The Nominees for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today. In terms of reality TV series, many fan favorites were well represented, with American Idol leading the charge with the most nominations (10) and Dancing With the Stars the next highest with seven.
Perhaps American Idol will finally take home an Emmy for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program this year after failing to do so each of the eight previous times it has been nominated in the category.
Also nominated for Outstanding Reality-Competition are Dancing With the Stars, Project Runway, The Amazing Race, So You Think You Can Dance and Top Chef.
The Surprises:
One of the biggest surprises in the list of nominees comes under Outstanding Choreography. It's no surprise that Dancing With the Stars garnered a nomination for choreography, but the nomination actually went to Mark Ballas.
This despite the fact that judges and fans had problems with the routines he's been nominated for choreographing. Besides, Ballas didn't win Season Twelve, in fact he didn't even come in second. So what about Kym Johnson's choreography? Or runner up Maks Chmerkovskiy's? Did the Emmy folks watch the same Dancing With the Stars Season?
The Snubs:
There were also some obvious omissions from this year's nominees, chief among them The Voice. Despite being a hit with audiences, NBC's singing competition didn't receive a single nomination.
Rather than becoming another American Idol, The Voice broke the mold with unique elements like blind auditions, duet battles and four coaches (superstars Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton) who represented not just pop music but a whole range of musical genres.
And how is it that neither the Kardashians nor The Real Housewives franchise are represented in the Reality TV category? Okay, neither has the educational value of sayMythbusters or Deadliest Catch--except perhaps as a study of the socio-economic chasm that separates America's wealthy from the rest of us.
That's just even more reason we love to watch. After all, the antics of the rich and famous distract us from our own miserable recession-dominated lives; while their catfights, family dysfunction and outrageous behavior captivate us the way only train wrecks and hot messes can.
And it's not that hot messes and train wrecks don't get Emmy nominations: just look atHoarders and Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. Guilty pleasure or not, at least The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is entertaining in a way that Antiques Roadshow simply is not.
Here's the complete list of the nominated reality shows and the categories they are up for awards in:
Host, Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Jeff Probst, Survivor
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow
Deadliest Catch
Hoarders
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
MythBusters
Undercover Boss
Cinematography for Reality Programming
The Amazing Race
Deadliest Catch
Intervention
Survivor
Top Chef
Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Series
American Idol
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Show With
Saturday Night Live
Design/Lighting Direction, Variety, Music or Comedy Series
American Idol
Conan
Dancing With the Stars
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Saturday Night Live
So You Think You Can Dance
Makeup, Multi-Camera Series
Dancing With the Stars
How I Met Your Mother
iCarly
The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway
Saturday Night Live
Children's Nonfiction Reality or Reality-Competition
Masterclass
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Under the Influence: Kids of Alcoholics
Sound Editing, Nonfiction Program
The Amazing Race
American Idol
American Masters
Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Gettysburg
Whale Wars
Sound Mixing, Variety or Music Series or Special
83rd annual Academy Awards
American Idol
53rd annual Grammy Awards
Sound Mixing, Nonfiction Programming
The Amazing Race
American Idol
American Masters: LennoNYC
Deadliest Catch
Gettysburg
Technical Direction, Series
American Idol
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Dancing With the Stars
Saturday Night Live
30 Rock (live show)
What other reality TV shows do you think should have appeared on this list but didn't make the cut? Which shows do you think will win their categories? Share your thoughts in the comments section.
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