This morning Chandra Wilson and The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons rather adorably announced the major category nominees for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards. It's a curious batch this year, with many of the categories containing more nominees than usual.
The 30 Rock appreciation continues, and has even increased, with a 30 Rock nomination in each of the comedy acting fields (and two in the Supporting Actor category — go Jack McBrayer!). There's still more love for Boston Legal and none for Friday Night Lights, which is disappointing but not surprising, and True Blood is nowhere to be found in the major categories.
For the first time in a long time, Jeremy Piven is not nominated for his work on Entourage, though Pushing Daisies is still getting a bit of attention with a nomination for Kristen Chenoweth. Kathy Griffin hopefully won't have quite so much to gripe about during the next season of My Life on the D-List, as she picked up not one but two nominations.
And as I'd hoped, there is some appreciation for an actress on Mad Men — but it's not January Jones. To see a list of nominees, read more.
To see the entire list of all the categories, click here.
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Entourage
Family Guy
Flight of the Conchords
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
30 Rock
Weeds
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad
Damages
Dexter
House M.D.
Lost
Mad Men
Big Love
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Steve Carell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Kevin Cline, Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac
Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm
Sir Ian McKellan, King Lear
Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Redemption
Kenneth Branagh, Wallander
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Show
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Toni Collette, The United States of Tara
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
Chandra Wilson, Accidental Friendship
Sigourney Weaver, Prayers For Bobby
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Rainn Wilson, The Office
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
Michael Emerson, Lost
William Hurt, Damages
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
William Shatner, Boston Legal
John Slattery, Mad Men
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Len Cariou, Into the Storm
Tom Courtenay, Little Dorrit
Ken Howard, Grey Gardens
Bob Newhart, The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
Andy Serkis, Little Dorrit
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Rose Byrne, Damages
Hope Davis, In Treatment
Cherry Jones, 24
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Saddam
Marcia Gay Harden, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Janet McTeer, Into the Storm
Jeanne Tripplehorn, Grey Gardens
Cicely Tyson, Relative Stranger
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Steve Martin, 30 Rock
Jon Hamm, 30 Rock
Alan Alda, 30 Rock
Beau Bridges, Desperate Housewives
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Edward Asner, CSI: NY
Ted Danson, Damages
Jimmy Smits, Dexter
Ernest Borgnine, ER
Michael J. Fox, Rescue Me
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jennifer Aniston, 30 Rock
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock
Gena Rowlands, Monk
Betty White, My Name Is Earl
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sharon Lawrence, Grey's Anatomy
Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Brenda Blethyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Carol Burnett, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
CCH Pounder, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
81st Annual Academy Awards ("Musicals Are Back")
Dancing With the Stars ("Jive/Great Balls of Fire")
So You Think You Can Dance (Bleeding Love)
So You Think You Can Dance (Mercy)
So You Think You Can Dance (Adam and Eve/Silence)
So You Think You Can Dance (A Los Amigos)
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Heidi Klum, Project Runway
Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Top Chef
Jeff Probst, Survivor
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
Generation Kill
Little Dorrit
OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
Coco Chanel
Grey Gardens
Into the Storm
Prayers For Bobby
Taking Chance
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Show With David Letterman
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger — London, New York, Johannesburg
Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch
Ricky Gervais: Out of England — The Stand-Up Special
The 31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America — A Final Night With George W. Bush
OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
Antiques Roadshow
Dirty Jobs
Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan
Intervention
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
MythBusters
OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock
Californication
The Office
United States of Tara
Weeds
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Damages
Friday Night Lights
Mad Men
The Tudors
True Blood
OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Generation Kill
Grey Gardens
House of Saddam
Into the Storm
Little Dorrit
OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL
Airport Lounge (Amex / Platinum Card)
Alec in Huluwood (Hulu)
Bottled Courage (Nike)
Circus (Anheuser-Busch Budweiser)
Heist (Coca-Cola)
Magazine Buyer (Anheuser-Busch Bud Light)
Tips (Career Builder)
Wedding (Sprint Nextel)
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A SERIES
Mad Men
Pushing Daisies
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The Tudors
Ugly Betty
OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Grey Gardens
House of Saddam
Into the Storm
Little Dorrit
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock (Millicent Shelton)
30 Rock (Beth McCarthy)
30 Rock (Todd Holland)
Entourage (Julian Farino)
Flight of the Conchords (James Bobin)
