The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Award Nominations: HBO Leads; ABC Well Above CBS and NBC (Mediaweek.com)

Smack in the middle of the Summer TCA Press Tour are always the Primetime Emmy Award nominations. On that note, HBO leads the pack once again with a hefty 85 nominations. Next is ABC at 76, followed by CBS (51), NBC (50), PBS (33), Fox (28), Showtime (21), Sci Fi Channel (15), Bravo and FX Networks (11 each) and TNT (10). HBO miniseries John Adams is the most nominated individual program, with 23. Next is NBCs 30 Rock with 17 (including 4 of the 5 nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series), followed by AMCs Mad Men (16), ABCs Pushing Daisies (12), HBO made-for movie Recount (11), and HBO made-for movie Bernard and Doris (10).

Tying with 9 nominations each is The 80th Annual Academy Awards on ABC and Sci Fi Channel miniseries Tin Man, while Masterpiece Theatres Cranford (PBS), ABCs Dancing with the Stars and NBCs The Office netted 8 each. There was one actor from Lost (Michael Emerson as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series) on the ballot, but the show itself picked up 7 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series.

Double-digit attention for AMCs Mad Men and ABCs Pushing Daisies (and acting nods including Christina Applegate and Jean Smart on ABCs Samantha Who?; Bryan Cranston for AMCs Breaking Bad; Glenn Close, Ted Danson and Zeljko Ivanek for FXs Damages; and Holly Hunter for TNTs Saving Grace) means there was no absence of freshman programming on the ballot. But there were (as always) a number of key omissions. First, and foremost, was NBCs Friday Night Nights, which received only one minor nomination for Outstanding Casting in a Drama Series. Ditto for the Peacock nets Scrubs, which was nominated solely for Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series. Many critics referred to the most recent edition of CBS veteran Survivor as its best in years, but there was no nod for Outstanding Reality/Competition. Losts Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly have yet to receive an acting nomination. Showtimes The Tudors only had two nods: Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series and Outstanding Costumes for a Series. FXs Nip/Tuck and Rescue Me failed to snag a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. And the final season of HBOs The Wire only made the cut in the drama writing category.

Here are the major nominations for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be telecast live on ABC on Sunday, September 21:

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Entourage (HBO)
The Office (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Boston Legal (ABC)
Damages (FX)
Dexter (Showtime)
House (Fox)
Lost (ABC)
Mad Men (AMC)

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
Intervention (A&E)
Kathy Griffin: The Life on the D-List (Bravo)

OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Idol (Fox)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Bravo)
Top Chef (Bravo)

OUTSTANDING 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)

OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
The Andromeda Strain (A&E)
Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre, PBS)
John Adams (HBO)
Tin Man (Sci Fi Channel)

OUTSTANDING MADE-FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
Bernard and Doris (HBO)
Extras: The Extra Special Edition Series Finale (HBO)
The Memory Keepers Daughter (Lifetime)
A Raisin in the Sun (ABC)
Recount (HBO)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock, NBC)
Steve Carell (The Office, NBC)
Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies, ABC)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk, HBO)
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men, CBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?, ABC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine, CBS)
America Ferrera (Ugly Betty, ABC)
Tina Fey (30 Rock, NBC)
Mary-Louis Parker (Weeds, Showtime)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment, HBO)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, AMC)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men, AMC)
Hugh Laurie (House, Fox)
James Spader (Boston Legal, ABC)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close (Damages, FX)
Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters, ABC)
Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU, NBC)
Holly Hunter (Saving Grace, TNT)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer, TNT)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Ralph Fiennes (Bernard and Doris, HBO)
Ricky Gervais (Extras: The Extra Special Edition Series Finale, HBO)
Paul Giamatti (John Adams, HBO)
Kevin Spacey (Recount, HBO)
Tom Wilkinson (Recount, HBO)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Dame Judi Dench (Cranford, Masterpiece Theatre, PBS)
Catherine Keener (An American Crime, Showtime)
Laura Linney (John Adams, HBO)
Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin in the Sun, ABC)
Susan Sarandon (Bernard and Doris, HBO)

OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Tom Bergeron (Dancing With the Stars, ABC)
Heidi Klum (Project Runway, Bravo)
Howie Mandel (Deal or No Deal, NBC)
Jeff Probst (Survivor, CBS)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol, Fox)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
Kevin Dillon (Entourage, HBO)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, CBS)
Jeremy Piven (Entourage, HBO)
Rainn Wilson (The Office, HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies, ABC)
Jean Smart (Samantha Who?, ABC)
Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live, NBC)
Holland Taylor (Two and a Half Men, CBS)
Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty, ABC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Ted Danson (Damages, FX)
Michael Emerson (Lost, ABC)
Zeljko Ivanek (Damges, HBO)
William Shatner (Boston Legal, ABC)
John Slattery (Mad Men, AMC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Candice Bergen (Boston Legal, ABC)
Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters, HBO)
Sandra Oh (Greys Anatomy, ABC)
Chandra Wilson (Greys Anatomy, ABC)
Dianne Wiest (In Treatment, HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Bob Balaban (Recount, HBO)
Stephen Dillane (John Adams, HBO)
Denis Leary (Recount, HBO)
David Morse (John Adams, HBO)
Tom Wilkinson (John Adams, HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Eileen Atkins (Cranford, Masterpiece Theatre, PBS)
Laura Dern (Recount, HBO)
Ashley Jensen (Extras: The Extra Special Edition Series Finale)
Audra McDonald (A Raisin in the Sun, ABC)
Alfre Woodward (Pictures of Hollis Woods (Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Will Arnett (30 Rock, NBC)
Shelly Berman (Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO)
Steve Buscemi (30 Rock, NBC)
Tim Conway (30 Rock, NBC)
Rip Torn (30 Rock, NBC)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Charles Durning (Rescue Me, FX)
Robert Morse (Mad Men, AMC)
Oliver Platt (Nip/Tuck, FX)
Stanley Tucci (ER, NBC)
Glynn Turman (In Treatment, HBO)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Polly Bergen (Desperate Housewives, ABC)
Edie Falco (30 Rock, NBC)
Carrie Fisher (30 Rock, NBC)
Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives, ABC)
Sarah Silverman (Monk, USA)
Elaine Stritch (30 Rock, NBC)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Ellyn Burstyn (Big Love, HBO)
Diahann Carroll (Greys Anatomy, ABC)
Sharon Gless (Nip/Tuck, FX)
Anjelica Huston (Medium, NBC)
Cynthia Nixon (Law & Order: SVU, NBC)

-- Marc Berman

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