The Emmy Nominations

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COMEDY SERIES

“30 Rock” (NBC)

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)

“Entourage” (HBO)

“The Office” (NBC)

“Two and a Half Men” (CBS)

 

DRAMA SERIES

“Boston Legal” (ABC)

“Damages” (FX)

“Dexter” (Showtime)

“House” (Fox)

“Lost” (ABC)

“Mad Men” (AMC)

 

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES

"The Colbert Report" - (Comedy Central)

"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" - (Comedy Central)

"Late Show With David Letterman" - (CBS)

"Real Time With Bill Maher" - (HBO)

"Saturday Night Live" - (NBC)

 

MINISERIES

"The Andromeda Strain" (A&E)

"Cranford" (Masterpiece Theatre)

"John Adams" (HBO)

"Tin Man" (Sci Fi Channel)

 

 

ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Alec Baldwin — “30 Rock” (NBC)

Steve Carell — “The Office” (NBC)

Lee Pace — “Pushing Daisies” (ABC)

Charlie Sheen — “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)

Tony Shalhoub — “Monk” (USA)

 

ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Gabriel Byrne — “In Treatment” (HBO)

Bryan Cranston — “Breaking Bad” (AMC)

Michael C. Hall — “Dexter” (Showtime)

Jon Hamm — “Mad Men” (AMC)

Hugh Laurie — “House” (Fox)

James Spader — “Boston Legal” (ABC)

 

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Christina Applegate — “Samantha Who?”(ABC)

America Ferrera — “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

Tina Fey — “30 Rock” (NBC)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus — “New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS)

Mary-Louise Parker — “Weeds” (Showtime)

 

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Glenn Close — “Damages” (FX)

Sally Field — “Brothers & Sisters” (ABC)

Mariska Hargitay — “Law and Order: SVU” (NBC)

Holly Hunter — “Saving Grace” (TNT)

Kyra Sedgwick — “The Closer” (TNT)

 

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE

"Bernard And Doris" - (HBO)

"Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale" - (HBO) "

"The Memory Keeper’s Daughter" - (Lifetime)

"A Raisin In The Sun" - (ABC)

"Recount" - (HBO)

 

REALITY

"Antiques Roadshow" - (PBS)

"Dirty Jobs" - (Discovery Channel)

"Extreme Makeover Home Edition" - (ABC)

"Intervention" - (A&E)

"Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List" - (Bravo)

 

REALITY HOST

Tom Bergeron - "Dancing With the Stars"

Heidi Klum - "Project Runway"

Howie Mandel - "Deal or No Deal"

Jeff Probst - "Survivor"

Ryan Seacrest - "American Idol"

 

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM

"The Amazing Race" - (CBS)

"American Idol" - (FOX)

"Dancing With The Stars" - (ABC)

"Project Runway" - (Bravo)

"Top Chef" - (Bravo)

 

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Ralph Fiennes - "Bernard And Doris" (HBO)

Ricky Gervais - "Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale" (HBO)

Paul Giamatti - "John Adams" (HBO)

Kevin Spacey - "Recount" (HBO)

Tom Wilkinson - "Recount" (HBO)

 

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Catherine Keener - "An American Crime" (Showtime)

Susan Sarandon - "Bernard And Doris" (HBO)

Dame Judi Dench - "Cranford" (Masterpiece Theatre)

Laura Linney - "John Adams" (HBO )

Phylicia Rashad - "A Raisin In The Sun" (ABC)

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Jon Cryer - "Two and a Half Men" (CBS)

Kevin Dillon - "Entourage" (HBO)

Neil Patrick Harris - "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS)

Jeremy Piven - "Entourage" (HBO)

Rainn Wilson - "The Office" (NBC)

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Ted Danson - "Damages" (FX)

Michael Emerson - "Lost" (ABC)

Zeljko Ivanek - "Damages" (FX)

T.R. Knight - "Grey’s Anatomy" (ABC)

William Shatner - "Boston Legal" (ABC)

John Slattery - "Mad Men" (AMC)

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

David Morse - "John Adams" (HBO)

Stephen Dillane - "John Adams" (HBO)

Tom Wilkinson - "John Adams" (HBO)

Denis Leary - "Recount" (HBO)

Bob Balaban - "Recount" (HBO)

