RECOGNIZED FOR “MAD MEN,” “THE WALKING DEAD,”
“THE KILLING,” AND “RUBICON”
“MAD MEN” GARNERS 19 EMMY NOMS
MAKING IT MOST NOMINATED SERIES OF THE YEAR
“THE KILLING” COLLECTED 6 NOMS
“THE WALKING DEAD” NOMGARNERS 3 NOMS
“RUBICON ” COLLECTED 1 NOM
Los Angeles, CA – July 14, 2011 – The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced this morning the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy® Award nominations, recognizing AMC with 29 nominations, the most for any basic cable network for the fourth year in a row, breaking the previous 26 nomination record for the network from 2010. "Mad Men," which reigns as the only television series in cable history to win the Emmy for Outstanding Drama three years in row (2008, 2009 and 2010), continues to be the most Emmy nominated drama on television. This year the series garnered 19 nominations making it the most recognized series on television.
AMC’s "The Killing" received 6 nominations, while "The Walking Dead" received 3 nominations. The network series “Rubicon” garnered 1 nomination. The network’s "Breaking Bad," which garnered wins for three years in a row for Bryan Cranston as Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Aaron Paul last year as Outstanding Supporting Actor, was not eligible for this year’s competition based upon it not being telecast during the June 1, 2010-May 31, 2011 awards year. "Breaking Bad" will premiere its fourth season this Sunday, July 17 and be in full competition next year.
The tallies for nominations by show are:
“Mad Men” = 19 nominations
“The Killing” = 6 nominations
“The Walking Dead” = 3 nominations
“Rubicon” = 1 nomination
The following is a statement from AMC President and General Manager Charlie Collier:
“We thank the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for recognizing AMC’s original series. AMC introduced original programming just five years ago, and today the network has received the most nominations on basic cable. We are so proud to be a part of the best that television has to offer.
“We congratulate all of our ‘Mad Men,’ ‘The Killing,’ ‘The Walking Dead,’ and ‘Rubicon’ nominees and their talented production teams and spectacular casts, on these well-deserved nominations.”
Following is the complete list of nominations for AMC:
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men –AMC-Lionsgate Television
Matthew Weiner (Executive Producer), Scott Hornbacher (Executive Producer), Andre Jacquemetton (Co-Executive Producer), Maria Jacquemetton (Co-Executive Producer), Dahvi Waller (Producer), Jonathan Abrahams (Producer), Dwayne Shattuck (Producer), Blake McCormick (Producer)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men –AMC-Lionsgate Television
Jon Hamm as Don Draper
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men –AMC-Lionsgate Television
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson
The Killing – AMC – Fox Television Studios
Mireille Enos as Sarah Linden
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men –AMC-Lionsgate Television
John Slattery as Roger Sterling
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men –AMC-Lionsgate Television
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris
The Killing-AMC-Fox Television Studios
Michelle Forbes as Mitch Larsen
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men –AMC-Lionsgate Television
Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men –AMC-Lionsgate Television
Cara Buono as Faye Miller
Randee Heller as Miss Blankenship
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
The Killing-Pilot-AMC-Fox Television Studios
Patty Jenkins (Director)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men –Blowing Smoke-AMC-Lionsgate Television
Andre Jacquemetton and Maria Jacquemetton (Written By)
Mad Men –The Suitcase- AMC-Lionsgate Television
Matthew Weiner (Written By)
The Killing-Pilot-AMC-Fox Television Studios
Veena Sud (Written by)
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men –AMC-Lionsgate Television
Laura Schiff (Casting Director), Carrie Audino (Casting Director)
The Killing-AMC-Fox Television Studios
June Lowry Johnson (Casting Director, US), Libby Goldstein (Casting Director, US), Stuart Aikins (Canadian Casting Director), Corrine Clark (Canadian Casting Director), Jennifer Page (Canadian Casting Director)
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Mad Men–AMC-Lionsgate Television
Dan Bishop (Production Designer), Christopher L. Brown (Art Director), Claudette Didul (Set Decorator)
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A SERIES
The Walking Dead – Days Gone Bye – AMC – AMC Productions
Sam Nicholson (Lead Visual Effects Supervisor), Jason Sperling (Visual Effects Supervisor), Kent Johnson (Visual Effects Producer), Kristin Johnson (Lead Matte Artist), Christopher Martin (Lead Visual Effects Compositor), Michael Enriquez (Lead Model Maker), Anthony Ocampo (Lead Visual Effects Animator), Michael Cook (Lead CGI Artist), Gregory Nicotero (Lead Special Effects Artist)
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A SERIES
Mad Men –AMC-Lionsgate Television
Janie Bryant (Costume Designer), Le Dawson (Costume Supervisor)
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
Mad Men–Hands And Knees-AMC-Lionsgate Television
Lucia Mace (Hair Dept Head); Theraesa Rivers (Key Hairstylist), Terri Owen (Hairstylist
Mad Men–Christmas Comes But Once A Year-AMC-Lionsgate Television
Sean Flanigan (Department Head Hairstylist), Gloria Casny (Key Hairstylist), Lucia Mace (Key Hair Stylist); Theraesa Rivers (Additional Hairstylist), Jules Holdren (Additional Hair Stylist)
OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL
The Walking Dead-Days Gone Bye-AMC
Greg Nicotero (Special Makeup Effects Department Head), Andy Schoneberg (Special Makeup Effects Artist), Garrett Immel (Special Makeup Effects Artist), Jake Garber (Special Makeup Effects Artist), Howard Berger (Prosthetic Designer), Jaremy Aiello (Sculptor)
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (NON-PROSTHETIC)
Mad Men – The Rejected – AMC – Lionsgate Television
