2010 EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

There are over 500 contenders for the Emmy statuette in 99 categories. All of the categories are important. Unfortunately, due to space limitations only a few are listed.

COMEDY SERIES

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
The Office
30 Rock

LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Lea Michele, Glee
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Toni Colette, The United States of Tara

LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Jim Parsons, Big Bang Theory
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Matthew Morrison, Glee
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Steve Carell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Jane Lynch, Glee
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Chris Colfer, Glee
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives
Kristin Chenoweth, Glee
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Betty White, Saturday Night Live
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock
Jane Lynch, Two And A Half Men

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Mike O'Malley, Glee
Neil Patrick Harris, Glee
Fred Willard, Modern Family
Eli Wallach, Nurse Jackie
Jon Hamm, 30 Rock
Will Arnett. 30 Rock

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY

Glee, (Pilot) Ryan Murphy
Glee (Wheels), Paris Barclay
Modern Family (Pilot), Jason Winer
Nurse Jackie (Pilot), Allen CoulteMbr
30 Rock (I Do Do), Don Scardino

DRAMA

Breaking Bad
Dexter
The Good Wife
Lost
Mad Men
True Blood

LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Glenn Close, Damages
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Julianna Marguilies, The Good Wife
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Hugh Laurie, House
Matthew Fox, Lost
Jon Hamm, Mad Men

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Sharon Gless, Burn Notice
Rose Byrne, Damages
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Martin Short, Damages
Terry O’Quinn, Lost
Michael Emerson, Lost
John Slattery, Mad Men
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Mary Kay Place, Big Love
Sissy Spacek, Big Love
Shirley Jones, The Cleaner
Lily Tomlin, Damages
Ann-Margret, Law & Order: SVU
Elizabeth Mitchell, Lost

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Beau Bridges, The Closer
Ted Danson, Damages
John Lithgow, Dexter
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Dylan Baker, The Good Wife
Robert Morse, Mad Men
Gregory Itzin, 24

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA

Breaking Bad (One Minute), Michelle MacLaren
Dexter (The Getaway), Steve Shill
Lost (The End), Jack Bender
Mad Men (Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency), Lesli Linka Glatter
Treme (Pilot), Agnieszka Holland

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE

Masterpiece Daybreak
Georgia O’Keeffe
Moonshot
The Special Relationship
Temple Grandin
You Don’t Know Jack

MINISERIES

The Pacific
Return to Cranford

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES

Maggie Smith, Capturing Mary
Joan Allen, Georgia O'Keefe
Dame Judi Dench, Return to Cranford
Hope Davis, That Special Relationship
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin

LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES

Jeff Bridges, A Dog Year
Sir Ian McKellan, The Prisoner
Dennis Quaid The Special Relationship
Michael Sheen The Special Relationship
Al Pacino You Don’t Know Jack

REALITY COMPETITION

The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES

The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien

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