Complete List of Emmy Nominations

30 Rock tops all nominees with 22 nods; Mad Men leads the drama field with 16 nominations

By EOL Staff Jul 16, 2009 1:50 PMTags
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30 Rock nabbed a leading 22 Emmy nominations, while Mad Men tops the drama field with a whopping 16. The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, airs Sept. 20 on CBS.

Here's the complete list of nominees:

Drama Series

  • Big Love
  • Breaking Bad
  • Damages
  • Dexter
  • House
  • Lost
  • Mad Men

Comedy Series

  • Entourage
  • Family Guy
  • Flight of the Conchords
  • How I Met Your Mother
  • The Office
  • 30 Rock
  • Weeds

Lead Actor, Comedy

  • Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
  • Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords
  • Tony Shalhoub, Monk
  • Steve Carell, The Office
  • Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
  • Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

Lead Actor, Drama

  • Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
  • Michael C. Hall, Dexter
  • Hugh Laurie, House
  • Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
  • Jon Hamm, Mad Men
  • Simon Baker, The Mentalist

Lead Actress, Comedy

  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
  • Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
  • Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program
  • Tina Fey, 30 Rock
  • Toni Collette, United States of Tara
  • Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

Lead Actress, Drama

  • Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
  • Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
  • Glenn Close, Damages
  • Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
  • Holly Hunter, Saving Grace

Supporting Actor, Drama

  • William Shatner, Boston Legal
  • Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
  • Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
  • William Hurt, Damages
  • Michael Emerson, Lost
  • John Slattery, Mad Men

Supporting Actress, Drama

  • Rose Byrne, Damages
  • Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
  • Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
  • Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
  • Hope Davis, In Treatment
  • Cherry Jones, 24

Supporting Actor, Comedy

  • Kevin Dillon, Entourage
  • Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
  • Rainn Wilson, The Office
  • Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
  • Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
  • Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Supporting Actress, Comedy

  • Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
  • Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
  • Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
  • Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
  • Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
  • Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds

Actor, Miniseries or Movie

  • Kevin Kline, Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm
  • Ian McKellen, King Lear
  • Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
  • Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Redemption
  • Kenneth Branagh, Wallander: One Step Behind

Actress, Miniseries or Movie

  • Chandra Wilson, Accidental Friendship
  • Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel
  • Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
  • Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
  • Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie

  • Ken Howard, Grey Gardens
  • Len Cariou, Into the Storm
  • Bob Newhart, The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
  • Tom Courtenay, Little Dorrit
  • Andy Serkis, Little Dorrit

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie

  • Marcia Gay Harden, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn, Grey Gardens
  • Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Saddam
  • Janet McTeer, Into the Storm
  • Cicely Tyson, Relative Stranger

Guest Actor, Comedy Series

  • Beau Bridges, Desperate Housewives
  • Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
  • Steve Martin, 30 Rock
  • Jon Hamm, 30 Rock
  • Alan Alda, 30 Rock

Guest Actor, Drama Series

  • Edward Asner, CSI: NY
  • Ted Danson, Damages
  • Jimmy Smits, Dexter
  • Ernest Borgnine, ER
  • Michael J. Fox, Rescue Me

Guest Actress, Comedy Series

  • Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
  • Gena Rowlands, Monk
  • Betty White, My Name Is Earl
  • Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
  • Jennifer Aniston, 30 Rock
  • Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock

Guest Actress, Drama Series

  • Sharon Lawrence, Grey's Anatomy
  • Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Brenda Blethyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Carol Burnett, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • CCH Pounder, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Reality Program

  • Antiques Roadshow
  • Dirty Jobs
  • Dog Whisperer
  • Intervention
  • Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
  • MythBusters

Reality-Competition Program

  • The Amazing Race
  • American Idol
  • Dancing With the Stars
  • Project Runway
  • Top Chef

Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

  • Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
  • Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
  • Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
  • Heidi Klum, Project Runway
  • Jeff Probst, Survivor
  • Padma Lakshmi & Tom Colicchio, Top Chef

Variety, Music or Comedy Series

  • The Colbert Report
  • The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
  • Late Show With David Letterman
  • Real Time With Bill Maher
  • Saturday Night Live

Variety, Music or Comedy Special

  • Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger
  • Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch
  • Ricky Gervais: Out of England
  • Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush

Voice-Over Performance

  • Ron Rifkin, American Masters
  • Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy
  • Seth Green, Robot Chicken
  • Hank Azaria, The Simpsons
  • Harry Shearer, The Simpsons
  • Dan Castellaneta, The Simpsons

Miniseries

  • Generation Kill
  • Little Dorrit

Made-for-TV Movie

  • Coco Chanel
  • Grey Gardens
  • Into the Storm
  • Prayers for Bobby
  • Taking Chance

Animated Program (Less Than One Hour)

  • American Dad
  • Robot Chicken
  • The Simpsons
  • South Park

Animated Program (One Hour or More)

  • Afro Samurai: Resurrection
  • Destination Imagination

Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series

  • The Big Bang Theory
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • How I Met Your Mother
  • The New Adventures of Old Christine
  • Saturday Night Live

Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series

  • Bones
  • Heroes
  • Mad Men
  • Pushing Daisies
  • True Blood
  • The Tudors

Art Direction for Miniseries or Movie

  • Generation Kill
  • Grey Gardens
  • Into the Storm
  • Little Dorrit
  • Taking Chance

Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming

  • 81st Annual Academy Awards
  • American Idol
  • A Colbert Christmas
  • 51st Annual Grammy Awards
  • 2008 MTV Video Music Awards

Casting for a Comedy

  • Californication
  • The Office
  • 30 Rock
  • United States of Tara
  • Weeds

Casting for a Drama

  • Damages
  • Friday Night Lights
  • Mad Men
  • True Blood
  • The Tudors

Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or Special

  • Generation Kill
  • Grey Gardens
  • House of Saddam
  • Into the Storm
  • Little Dorrit

Choreography

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

Cinematography for Half-Hour Series

  • According to Jim
  • Californication
  • Everybody Hates Chris
  • 30 Rock
  • Weeds

Cinematography for One-Hour Series

  • Breaking Bad
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Life on Mars
  • Man Men
  • The Tudors

Cinematography for a Miniseries of Movie

  • Generation Kill
  • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
  • Grey Gardens
  • Into the Storm
  • Little Dorrit

Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming

  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
  • Deadliest Catch
  • Expedition Africa
  • This American Life
  • Whale Wars

Cinematography for Reality Programming

  • The Amazing Race
  • Intervention
  • Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment
  • Survivor
  • Top Chef

Commercial

  • Amex/Platinum Card, "Airport Lounge"
  • Hulu, "Alec in Huluwood"
  • Nike, "Bottled Courage"
  • Anheuser-Busch Budweiser, "Circus"
  • Coca-Cola, "Heist"
  • Anheuser-Busch Bud Light, "Magazine Buyer"
  • Career Builder, "Tips"
  • Sprint Nextel, "Wedding"

Costumes for a Series

  • Mad Men
  • The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
  • Pushing Daisies
  • The Tudors
  • Ugly Betty

Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or Special

  • Grey Gardens
  • House of Saddam
  • Into the Storm
  • The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
  • Little Dorrit

Directing, Comedy

  • Entourage
  • Flight of the Conchords
  • The Office
  • 30 Rock

Directing, Drama

  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Boston Legal
  • Damages
  • ER
  • Mad Men

Directing for Variety, Music or Comedy Series

  • American Idol
  • The Colbert Report
  • The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
  • Late Show With David Letterman
  • Real Time With Bill Maher
  • Saturday Night Live

Directing for Variety, Music or Comedy Special

  • 81st Annual Academy Awards
  • Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
  • Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show
  • The Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration
  • Will Ferrell: You're Welcome, America

Directing for Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special

  • Generation Kill
  • Grey Gardens
  • Into the Storm
  • Little Dorrit
  • Taking Chance
  • Wallander: One Step Behind

Directing for Nonfiction Programming

  • The Amazing Race
  • Project Runway
  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
  • This American Life
  • Top Chef

Single-Camera Picture Editing, Drama Series

  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Breaking Bad
  • Lost
  • Mad Men
  • 24

Picture Editing, Comedy Series

  • How I Met Your Mother
  • The Office
  • 30 Rock

Single-Camera Picture Editing, Miniseries or Movie

  • Generation Kill
  • Grey Gardens
  • Taking Chance
  • 24: Redemption

Short Form Picture Editing

  • 81st Annual Academy Awards
  • The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
  • Dancing With the Stars
  • Stand Up to Cancer

Picture Editing for a Special

  • AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty
  • Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger
  • A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
  • The Kennedy Center Honors
  • Ricky Gervais: Out of England

Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming

  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
  • Deadliest Catch
  • 102 Minutes That Changed America
  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
  • This American Life

Picture Editing for Reality Programming

  • The Amazing Race
  • Celebrity Apprentice
  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  • Penn & Teller: Bulls--t!
  • Project Runway
  • Top Chef

Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series

  • Desperate Housewives
  • Mad Men
  • Pushing Daisies
  • Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
  • The Tudors

Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special

  • Dancing With the Stars
  • MADtv
  • Saturday Night Live
  • Two and a Half Men

Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie

  • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
  • Grey Gardens
  • House of Saddam
  • Into the Storm
  • Little Dorrit

Creative Achievement in Interactive Media, Nonfiction

  • Top Chef
  • The Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience
  • The Saturday Night Live Digital Experience

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media, Fiction

  • The Dharma Initiative, ABC.com
  • The Office Digital Experience, NBC.com
  • The 30 Rock Digital Experience, NBC.com

Outstanding Lighting Direction for Variety, Music or Comedy Programming

  • 81st Annual Academy Awards
  • American Idol
  • Dancing With the Stars
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live
  • Late Show With David Letterman
  • Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Main Title Design

  • Lie to Me
  • Taking Chance
  • True Blood
  • United States Of Tara

Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series

  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Little Britain USA
  • Mad Men
  • Nip/Tuck
  • Pushing Daisies

Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)

  • Dancing With the Stars
  • MADtv
  • Saturday Night Live
  • So You Think You Can Dance

Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic)

  • The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler
  • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
  • Grey Gardens
  • Maneater

Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Grey Gardens
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Little Britain USA
  • Nip/Tuck
  • Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)

  • Castle
  • Ghost Whisperer
  • Legend Of The Seeker
  • The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
  • The Simpsons
  • 24

Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)

  • Grey Gardens
  • Into the Storm
  • Little Dorrit
  • Loving Leah
  • Taking Chance
  • 24: Redemption

Music Direction

  • Christmas in Washington
  • Dancing With the Stars
  • The 51st Annual Grammy Awards
  • The Kennedy Center Honors
  • Streisand: The Concert

Original Music And Lyrics

  • 81st Annual Academy, "Hugh Jackman Opening Number"
  • A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All, "Much Worse Things"
  • The 2008 ESPYs, "I Love Sports"
  • Flight of the Conchords, "Unnatural Love"
  • A Muppets Christmas: Letters To Santa, "I Wish I Could Be Santa Claus"
  • Saturday Night Live, "Motherlover"

Original Main Title Theme Music

  • Great Performances
  • The Mole
  • Sons of Anarchy
  • Storymakers
  • United States of Tara

Special Class, Short-Format Animated Programs

  • Disney's Phineas and Herb
  • SpongeBob SquarePants

Special Class Programs

  • 81st Annual Academy Awards
  • Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
  • Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein
  • George Carlin: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
  • The 62nd Annual Tony Awards

Special Class, Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs

  • Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy
  • Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show
  • The Daily Show: The Daily Show Correspondents on Jon Stewart
  • Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
  • 30 Rock's Kenneth the Web Page

Special Class, Short-Format Nonfiction Programs

  • Jay Leno's Garage
  • Writer's Draft

Children's Program

  • Hannah Montana
  • iCarly
  • Wizards of Waverly Place

Children's Nonfiction Program

  • Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am? With Maria Shriver
  • Nick News With Linda Ellerbee Coming Home: When Parents Return From War

Nonfiction Special

  • The Alzheimer's Project: Momentum in Science
  • Farrah's Story
  • Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
  • 102 Minutes That Changed America
  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Nonfiction Series

  • American Experience
  • American Masters
  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
  • Biography
  • Deadliest Catch
  • This American Life

Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking

  • The Memory Loss Tapes
  • Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery

Writing for Nonfiction Programming

  • American Experience, The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • American Masters, Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About
  • Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
  • Penn & Teller: Bulls--t!
  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Sound Editing for a Series

  • Battlestar Galactica
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Smallville
  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
  • 24

Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special

  • The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
  • Generation Kill
  • Into the Storm
  • The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
  • Taking Chance
  • 24: Redemption

Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)

  • The Amazing Race
  • American Masters, Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
  • China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
  • 102 Minutes That Changed America
  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)

  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Boston Legal
  • House
  • Lost
  • 24

Sound Mixing for Miniseries or a Movie

  • Generation Kill
  • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
  • Grey Gardens
  • Taking Chance
  • 24: Redemption

Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation

  • Entourage
  • Flight of the Conchords
  • The Office
  • Scrubs
  • 30 Rock
  • Weeds

Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or Special

  • 81st Annual Academy Awards
  • American Idol
  • Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
  • Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show
  • Dancing With the Stars

Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming

  • The Amazing Race
  • American Idol
  • Deadliest Catch
  • 102 Minutes That Changed America
  • Survivor

Special Visual Effects for a Series

  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Fringe
  • Ghost Whisperer
  • Heroes
  • Sanctuary

Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special

  • Generation Kill
  • Into the Storm

Stunt Coordination

  • Burn Notice
  • Chuck
  • Criminal Minds
  • My Name Is Earl
  • 24

Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series

  • American Idol
  • Dancing With the Stars
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live
  • Late Show With David Letterman
  • Saturday Night Live

Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special

  • 81st Annual Academy Awards
  • Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
  • Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show
  • The 51st Annual Grammy Awards
  • The 62nd Annual Tony Awards

Writing for a Comedy Series

  • Flight of the Conchords, "Prime Minister"
  • 30 Rock, "Reunion"
  • 30 Rock, "Apollo, Apollo"
  • 30 Rock, "Mamma Mia"
  • 30 Rock, "Kidney Now!"

Writing for a Drama Series

  • Lost, "The Incident"
  • Mad Men, "A Night to Remember"
  • Mad Men, "The Jet Set"
  • Mad Men, "Meditations in an Emergency"

Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series

  • The Colbert Report
  • The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
  • Late Night With Conan O'Brien
  • Late Show With David Letterman
  • Saturday Night Live

Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special

  • 81st Annual Academy Awards
  • Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger
  • Louis C.K.: Chewed Up
  • Ricky Gervais: Out of England
  • Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush

Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

  • Generation Kill
  • Grey Gardens
  • Into the Storm
  • Little Dorrit
  • Taking Chance

(Originally published on July 16, 2009, at 6:20 a.m. PT)

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