Thursday, July 18, 2013

"House of Cards" made Emmy history - The Herald

class=”dateline”> LOS ANGELES – Netflix series “House of Cards” made history on Tuesday at the Emmys with a nomination for best drama series at the first time one of the major television awards recognize the quality of a program broadcast on the Internet.

application, one of the nine who got the political thriller, is an indicator of the revolution that has emerged as to how we obtain and consume video entertainment.

“is truly innovative,” said Ted Sarandos, Netflix Chief Content Officer. “It goes beyond our highest expectations. Believe that a single nomination would be a victory … It is a victory for both Internet TV and for content creators.”

Most Emmy nominations, 17, took her “American Horror Story: Asylum”. Close behind is “Game of Thrones” with 16, while “Saturday Night Live” and Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra” got 15 each, including nominations for actors Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.

bonanza nominations for “Game of Thrones” is the largest you have received the sword-and-fantasy show includes best drama series and three acting nominations, including one for Peter Dinklage.

stars of “House of Cards” Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright also nominated along with a number of actors working mostly on the big screen and have migrated to TV for major projects such as Douglas and Damon.

Along with “House of Cards” and “Game of Thrones” compete for the Emmy for best drama series “Breaking Bad”, “Downton Abbey,” “Mad Men” and last year’s winner, “Homeland” .

major television networks were left out of the prestigious category, like last year, on a particularly hard hit with the entry of the drama released by Netflix.

addition to “American Horror Story: Asylum” were nominated for best miniseries or TV movie “Behind the Candelabra”, “Phil Spector”, “Political Animals”, “Top of the Lake” and “The Bible” he successfully represented a History channel and the second part will air on NBC.

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who shot to fame with “Sherlock” and played the villain in “Star Trek Into Darkness” was nominated for best actor in miniseries and movies section for “Parade’s End”.

As for comedy, “Modern Family” and the Colombian star Sofia Vergara return to compete for the awards for best comedy series and best supporting actress.

“Thanks to Modern Family, my cast, my fans! Celebrating in Mykonos!” Vergara tweeted Thursday from Greece, in a post that included a photograph of her wearing a sexy white swimsuit.

“Modern Family” is measured by “The Big Bang Theory”, “Girls”, “Louie”, “Veep” and “30 Rock”. Vergara with Mayim Bialik of “The Big Bang Theory”, Jane Lynch of “Glee”, Merritt Wever in “Nurse Jackie”, Jane Krakowski of “30 Rock,” Anna Chlumsky of “Veep” and fellow “Modern Family” Julie Bowen.

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Another series, “Arrested Development” was not nominated for best comedy series but won three nominations, including one for its star Jason Bateman.

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