The New Yorker's Emmy Reading List: The New Yorker On Thursday morning, Neil Patrick Harris and Aaron Paul announced the nominations for the Sixty-fifth Primetime Emmy Awards, which included nods to both cable classics and Netflix-produced newcomers. The ceremony will be telecast on September 22nd, with Harris as its host, on CBS. In the meantime, catch up on reviews and features related to some of the nominated shows that The New Yorker has published in print and online. "House of Cards" Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright are nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and the show, whose entire first season premièred on Netflix, on February 1st, is up for Outstanding Drama. Read Emily Nussbaum's review, published in the February 25th issue. On Culture Desk, Tim Wu wrote about how shows produced by Internet firms might eventually render cable television obsolete. "Mad Men" The stylish series continues to rack up nominations. Emily Nussbaum wrote about the evolution of Don Draper in the May 20th issue, and discussed the show with Sasha Weiss and Michael Agger in an Out Loud podcast. On Culture Desk, Bruce McCall, in response to a storyline involving an ad campaign for Chevrolet, recalled Chevy's real campaigns in the nineteen-sixties. Ian Crouch compared the show's fictional ads to commercials featuring the actors, and analyzed Don's pitch to Hershey in the sixth season's finale. "The Newsroom" Jeff Daniels and Jane Fonda are nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Emily Nussbaum reviewed the show in the June 25, 2012, issue. On Culture Desk, David Denby praised Aaron Sorkin's writing as a welcome relief from the "fumbled semi-articulateness" in modern films. Ian Crouch wrote about the cult following for "Sports Night," the series which introduced Sorkin's distinct style of dialogue. "Behind the Candelabra" The HBO biopic, which the director Steven Soderbergh declared would be his final feature film, garnered a host of nominations, including Outstanding Miniseries or Movie. Read Emily Nussbaum's review from the June 3rd issue. David Denby wrote about Soderbergh's varied career in the February 11th issue. "Game of Thrones" The fantasy series is the most nominated drama this year. On Culture Desk, Sarah Larson responded to the "traumatizing" third season finale, which was nominated for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. Emily Nussbaum reviewed the series in the May 7, 2012, issue. Laura Miller wrote about George R. R. Martin's struggle to finish the book series on which the HBO show is based in the April 11, 2011, issue. "Arrested Development" Jason Bateman is up for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, and the show is nominated for Outstanding Music Composition. Watch a video of the discussion panel at the 2011 New Yorker Festival, with the creator Mitchell Hurwitz and the Bluth family, at which Hurwitz announced the cult sitcom's return. On Culture Desk, Emily Nussbaum reviewed the show's fourth season. Ian Crouch wrote about the season's catchy pop song "Getaway." "Girls" Lena Dunham is up for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. Read Emily Nussbaum's review from the February 11th issue. On Culture Desk, she followed up with a critique of an episode involving a forty-two-year-old doctor. Patricia Marx reimagined the characters from the series as elderly "Ladies" for the Shouts & Murmurs section of the March 4th issue. Tad Friend wrote a Talk of the Town about the actor Alex Karpovsky, who plays the character Ray, in the March 11th issue. "30 Rock" Having completed its run, the comedy show about a show is the most nominated sitcom this year. On Culture Desk, Emily Nussbaum expressed her love for the series in anticipation of its finale. She also defended Tina Fey's character, Liz Lemon, on charges that the once heroic Lemon had become "infantilized and dumb." Fey has written two Personal Histories for the magazine, about being a working mother and about being a woman in the world of comedy writing. Ian Parker wrote a Profile of Alec Baldwin in the September 8, 2008, issue. "American Horror Story: Asylum" The second season of the FX melodrama received the most nominations of any series, including Outstanding Miniseries or Movie. Emily Nussbaum wrote about the creator Ryan Murphy in the November 26, 2012, issue. "Scandal" Kerry Washington and Dan Bucatinsky are nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Emily Nussbaum noted the show's second-season improvements in the February 25th issue. She reviewed the first season in the May 21, 2012, issue. Newsletters