True Blood wins an Emmy for 'Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series'

HBO’s True Blood has won an Emmy award for ‘Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series’.

The immensely popular series defeated Damages, Friday Night Lights, Mad Men and The Tudors to win the award.

Congratulations go to casting directors Junie Lowry Johnson and Libby Goldstein.

The second season finale of True Blood, S02E12 ‘Beyond Here Lies Nothin’, airs tonight on HBO (September 13, 2009).

Heroes wins an Emmy for season 3's 'The Second Coming/The Butterfly Effect'

NBC’s Heroes has taken home the Emmy for ‘Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series’.

The award was won for season 3 episode 1 ‘The Second Coming’ and episode 2 ‘The Butterfly Effect’.

Congratulations go to Mark Scott Spatny (Visual Effects Producer), Eric Grenaudier (Visual Effects Supervisor), Gary D’Amico (Special Effects Supervisor), Michael Cook (Lead CG Artist), Daniel Kumiega (Lead CG Animator), Chris Martin (Compositing Supervisor), Meliza Fermin (Lead Visual Effects Compositor), Ryan Wieber (Lead Visual Effects Compositor), Diego Galtieri (Lead Visual Effects Compositor).

Heroes season 4 begins with a 2 hour premiere at 8pm on September 21, 2009.

Joseph LoDuca wins an Emmy for 'Legend of the Seeker'

Legend of the Seeker has won the Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score).

The award goes to music composer Joseph LoDuca for his superb score to the first Legend of the Seeker episode, ‘Prophecy’.

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Lost, Battlestar Galactica & True Blood Are Emmy Nominees

The nominees list for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards has been announced and there are quite a few sci-fi and fantasy shows in the mix this time around.

Battlestar Galactica was the clear winner with 6 nominations including Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series, and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series.

Lost came next with 5 nominations including, notably, Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Michael Emerson).

True Blood was also successful in drawing 3 nominations.

It is pleasing to see highly underrated Legend of the Seeker is also up for an Emmy care of Joe LoDuca’s music, although one of the most notable snubs of the year has to be a lack of a nomination to Bear McCreary for his music to Battlestar Galactica. McCreary’s music to Daybreak Parts 1 & 2 was nothing short of outstanding and considering all of Battlestar’s nominations came from Daybreak Pt 2 (the series finale) it is a shame not to see Bear McCreary’s name in the nominee list.

Additional nominees include Fringe, Heroes, Smallville, Life on Mars, Sanctuary and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Below is a modified Emmy Nominee list with all categories and nominees removed that are not from the sci-fi and fantasy genre for ease of reading.

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