2008 Emmy Nominations Announced This Morning

Well, the nominations are in and things are looking very good for a number of cable shows. And while veteran comedy series snatched up all the spots on the Outstanding Comedy series Emmy ballot, a couple of new drama series did manage to get nominations. The announcements were made this morning with actors Neil Patrick Harris and Kristin Chenoweth reading out the names. Both were pleasantly surprised to learn that they’d earned themselves their own nominations for Supporting Actor and Actress in a comedy series. Harris is up for an award for his role as Barney in How I Met Your Mother and Chenoweth is up for her role as Olive in the new dramedy series, Pushing Daisies.

Below is the list of Series, Actor and Actress Nominations for the 60th Annual Emmy Awards, which will air on September 21st at 8:00 p.m. on ABC. For the complete list of nominations, click here.

Outstanding Drama Series
Boston Legal - ABC
Damages - FX Network
Dexter - Showtime
House - Fox
Lost - ABC
Mad Men - AMC

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock - NBC
Curb Your Enthusiasm - HBO
Entourage - HBO
The Office - NBC
Two And A Half Men - CBS

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
James Spader as Alan Shore - Boston Legal - ABC
Bryan Cranston as Walt White - Breaking Bad - AMC
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan - Dexter - Showtime
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House - House - FOX
Gabriel Byrne as Paul - In Treatment - HBO
Jon Hamm as Don Draper - Mad Men - AMC

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Sally Field as Nora Holden-Walker - Brothers & Sisters - ABC
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes - Damages - FX Networks
Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - NBC
Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko - Saving Grace - TNT
Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson - The Closer - TNT

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock - NBC
Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk - Monk - USA
Lee Pace as Ned - Pushing Daisies - NBC
Steve Carell as Michael Scott - The Office - NBC
Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper - Two and a Half Men - CBS

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - 30 Rock - NBC
Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly - Samantha Who? - ABC
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell - The New Adventures Of Old Christine - CBS
America Ferrera as Betty Suarez - Ugly Betty - ABC
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin - Weeds - Showtime

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold - Entourage - HBO
Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama - Entourage - HBO
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother - CBS
Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute - The Office - NBC
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper - Two And A Half Men - CBS

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a drama Series
William Shatner as Denny Crane - Boston Legal - ABC
Ted Danson as Arthur Frobisher - Damages - FX Networks
Zeljko Ivanek as Ray Fiske - Damages - FX Networks
Michael Emerson as Ben - Lost - ABC
John Slattery as Roger Sterling - Mad Men - AMC

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt - Boston Legal - ABC
Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Walker-Whedon - Brothers & Sisters - ABC
Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey - Grey's Anatomy - ABC
Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang - Grey's Anatomy - ABC
Dianne Wiest as Dr. Gina Toll - In Treatment - HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook - Pushing Daisies - ABC
Jean Smart as Regina Newly - Samantha Who? - ABC
Amy Poehler, Performer - Saturday Night Live - NBC
Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper - Two And A Half Men - CBS
Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater - Ugly Betty - ABC

Outstanding Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow - PBS
Dirty Jobs - Discovery Channel
Extreme Makeover Home Edition - ABC
Intervention - A&E
Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List - Bravo

Outstanding Reality competition Program
American Idol - FOX
Dancing With The Stars - ABC
Project Runway - Bravo
The Amazing Race - CBS
Top Chef - Bravo

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol - Fox
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With The Stars - ABC
Howie Mandel, Deal or No Deal - NBC
Heidi Klum, Project Runway - Bravo
Jeff Probst, Survivor - CBS

Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Jon Stewart, Host - 80th Annual Academy Awards - ABC
David Letterman, Host - Late Show With David Letterman - CBS
Don Rickles, Performer - Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project - HBO
Tina Fey, Host/Performer - Saturday Night Live - NBC
Stephen Colbert, Host - The Colbert Report - Comedy Central