Emmy Nominations Continue Trend of Highlighting White People Being Dicks

A Lannister always gets his Emmy.

The Prime Time Emmy nominations hit this morning, and in keeping with the award show's grand tradition of making sure white people problems are thoroughly recognized, white people problems were thoroughly recognized.

The most drama nominations went to expected places, most notable among them being HBO's thoroughly heralded and totally way better than anything else on TV fantasy series, Game of Thrones, which picked up nods for Best Drama Series, and Best Supporting Drama Series Actor for Peter Dinklage. HBO also grabbed some nominations for Boardwalk Empire, including another Best Drama Series nod, and a best actor nod for Steve Buscemi.

Mad Men cleaned up in typical fashion (Best Drama, Best Drama Actor, Best Drama Actress, Best Drama Supporting Actor), as did Justified (Best Drama Actor for Timothy Olyphant, Best Supporting Drama Actor for Walton Goggins, and Best Supporting Drama Actress for Margo Martindale--much deserved), and Dexter, which always seems to garner a million nominations despite not necessarily being one of the best dramas on TV these days. Perhaps as sort of a conciliatory send-off, Friday Night Lights also received a few different nominations across the board, joining The Good Wife as the only Network series to get Best Drama Series nominations.

On the comedy front, all the usual suspects got their usual nominations. Glee cleaned up, as did Modern Family (practically every series regular got an acting nod), The Big Bang Theory, 30 Rock, and The Office.

Only a few major snubs appeared on the list, though they weren't insignificant ones. Community, despite regularly being NBC's best comedy series, got shut out completely, which gives me hope that Dan Harmon, alongside his cast, will pull a Nathaniel Hornblower and crash the acceptance speech of whoever wins best Comedy Series. FX's routinely amazing comedy series Louie also avoided nearly every nomination, save for a Best Comedy Actor nomination for Louis C.K. himself. Shockingly, Charlie Sheen did not receive a nomination for his groundbreaking work on Two and a Half Men.

Some of the Dramatic acting categories also left a few heads scratching. Buscemi's nomination for Boardwalk Empire makes a bit of sense, but no nomination for the superior Michael Shannon is pretty weak. Likewise, no nomination for Sean Bean for his work on Game of Thrones is a real bummer. That cast is humongous, and Dinklage's nomination is fully deserved, but doesn't poor Ned Stark deserve a little recognition too? And come on, can Justified please get recognized as one of the absolute best dramas on TV? Please? Pretty please?

You can see the full list of main category nominations below. I stuck to the main categories, but you can see the absurdly long full list over at the main Emmys website.

Best Drama Series

• Boardwalk Empire
• Dexter
• Friday Night Lights
• Game of Thrones
• Good Wife
• Mad Men

Best Comedy Series

• Big Bang Theory
• Glee
• Modern Family
• The Office
• 30 Rock
• Parks and Recreation

Best Drama Actor

• Timothy Olyphant, Justified
• Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
• Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
• Michael C. Hall, Dexter
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men
• Hugh Laurie, House

Best Drama Actress

• Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
• Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
• Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
• Mariska Hargitay, SVU
• Mirelle Enos, The Killing
• Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Best Comedy Actress

• Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock
• Laura Linney, The Big C
• Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
• Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
• Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation

Best Comedy Actor

• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• Matt Leblanc, Episodes
• Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
• Steve Carell, The Office
• Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
• Louis C.K., Louie

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy

• Chris Colfer, Glee
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
• Ed O’Neill, Modern Family
• Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
• Ty Burrell, Modern Family
• Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama

• Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
• Josh Charles, The Good Wife
• Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
• Walton Goggins, Justified
• John Slattery, Mad Men
• Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy

• Jane Lynch, Glee
• Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
• Julie Bowen, Modern Family
• Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
• Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
• Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama

• Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
• Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
• Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
• Margo Martindale, Justified
• Michelle Forbes, The Killing
• Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Outstanding Miniseries or Movie

• Cinema Verite
• Downton Abbey
• The Kennedys
• Mildred Pierce
• The Pillars of the Earth
• Too Big to Fail

Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

• Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
• Barry Pepper, The Kennedys
• Edgar Ramierez, Carlos
• William Hurt, Too Big to Fail
• Idris Elba, Luther
• Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood

Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

• Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
• Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
• Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
• Taraji P. Henson, Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
• Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs

Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

• Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
• Bryan F. O'Byrne, Mildred Pierce
• Tom Wilkinson, The Kennedys
• Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
• James Woods, Too Big to Fail

Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

• Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce
• Melissa Leo, Mildred Pierce
• Mare Winningham, Mildred Pierce
• Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
• Eileen Atkins, Upstairs Downstairs

Best Variety Series

• The Colbert Report
• Conan
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
• Real Time with Bill Maher
• Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Reality Program

• Antiques Roadshow
• Undercover Boss

Outstanding Reality- Competition

• The Amazing Race
• American Idol
• So You Think You Can Dance
• Top Chef