BREAKING NEWS: Emmy Noms Announced

I know what you're thinking, "But PTR, you don't cover the Emmys.  You have a long-standing boycott of these predictable TV awards."  And while you are absolutely correct, I am officially ending the boycott this year.  Why, you ask?  Because the reason for the boycott has been broken.  Long-time readers will remember that I stopped covering the awards because of their continued egregious snub of Friday Night Lights.  And while the show still didn't get a best drama nod, its two stars Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton finally got best actor/actress nominations!!  I know, I couldn't believe it either.  In fact, I re-read the story just to be sure.  Overall, Glee received the most nominations with 19 followed by Mad Men with 17.  HBO led the pack with 101 total nods.  New series The Good Wife and Modern Men also received nominations.  To see the complete list of the main nominees, keep reading after the jump.


From The Futon Critic:


Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory · CBS · Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
Curb Your Enthusiasm · HBO · Larry David as Himself
Glee · FOX · Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester
Monk · USA · Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
The Office · NBC · Steve Carell as Michael Scott
30 Rock · NBC · Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad · AMC · Bryan Cranston as Walter White
Dexter · Showtime · Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
Friday Night Lights · DirecTV · Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor
House · FOX · Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
Lost · ABC · Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard
Mad Men · AMC · Jon Hamm as Don Draper

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Glee · FOX · Lea Michele as Rachel Berry
The New Adventures Of Old Christine · CBS · Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell
Nurse Jackie · Showtime · Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton
Parks And Recreation · NBC · Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope
30 Rock · NBC · Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
United States Of Tara · Showtime · Toni Collette as Tara Gregson

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
The Closer · TNT · Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson
Damages · FX Networks · Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
Friday Night Lights · DirecTV · Connie Britton as Tami Taylor
The Good Wife · CBS · Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · NBC · Mariska Hargitay as Det. Olivia Benson
Mad Men · AMC · January Jones as Betty Draper

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Glee · FOX · Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel
How I Met Your Mother · CBS · Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
Modern Family · ABC · Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell
Modern Family · ABC · Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker
Modern Family · ABC · Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
Two And A Half Men · CBS · Jon Cryer as Alan Harper

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad · AMC · Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman
Damages · FX Networks · Martin Short as Leonard Winstone
Lost · ABC · Terry O'Quinn as John Locke
Lost · ABC · Michael Emerson as Ben Linus
Mad Men · AMC · John Slattery as Roger Sterling
Men Of A Certain Age · TNT · Andre Braugher as Owen

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Glee · FOX · Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester
Modern Family · ABC · Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
Modern Family · ABC · Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
Saturday Night Live · NBC · Kristen Wiig as Various Characters
30 Rock · NBC · Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney
Two And A Half Men · CBS · Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Burn Notice · USA · Sharon Gless as Madeline Westen
Damages · FX Networks · Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons
The Good Wife · CBS · Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma
The Good Wife · CBS · Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart
Mad Men · AMC · Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris
Mad Men · AMC · Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olso

Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm · HBO
Glee · FOX
Modern Family · ABC
Nurse Jackie · Showtime
The Office · NBC
30 Rock · NBC

Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad · AMC
Dexter · Showtime
The Good Wife · CBS
Lost · ABC
Mad Men · AMC
True Blood · HBO



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