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Kristin Chenoweth - "Pushing Daisies" (ABC)

Amy Poehler - "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

Jean Smart - "Samantha Who?" (ABC)

Holland Taylor - "Two and a Half Men" (CBS)

Vanessa Williams - "Ugly Betty" (ABC)

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Candice Bergen - "Boston Legal" (ABC)

Rachel Griffiths - "Brothers and Sisters" (ABC)

Christina Hendricks - "Mad Men" (AMC)

Sandra Oh - "Grey’s Anatomy" (ABC)

Dianne Wiest - "In Treatment" (HBO)

Chandra Wilson - "Grey’s Anatomy" (ABC)

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Eileen Atkins - "Cranford" (Masterpiece Theatre)

Ashley Jensen - "Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale" (HBO)

Alfre Woodard - "Pictures Of Hollis Woods" (CBS)

Audra McDonald - "A Raisin In The Sun" (ABC)

Laura Dern - "Recount" (HBO)

 

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Shelley Berman - "Curb Your Enthusiasm" - (HBO)

Rip Torn - "30 Rock" - (NBC)

Will Arnett - "30 Rock" - (NBC)

Steve Buscemi - "30 Rock" - (NBC)

Tim Conway - "30 Rock" - (NBC)

 

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Stanley Tucci - "ER" -(NBC)

Glynn Turman - "In Treatment" - (HBO)

Robin Williams - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" - (NBC)

Robert Morse - "Mad Men" - (AMC)

Oliver Platt - "Nip/Tuck" - (FX)

Charles Durning - "Rescue Me" - (FX)

 

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Polly Bergen - "Desperate Housewives" (ABC)

Kathryn Joosten - "Desperate Housewives" (ABC)

Sarah Silverman - "Monk" (USA)

Carrie Fisher - "30 Rock" (NBC)

Edie Falco - "30 Rock" (NBC)

Elaine Stritch - "30 Rock" (NBC)

 

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Ellen Burstyn - "Big Love" (HBO)

Diahann Carroll - "Grey’s Anatomy" (ABC)

Cynthia Nixon - "Law & Order: Special Victims" (NBC)

Anjelica Huston - "Medium" (NBC)

Sharon Gless - "Nip/Tuck" (FX)

 

 

ANIMATED PROGRAM (less than one hour)

"Creature Comforts America" - ("Don’t Choke To Death, Please") (CBS)

"King Of The Hill" - ("Death Picks Cotton") (Fox)

"Robot Chicken" - ("Robot Chicken: Star Wars") (Cartoon Network)

"The Simpsons" - ("Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind") (Fox)

"SpongeBob SquarePants" - ("Inmates of Summer / Two Faces of Squidward") (Nickelodeon)

 

ANIMATED PROGRAM (one hour or more)

"Family Guy" - ("Blue Harvest") (Fox)

"Justice League: The New Frontier" - (Warner Bros. on demand)

"South Park" - ("Imaginationland") (Comedy Central)

 

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL

"Bill Maher: The Decider" - (HBO)

"George Carlin: It’s Bad For Ya!" - (HBO)

"James Taylor: One Man Band (Great Performances)" - (PBS)

"Kathy Griffin: Straight To Hell" - (Bravo)

"The Kennedy Center Honors" - (CBS)

"Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project" - (HBO)

 

 

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

"Classical Baby (I’m Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show" - (HBO)

"Hannah Montana" - (Disney Channel)

"High School Musical 2" - (Disney Channel)

"Nick News With Linda Ellerbee: The Untouchable Kids Of India" - (Nickelodeon)

"The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody" - (Disney Channel)

 

NONFICTION SPECIAL

"AFI’s 100 Years...100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition" - (CBS)

"Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq" - (HBO)

"Autism: The Musical" - (HBO)

"Pioneers Of Television - Late Night: Johnny, Jack, Steve, And Merv" - (PBS)

 

NONFICTION SERIES

"American Masters" - (PBS)

"Biography" - (Biography Channel)

"Deadliest Catch" - (Discovery Channel)

"Inside The Actors Studio" - (Bravo)

"This American Life" - (Showtime)

 

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Reality Host? Really? REALLY? That's a real award?

