62nd Annual Emmy Award nominees announced

[The Penguin]

I prime time Emmy Awards announced their nominees this morning. Every entertainment site has a story on this (obviously). I have randomly selected Entertainment Weekly (http://www.ew.com/ew/package/0,,20300978,00.html). The ceremony will be August 29 on NBC, hosted by Jimmy Fallon.

Emmys.com complete list (http://www.emmys.com/nominations)

Program/acting categories:


DRAMA

OUTSTANDING DRAMA
Lost
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Mad Men
True Blood
The Good Wife

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Mariska Hargitay (Special Victims Unit)
Glenn Close (Damages)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)
January Jones (Mad Men)
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Hugh Laurie (House M.D.)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Matthew Fox (Lost)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
John Slattery (Mad Men)
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
Martin Short (Damages)
Terry O’ Quinn (Lost)
Michael Emerson (Lost)
Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
Rose Byrne (Damages)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Beau Bridges (The Closer)
Ted Danson (Damages)
John Lithgow (Dexter)
Alan Cumming ( The Good Wife)
Dylan Baker (The Good Wife
Robert Morse (Mad Men)
Gregory Itzin (24)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mary Kay Place (Big Love)
Sissy Spacek (Big Love)
Shirley Jones (The Cleaner)
Lily Tomlin (Damages)
Ann-Margret (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost)


COMEDY

OUTSTANDING COMEDY
Glee
Modern Family
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Nurse Jackie
30 Rock
The Office

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Lea Michele (Glee)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Toni Collette (The United States of Tara)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Matthew Morrison (Glee)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Chris Colfer (Glee)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
Jon Cryer (Two and A Half Men)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jane Lynch (Glee)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
Holland Taylor (Two and A Half Men)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Mike O’Malley (Glee)
Neil Patrick Harris (Glee)
Fred Willard (Modern Family)
Eli Wallach (Nurse Jackie)
Jon Hamm (30 Rock)
Will Arnett (30 Rock)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory)
Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives)
Kristin Chenoweth (Glee)
Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live)
Betty White (Saturday Night Live)
Elaine Stritch (30 Rock)
Jane Lynch (Two and a Half Men)


REALITY

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW HOST
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)
Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars)
Heidi Klum (Project Runway)
Jeff Probst (Survivor)

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITION
Project Runway
Top Chef
The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
American Idol

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
Antiques Roadshow
Dirty Jobs
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List
Mythbusters
Undercover Boss


VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien


MINISERIES OR MOVIE

MINISERIES OR MOVIE
The Pacific (HBO)
Return to Cranford (PBS)

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE
Endgame (PBS)
Georgia O’Keeffe (Lifetime)
Moonshot (History)
The Special Relationship (HBO)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don’t Know Jack (HBO)

[Temple Fugate]

I understand why Lost got a Best Drama nomination, and 24 didn't, but I'm still disappointed by the decision Emmy voters made. 24 IMO had a stronger season, although neither show was at its peak, and Lost was of course a more popular show.

At least Greg Itzin got nominated. If anyone in the cast deserved it, it's him. On the women's side, Cherry Jones was up against strong competition. It's too bad she didn't make the cut. I'll be pulling for Michael Emerson all the way for Best Supporting Actor.

[MarineCorps]

The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien

I hope he wins this. This airing on NBC will only increase the irony:D

[NightSpirit]

I'm very disappointed that Anna Gunn didn't get a nomination for Supporting Actress for Breaking Bad. And I seriously hope Aaron Paul wins this year, but I'm guessing it'll go to one of the Lost guys.

[Brandon Pierce]

Thank you Emmys for nominating Scrubs in your main categories.

Oh, wait they didn't? Well, they'll never have another chance now since the show went kaput.

[EroSennin]

I'm glad Christina Hendricks finally gets an Emmy nod. This last season really gave her chance to flesh out character.

[mumbo]

I think all the Lost nominations are more for the body of work than the season itself. Think of when Return of the King won so many Oscars.

Pretty standard nominations. Thank God Entourage was shut out of the Best Comedy category, and Survivor really, really should have been in the Best Reality Competition category over Dancing with the Stars at the very least. Not that it matters, as The Amazing Race will win anyway.

[The Penguin]

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the nominations. I'm happy about the various Lost acting nods and it's great to see Friday Night Lights' Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton finally get some attention. As 24 picked up this season, I was calling for Gregory Itzin to be nominated so I'm thrilled to see that.

I am happily shocked at the amount of attention that Glee got. Jane Lynch was the only acting nod I expected to see and they had at least one in every category, including multiple guest stars. I would have expected to see Community at least once in the categories in the first post though. I don't know if he can overcome Jon Cryer this time, but I really want Neil Patrick Harris to win for How I Met Your Mother this year.

For some reason, Survivor's only Emmy win as an entire show was in 2001 for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program, it has never even been nominated for the Reality Show Competition Emmy. This is the third year for the Reality Host and Jeff Probst is the only winner so far. Apparent further proof that he makes that show what it is.

Especially with all that happened, I am thrilled to see The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien nominated for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series. It is the only one of the traditional, network talk shows even nominated. Over on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ConanOBrien), Conan was pleased as well...


Congrats to my staff on 4 Emmy nominations. This bodes well for the future of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.