59th Annual Emmy Award Nominations

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 59th Annual Emmy Awards this morning, and like last year I thought I'g go through them with you. Check it out. my picks are the ones in red.

Drama series

Boston Legal
Grey's Anatomy
Heroes
House
The Sopranos

Comedy series

Entourage
The Office
30 Rock
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty

Actor in a drama series

James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Hugh Laurie, House
Denis Leary, Rescue Me
James Spader, Boston Legal
Kiefer Sutherland, 24

Actress in a drama series

Patricia Arquette, Medium
Minnie Driver, The Riches
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Actor in a comedy series

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Ricky Gervais, Extras
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

Actress in a comedy series

America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

Supporting actor in a drama series

William Shatner, Boston Legal
T.R. Knight, Grey's Anatomy
Masi Oka, Heroes
Terry O'Quinn, Lost
Michael Emerson, Lost
Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos

Supporting actress in a drama series

Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
Katherine Heigl, Grey's Anatomy
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
Aida Turturro, The Sopranos
Lorraine Bracco, The Sopranos

Supporting actor in a comedy series

Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Rainn Wilson, The Office
Jon Cryer, Two And A Half Men

Supporting actress in a comedy series

Jaime Pressly, My Name Is Earl
Jenna Fischer, The Office
Conchata Ferrell, Two And A Half Men
Holland Taylor, Two And A Half Men
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds

Reality show, competition

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

Reality show

Antiques Roadshow
Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan
Extreme Makeover Home Edition
Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List
Penn & Teller: Bull——!

Miniseries

Broken Trail
The Starter Wife
Prime Suspect: The Final Act

Made-for-television movie

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Inside The Twin Towers
Longford
The Ron Clark Story
Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy

Lead actor in a miniseries or movie

Robert Duvall, Broken Trail
Tom Selleck, Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Jim Broadbent, Longford
William H. Macy, Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Umney's Last Case
Matthew Perry, The Ron Clark Story

Lead actress in a miniseries or movie

Queen Latifah, Life Support
Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre)
Mary-Louise Parker, The Robber Bride
Debra Messing, The Starter Wife, USA
Gena Rowlands, What if God Were the Sun

Supporting actor in a miniseries or movie

Thomas Haden Church, Broken Trail
August Schellenberg, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Aidan Quinn, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Edward Asner, The Christmas Card
Joe Mantegna, The Starter Wife

Supporting actress in a miniseries or movie

Greta Scacchi, Broken Trail
Anna Paquin, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Samantha Morton, Longford
Judy Davis, The Starter Wife
Toni Collette, Tsunami, The Aftermath

The awards show airs FOX on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 8pm

The big story of the nominations is Sopranos, who I think will ultimately win a bunch of the awards. I haven't watched anything past the first season of the show, but they got tons of buzz this year and it being their final send off I think it makes sense for them to clean up. Other than that well I'm not sure. My choices were pretty much guesses. I personally thought The Starter Wife was utter crap, but you know... people do like crap. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Masi Oka and although they already won last year I'm still hedging towards The Office over newcomers 30 Rock. Even though I personally think 30 Rock is great, the Office is even greater. What are your thoughts on this years list?

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