These great performers were surprisingly snubbed by the Emmys.
That is, if they’re lucky enough to even be nominated in the first place.
And nothing forCourteney Cox.
Courteney Cox on ‘Friends’; Steve Carell on ‘The Office’; Kristen Wiig on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Credit:JON RAGEL/NBC/NBCU PHOTO BANK VIA GETTY; MITCHELL HAASETH/NBC/NBCU PHOTO BANK VIA GETTY; Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Was the show too square?
Was Lansbury too Broadway?
(She won five Tonys.)
Courteney Cox as Monica Gellar in a promotional shot for ‘Friends’.Jon Ragel/NBC
(Britton’s onscreen husband,Kyle Chandler, landed an Emmy for the show’s series finale.)
Yet Don Knotts won five statuettes while onThe Andy Griffith Show.
Where’s the justice?
Hugh Laurie as Gregory House on ‘House’.Ray Mickshaw/Fox
(Although he did land a Golden Globe.)
She was so solid that no one seemed to mind when the show even recast her husband mid-series.
(He was finally honored for a TV special in 1990.)
Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on ‘Murder, She Wrote’.Everett Collection
That’s just cruel, Emmy.
Final score: Richards, 3; Alexander, 0.
(And shockingly, she was never even nominated forFelicity.)
Desi Arnaz (top) and Lucille Ball (bottom) as Ricky and Lucy Ricardo on ‘I Love Lucy’.Everett Collection
She earned another nomination forThe Diplomatin 2023, but went home empty-handed once again.
Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Jonathan Banks, etc.
And yet, the actress never landed so much as a nomination.
Connie Britton (center) as Tami Taylor on ‘Friday Night Lights’.Bill Records/NBC/Getty Images
It was the role she was born to play, but Emmy never came through.
Still, she remains a bridesmaid (get it?
).
Phylicia Rashad as Claire Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show’.Everett Collection
Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’.Everett Collection
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan on ‘Dexter’.Randy Tepper/Showtime
Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing on ‘Dallas’.CBS
Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.Karen Neal/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images
Steve Carell as Michael Scott on ‘The Office’.Byron Cohen/NBC
Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens on ‘Bewitched’.Everett Collection
George Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross on ‘ER’.Sven Arnstein/NBC
Gracie Allen on ‘The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show’.Everett Collection
Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope on ‘Scandal’.Giovanni Rufino/ABC
Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls on ‘Little House on the Prairie’.NBC
Jason Alexander as George Costanza on ‘Seinfeld’.Everett Collection
Cybill Shepherd as Maddie Hayes on ‘Moonlighting’.Everett Collection
Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings on ‘The Americans’.Patrick Harbron/FX
Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal on ‘Ally McBeal’.Everett Collection
Rhea Seehorn and Bob Odenkirk as Kim Wexler and Saul Goodman on ‘Better Call Saul’.Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television
Steve Allen, host of ‘The Steve Allen Show’.Everett Collection
Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore on ‘Gilmore Girls’.Saeed Adyani/Netflix/Everett Collection
Nancy Walker as Ida Morgenstern on ‘Rhoda’.Everett Collection
Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden on ‘The Honeymooners’.CBS
Kristen Wiig as the Target Lady on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
