Primetime Emmy Award Nominations - Primetime Emmy Awards to Air Sunday August 29 on NBC

With the Daytime Emmy Award statues now safely tucked into Hollywood trophy cases, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Thursday morning (July 8, 2010) announced nominations for the 62^nd Primetime Emmy Awards.

Old favorites bidding farewell to TV audiences, such as ABC's Lost, and popular newcomers such as HBO's True Blood, CBS's The Good Wife received nods in multiple high profile categories.

A quick scan of the list of nominations, printed below for high profile categories, for Dramas Comedies and Mine Series, highlights that cable television continues to gain traction over network television in the production of quality first run dramatic television. Network television, does continue to dominate the comedy category-for now.

The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards will air live at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific on Sunday August 29 on NBC, and be hosted by Jimmy Fallon.

Drama Series:

Breaking Bad, AMC
Dexter, Showtime
The Good Wife, CBS
Lost, ABC
True Blood, HBO
Mad Men, AMC

Comedy Series:
Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO
Glee, Fox
Modern Family, ABC
The Office, NBC
Nurse Jackie, Showtime
30 Rock, NBC

Miniseries:
The Pacific, HBO
Return to Cranford (Masterpiece), PBS.

Made-for-TV Movie:
Endgame (Masterpiece), PBS
Georgia O'Keeffe, Lifetime
Moonshot, History
The Special Relationship, HBO
Temple Grandin, HBO
You Don't Know Jack, HBO

Actor, Drama Series:
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad, AMC
Michael C. Hall, Dexter, Showtime
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights, DirecTV
Hugh Laurie, House, Fox
Matthew Fox, Lost, ABC
Jon Hamm, Mad Men, AMC.

Actress, Drama Series:
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer, TNT
Glenn Close, Damages, FX
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights, DirecTV
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife, CBS
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC
January Jones, Mad Men, AMC.

Supporting Actor, Drama Series:
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad, AMC
Martin Short, Damages, FX
Terry O'Quinn, Lost, ABC
Michael Emerson, Lost, ABC
John Slattery, Mad Men, AMC
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age, TNT

Supporting Actress, Drama Series:
Sharon Gless, Burn Notice, USA
Rose Byrne, Damages, FX
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife, CBS
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife, CBS
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men, AMC
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men, AMC

Actor, Comedy Series:
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO
Matthew Morrison, Glee, Fox
Tony Shalhoub, Monk, USA
Steve Carell, The Office, NBC
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock, NBC

Actress, Comedy Series:
Lea Michele, Glee, Fox
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine, CBS
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie, Showtime
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation, NBC
Tina Fey, 30 Rock, NBC
Toni Collette, United States of Tara, Showtime

Supporting Actor, Comedy Series:
Chris Colfer, Glee, Fox;
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother, CBS;
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family, ABC;
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family, ABC;
Ty Burrell, Modern Family; ABC;
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men, CBS.

Supporting Actress, Comedy Series:
Jane Lynch, Glee, Fox
Julie Bowen, Modern Family, ABC
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family, ABC
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock, NBC
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men, CBS

Actor, Miniseries or Movie:
Jeff Bridges, A Dog Year, HBO
Ian McKellen, The Prisoner, AMC
Michael Sheen, The Special Relationship, HBO
Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship, HBO
Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack, HBO

Actress, Miniseries or Movie:
Maggie Smith, Capturing Mary, HBO
Joan Allen, Georgia O'Keefe, Lifetime
Judi Dench, Return to Cranford (Masterpiece), PBS
Hope Davis, The Special Relationship, HBO
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin, HBO

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie:
Michael Gambon, Emma (Masterpiece), PBS
Patrick Stewart, Hamlet (Great Performances), PBS
Jonathan Pryce, Return to Cranford (Masterpiece), PBS
David Straithairn, Temple Grandin, HBO
John Goodman, You Don't Know Jack, HBO

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie:
Kathy Bates, Alice, Syfy
Julia Ormond, Temple Grandin, HBO
Catherine O'Hara, Temple Grandin, HBO
Brenda Vaccaro, You Don't Know Jack, HBO
Susan Sarandon, You Don't Know Jack, HBO

A full list of nominations and Emmy's news is available at www.emmys.com

Sources:

www.emmys.com

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