SAG Noms Full of Felicity

In the TV comedy actress category, Huffman will not go up against any of her Desperate Housewives costars. Instead, she'll vie for the honor against Candice Bergen (Boston Legal, apparently now classified as a lawyerly laff-riot), Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond), Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds).

Possibly in the name of preserving peace in the suburbs, Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria and Nicollette Sheridan, snubbed in the individual categories, were nominated alongside Huffman in the Comedy Series Ensemble field. The Housewives husbands also got in on the ensemble nomination. Page Kennedy, the banished Housewives neighbor, did not.

As an Oscar barometer, the SAG Awards isn't a bad one. Last year, it went four-for-four in the top acting categories in that its winners (Jamie Foxx, Hilary Swank, Cate Blanchett and Morgan Freeman) went on to duplicate their success at the Academy Awards.

In SAG's equivalent of the Best Actor race, Brokeback's Ledger is pitted against Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line) and David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck). Ledger is the only actor of the group to portray a character who wasn't ripped from the history books.

In the ostensible Best Supporting Actor category, it's Gyllenhaal versus Don Cheadle (Crash), George Clooney (Syriana), Matt Dillon (Crash) and Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man).

Among the supporting actress hopefuls, Williams will put her Brokeback Mountain work up against that of Amy Adams (Junebug), Catherine Keener (Capote), Frances McDormand (North Country) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener).

Williams and Ledger were among the real-life couples to net SAG nominations. The others: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, both nominees for the HBO miniseries Empire Falls; and Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe, the latter nominated as a member of the Crash ensemble.

In the TV categories, Empire Falls and Boston Legal led the way with four nominations each. Grey's Anatomy stars Patrick Dempsey and Sandra Oh broke through with individual acting nominations. And John Spencer, who died Dec. 16, was a posthumous nominee as a member of The West Wing ensemble.

The awards are due to be presented Jan. 29 in Los Angeles. Shirley Temple Black, who as Shirley Temple was the biggest and youngest movie star of the 1930s, has been tapped to receive the union's lifetime achievement tribute.

Here's a complete look at the nominations for the 12th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:

FILM

Male Actor in a Leading Role: Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain Joaquin Phoenix, Walk The Line David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck

Female Actor in a Leading Role: Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents Felicity Huffman, Transamerica Charlize Theron, North Country Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line Zhang Ziyi, Memoirs of a Geisha

Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Don Cheadle, Crash George Clooney, Syriana Matt Dillon, Crash Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain

Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Amy Adams, Junebug Catherine Keener, Capote Frances McDormand, North Country Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain

Cast: Brokeback Mountain Capote Crash Good Night, and Good Luck Hustle & Flow

TV

Male Actor in a Drama Series: Alan Alda, The West Wing (NBC) Patrick Dempsey, Grey's Anatomy (ABC) Hugh Laurie, House (Fox) Ian McShane, Deadwood (HBO) Kiefer Sutherland, 24 (Fox)

Female Actor in a Drama Series: Patricia Arquette, Medium (NBC) Geena Davis, Commander in Chief (ABC) Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy (ABC) Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (TNT)

Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Sean Hayes, Will & Grace (NBC) Jason Lee, My Name Is Earl (NBC) William Shatner, Boston Legal (ABC) James Spader, Boston Legal (ABC)

Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Candice Bergen, Boston Legal (ABC) Patricia Heaton, Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives (ABC) Megan Mullally, Will & Grace (NBC) Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds (Showtime)

Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Kenneth Branagh, Warm Springs (HBO) Ted Danson, Knights of the South Bronx (A&E) Ed Harris, Empire Falls (HBO) Paul Newman, Empire Falls (HBO) Christopher Plummer, Our Fathers (Showtime)

Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: Tonantzin Carmelo, Into the West (TNT) S. Epatha Merkerson, Lackawanna Blues (HBO) Cynthia Nixon, Warm Springs (HBO) Joanne Woodward, Empire Falls (HBO) Robin Wright Penn, Empire Falls (HBO)

Drama Series Cast: The Closer (TNT) Grey's Anatomy (ABC) Lost (ABC) Six Feet Under (HBO) The West Wing (NBC)

Comedy Series Cast: Arrested Development (Fox) Boston Legal (ABC) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Desperate Housewives (ABC) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) My Name Is Earl (NBC)