Jul 10, 2014

The Simpsons denied the first ever animated emmy Nom

The nominations for the 66th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and the big animation news isn't who was nominated, but who wasn't: The Simpsons. The yellow-skinned family was denied a nomination in the Outstanding Animated Program for the first time in its history. (While the show wasn't nominated in the animation category in 1993-'94, that was only because the producers of the show submitted to the comedy category instead, so they have never been denied an animated series nomination when they've submitted.)

Below is a list of the animation noms:

Archer (FX Networks) “Archer Vice: The Rules Of Extraction”

Bob's Burgers (FOX) “Mazel Tina”

Futurama (Comedy Central) “Meanwhile”

South Park (Comedy Central) “Black Friday”

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Nickelodeon) “The Manhattan Project”

Adventure Time (Cartoon NetworK) “Be More”

Mickey Mouse (Disney Channel)'O Sole Minnie

Phineas and Ferb (Disney Channel) “Thanks But No Thanks”

Regular Show (Cartoon Network) “The Last Laserdisc Player”

Robot Chicken (Cartoon Network) “Born Again Virgin Christmas Special”

Almost Human (FOX) “Pilot” Jay Worth, Visual Effects Supervisor Robert Habros, On-set Visual Effects Supervisor Curtis Krick, VFX Producer Steve Melchiorre, VFX Producer Michael Cliett, VFX Lead Christopher Lance, Digital Effects Supervisor David Beedon, CG Supervisor Adam Stern, Lead Environment Designer Jared Jones, 2D Lead

COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey (FOX) “The Immortals” Rainer Gombos, Lead Visual Effects Supervisor Addie Manis, Visual Effects Producer Natasha Francis, Visual Effects Producer Luke McDonald, Digital Supervisor Sam Edwards, Compositing Supervisor Michael Maher, Visual Effects Concept Artist Dominic Vidal, Visual Effects Ryan Tudhope, Visual Effects Ergin Kuke, Visual Effects

Game Of Thrones (HBO) “The Children” Joe Bauer, Lead Visual Effects Supervisor Joern Grosshans, Visual Effects Supervisor Steve Kullback, Lead Visual Effects Producer Adam Chazen, Visual Effects Coordinator Eric Carney, Visual Effects Previs Lead Sabrina Gerhardt, Visual Effects Animation Producer Matthew Rouleau, CG Supervisor Thomas H. Schelesny, CG Sequence Supervisor Robert Simon, Visual Effects Concept Designer

The 100 (CW) “We Are Grounders, Part 2” Andrew Orloff, Digital Effects Supervisor Michael Cliett, Visual Effects Supervisor Tyler Weiss, Visual Effects Producer Kornel Farkas, 2D Lead Compositor Chris Pounds, Compositor Andrew Bain, 3D Lead Artist Mike Rhone, FX Lead Artist Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) “T.A.H.I.T.I.” Mark Kolpack, Visual Effects Supervisor Gary D'Amico, Special Effects Supervisor Sabrina M. Arnold, Lead Visual Effects Producer Tracy Takahashi, Visual Effects Producer Jonathan Tanimoto, Digital Effects Supervisor Kevin Lingenfelser, Senior Lead Compositor Matt Von Brock, Senior Lead CG Artist Thomas Mahoney, Senior Lead CG Artist Mitch Gates, Lead CG Artist

Black Sails (Starz) “I.” Erik Henry, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Paul Graff, Visual Effects Supervisor George Murphy, Visual Effects Supervisor Annemarie Griggs, Visual Effects Producer Mitch Claspy, Visual Effects Coordinator Jeremy Hattingh, Visual Effects On-set Lead Doug Hardy, Special Effects Lead Nick Hsieh, Compositing Lead Steve Messing, Matte Artist

Da Vinci's Demons (Starz) “The Sins of Daedalus” Tom Horton, Series VFX Supervisor/Producer Nicky Walsh, Visual Effects On-set Supervisor Paul Simpson, VFX Supervisor Gavin Gregory, VFX Producer Simon A. Mills, VFX Production Manager Louis Dunlevy, 3D Lead Paul Round, 2D Lead Stefan Susemihl, 2D Lead Alex Snookes, 2D Artist

Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) “Ho'onani Makuakane” Armen V. Kevorkian, Visual Effects Supervisor Alexander G. Soltes, Visual Effects Producer John Hartigan, Special Effects Coordinator Jane Sharvina, 2D Supervisor Rick Ramirez, 3D Supervisor Dan Lopez, 3D Lead Artist Steve Graves, 3D Artist Andranik Taranyan, Lead Compositing Artist Chad Schott, Compositing Artist

Mob City (TNT) “A Guy Walks Into a Bar” Jason Maxwell Sperling, Visual Effects Supervisor Richard E. Cordobes, Special Effects Supervisor Michael Joseph Morreale, Visual Effects Producer Michael Enriquez, Lead 3D Artist Valeri Ann Pfahning, Lead 2D Artist William L. Arance, 3D Artist Megan Ellen Omi, 2D Artist Diego Galtieri, 2D Artist Franco Leng, 2D Artist

Vikings (HISTORY) “Invasion” Dominic Remane, Visual Effects Supervisor Dennis Berardi, Senior Visual Effects Producer Michael Borrett, Visual Effects Producer Bill Halliday, Visual Effects Producer Ovidiu Cinazan, Lead Compositor Jim Maxwell, Lead Matte Painter

The Walking Dead (AMC) “30 Days Without An Accident” Victor Scalise, VFX Supervisor Darrell Dean Pritchett, Special FX Supervisor Matt Robken, VFX Producer Gary Romey, VFX Coordinator Martin Hilke, Lead 2D Artist Diego Galtieri, Senior 2D Artist Michael Cook, Lead CG Artist William L. Arance, Senior CG Artist Dylen Velasquez, 2D Artist

Black Sails (Starz) Karen Fong, Director Michelle Dougherty, Designer/Director Alan Williams, Designer/Art Director Kris Kuksi, Fine Art Sculptor

COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey (FOX/NatGeo) Curtis Doss, Creative Director Shaun Collings, Creative Director Randall Smith, Visual Effects Supervisor Tom Connors, CG Supervisor

Masters Of Sex (Showtime) Leanne Dare, Art Director Yi-Jen Liu, Designer Jon Forsman, Animator Gabriel Britz, Editor

Silicon Valley (HBO) Garson Yu, Creative Director Mehmet Kizilay, Designer/Lead Animator

True Detective (HBO) Patrick Clair, Creative Director Raoul Marks, Animator Jennifer Sofio Hall, Creative Producer

Chris Diamantapolous as Mickey MouseMickey Mouse “The Adorable Couple”

Stephen Full as StanDog With A Blog “My Parents Posted What-!”

Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Glenn QuagmireFamily Guy “In Harmony's Way”

Maurice LaMarche as Calculon and MorboFuturama “Calculon 2.0”

Seth Green as Various charactersRobot Chicken “DC Comics Special II: Villains In Paradise”

Harry Shearer as Kent Brockman, Mr. Burns, Younger Burns, SmithersThe Simpsons “Four Regrettings And A Funeral”