The Office (Jeff Blitz)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Battlestar Galactica (Michael Rymer)
Boston Legal (Bill D'Elia)
Damages (Todd A. Kessler)
ER (Rod Holcomb)
Mad Men (Phil Abraham)
OUTSTANDING NONFICTION SERIES
American Experience
American Masters
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Biography
Deadliest Catch
This American Life
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
81st Annual Academy Awards, "Hugh Jackman Opening Number"
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All, "Much Worse Things"
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, "I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus"
Flight of the Conchords, "Carol Brown"
Saturday Night Live, "Motherlover"
The 2008 ESPYS, "I Love Sports"
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN
Lie To Me
Storymakers
Taking Chance
True Blood
United States of Tara
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
Great Performances
Sons of Anarchy
Storymakers
The Mole
United States of Tara
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A SERIES
Battlestar Galactica
Fringe
Ghost Whisperer
Heroes
Sanctuary
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR A SPECIAL
Generation Kill
Into the Storm
OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION
24
Burn Notice
Chuck
Criminal Minds
My Name Is Earl
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock ("Reunion," Matt Hubbard)
30 Rock ("Apollo, Apollo," Robert Carlock)
30 Rock ("Mamma Mia," Ron Weiner)
30 Rock (Kidney Now!," Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock)
Flight of the Conchords ("Prime Minister," James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Lost ("The Incident," Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof)
Mad Men ("A Night To Remember," Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner)
Mad Men ("Six Month Leave," Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Matthew Weiner)
Mad Men ("The Jet Set," Matthew Weiner)
Mad Men ("Meditations In An Emergency," Kater Gordon, Matthew Weiner)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Night With Conan O’Brien
Late Show With David Letterman
Saturday Night Live
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE, OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Generation Kill (David Simon)
Grey Gardens (Michael Sucsy, Patricia Rozema)
Into the Storm (Hugh Whitemore)
Little Dorrit (Andrew Davies)
Taking Chance (LtCol Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.), Ross Katz)
Givenchy
Drew and Jessica both deserve to win! I'm hoping for a double win though I know it almost never happens. If it hasn't happened before, well there's a first for everything!
1Oy. No Tudors? For James Frain at least. And Kyle Chandler deserves to be nominated for FNL way more than some of the other men. And Connie Britton! These award shows are so lame.
2Well at least Michael Emerson got a nomination, I hope he wins. I'm surprised True Blood's actors or BSG weren't considered.
3Very disappointed that Friday Night Lights was totally ignored. Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton and the show itself are so deserving. Lots of great choices in the drama category, but FNL should be there as well.
4I'm so glad How I Met Your Mother finally got some recognition in the best comedy category.
5I'm happy to see that a lot of my favorites got nominated. I know it's a long shot, but I'm pulling for How I Met Your Mother. And, even though they were predictable, I'm glad to see the Mad Men nominations. I wish Christina Hendricks would have been nominated, though. I love her portrayal of Joan.
6Where the F is Rescue me, and Denis Leary? where is any love for Southland? Trueblood? Lost (besides M. Emerson)?
7Also where is Battlestar Galactica? which had better acting in in that 99% of the crap that was nominated!
8I was hoping Friday Night Lights, Chuck, and Psych would get some recognition. I'm disappointed (and not surprised) that Kristen Wiig got a nomination but not Bill Hader.
9And I like Rainn Wilson on The Office, but I think Ed Helms deserved a nomination more this year.
Also, I don't understand how Two and a Half Men keeps getting nominations.
YES for Family Guy making history!
And I'm so happy that 30 Rock's gotten so many nominations too, the show's incredible!
10i'm so glad jim parsons is included - he is the best!
11I'm so happy about Generation Kill and the recognition it got. Would've loved it more if A. Skarsgard or S. Sands got a nomination too.
I'm also rooting for Hugh Laurie and Neil Patrick Harris.
12No noms for any of the ladies of Big Love? Boo!
13Seriously no fnl AGAIN? Also nothing for True Blood? I am really happy to see HIMYM was finally nominated.
I am so sick and tired of seeing the same exact people getting nominated over and over again. I'm looking at you two and a half men!
14No Jeremy Piven this year? Hopefully Kevin Dillon takes it, after all the years of being nominated, he deserves it! Plus- he's freakin hilarious!
15I disagree with the Entourage nom, just didn't think it was so great last season. I am rooting for Michael C. Hall & Michael Emerson! Also Tom Colicchio for reality host. Funny Katherine heigl didn't get a nom
16i love How I Met Your Mother, thanks to Neill hosting its getting more attention. I'm glad there's some new faces (Flight of the Concords anyone?!) but still some good ones
i hope chandra wins for grey's cause she was amazing and consistent this past season. katherine heigl was good too, but she put her foot in her mouth and thats why she didn't get nominated
17Where is the love for So You Think You Can Dance? It's 10x better than Dancing with the Stars. And Cat Deely is the hostess with the mostess!!!!
18Ugh. A good majority of these shows/some of the people have been nominated before. Where's the new talent? I never really liked 30 Rock (I must be the only one!), or a lot of the shows that are represented here...
I hope Dirty Jobs takes the Outstanding Reality Series! Mythbusters is really cool too, I just never watch it that much...and Mike Rowe is a boss, for real.
