received more Emmy nominations this morning than THE AMERICANS or ORPHAN BLACK.
— Michael Schneider (@franklinavenue) July 10, 2014
The last time the #Emmys did anything right was when they gave the award to Margo Martindale for Justified in 2011.
— Kaitlin Thomas (@thekaitling) July 10, 2014
Next step: convincing #Emmys voters that #TheGoodWife is just an ambitious miniseries, I guess.
— Ryan McGee (@TVMcGee) July 10, 2014
75% of the tweets in my timeline are full of #TheGoodWife exclusion rage. 20% are Tatiana exclusion rage. The rest is news.
— Marisa Roffman (@marisaroffman) July 10, 2014
NO GOOD WIFE NO BOO EMMYS BAD EMMYS BAD BAD BAAAAAD EMMYS.
— Adam B. Vary (@adambvary) July 10, 2014
no good wife, so
fuck everything
— David Sims (@davidlsims) July 10, 2014
Someone needs to send in Tatiana Maslany’s episodes next year in an HBO folder.
— Tim Goodman (@BastardMachine) July 10, 2014
NO TATIANA MASLANY THIS IS RIDICULOUS. #Emmys
— Kate Aurthur (@KateAurthur) July 10, 2014
All of you complaining that Tatiana Maslany was overlooked: she was actually playing Woody Harrelson in TRUE DETECTIVE. #Emmys2014
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) July 10, 2014
Matthew Rhys & Tatiana Maslany’s C games are probably better than most actors’ A’s.
— Matt Zoller Seitz (@mattzollerseitz) July 10, 2014
Clone Club don’t need no Emmy.
— Norm Wilner (@normwilner) July 10, 2014
Fuck an Emmy, Broad City deserves whatever is the highest honor our culture can bestow.Nobel? Guggenheim Genius grant? Pulitzer? Presidency?
— Emily Gould (@EmilyGould) July 10, 2014
Congratulations to the #Emmys for being about as on top of things as the #Razzies
— Erik Childress (@EriktheMovieman) July 10, 2014
The death of the Emmy middle class. The haves and have nots. Shows either get a ton of noms or just a drip.
— Michael Schneider (@franklinavenue) July 10, 2014
Frasier still being nominated for Outstanding Comedy proves the Emmys are out of touch.
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) July 10, 2014
Look, Emmy people, it’s still early. How about a do-over and nobody will say anything? And, go.
— Tim Goodman (@BastardMachine) July 10, 2014
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