Thursday, July 16, 2009

The 61st Emmy Award Nominations


Here are my favourite nominations from this year's 61st Annual Emmy Award Nominations. I will put a "*" by the show/actor/actress I would like to see win!

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series

- Californication
- The Office
- 30 Rock*
- United States Of Tara*
- Weeds*


Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series

- Damages*
- Friday Night Lights
- Mad Men
- True Blood*
- The Tudors


Outstanding Choreography

- 81st Annual Academy Awards • Musicals Are Back * Rob Ashford, Choreographer
- Dancing With The Stars • Great Balls of Fire * Derek Hough, Choreographer
Julianne Hough, Choreographer
- So You Think You Can Dance • Bleeding Love • Tabitha D'umo, Choreographer
Napoleon D'umo, Choreographer*
- So You Think You Can Dance • Mercy • Mia Michaels, Choreographer*
- So You Think You Can Dance • Adam and Eve / Silence * Tyce Diorio, Choreographer
- So You Think You Can Dance • A Los Amigos • Dmitry Chaplin, Choreographer


Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

- The Big Bang Theory • Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
- Flight Of The Conchords • Jemaine Clement as Jemaine
- Monk • Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
- The Office • Steve Carell as Michael Scott
- 30 Rock • Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy*
- Two And A Half Men • Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper


Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

- Breaking Bad • Bryan Cranston as Walter White
- Dexter • Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan*
- House • Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
- In Treatment • Gabriel Byrne as Paul
- Mad Men • Jon Hamm as Don Draper
- The Mentalist • 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? • Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly
- The Sarah Silverman Program • Sarah Silverman as Sarah Silverman
- 30 Rock • Tina Fey as Liz Lemon*
- United States Of Tara • Toni Collette as Tara Gregson*
- Weeds • Showtime • Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin*


Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

- Brothers & Sisters • Sally Field as Nora Walker
- The Closer • Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson
- Damages • Glenn Close as Patty Hewes*
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Mad Men • Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson
- Saving Grace • Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko


Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

- Entourage • Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama
- How I Met Your Mother • Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
- The Office • Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute
- 30 Rock • Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan*
- 30 Rock • Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Parcell
- Two And A Half Men • Jon Cryer as Alan Harper


Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

- Boston Legal • William Shatner as Denny Crane
- Boston Legal • Christian Clemenson as Jerry Espenson
- Breaking Bad • Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman
- Damages • William Hurt as Daniel Purcell*
- Lost • Michael Emerson as Ben Linus
- Mad Men • John Slattery as Roger Sterling


Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

- Pushing Daisies • Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook
- Saturday Night Live • Amy Poehler as Various Characters*
- Saturday Night Live • Kristin Wiig as Various Characters*
- 30 Rock • Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney*
- Ugly Betty • Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater
- Weeds • Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes*


Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

- Damages • Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons*
- Grey's Anatomy • Sandra Oh as Dr. Christina Yang
- Grey's Anatomy • Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey
- In Treatment • Dianne Wiest as Gina
- In Treatment • Hope Davis as Mia
- 24 • FOX • Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor


Outstanding Comedy Series

- Entourage
- Family Guy*
- Flight Of The Conchords
- How I Met Your Mother
- The Office
- 30 Rock*
- Weeds*

Outstanding Drama Series

- Big Love
- Breaking Bad
- Damages*
- Dexter*
- House
- Lost
- Mad Men

I am still confused about True Blood and United States of Tara! Both shows were totally left out and I cannot understand. At least Toni Collette was nominated for best Actress.

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