This morning the nominations for the Emmy Awards were announced.
Emmy nominations complete list
Outstanding Drama Series
Big Love • HBO
Breaking Bad • AMC
Damages • FX Networks
Dexter • Showtime
House • FOX
Lost • ABC
Mad Men • AMC
Outstanding Comedy Series
Entourage • HBO
Family Guy • FOX
Flight Of The Conchords • HBO
How I Met Your Mother • CBS
The Office • NBC
30 Rock • NBC
Weeds • Showtime
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory • CBS
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
Flight Of The Conchords • HBO
Jemaine Clement as Jemaine
Monk • USA
Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
The Office • NBC
Steve Carell as Michael Scott
30 Rock • NBC
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
Two And A Half Men • CBS
Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad • AMC
Bryan Cranston as Walter White
Dexter • Showtime
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
House • FOX
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
In Treatment • HBO
Gabriel Byrne as Paul
Mad Men • AMC
Jon Hamm as Don Draper
The Mentalist • CBS
Simon Baker as Patrick Jane
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
The New Adventures Of Old Christine
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine
Samantha Who? • ABC
Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly
The Sarah Silverman Program
Sarah Silverman as Sarah Silverman
30 Rock • NBC
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
United States Of Tara • Showtime
Toni Collette as Tara Gregson
Weeds • Showtime
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters • ABC
Sally Field as Nora Walker
The Closer • TNT
Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson
Damages • FX Networks
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
Mad Men • AMC
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson
Saving Grace • TNT
Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Entourage • HBO
Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama
How I Met Your Mother
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
The Office • NBC
Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute
30 Rock • NBC
Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan
30 Rock • NBC
Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Parcell
Two And A Half Men • CBS
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Boston Legal • ABC
William Shatner as Denny Crane
Boston Legal • ABC
Christian Clemenson as Jerry Espenson
Breaking Bad • AMC
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman
Damages • FX Networks
William Hurt as Daniel Purcell
Lost • ABC
Michael Emerson as Ben Linus
Mad Men • AMC
John Slattery as Roger Sterling
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Pushing Daisies • ABC
Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook
Saturday Night Live • NBC
Amy Poehler as Various Characters
Saturday Night Live • NBC
Kristin Wiig as Various Characters
30 Rock • NBC
Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney
Ugly Betty • ABC
Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater
Weeds • Showtime
Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Damages • FX Networks
Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons
Grey’s Anatomy • ABC
Sandra Oh as Dr. Christina Yang
Grey’s Anatomy • ABC
Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey
In Treatment • HBO
Dianne Wiest as Gina
In Treatment • HBO
Hope Davis as Mia
24 • FOX
Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor
Outstanding Miniseries
Generation Kill • HBO
Little Dorrit • PBS
First, how about giving David Simon some statues? Generation Kill is up for Miniseries and David himself is nominated for writing.
DAMAGES should not have been nominated for best Drama. I love the series, but season two was way too convoluted. Close deserves the best actress nom, but not the series.
At first, I was surprised to see Simon Baker get a nom for THE MENTALIST, but it makes sense. He makes the show watchable. Without him, I don’t think it would have survived the season.