 

I'm rooting for Dexter now overall, but fuck the emmys

[sfaJack 0]

Not only that, but "Deal or No Deal" is a fucking game show. There's nothing "reality" about it.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

"Reality" show means gameshow now. Anything not involving a set script, basically. Road Rules? Game show. Big Brother? Game show. Survivor, Amazing Race, etc.? Game shows. Reality shows are just episodic documentaries, like Real World, Jon & Kate Plus 8, and just about everything else on TLC.

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Amy Poehler - "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

 

Didn't see that one coming.

 

And no writing award? Directing?

 

EDIT: Ahh, I see. Not a "big award," which is sad because it should be.

 

Here are those:

 

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

30 Rock • Rosemary's Baby • NBC • Michael Engler, Director

Entourage • No Cannes Do • HBO • Dan Attias, Director

Flight Of The Conchords • Sally Returns • HBO • James Bobin, Director

Pushing Daisies • Pie-Lette • ABC • Barry Sonnenfeld, Director

The Office • Money (Parts 1 & 2) • NBC • Paul Lieberstein, Director

The Office • Goodbye, Toby • NBC • Paul Feig, Director

 

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

Boston Legal • The Mighty Rogues • ABC • Arlene Sanford, Director

Breaking Bad • Pilot • AMC • Vince Gilligan, Director

Damages • Pilot • FX Networks • Allen Coulter, Director

House • House's Head • FOX • Greg Yaitanes, Director

Mad Men • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Pilot) • Alan Taylor, Director

 

Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special

Bernard And Doris • HBO • Bob Balaban, Director

Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale • HBO • Ricky Gervais, Director Stephen Merchant, Director

John Adams • HBO • Tom Hooper, Director

Recount • HBO • Jay Roach, Director

The Company • TNT • Mikael Salomon, Director

 

Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program

80th Annual Academy Awards • ABC •Louis J. Horvitz, Director

Company (Great Performances) • PBS • Lonny Price, Director

Saturday Night Live • Host: Tina Fey • NBC • Don Roy King, Director

The Colbert Report • #4051 • Comedy Central • Jim Hoskinson, Director

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • #13050 • Comedy Central • Chuck O'Neil, Director

 

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series

30 Rock • Rosemary's Baby • NBC • Jack Burditt, Written By

30 Rock • Cooter • NBC • Tina Fey, Written By

Flight Of The Conchords • Yoko • HBO • James Bobin, Written By Jemaine Clement, Written By Bret McKenzie, Written By

Pushing Daisies • Pie-Lette • ABC • Bryan Fuller, Written By

The Office • Dinner Party • NBC • Lee Eisenberg, Written By Gene Stupnitsky, Written By

 

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series

Battlestar Galactica • Six Of One • Sci Fi Channel • Michael Angeli, Written By

Damages • Pilot • FX Networks • Todd A. Kessler, Written By Glenn Kessler, Written By Daniel Zelman, Written By

Mad Men • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Pilot) • AMC • Matthew Weiner, Written By

Mad Men • The Wheel • AMC • Matthew Weiner, Written By Robin Veith, Written By

The Wire • 30 • HBO • David Simon, Teleplay By/Story By Ed Burns, Story By

 

 

Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special

Bernard And Doris • HBO • Hugh Costello, Written By

Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre) • PBS • Heidi Thomas, Written By

Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale • HBO • Ricky Gervais, Written By Stephen Merchant, Written By

John Adams • Independence • HBO • Kirk Ellis, Written By

Recount • HBO • Danny Strong, Written By

 

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program

Late Night With Conan O'Brien • NBC •

Mike Sweeney, Head Writer

Chris Albers, Written By

Jose Arroyo, Written By

Dan Cronin, Written By

Kevin Dorff, Written By

Daniel J. Goor, Written By

Michael Gordon, Written By

Berkley Johnson, Written By

Brian Kiley, Written By

Michael Koman, Written By

Brian McCann, Written By

Guy Nicolucci, Written By

Conan O'Brien, Written By

Matt O'Brien, Written By

Brian Stack, Written By

Andrew Weinberg, Written By

 

Late Show With David Letterman • CBS •

Eric Stangel, Head Writer

Justin Stangel, Head Writer

Jim Mulholland, Written By

Michael Barrie, Written By

Steve Young, Written By

Tom Ruprecht, Written By

Lee Ellenberg, Written By

Matt Roberts, Written By

Jeremy Weiner, Written By

Joe Grossman, Written By

Bill Scheft, Written By

Bob Borden, Written By

Frank Sebastiano, Written By

David Letterman, Written By

 

