Emmy nominations unveiled...

Posted by heatworld on Friday 18 Jul 2008

Filed under: America Ferrera, Extras, Ricky Gervais, Ugly Betty, Vanessa Williams

Posh frocks at the ready – it’s almost time for the Emmys, TV’s equivalent of the Oscars. The nominations have just been announced and lots of heatworld faves are up for gongs – we’re most excited about Vanessa Williams’ nod for Best Supporting Actress in Ugly Betty. Go Wilhelmina! If she wins, we want a rendition of Promise Me at the 21 September ceremony, for old times’ sake. Please. And it was good news all round for the show, as America Ferrera was also nominated for her lead role in the series for the second year running. Grey’s Anatomy, The Office, Extras and Lost also featured in the very long list of Emmy nominees. So who do you want to win what?!



The full list of nominations is:
Outstanding comedy series
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
The Office
Two And A Half Men

Outstanding drama series:
Boston Legal
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men

Actor in a comedy:
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)
Charlie Sheen (Two And A Half Men)

Actress in a comedy:
Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?)
America Ferrera (Ugly Betty)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures Of Old Christine)
Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds)

Actor in a drama:
Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Michael C Hall (Dexter)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Hugh Laurie (House)
James Spader (Boston Legal)

Actress in a drama:
Glenn Close (Damages)
Sally Field (Brothers And Sisters)
Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
Holly Hunter (Saving Grace)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Supporting actor in a drama:
Ted Danson (Damages)
Michael Emerson (Lost)
Zeljko Ivanek (Damages)
William Shatner (Boston Legal)
John Slattery (Mad Men)

Supporting actress in a drama:
Candice Bergen (Boston Legal)
Rachel Griffiths (Brothers And Sisters)
Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy)
Dianne Wiest (In Treatment)
Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy)

Supporting actor in a comedy:
Jon Cryer (Two And A Half Men)
Kevin Dillon (Entourage)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
Rainn Wilson (The Office)

Supporting actress in a comedy:
Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies)
Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live)
Jean Smart (Samantha Who?)
Holland Taylor (Two And A Half Men)
Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty)

Outstanding mini-series:
Cranford
John Adams
The Andromeda Strain
Tin Man

Outstanding TV movie:
A Raisin In The Sun
Bernard And Doris
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
Recount
The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Actor in a mini-series/TV movie:
Ralph Fiennes (Bernard And Doris)
Ricky Gervais (Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale)
Paul Giamatti (John Adams)
Kevin Spacey (Recount)
Tom Wilkinson (Recount)

Actress in a mini-series/TV movie:
Dame Judi Dench (Cranford)
Catherine Keener (An American Crime)
Laura Linney (John Adams)
Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin In The Sun)
Susan Sarandon (Bernard And Doris)

Supporting actor in a mini-series/TV movie:
Bob Balaban (Recount)
Stephen Dillane (John Adams)
Denis Leary (Recount)
David Morse (John Adams)
Tom Wilkinson (John Adams)

Supporting actress in a mini-series/TV movie:
Dame Eileen Atkins (Cranford)
Laura Dern (Recount)
Ashley Jensen (Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale)
Audra McDonald (A Raisin in the Sun)
Alfre Woodard (Pictures Of Hollis Woods)