Nominations for the 59th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced in Los Angeles last night. Here is the list of nominees in major categories.
The awards will be presented in the Shrine Auditorium on September 16, and broadcast LIVE into Australia on Foxtel's Bio channel on September 17 from 10am AEST.
A 90-minute highlights program will be shown on Channel Ten at 10.10pm on the same day (in previous years it was shown at 8.30pm)
Outstanding Drama Series
Boston Legal
Grey's Anatomy
Heroes
House
The Sopranos
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette, Medium
Minnie Driver, The Riches
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Hugh Laurie, House
Denis Leary, Rescue Me
James Spader, Boston Legal
Kiefer Sutherland, 24
Outstanding Miniseries
Broken Trail
Prime Suspect VII: The Final Act
The Starter Wife
Outstanding 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
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Queen Latifah, Life Support
Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect VII: The Final Act
Mary-Louise Parker, The Robber Bride
Gena Rowlands, What if God Were the Sun
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Jim Broadbent, Longford
Robert Duvall, Broken Trail
William H Macy, Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Matthew Perry, The Ron Clark Story
Tom Selleck, Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Outstanding Comedy Series
Entourage
The Office (US version)
30 Rock
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office (US version)
Ricky Gervais, Extras
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Lead 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
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars (US version)
Project Runway
Top Chef
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The final series of The Sopranos receives 15 nominations, followed by Ugly Betty (11) and Heroes (eight).
Full nominations list (in alphabetical order)
