Nominees in major categories for the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2009

Nominees in major categories for the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards:

DRAMA SERIES:
"Big Love," HBO
"Breaking Bad," AMC
"Damages," FX
"Dexter," Showtime
"House," Fox
"Lost," ABC
"Mad Men," AMC

COMEDY SERIES:
"Entourage," HBO
"Family Guy," Fox
"How I Met Your Mother," CBS
"Flight of the Conchords," HBO
"The Office," NBC
"30 Rock," NBC
"Weeds," Showtime

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

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

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

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

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

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES:
Christian Clemenson, "Boston Legal"
Michael Emerson, "Lost"
William Hurt, "Damages"
Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"
William Shatner, "Boston Legal"
John Slattery, "Mad Men"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES:
Rose Byrne, "Damages"
Hope Davis, "In Treatment"
Cherry Jones, "24"
Sandra Oh, "Grey's Anatomy"
Dianne Wiest, "In Treatment"
Chandra Wilson, "Grey's Anatomy"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES:
Kristin Chenoweth, "Pushing Daisies"
Amy Poehler, "Saturday Night Live"
Jane Krakowski, "30 Rock"
Elizabeth Perkins, "Weeds"
Kristin Wiig, "Saturday Night Live"
Vanessa Williams, "Ugly Betty"

REALITY HOST:
Tom Bergeron, "Dancing With The Stars"
Phil Keoghan, "The Amazing Race"
Heidi Klum, "Project Runway"
Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio, "Top Chef"
Jeff Probst, "Survivor"
Ryan Seacrest, "American Idol"

REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM:
"The Amazing Race," CBS
"American Idol," FOX
"Dancing With The Stars," ABC
"Project Runway," Bravo
"Top Chef," Bravo

REALITY PROGRAM:
"Antiques Roadshow," PBS
"Dirty Jobs," Discovery Channel
"Dog Whisperer," National Geographic
"Intervention," A&E
"Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List," Bravo
"Mythbusters," Discovery

MINISERIES:
"Generation Kill," HBO
"Little Dorrit," PBS

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

ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR A MOVIE:
Drew Barrymore, "Grey Gardens"
Jessica Lange, "Grey Gardens"
Shirley MacLaine, "Coco Chanel"
Sigourney Weaver, "Prayers for Bobby"
Chandra Wilson, "Accidental Friendship"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR A MOVIE:
Shohreh Aghdashloo, "House of Saddam"
Marcia Gay Harden, "The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler"
Janet McTeer, "Into the Storm"
Jeanne Tripplehorn, "Grey Gardens"
Cicely Tyson, "Relative Stranger"

SUPPORTING ACTOR, MINISERIES OR A MOVIE:
Len Cariou, "Into the Storm"
Tom Courtenay, "Little Dorrit"
Ken Howard, "Grey Gardens"
Bob Newhart, "The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice"
Andy Serkis, "Little Dorrit"

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Alan Alda, "30 Rock"
Beau Bridges, "Desperate Housewives"
Jon Hamm, "30 Rock"
Steve Martin, "30 Rock"
Justin Timberlake, "Saturday Night Live"

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Edward Asner, "CSI: NY"
Ernest Borgnine, "ER"
Ted Danson, "Damages"
Michael J. Fox, "Rescue Me"
Jimmy Smits, "Dexter"

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
Jennifer Aniston, "30 Rock"
Christine Baranski, "The Big Bang Theory"
Tina Fey, "Saturday Night Live"
Gena Rowlands, "Monk"
Elaine Stritch, "30 Rock"
Betty White, "My Name Is Earl"

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
Brenda Blethyn, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Carol Burnett, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Ellen Burstyn, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Sharon Lawrence, "Grey's Anatomy"
CCH Pounder, "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL :
Andrew Davies, "Little Dorrit"
Lt. Col Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz, "Taking Chance"
Michael Sucsy and Patricia Rozema, "Grey Gardens"
David Simon, "Generation Kill"
Hugh Whitemore, "Into the Storm"

DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL:
Susanna White, "Generation Kill"
Michael Sucsy, "Grey Gardens"
Thaddeus O'Sullivan, "Into the Storm"
Dearbhla Walsh, "Little Dorrit"
Ross Katz, "Taking Chance"
Philip Martin, "Wallander: One Step Behind"

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE:
"Prayers for Bobby," Lifetime
"Coco Chanel," Lifetime
"Grey Gardens," HBO
"Into the Storm," HBO
"Taking Chance," HBO

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL:
Roger Goodman, "81st Annual Academy Awards"
Bucky Gunts, "Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony"
Don Mischer, "Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show"
Glenn Weiss, "The Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration"
Marty Callner, "Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America"

WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES:
James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, "Flight of the Conchords"
Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock, "30 Rock"
Robert Carlock, "30 Rock"
Matt Hubbard, "30 Rock"
Ron Weiner, "30 Rock"

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES:
Julian Farino, "Entourage"
James Bobin, "Flight of the Conchords"
Jeff Blitz, "The Office"
Millicent Shelton, "30 Rock"
Beth McCarthy, "30 Rock"
Todd Holland, "30 Rock"

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES:
"The Colbert Report," Comedy Central
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Comedy Central
"Late Show With David Letterman," CBS
"Real Time With Bill Maher," HBO
"Saturday Night Live," NBC

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL:
"Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger," HBO
"Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch," Bravo
"The Kennedy Center Honors," CBS
"Ricky Gervais: Out of England," HBO
"Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America," HBO

ART DIRECTION FOR A MINISERIES, OR MOVIE:
Luciana Arrighi, Paul Ghirardani, Ian Whittaker, "Into the Storm"
Rob Harris, Mickey Lennon, Emelia Weavind, "Generation Kill"
Kalina Ivanov, Brandt Gordon, Norma Jean Sanders, "Grey Gardens"
Dan Leigh, James Donahue, Ron Von Blomberg, "Taking Chance"
James Merifield, Paul Ghirardani, Deborah Wilson, "Little Dorrit"

CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES:
"Californication"
"30 Rock"
"The office"
"United States of Tara"
"Weeds"

CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES:
"Damages"
"Friday Night Lights"
"Mad Men"
"True Blood"
"The Tudors"

CASTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL:
"Generation Kill"
"Grey Gardens"
"House of Saddam"
"Into the Storm"
"Little Dorrit"

CHOREOGRAPHY:
"81st Annual Academy Awards" Musicals Are Back
"Dancing with the Stars" Jive/Great Balls of Fire
"So You Think You Can Dance" Routine: Bleeding Love
"So You Think You Can Dance" Routine: Mercy
"So You Think You Can Dance" Routine: Adam and Eve
"So You Think You Can Dance" Routine: A Los Amigos

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A HALF-HOUR SERIES:
George Mooradian, "According To Jim"
Michael Weaver, "Californication"
Mark Doering-Powell, "Everybody Hates Chris"
Matthew Clark, "30 Rock"
Michael Trim, "Weeds"

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A ONE-HOUR SERIES:
Michael Slovis, "Breaking Bad"
James L. Carter, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
Kramer Morgenthau, "Life on Mars"
Christopher Manley, "Mad Men" Ousama Rawi, "The Tudors"

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE:
Ivan Strasburg, "Generation Kill"
John Aronson, "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story"
Mike Eley, "Grey Gardens"
Michael Amathieu, "Into the Storm"
Lukas Strebel, "Little Dorrit"

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING:
Todd Liebler and Zach Zamboni, "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations"
"Deadliest Catch"
"Expedition Africa"
Adam Beckman, "This American Life"
Robert C. Case, "Whale Wars"

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR REALITY PROGRAMMING:
"The Amazing Race ⢠Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me," CBS
"Intervention ⢠Chad," A&E
"Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment ⢠What Did I Sign Up For?," Discover Channel
"Survivor ⢠The Camp is Cursed," CBS
"Top Chef ⢠The Last Supper," Bravo

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


COSTUMES FOR A SERIES:
"Mad Men"
"No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency"
"Pushing Daisies"
"The Tudors"
"Ugly Betty"

COSTUMES FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL:
"Grey Gardens"
"House of Saddam," Part 1
"Into the Storm,"
"The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice,"
"Little Dorrit," Part 3

DIRECTING FOR NONFICTION PROGRAMMING:
Bertram van Munster, "The Amazing Race"
Paul Starkman, "Project Runway"
Marina Zenovich, "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"
Christopher Wilcha, Adam Beckman, "This American Life"
Steve Hrynewicz, "Top Chef"

SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES:
Julius Ramsay, Andrew Seklir, Michael O'Halloran, "Battlestar Galactica"
Lynne Willingham, "Breaking Bad"
Mark Goldman, Stephen Semel, Chris Nelson, "Lost"
Cindy Mollo, "Mad Men"
Scott Powell, "24"

SINGLE OR MULTI-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES:
Sue Federman, "How I Met Your Mother"
Stuart Bass, "The Office"
Claire Scanlon, "The Office"
David Rogers and Dean Holland, "The Office"
Ken Eluto, "30 Rock"

OUTSANDING VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE:
Hank Azaria, "The Simpsons"Fox
Dan Castellaneta, "The Simpsons"Fox
Seth Green, "Robot Chicken"Cartoon Network
Seth MacFarlane, "Family Guy"Fox
Ron Rifkin, "American Masters"PBS
Harry Shearer, "The Simpsons"Fox