Emmys 2011 Best Drama Series - Awards

2011 Emmy Nominees:
"Boardwalk Empire"
"Dexter" |
"Friday Night Lights"
"Game of Thrones"
"The Good Wife"
"Mad Men"

2010 Emmy Winner: "Mad Men"
This marked the third consecutive win for the AMC series about advertising in the 1960s.

2010 Emmy Nominees: "Breaking Bad," "Dexter," "The Good Wife," "Lost," "Mad Men," "True Blood" (italics = ineligible this year)

2010 Golden Globe Winner: "Boardwalk Empire"
This was the first major award won by this new HBO series about Atlantic City during Prohibition. "Mad Men" had won for the previous three years running.

2010 Golden Globe Nominees: "Boardwalk Empire," "Dexter," "The Good Wife," "Mad Men," "The Walking Dead"

2010 SAG Ensemble Winner: "Boardwalk Empire"
"Mad Men" had won for the previous two years, losing its first bid in 2007 to the final season of "The Sopranos."

2010 SAG Ensemble Nominees: "Boardwalk Empire," "The Closer," "Dexter," "The Good Wife," "Mad Men"

Every program nominated for Best Drama Series at the Emmy Awards must submit six episodes as samples. These are divided into three pairs which are given to viewing panels to judge. Many a race has been won, and lost, because of these submissions. Gold Derby has learned of the selections:

BOARDWALK EMPIRE
“Boardwalk Empire”
“Anastasia”
“Nights in Ballygran”
“Family Limitation”
"Paris Green”
“Return to Normalcy”


DEXTER
"Circle Us"
"Take It!"
"Teenage Wasteland"
"In the Beginning"
"Hop a Freighter"
"The Big One"

GAME OF THRONES
“Winter is Coming”
“The Kingsroad”
“A Golden Crown”
“You Win or You Die”
“Baelor”
“Fire and Blood”

THE GOOD WIFE
"Double Jeopardy"
"VIP Treatment"
"Nine Hours"
"Real Deal"
"Great Firewall"
"In Sickness"

The list for series not nominated can be found HERE.

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