60th Annual Primetime Emmy Nominations

The 60th annual primetime Emmy nominations were announced this morning by Neil Patrick Harris and Kristen Chenoweth at the Academy’s Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood.The awards show will air Sunday, September 21st at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Below are the 10 finalist for Outstanding Comedy Series and Drama Series. The list will be updated as nominees are announced.

Outstanding Comedy Series

10 finalists:

* Curb Your Enthusiasm
* Entourage
* Family Guy
* Flight of the Conchords
* The Office
* Pushing Daisies
* 30 Rock
* Two and a Half Men
* Ugly Betty
* Weeds

-30 Rock, The Office, Entourage, Two and a Half Men, and Curb Your Enthusiasm get the nominations

Outstanding Drama Series

10 finalists:

* Boston Legal
* Damages
* Dexter
* Friday Night Lights
* Grey’s Anatomy
* House
* Lost
* Mad Men
* The Tudors
* The Wire

Boston Legal, Mad Men, Dexter, House, Lost, and Damages get the nominations

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

-Late Show with David Letterman, The Daily Show, The Colbet Report, SNL, and Real Time with Bill Maher


Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

-Steve Carell (The Office), Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies), Tony Shalhoub (Monk), and Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

-Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), James Spader (Boston Legal), Hugh Laurie (House)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

-Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?), Tina Fey (30 Rock), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Old Christine), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), and Mary Louise-Parker (Weeds)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

-Glenn Close (Damages), Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters), Mariska Hargitay (Law and Order: SVU), Holly Hunter (Saving Grace), and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

-Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Kevin Dillon (Entourage), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men - why supporting? He’s in the title of the show!), and Rainn Wilson (The Office)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

-William Shatner (Boston Legal), Ted Danson (Damages), John Slattery (Mad Men), Zeljko Ivanek (Damages), and Michael Emerson (Lost)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

-Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies), Jean Smart (Samantha Who?), Amy Poehler (SNL), Holland Taylor (Two and a Half Men), and Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

-Candace Bergen (Boston Legal), Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters), Chandra Wilson (Grey’s Anatomy), Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy), and Dianne Wiest (In Treatment)