Bryan Cranston 2009 Emmy Nomination for 'Breaking Bad'

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Bryan Cranston has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role of Walter White in Breaking Bad. Bryan was also very excited for his co-star Aaron Paul's nomination for 'Best Supporting Actor' and the show for 'Best Series'. Breaking Bad has already won an Emmy this year for editing. The predications are looking good for the show. The Emmys air live tonight 8pm EST on CBS. Can Bryan win 2 years in a row?

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It's like being crowned homecoming king, except you don't have the pimples anymore....It's one of those things where you get the call in the morning and you think, 'Oh, my God, somebody died.' You can't imagine what that is for a split-second. You think no good can happen that early in the morning.
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tjpeople

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Yahey! This made my morning :) Shame about Aaron, but I think he was just amazed to be nominated.

How often do actors win twice in a row?
 

Richiepiep

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That's magnificent! A repeat win for Bryan! Congratulations!

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Rich

Some stats. Note our very own old pro Cloris Leachman!

Performers with the most Primetime Emmys


  • Carl Reiner (Rob's dad)won a total of nine Primetime Emmy Awards, five of which were for his work on The Dick Van Dyke Show (Outstanding Comedy Series, Program Achievement, Writing in a Comedy series and Writing in a Comedy/Variety/Music series). He also won the award for Outstanding Guest Actor for his performance on Mad About You, and two Emmys for his performance on Caesar's Hour. In 1967, he won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy/Variety/Music series, for The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special.
  • Cloris Leachman's eighth Emmy made her the "winningest" female performer in Emmy history. Previously, she had been tied with Mary Tyler Moore and Tracey Ullman (although afterward, in the press room, Leachman correctly pointed that not all of Ullman's Emmys are for performing).
  • Ed Asner has won 5 Emmys for the same character (Lou Grant) but on two different series and genres. He won 3 in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and two more in the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category for Lou Grant. Asner also has three additional Emmys making him the most awarded male performer in history.
  • Tyne Daly has won six performing Emmy Awards; four Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney & Lacey in 1983-1985 and 1988. Also, two wins in the Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category for Christy in 1996 and Judging Amy in 2003.
  • Don Knotts and Candice Bergen share the distinction of being the only actors to have won five Emmy Awards for their respective performances on their respective series. Knotts won for his role as Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show (1961-1963, 1966-1967). Bergen won for her portrayal of Murphy Brown on Murphy Brown (1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995).
  • Kelsey Grammer has won five Emmy Awards: four for his portrayal of Frasier Crane on Frasier (1994-1995, 1998, 2004) and one for his voice-over work as Sideshow Bob on the series The Simpsons (2006). He has several other nominations as Frasier on that series as well as on Cheers and Wings (for a 1992 guest appearance). This makes him the only actor to earn Emmy nominations for portraying the same character on three different programs.
  • John Laroquette also won five Emmy Awards; four (in a row) for his portrayal of Dan Fielding on Night Court and one for his guest role on The Practice.
  • Carroll O'Connor of All in the Family, Nancy Marchand of Lou Grant, Rhea Perlman of Cheers, Dennis Franz of NYPD Blue, Helen Hunt of Mad About You, David Hyde Pierce of Frasier, Allison Janney of The West Wing, and Doris Roberts of Everybody Loves Raymond have all won four Emmys for playing their respective characters on their respective TV shows. Valerie Harper also have 4 Emmys for the same character of Rhoda but on two different shows. Harper has three Emmys for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and one for Rhoda.
  • Carroll O'Connor is the only male or female actor to have won the lead category in both the comedy and drama series category. O'Connor has four Emmys for his comedic turn in All in the Family and one dramatic Emmy for In the Heat of the Night. Others have won in a variety of both the comedy and drama categories including lead, supporting, and guest performances such as Alan Alda for M*A*S*H and The West Wing, Bruce Willis for Moonlighting and Friends, John Lithgow for Amazing Stories and 3rd Rock from the Sun, Doris Roberts for St. Elsewhere and Everybody Loves Raymond, Ed Asner for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant, John Larroquette for Night Court and The Practice, Cynthia Nixon for Sex and the City and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Cloris Leachman for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Promised Land and Malcolm in the Middle.
  • Alan Alda is the only person to have won Emmys in the comedy series categories for writing, directing, and acting in the same series, M*A*S*H. Alda has a total of 6 wins including his most recent Emmy for supporting actor in a drama series for The West Wing.

It's such a shame that Jane and Bryan were nominated several times for MITM Emmys, but never won. Like Cloris Leachman, they would have fitted snugly in both the drama and and the comedy categories, and especially Bryan could easily have won both!

Rich
 
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