Nominees in the
top categories for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
were announced at the Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences by Kristin Chenoweth, Neil Patrick Harris,
and TV academy chairman John Shaffner.
Shaffner
surprised Harris and Chenoweth at the end of the telecast by
announcing supporting actor nominations for each. Chenoweth,
of Pushing Daisies, stood open-jawed, while Harris,
the regular scene-stealer of How I Met Your
Mother, pumped his fist and exclaimed, "Nice!"
The trio then
blew out candles on a birthday cake to celebrate the Emmys'
60th anniversary.
Harris kidded
about his easy rapport onstage with Chenoweth, whose
seemingly off-the-cuff quips injected some life into the
normally mundane reading of a list.
"We dated for
years and years," joked the actor, who came out as gay
to People magazine in 2006.
Besides ABC's 76
nods, the broadcast networks tallies were CBS, 51
nominations; NBC, 50; and Fox, 28. PBS had 33 bids, while
AMC garnered 20 bids.
The Emmy Awards
ceremony will be held September 21 and broadcast on ABC.
Other Emmy honors, including those for technical achievement
and guest actors and actresses in series, will be
given at the creative arts ceremony on September 13.
The Primetime
Emmy nods in major categories:
Drama Series:Boston Legal, ABC; Damages, FX;
Dexter, Showtime; House, Fox; Lost,
ABC; Mad Men, AMC.
Comedy Series:Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO; Entourage,
HBO; The Office, NBC; 30 Rock, NBC;
Two and a Half Men, CBS.
Miniseries:The Andromeda Strain, A&E Cranford
(Masterpiece Theatre), PBS; John Adams, HBO;
Tin Man, Sci Fi Channel.
Made-for-TV 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.
Actor, Drama Series: James Spader, Boston
Legal, ABC; Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad, AMC;
Michael C. Hall, Dexter, Showtime; Hugh Laurie,
House, Fox; Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment, HBO;
Jon Hamm, Mad Men, AMC.
Actress, Drama Series: Sally Field, Brothers &
Sisters, ABC; Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer, TNT;
Glenn Close, Damages, FX; Mariska Hargitay, Law
& Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC; Holly
Hunter, Saving Grace, TNT.
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: William
Shatner, Boston Legal, ABC; Ted Danson,
Damages, FX; Zeljko Ivanek, Damages, FX;
Michael Emerson, Lost, ABC; John Slattery, Mad
Men, AMC.
Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Candice
Bergen, Boston Legal, ABC; Rachel Griffiths,
Brothers & Sisters, ABC; Chandra Wilson,
Grey's Anatomy, ABC; Sandra Oh, Grey's
Anatomy, ABC; Dianne Wiest, In Treatment, HBO.
Actor, Comedy Series: Tony Shalhoub, Monk,
USA; Steve Carell, The Office, NBC; Lee Pace,
Pushing Daisies, ABC; Alec Baldwin, 30
Rock, NBC; Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men,
CBS.
Actress, Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
The New Adventures of Old Christine, CBS;
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?, ABC; Tina
Fey, 30 Rock, NBC; America Ferrera, Ugly
Betty, ABC; Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds, Showtime.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Jeremy Piven,
Entourage, HBO; Kevin Dillon, Entourage, HBO;
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother, CBS;
Rainn Wilson, The Office, NBC; Jon Cryer, Two and
a Half Men, CBS.
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Kristin
Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies, ABC; Jean Smart,
Samantha Who?, ABC; Amy Poehler, Saturday
Night Live, NBC; Holland Taylor, Two and a Half
Men, CBS; Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty, ABC.
Actor, 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, Miniseries or Movie: Catherine Keener,
An American Crime, Showtime; Susan
Sarandon, Bernard and Doris, HBO; Judi Dench,
Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre), PBS; Laura
Linney, John Adams, HBO; Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin
in the Sun, ABC.
Supporting Actor, 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, Miniseries or Movie: Eileen
Atkins, Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre), PBS;
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. (AP)
