2008 Emmy Nominations Announced This Morning

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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

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