Phil Keoghan for Amazing Race...he's awesome even when the contestants are being totally ridiculous.
19For reals! Where is Cat Deely's name? She is the best host on TV right now.
20How bittersweet for "Pushing Daisies" and "Samantha, Who?" to get noms in acting categories for shows that are gone too soon!
21SOO glad to see some new names/shows in these categories!! Like most others, I'm so sick of the same ppl getting nominated (and somehow winning) all the time...Two and half Men, Tony Shaloub, Jeremy Piven..yuck!! I'm excited about HIMYM & Family Guy, Kristin Wiig, Kristen Chenowith, Drew Barrymore & Jack McBrayer!! Really bummed Lost didn't get more love, considering how amazing the past season was. But Goo Ben!!
22Only one nomination for The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler?
Nothing for Anna? Boo-hoo.
23So disappointed. FNL and True Blood both deserve nominations.
24I'm all giddy because one of my good friends (OK, the man I had hoped to marry until he met and married a really wonderful woman) was nominated for writing. Yay!
25that's kind of surprising that true blood isn't on there especially since anna did such a great job and got the GG but oh well. i'm sure that she's happy with what she has.
26I'm very annoyed THE SHIELD didn't get a single nomination. BEST season ever, and you can't top the way it was ended =( But, happy 30 Rock got all the nominations!!!
27Is Monk still on? How about some fresh nods here? Grey's Anatomy is so 2007.
28I really don't understand how Charlie Sheen, Tony Shalhoub, and 30 Rock continue to get nominations year after year. Ugh where is the love for True Blood, Pushing Daisies (excluding the noms for Kristen and costumes), etc. And I think Katherine Heigl should've been nominated because of the difficult storyline she had this year.
29Anyway, I'll focus on the positive. I'm rooting for: Family Guy, How I Met your Mother, Lost, The Colbert Report, Jim Parsons, Christina Applegate, Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore, Michael Emerson, Kristin Chenoweth, Amy Poehler, Kristin Wiig, Justin Timberlake (for guest starring on SNL!!), Chandra Wilson, Sandra Oh, and Phil Keoghan (host of the Amazing Race). I don't know who I want to win Best Reality show because they all sucked this year...
30I can't believe the Tudors didn't get nominated for outstanding drama series!?
31Wahoo to Jim Parsons & Kevin Dillon!!! I love those guys.
I hope Jim beats Alec! And I hope Sarah beats Tina!
32I am sure Tina Fey will win for her guest spot(s) on SNL as Sarah Palin. Still, all the nominees in that category are great.
Ill miss
that show way too much.
33I wish Pushing Daisies was more appreciated, it should be a nominee in Best Comedy. Also, Kristen C is brilliant but so are Chi McBride and Anna Friel...even the aunts! That show was perfect. I hope they win best costumes, even if it is just for the mermaid costumes!
Lost is also deserving of more! I'm completly rooting for Michael Emerson but what about Terry O'Quinn and Matthew Fox?
Other than that, great choices! It should be an exciting show.
Also I love Mad Men but "The Incident" deserves that Emmy! That was SUCH a fantastic episode!
34WAIT... Charlie Sheen got nominated but ZACHARY LEVI GOT SNUBBED??? 2 and a Half Men isn't even funny. Chuck on the other hand is pure brilliance... and I'm really feeling that this is Hugh Laurie's year. Fingers crossed!
35i'm really over 30 Rock, 2 and a 1/2 men always getting the noms......
I'm rooting for Family Guy, Drew Barrymore, Elizabeth Moss, Chandra Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Tina Fey's Sarah Palin, and Justin Timberlake's Mother Lover.
Simon Baker is so yummy!
36I really really hope True Blood gets an Emmy for Main Title Design. I absolutely love the logo and music/art intro for that show. I get the shivers just thinking about it. I also am very sad that Dexter did not get a nomination for Outstanding Casting. Every character on that show is pitch perfect, accomplishing the rare feat of making a show that's better than the book.
37I don't know half of the shows, but I'm so hoping for Hugh Laurie. House MD & Lost are still my favorites. Oh, and I love Mike Rowe in Dirty Jobs.
38I hope Jennifer wins!
39sooooo excited for Jim Parsons!!!!
40WHY NO NCIS?
41What? Such few nominations for 24?!? And just one for burn notice!! I've had enough of 30 rock!! Aargh!
42I'm strongly elated with 30 Rock's nomination in all of the top nominations, however i hope Charlie Sheen gets his award, the rest i will be supporting the 30 Rock casts and crew. As for the Drama series, i didn't watch as most of the seems lame, the greatest was ever made was The West Wing. Can't believe Heroes and Ncis are omitted from the Emmys, damn! Anyways, 30 Rock rules the emmys.
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