Monday, April 28, 2014

2014 American Comedy Award Nominations

I missed the boat big time on these, probably because they haven't been presented in thirteen years. So here are the belated nominations for the 2014 American Comedy Awards, which have already taped, so I will probably have a winners list soon. The ceremony will air May 8th on NBC.

COMEDY FILM
“Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”
“The Heat”
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa”
“Nebraska”
“This Is the End”

COMEDY ACTOR - FILM
Bruce Dern, “Nebraska”
Will Ferrell, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”
Johnny Knoxville, “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa”
Simon Pegg, “The World’s End”
Seth Rogen, “This Is the End”

COMEDY ACTRESS - FILM
Lake Bell, “In a World…”
Sandra Bullock, “The Heat”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Enough Said”
Melissa McCarthy, “The Heat”
Kristen Wiig, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR - FILM
Louis C.K., “American Hustle”
Steve Carell, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”
Will Forte, “Nebraska”
Jonah Hill, “This Is the End”
Danny McBride, “This Is the End”

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM
Scarlett Johansson, “Her”
Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”
June Squibb, “Nebraska”
Emma Watson, “This Is the End”
Kristen Wiig, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”

COMEDY DIRECTOR - FILM
Paul Feig, “The Heat”
Spike Jonze, “Her”
Alexander Payne, “Nebraska”
Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, “This Is the End”
Edgar Wright, “The World’s End”

COMEDY SCREENPLAY
“The Heat,” written by Katie Dippold
“Her,” written by Spike Jonze
“Nebraska,” written by Bob Nelson
“This Is the End,” written by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg
“The World’s End,” written by Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright

COMEDY SERIES
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
“Modern Family”
“Parks and Recreation”
“Saturday Night Live”
“Veep”

ALTERNATIVE COMEDY SERIES
“Archer”
“Drunk History”
“Key & Peele”
“Kroll Show”
“Portlandia”

LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW
“The Colbert Report”
“Conan”
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”

COMEDY ACTOR - TV
Fred Armisen, “Portlandia”
Jason Bateman, “Arrested Development”
Keegan-Michael Key, “Key & Peele”
Jordan Peele, “Key & Peele”
Andy Samberg, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

COMEDY ACTRESS  - TV
Zooey Deschanel, “New Girl”
Lena Dunham, “Girls”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”
Amy Schumer, “Inside Amy Schumer”

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR - TV
Aziz Ansari, “Parks and Recreation”
Will Arnett, “Arrested Development”
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
Bill Hader, “Saturday Night Live”
Tony Hale, “Veep”

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS - TV
Vanessa Bayer, “Saturday Night Live”
Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”
Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”
Chelsea Peretti, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
Aubrey Plaza, “Parks and Recreation”

COMEDY WRITING - TV
“Arrested Development”
“The Colbert Report”
“Key & Peele”
“Modern Family”
“Parks and Recreation”

COMEDY DIRECTING - TV
“Arrested Development”
“Eastbound & Down”
“Key & Peele”
“Modern Family”
“Parks and Recreation”

COMEDY SPECIAL OF THE YEAR
“Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive”
“Kristen Schaal: Live at the Fillmore”
“Louis C.K.: Oh My God”
“Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend”
“Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time”
“Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles”

CLUB COMIC
Maria Bamford
Bill Burr
Jerrod Carmichael
Ron Funches
Kyle Kinane
Sebastian Maniscalco
Sean Patton
Brian Regan
Rory Scovel
Doug Stanhope

1 comment:

  1. So this year had enough funny movies to warrant them continue their awards after thirteen years of unfunny movies? Seems odd.

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