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'Modern Family,' 'Game Of Thrones' Top SAG Awards

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Modern Family will compete for its fifth straight best comedy Screen Actors Guild Award in an otherwise wide open list of nominees in the various television categories.

Modern Family will vie against CBS’ Big Bang Theory, Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black and HBO’s Veep.

On the drama aside, Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Game Of Thrones (pictured), Homeland and House of Cards will compete in a category that is notably missing AMC’s Mad Men, which will conclude its run next spring.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.