[TV] The 2008 Emmy Award Nominations Are In!
Posted by Ashish on 07.17.2008
30 Rock, Mad Men lead the pack...
The nominees for the 2008 Emmy Awards have been announced.
Leading the pack was HBO's mini-series John Adams which scored 23 nominations. 30 Rock followed with 17 nominations and Mad Men landed 16 nominations.
The most noteworthy thing is that HBO's The Wire was once again snubbed. Despite almost universal praise as one of the greatest dramas ever, the show never got a major Emmy nomination in its entire five year run.
Here are the 2008 Emmy nominees (major categories). The full Emmy nominees list can be found here.
COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock (NBC)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Entourage (HBO)
The Office (NBC)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)
DRAMA SERIES
Boston Legal (ABC)
Damages (FX)
Dexter (Showtime)
House (Fox)
Lost (ABC)
Mad Men (AMC)
ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Alec Baldwin — 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell — The Office (NBC)
Lee Pace — Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Charlie Sheen — Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Tony Shalhoub — Monk (USA)
ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Gabriel Byrne — In Treatment (HBO)
Bryan Cranston — Breaking Bad (AMC)
Michael C. Hall — Dexter (Showtime)
Jon Hamm — Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie — House (Fox)
James Spader — Boston Legal (ABC)
ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Christina Applegate — Samantha Who? (ABC)
America Ferrera — Ugly Betty (ABC)
Tina Fey — 30 Rock (NBC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus — New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
Mary-Louise Parker — Weeds (Showtime)
ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Glenn Close — Damages (FX)
Sally Field — Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Mariska Hargitay — Law and Order: SVU (NBC)
Holly Hunter — Saving Grace (TNT)
Kyra Sedgwick — The Closer (TNT)
REALITY HOST
Tom Bergeron - Dancing With the Stars
Heidi Klum - Project Runway
Howie Mandel - Deal or No Deal
Jeff Probst - Survivor
Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race - (CBS)
American Idol - (FOX)
Dancing With The Stars - (ABC)
Project Runway - (Bravo)
Top Chef - (Bravo)
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
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 (NBC)
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Ted Danson - Damages (FX)
Michael Emerson - Lost (ABC)
Zeljko Ivanek - Damages (FX)
T.R. Knight - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
William Shatner - Boston Legal (ABC)
John Slattery - Mad Men (AMC)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Kristin Chenoweth - Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Amy Poehler - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Jean Smart - Samantha Who? (ABC)
Holland Taylor - "Two and a Half Men" (CBS)
Vanessa Williams - Ugly Betty (ABC)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Candice Bergen - Boston Legal (ABC)
Rachel Griffiths - Brothers and Sisters (ABC)
Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Dianne Wiest - In Treatment (HBO)
Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock, "Rosemary's Baby", Written by Jack Burditt
30 Rock, "Cooter", Written by Tina Fey
Flight Of The Conchords, "Yoko", Written by James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie
Pushing Daisies, "Pie-Lette", Written by Bryan Fuller
The Office, "Dinner Party", Writen by Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Battlestar Galactica, "Six Of One", Written by Michael Angeli
Damages, "Pilot", Written by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, Daniel Zelman
Mad Men, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (Pilot), Written by Matthew Weiner
Mad Men, "The Wheel", Written by Matthew Weiner, Robin Veith
The Wire, "30", Written by David Simon; Story by David Simons, Ed Burns
sif no wire, just because the wire has the balls to act upon real life harsh problems in society..
BEST SHOW EVER
Posted By: Guest#4770 (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 02:04 PM
My Name is Earl got robbed.
Posted By: Joe (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 02:09 PM
I'm shocked to see an SNL castmember get an acting nod. But Amy deserves it, she has been the driving force of the show for the last couple of seasons.
Posted By: Guest#1091 (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 02:50 PM
Neil Patrick Harris = many buys hes so funny
Posted By: mazzacre (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 03:14 PM
Two and a Half Men get a nod but not How I Met Your Mother? What a JOKE.
Posted By: Uhhh... (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 03:26 PM
Dexter needs a couple nods in the Drama department, Mad Men is good too, but not nearly as unique or compelling as Dexter
the other ones are mostly take it or leave it
Posted By: drue (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 03:30 PM
Jeremy Piven might as well put that Best Supporting Actor award on lockdown for the rest of Entourage's run.
Posted By: BlackLushus (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 03:37 PM
Like I said on the wrestling news about Mickie James and Psych.
Psych=one of the most underated shows today, fuck the emmys.
Mickie James=ratings and hot as hell (but you know that already)
Posted By: Guest#4348 (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 04:10 PM
NPH Better win this year. HIMYM is so overlooked.
Posted By: Jeff L (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 04:47 PM
Hugh Laurie for best actor once again.. if he doesn't win there is no justice..
Posted By: Guest#1494 (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 05:07 PM
I think I'm actually glad that The Wire didn't receive a single major nomination. The Emmy Awards are beneath them. The Emmy Awards are for shows that merely strive to entertain people.
The Wire was much, much more than that. It doesn't deserve to be on a pageant alongside the likes of shit like Boston Legal.
Posted By: Omar Little's Girlfriend (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 05:47 PM
No Burn Notice nominations at all?
Eff this crap.
Posted By: Mike (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 05:50 PM
And again, BSG is all but shut out.
Fuck the emmys
Posted By: Jay (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 06:05 PM
Too much greys anatomy and not enough BSG. Michael Emerson is a lock.
Posted By: Guest#8047 (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 06:11 PM
Breaking Bad deserved an nomination for Best Drama but at least its nice to see Cranston nominated.
Posted By: Tony (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 06:23 PM
Pushing Daisies has to win something. Easily the best show out there nowadays.
Posted By: Yoni (Guest) on July 17, 2008 at 07:07 PM