Saturday Night Live • NBC •

Seth Meyers, Head Writer

Andrew Steele, Head Writer

Paula Pell, Head Writer

Doug Abeles, Written By

James Anderson, Written By

Alex Baze, Written By

James Downey, Written By

Charlie Grandy, Written By

Steve Higgins, Written By

Colin Jost, Written By

Erik Kenward, Written By

Rob Klein, Written By

Jon Lutz, Written By

Lorne Michaels, Written By

Simon Rich, Written By

Marika Sawyer, Written By

Akiva Schaffer, Written By

Robert Smigel, Written By

John Solomon, Written By

Emily Spivey, Written By

Kent Sublette, Written By

Bryan Tucker, Written By

Robert Carlock, Additional Sketch By

Lauren Pomerantz, Additional Sketch By

 

The Colbert Report • Comedy Central •

Tom Purcell, Head Writer

Stephen Colbert, Written By

Allison Silverman, Written By

Richard Dahm, Written By

Michael Brumm, Written By

Rob Dubbin, Written By

Eric Drysdale, Written By

Peter Gwinn, Written By

Jay Katsir, Written By

Laura Krafft, Written By

Frank Lesser, Written By

Glenn Eichler, Written By

Peter Grosz, Written By

Bryan Adams, Written By

Barry Julien, Written By

 

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central •

Steve Bodow, Head Writer

Rory Albanese, Written By

Rachel Axler, Written By

Kevin Bleyer, Written By

Rich Blomquist, Written By

Tim Carvell, Written By

J.R. Havlan, Written By

Scott Jacobson, Written By

David Javerbaum, Written By

Rob Kutner, Written By

Josh Lieb, Written By

Sam Means, Written By

John Oliver, Written By

Jason Ross, Written By

Jon Stewart, Written By

[Jingus 0]

Geez, think 30 Rock got its cock sucked quite hard enough? Hey Emmys, I think I see a microscopic spot of jizz you missed, better get back down there with another Best Guest Star nomination.

 

Of all episodes of King of the Hill, they pick the one where Cotton dies? Uh, no, that episode sucked. Badly structured and not funny even when it was trying to be. Good example of picking an episode for a major plot swerve rather than actual quality.

 

And there's now three separate awards for Best Reality Whatever... yeah, not caring anymore.

[Craig Th 0]

And no Friday Night Lights? Boooo.

 

Other than that, not really any complaints.

 

OH WAIT A MINUTE, NOTHING FOR THE SHIELD? Fuckin bullshit. Last season was the best season I've ever seen on TV. And I watch a lot of TV.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

I loved John Adams so I hope to see it clean up. I don't think I'll be able to think of Thomas Jefferson again without picturing Stephen Dillane.

[Atticus Chaos 0]

Good to see BSG get another writing nomination. Although, why it keeps getting nominated for writing, but never even makes the best drama shortlist is beyond me.

 

I really hope James Spader doesn't win again. He's a great actor, but even he seemed embarressed when he beat Gandolfini and Laurie last year. I'd love to see Michael C Hall win for Dexter, but I think he's at a disadvantage because his role is a lot less show offy than the other roles in the category. He doesn't usually get to show off a full range of emotions because Dexter is often shown to be so cold and emotionless. Bryan Cranston deserves to win as well. Glenn Close will almost certainly win best actress.

[Mecha Mummy 0]

God, the continual snubbing of The Wire is appallingly lame. The fact that arguably the best TV drama of all time will at most maybe if they're lucky end up with a Best Writing award is ridiculous.

[Hawk 34 0]

And no Friday Night Lights? Boooo.

 

Other than that, not really any complaints.

 

OH WAIT A MINUTE, NOTHING FOR THE SHIELD? Fuckin bullshit. Last season was the best season I've ever seen on TV. And I watch a lot of TV.

 

What's the time-frame for nominations? The last season of The Shield aired in the Spring of '07. Was it eligible?

