For awards, the term "snub" is usually used to refer to a work or person that fails to be nominated or win award, with whether or not a person or work was legitimately snubbed for an award has often been subject for public debate. The term "snub" has also been used in relation to lists, such as the
NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Many notable people and works have failed to be nominated or win a major award. For example,
Alfred Hitchcock and
Stanley Kubrick never won best director at the
Oscars despite being nominated five and four times respectively, and
Glenn Close,
Peter O'Toole,
Deborah Kerr,
Sigourney Weaver and
Cicely Tyson have never won an Oscar related to acting despite each having multiple nominations. Among films,
Citizen Kane, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,
Goodfellas,
Brokeback Mountain, and
Saving Private Ryan are all widely considered to be movies snubbed for the
Best Picture Oscar, while
The Searchers received no Oscar nominations at all despite being considered one of the
best films of all time. For the
Emmy Awards,
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and
The Wire were never nominated for best comedy and best drama despite their critical acclaim.
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,
Drunk History and the
Seinfeld episode "
The Soup Nazi" are also generally considered major snubs from the Emmys as well.
Angela Lansbury,
Sandra Oh,
Don Cheadle,
Steve Carell,
Anthony Anderson, and
Hugh Laurie are also known for having never won an acting award at the Emmys despite each being nominated at least ten times.
Michael Landon was notably also never nominated for an acting Emmy despite his popular appeal. Some have suggested that some
athletes have been snubbed from winning season-ending sports awards despite having great years statistically such as
Jim Brown failing to win the 1956
Heisman Trophy and
Ted Williams failing to win the 1941 and 1942
American League MVP award. ==See also==