HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" was also shut out in the acting categories, although the drama series won seven Emmys last week at the creative services ceremony and a best directing Emmy for Martin Scorsese.
No one would think a little person in mobbed-up 1920s Atlantic City would have an easy time of it, but Nic Novicki, the actor and stand-up comic who plays Carl in HBO's "Boardwalk Empire, " says his character has depth and humor.
HBO's hit series BoardwalkEmpire, entering its second season this September, has reincarnated a nostalgic vision of Atlantic City, replete with gangsters, molls, speakeasies and poker joints.