2014-10-14

Josh Thomas has picked up another international award nomination, this time in the International Emmy Awards.

Please Like Me has been nominated for the Comedy award alongside entries from South Africa, Brazil and Belgium.

It is the only Australian entry across 10 categories.

The ABC2 show has previously been nominated for the Rose D’Or Awards, GLAAD Media Awards and Logie Awards, as well as wins from the AACTA Awards, Australian Writers’ Guild and Australian Directors Guild.

The final episode of the second season airs tonight at 9:30pm on ABC2.

Other titles competing for International Emmys include entries from Broadchurch, The Tunnel, Utopia (UK), Masterchef (China) and Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time.

Winners will be announced on November 24 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

Arts Programming

El Informe Kliksberg II – El otro me importa

Mulata Films for Canal Encuentro

Argentina

The Exhibition

Jove Pictures

Canada

Nonfiction W: Picture Book Touch, Feel, and Fragility

WOWOW INC. Ortus Japan Co.,Ltd.

Japan

Wagnerwahn – Mythos und Machenschaften des Richard Wagner ( The Wagner Files)

ARTE / SWR / Gebrueder Beetz, Berlin

Germany

Best Performance by an Actor

Stephen Dillane

in The Tunnel

Kudos, Shine France Films for Sky Atlantic HD and CANAL+

United Kingdom

Claude Legault

in 19-2

Sphere Media Plus / Echo Media

Canada

Pablo Rago

in Televisión por la Justicia

On Tv- Llorente y Villarruel Contenidos SA / CIN (Consejo Interuniversitario Internacional)

Argentina

Xiubo Wu

in The Orphan of Zhao

China Television Media, Ltd. / TV Series Management Center of China Central Television Beijing / Teamhard TV&Movie Investment Co. Ltd.

People’s Republic of China

Best Performance by an Actress

Tuba Büyüküstün

in 20 Dakika (20 Minutes)

Ay Yapim and Star Tv

Turkey

Olivia Colman

in Broadchurch

Kudos

United Kingdom

Romina Gaetani

in Televisión por la Justicia

On Tv- Llorente y Villarruel Contenidos SA / CIN (Consejo Interuniversitario Internacional)

Argentina

Bianca Krijgsman

in De Nieuwe Wereld ( The New World)

IJswater Films/NTR Television

Netherlands

Comedy

Please Like Me

Pigeon Fancier Productions / John & Josh International / Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australia

Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola

Diprente Films / eNCA

South Africa

The Mayor´s Wife

Globo TV

Brazil

Wat als 2? ( What if? season 2)

Shelter

Belgium

Documentary

De Volta (Going Back)

Canal Futura / COOPAS

Brazil

Frihet bakom galler

( No Burqas Behind Bars)

Nima Film / SVT / NHK / Ikon / DRTV / NRK / Swedish Film Institute / Konstnärsnämnden / Nordic Film & TV fund / APSA Academy Film Fund

Sweden

No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka

Outsider Films in association with Channel 4 and ITN productions

United Kingdom

Phantoms of the Border

The Chosunilbo / TV CHOSUN / Solferino Images / Quartier Latin Media

South Korea

Drama Series

Prófugos

HBO Latin America

Chile

The Tunnel

CANAL+ Original Programming / SKY Atlantic HD / Kudos / Shine France Films

France

Utopia

Kudos

United Kingdom

Yae’s Sakura

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Japan

Non-Scripted Entertainment

Educating Yorkshire

Twofour

United Kingdom

Master Chef China

Shanghai Dragon TV

People’s Republic of China

Missie Mosango

Geronimo Productions

Belgium

O Infiltrado

The History Channel Latin America

Brazil

Telenovela

30 Lives: Maxim Bouchard

(30 Vies)

Aetios Productions

Canada

Belmonte

Plural Entertainment Portugal

Portugal

My Husband’s Lover

GMA Network, Inc.

Philippines

Precious Pearl

Globo TV

Brazil

TV Movie / Mini-Series

Alexander and Other Heroes

Globo TV

Brazil

An Adventure in Space and Time

BBC Wales / BBC America

United Kingdom

Radio

TV Man Union for NHK in association with NHK Enterprises Inc.

Japan

Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter

( Generation War)

teamWorx Television & Film GmbH / ZDF in co-operation with Beta Film and ZDF Enterprises

Germany

Non-English Language US Primetime Program

Pasión Prohibida

( Forbidden Love)

Telemundo Studios / Telemundo Internacional

United States of America

La Patrona

( The Return)

Telemundo Internacional

United States of America

El Señor de los Cielos

Telemundo Internacional

United States of America

Temple de Acero

( Unbreakable)

Rock and Roll Films US for Nat Geo Mundo

United States of America

ABC titles vie for Kid’s Emmy Awards

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