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In the Emmy dilemma faced by the adult cast of "Modern Family", a great actor such as Ed O'Neill has broken the debate on who would compete for lead and supporting actor award. He submitted himself in the supporting category and others followed him. So, who among them will end up with a nomination? Read on ...
There's been industry speculation about how the "Modern Family" cast would submit themselves for Emmy consideration.With screen time spread evenly amongst all six adult actors, they faced a dilemma as to who would compete for a lead actor/actress award and who would compete for a supporting actor/actress award.
Ed O'Neill, who has never been nominated for an Emmy but is the actor with the greatest name recognition on the show, put an end to debate when he decided to submit himself in the supporting category. Deadline says O'Neill "felt that nobody is bigger than anybody else in a show that is evolving into a true ensemble hit."
The rest of the cast followed suit. Of course, this begs the question: when nominations are announced in June, which "Modern Family" stars do you expect to see nominated in these categories? Will O'Neill finally score his Emmy nod? Could breakout actresses Sofia Vergara and Julie Bowen both end up with a nomination?
(Source: Zap2It)
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The Hollywood Reporter describes to us how the cast of "Modern Family" faces the Emmy dilemma. Here is the article by Randee Dawn:
The evergreen Emmy question about how to deal with an ensemble is coming to a head on ABC's "Modern Family," whose cast is nearing a decision on who, if anyone, will be submitted as a lead actor and supporting.
With the April 30 deadline approaching, insiders say four scenarios are being mulled: Either all six adult regulars (Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara and Eric Stonestreet) will compete as leads; all will go supporting; everyone will go supporting except O'Neill, who as the only major pre-"Family" star could separate himself as lead; or Burrell and Bowen, as the show's "traditional" parents, will go lead and the rest supporting.
It's a tough choice, and recent Emmy history offers little guidance.
"Friends" is perhaps the last true ensemble comedy to break out like "Modern Family" has. Its cast members initially were nominated only in the supporting category; Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer picked up noms in 1995, with Kudrow winning in 1998. But in 2002, co-stars Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc squared off for lead actor; both were nominated but lost to Ray Romano. Perry then stepped back to supporting while LeBlanc stayed in lead; neither ever won.
But when fellow "Friends" co-star Jennifer Aniston moved to lead in 2002 after a pair of supporting noms, she brought home the Emmy.
Even if the "Modern Family" cast opts to run against each other, multiple noms and even a win are possible. In 2005, "Desperate Housewives" scored three lead actress (comedy) nominees in Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher and Felicity Huffman; Huffman ended up winning.
Same goes for supporting. In 2002, "The West Wing" fielded four of the six contenders in supporting actor (drama), and the show's John Spencer won. In 2004, "Sex and the City" fielded three of the five nominees for supporting actress (comedy), and Cynthia Nixon won for the show. Between 2002-05 "Everybody Loves Raymond" co-stars Peter Boyle and Brad Garrett paired up in the supporting actor (comedy) lineup, with Garrett winning three of the four times.
More recently, however, "30 Rock" co-stars Tracy Morgan and Jack McBrayer faced off in the supporting actor (comedy) category last year but came up empty. Also last year, "SNL" co-stars Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig both earned supporting actress (comedy) noms, but neither won.
How will "Modern Family" go about it? The producers are leaving it to the cast members to decide.
So? Who do you think should be on lead and who on the supporting category? Say what you feel, below. I strongly am for Eric Stonestreet as lead, Julie and Ty on supporting. You have your chance to voice out your feelings. Any violent reactions? I welcome them below...
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The guest stars of "Modern Family" are just superb. Now Justin Kirk too, is set for an episode this spring according to TV Fanatic. He will play the role of Lee Keizler, a business owner of a clothing company. Mitchell will quit his law firm and work under Keizler's company as its legal council.
Justin Kirk played the part of Andy Botwin in the TV series "Weeds". Before "Weeds", he was casted as Prior Walter in the Mike Nichols-directed adaptation of "Angels in America" and received a SAG and an Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries in 2004.
(Source: TV Fanatic and Yahoo Movies)
