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SAG Awards: TV surprises and snubs

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Melissa McCarthy of ‘Mike and Molly’ and the Showtime drama ‘Homeland’ were among the huge raves of the TV season, but both were surprisingly among the missing when the TV nominees for the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced.

McCarthy scored an upset in September when she won an Emmy for lead actress in a comedy series for the CBS sitcom, but on Wednesday she was left out of SAG Awards’ outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series category (though she did get a movie nod for ‘Bridesmaids’). Those nominees include Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara (‘Modern Family’), Edie Falco (‘Nurse Jackie’), Tina Fey (’30 Rock’) and Betty White (‘Hot in Cleveland’).

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Other prominent actresses that were omitted included Amy Poehler (‘Parks and Recreation’), Zooey Deschanel (‘New Girl’), Laura Linney (‘The Big C’), Laura Dern (‘Enlightened’) and Christina Applegate (‘Up All Night’).

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Meanwhile, Ed O’Neill and Jesse Tyler Ferguson were the only adult cast members of ‘Modern Family’ who did not score an individual SAG nod. In addition to Bowen’s and Vergara’s nods, Eric Stonestreet and Ty Burrell were nominated for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series. O’Neill and Ferguson were included in the comedy ensemble nomination for ‘Modern Family.’

Also missing among major actors in the comedy categories were Jim Parsons (‘The Big Bang Theory’), Neil Patrick Harris (‘How I Met Your Mother’) and Louis C.K. (‘Louie’).

‘Homeland,’ starring Claire Danes (‘Temple Grandin’), Damian Lewis and Mandy Patinkin, has been one of the critical highlights of the season, but the show and its performers were left out of the nominations.

A major surprise in the drama category was the nomination of Patrick J. Adams in USA’s ‘Suits.’ Lewis beat out more well-known performers, such as Hugh Laurie (‘House’) and Kelsey Grammer (‘Boss’).

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-- Greg Braxton

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