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0 for 33: A Look Back At All The Times 'Mad Men's' Actors Lost at the Emmys

By Dustin Rowles | Mad Men | September 20, 2015 |

By Dustin Rowles | Mad Men | September 20, 2015 |


One of the big stories going into tonight’s Emmy Awards is whether Jon Hamm — who has been nominated an eighth time for playing Don Draper on Mad Men — will finally walk away with an award. It’s been a rough ride for Hamm, but to be honest, it’s been a difficult ride for all off the actors on Mad Men. In seven years, Mad Men has never won an acting award, despite being nominated 33 times.

That’s insane. It’s not just Hamm, either. Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Robert Morse, and Christina Hendricks have been nominated multiple times. This year, only Hamm, Moss, and Hendricks have been nominated, so they are the last hopes remaining for one of the best acted series ever to go home with an acting award.

There are a few conspiracy theories floating around about why no actor has ever won an Emmy despite all the nominations, but if you look at the competition, you can chalk 95 percent of it up to simple bad luck.

Let’s take a look back at who all the actors have lost out to in previous years.

2014

Jon Hamm lost to Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad

Christina Hendricks lost to Anna Gunn in Breaking Bad

2013

Jon Hamm lost to Jeff Daniels in The Newsroom

Elisabeth Moss lost to Claire Danes in Homeland

Christina Hendricks lost to Anna Gunn in Breaking Bad

Harry Hamlin lost to Dan Bucatinsky in Scandal

Robert Morse lost to Dan Bucatinsky in Scandal

Linda Cardellini lost to Carrie Preston in The Good Wife

2012

Jon Hamm lost to Damien Lewis in Homeland

Elisabeth Moss lost to Claire Danes in Homeland

Christina Hendricks lost to Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey

Jared Harris lost to Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad

Julia Ormond lost to Martha Plimpton in The Good Wife

Ben Feldman lost to Jeremy Davies in Justified

2011

Jon Hamm lost to Kyle Chandler in Friday Night Lights

Elisabeth Moss lost to Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife

John Slattery lost to Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones

Christina Hendricks lost to Margo Martindale in Justified

Robert Morse lost to Paul McCrane in Harry’s Law

Randee Heller lost to Loretta Devine in Grey’s Anatomy

Cara Buono lost to Loretta Devine in Grey’s Anatomy

2010

Jon Hamm lost to Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad

January Jones lost to Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer

John Slattery lost to Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad

Christina Hendricks lost to Archie Panjabi in The Good Wife

Elisabeth Moss lost to Archie Panjabi in The Good Wife

Robert Morse lost to John Lithgow in Dexter

2009

Jon Hamm lost to Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad

Elisabeth Moss lost to Glenn Close in Damages

John Slattery lost to Michael Emerson in Lost

2008

Jon Hamm lost to Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad

John Slattery lost to Zeljko Ivanek in Damages

Robert Morse lost to Glynn Turman in In Treatment