Lana Horochowski (Department Head Makeup Artist), Ron Pipes (Key Makeup Artist), Maurine Schlenz Burke (Makeup Artist), Mary Kay Morse Witt (Additional Makeup Artist), Tricia Sawyer (Additional Makeup Artist)
OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men–Blowing Smoke-AMC-Lionsgate Television
Pattye Roger (Editor), Leo Trombetta (Editor)
Mad Men–The Suitcase-AMC-Lionsgate Television
Tom Wilson (Editor)
The Killing-Pilot-AMC-Fox Television Studios
Elizabeth Kling (Editor)
OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A SERIES
The Walking Dead- Days Gone Bye-AMC
Walter Newman (Supervising Sound Editor), Kenneth Young (Co-Supervisor/Sound Editor), Darleen Stoker (Supervising Dialogue Editor), Jerry Edemann (Supervising Foley Editor), Michael Baber (Music Editor), Hilda Hodges (Foley Artist), David Lee Fein (Foley Artist)
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
Mad Men-The Suitcase –AMC-Lionsgate Television
Peter Bentley (Production Sound Mixer), Ken Teaney, C.A.S. (Re-Recording Mixer), Todd Orr (Re-Recording Mixer)
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN
Rubicon – AMC – Warner Horizon Television
Karin Fong (Creative Director), Jeremy Cox (Designer/Animator), Theodore Daley (Designer), Cara McKenney (Producer/Art Director)
About “Mad Men”
Set in 1960s New York, “Mad Men” is a sexy and provocative original drama that follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising. Created and executive produced by Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Matthew Weiner, the show’s cast includes: Golden Globe-winner Jon Hamm, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Jared Harris, Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton, Robert Morse and Kiernan Shipka. Lionsgate, the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, produces the series.
About “THE WALKING DEAD”
AMC’s hit "The Walking Dead," which broke ratings records in its first season reaching more Adults 18-49 than any other show in the history of cable television, returns for its second season this October with 13-episodes. The series is based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and tells the story of the months and years that follow after a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, played by Andrew Lincoln ("Teachers," Love Actually), who travel in search of a safe and secure home. Shot on location in Atlanta, the series also stars Jon Bernthal ("The Pacific," The Ghost Writer) as Shane Walsh, Sarah Wayne Callies ("Prison Break") as Lori Grimes, Laurie Holden ("The Shield," Stephen King’s The Mist) as Andrea, Jeffrey DeMunn (Stephen King’s The Mist, The Green Mile) as Dale, Steven Yeun ("The Big Bang Theory") as Glen, Emma Bell (The Bedford Diaries) as Amy and Chandler Riggs (Get Low) as Carl Grimes. Season two of "The Walking Dead" is executive produced by three-time Academy Award nominee Frank Darabont, Gale Anne Hurd, Kirkman, David Alpert and Glen Mazzara.
About “THE KILLING”
The series heralded as "spellbinding," "excellent, absorbing and addictive" and "one of Spring’s most compelling new series" hails from writer, executive producer and showrunner Veena Sud ("Cold Case"). "The Killing" tells the story of the murder of a teenage girl and the subsequent police investigation. Based on the hugely successful Danish television series "Forbrydelsen," the series is beautifully set in Seattle, which uniquely sets a "Nordic noir" tone and mood for the show. The 13- episode series premiered in April 2011 as the second highest original series premiere for AMC, with 2.7 million viewers tuning in, and is a gripping and compelling entrée into the murder mystery genre, with rich characters and addictive, suspenseful plot twists that go beyond the formulaic procedural and had viewers obsessing over "Who killed Rosie Larsen?" Shot on location in Vancouver, "The Killing" is anchored by a breakout cast, including Mireille Enos ("Big Love") as Sarah Linden, the lead homicide detective investigating the death of Rosie Larsen; Billy Campbell ("Once and Again") as Darren Richmond, Seattle’s City Council President running for Mayor; Joel Kinnaman (Snabba Cash) as Stephen Holder, an ex-narc cop who joins the homicide division in the investigation to find Rosie’s killer; Michelle Forbes ("True Blood") as Rosie’s mother, Mitch; and Brent Sexton (W., In the Valley of Elah) as Rosie’s father, Stan.
About “RUBICON”
AMC’s original drama, Rubicon, was a conspiracy thriller starring James Badge Dale (HBO’s The Pacific) as an analyst at a New York City-based intelligence agency who was thrown into a story where nothing was as it appeared to be. Henry Bromell (Homicide: Life on the Street, Chicago Hope, Brotherhood) served as the showrunner, and the cast also included Oscar®-nominee Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sleepy Hollow), Dallas Roberts (Walk the Line, Flicka, The L Word), Jessica Collins (The Nine, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Christopher Evan Welch (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Lauren Hodges (Law & Order) and Arliss Howard (Full Metal Jacket, Natural Born Killers, The Sandlot).
About AMC
AMC reigns as the only cable network in history to ever win the Emmy® Award for Outstanding Drama Series three years in a row, as well as the Golden Globe® Award for Best Television Series – Drama for three consecutive years. Whether commemorating favorite films from every genre and decade or creating acclaimed original programming, the AMC experience is an uncompromising celebration of great stories. AMC’s original stories include “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Killing” and “Hell on Wheels.” AMC further demonstrates its commitment to the art of storytelling with AMC’s Docu-Stories, a slate of unscripted original series, as well as curated movie franchises like AMC’s Can’t Get Enough and AMC’s Crazy About. Available in more than 97 million homes (Source: Nielsen Media Research), AMC is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc. and its sister networks include IFC, Sundance Channel and WE tv. AMC is available across all platforms, including on-air, online, on demand and mobile. AMC: Story Matters HereSM.
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