[Zetterberg is God 0]

Why is it that the better the Shield gets the less nominations it sees? Seriously, Walton Goggins is long overdue for at least a nomination. If they missed the nomination period that's one thing but otherwise it is getting criminally overlooked. And Jesus Christ Boston Legal, enough already. James Spader better not win again (Michael C. Hall should win but Jon Hamm and Hugh Laurie are probably the front runners).

[strummer 0]

SNL and Amy Poehler getting nominations is really suprising

 

and Kathy Griffin got nominated for an Emmy. Yeah.

[Hawk 34 0]

This is Griffin's 3rd Emmy nomination and she won last year.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Why is it that the better the Shield gets the less nominations it sees? Seriously, Walton Goggins is long overdue for at least a nomination. If they missed the nomination period that's one thing but otherwise it is getting criminally overlooked. And Jesus Christ Boston Legal, enough already. James Spader better not win again (Michael C. Hall should win but Jon Hamm and Hugh Laurie are probably the front runners).

 

Walt and Anthony Anderson got robbed for season 4.

 

Of all the FX shows it's stupid seeing Nip/Tuck get the nominations, that show's been crap since season 2

[Atticus Chaos 0]

The reason Spader always wins is because he submits the episodes where Alan gets the big, dramatic over the top courtroom speeches which the emmy voters usually go for. The episode he submitted this year had one where he argued against the death penalty for child rape. And it was very good. So, I wouldn't write him off and say he can't possibly win again.

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They had one last chance to make amends for the previous snubs of The Wire and they fucked it up. Seriously, how could they have been so fervently on The Sopranos' nuts for all those years, but not recognize The Wire? I just don't get it.

[Youth N Asia 0]

The awards sucked the Sopranos ass for years, when it was good, when it was bad, didn't matter. Also don't care for the Mad Men ball sucking...I've seen it, don't think it's great

[Lord of The Curry 0]

I'm pretty sure David Simon is happy with this result. I can see them viewing any nods Wire would've snagged as being pitied upon. Oh, and go Michael Emerson!

[Atticus Chaos 0]

Someone with entertainment weekly suggested the reason the wire kept getting snubbed because it was too realistic and too dark for the emmy people. Shows like Dexter and Lost are solely escapism, you can watch them and know that stuff isn't happening in the real world. The wire on the other hand...

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Well, that and there's only a handful of non-black people on the show

[cd213 0]

When the hell is Chris Meloni going to get a nod for his work? He was great as Keller on OZ, and he's been great on L&O:SVU for years.

[starvenger 0]

When the hell is Chris Meloni going to get a nod for his work? He was great as Keller on OZ, and he's been great on L&O:SVU for years.

Never as long as they keep giving Mariska some oral pleasure.

 

Anyways, even I can't believe that they're doing a Reality Show Host category. And even moreso that Alton Brown wasn't nominated. Iron Chef IS a reality show, right? I suppose that Reality Show cameo is gonna be a category next year.

 

As for reality competition, it's probably going to Amazing Race once again. The Mole came along too late in the nominations process, I think so there's nothing I see that would truly stands out to beat it.

[strummer 0]

Amy Poehler is the first castmember in the history of SNL to get a nomination in the actor/actress in a comedy category.

 

all previous nominations were in the performance in a variety program category

 

I read this off another board. Can anyone confirm this? Bob?

[Youth N Asia 0]

What are the odds on the George Carlin: It’s Bad For Ya! special getting the mandatory death emmy. Even though the special kinda sucked

[Red Baron 0]

As much as I like James Spader as an actor, he's a smug asshole who I'd like to punch in the face.

 

 

I hope either Neil Patrick Harris or Jeremy Piven wins the Best Supporting Actor in a comedy.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Piven always seems to get the Emmy. I'm rooting for Drama

[Anakin Flair 0]

I was shocked at first tht Battlestar Galactica didn't get any nominations- then I remembered it's been off for like a year.

[CanadianChris 0]

Neil Patrick Harris - "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS)

Well, it's about goddamn time.

[MDH257 0]

Neil Patrick Harris - "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS)

Well, it's about goddamn time.

 

He was nominated last year.

[CanadianChris 0]

Neil Patrick Harris - "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS)

Well, it's about goddamn time.

 

He was nominated last year.

Was he? I must have missed it.

 

Oh, no, I remember now. Two years ago, I was angry that he wasn't nominated. Last year, I was angry that he didn't win.