63rd Primetime Emmy Awards nominees

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC)
The Office (NBC)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)

Outstanding Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Dexter (Showtime)
Friday Night Lights (NBC)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)

Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Conan (TBS)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
Cinema Verite (HBO)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
Mildred Pierce (HBO)
The Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
Too Big to Fail (HBO)

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Idol (Fox)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
Top Chef (Bravo)

Acting
Lead performances
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock (Episode: “Respawn”) (NBC)
Steve Carell as Michael Scott on The Office (Episode: “Goodbye, Michael”) (NBC)
Louis C.K. as Louie on Louie (Episode: “Bully”) (FX)
Johnny Galecki as Dr. Leonard Hofstadter on The Big Bang Theory (Episode: “The Benefactor Factor”) (CBS)
Matt LeBlanc as Himself on Episodes (Episode: “Episode Seven”) (Showtime)
Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory (Episode: “The Agreement Dissection”) (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton, RN on Nurse Jackie (Episode: “Rat Falls”) (Showtime)
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon on 30 Rock (Episode: “Double-Edged Sword”) (NBC)
Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison on The Big C (Episode: “Pilot”) (Showtime)
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn on Mike & Molly (Episode: “First Date”) (CBS)
Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance on Raising Hope (Episode: “Say Cheese”) (Fox)
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation (Episode: “Flu Season”) (NBC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi as Enoch “Nucky” Thompson on Boardwalk Empire (Episode: “A Return to Normalcy”) (HBO)
Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor on Friday Night Lights (Episode: “Always”) (NBC)
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan on Dexter (Episode: “Teenage Wasteland”) (Showtime)
Jon Hamm as Don Draper on Mad Men (Episode: “The Suitcase”) (AMC)
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House on House (Episode: “After Hours”) (Fox)
Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens on Justified (Episode: “Reckoning”) (FX)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates as Harriet “Harry” Korn on Harry’s Law (Episode: “Innocent Man”) (NBC)
Connie Britton as Tami Taylor on Friday Night Lights (Episode: “Always”) (NBC)
Mireille Enos as Sarah Linden on The Killing (Episode: “Missing”) (AMC)
Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: “Rescue”) (NBC)
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick on The Good Wife (Episode: “In Sickness”) (CBS)
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson on Mad Men (Episode: “The Suitcase”) (AMC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Idris Elba as DCI John Luther on Luther (BBC America)
Laurence Fishburne as Thurgood Marshall on Thurgood (HBO)
William Hurt as Henry Paulson on Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy on The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
Barry Pepper as Robert F. Kennedy on The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
Édgar Ramírez as Ilich Ramírez Sánchez on Carlos (Sundance Channel)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Taraji P. Henson as Tiffany Rubin on Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (Lifetime)
Diane Lane as Patricia “Pat” Loud on Cinema Verite (HBO)
Jean Marsh as Rose Buck on Upstairs Downstairs (PBS)
Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey (PBS)
Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce on Mildred Pierce (HBO)

Supporting performances
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy on Modern Family (Episode: “Good Cop Bad Dog”) (ABC)
Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel on Glee (Episode: “Grilled Cheesus”) (Fox)
Jon Cryer as Dr. Alan Harper on Two and a Half Men (Episode: “The Immortal Billy Joel”) (CBS)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family (Episode: “Halloween”) (ABC)
Ed O’Neill as Jay Pritchett on Modern Family (Episode: “The Kiss”) (ABC)
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker on Modern Family (Episode: “Mother’s Day”) (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy on Modern Family (Episode: “Strangers on a Treadmill”) (ABC)
Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock (Episode: “Queen of Jordan”) (NBC)
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester on Glee (Episode: “Funeral”) (Fox)
Sofía Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on Modern Family (Episode: “Slow Down Your Neighbors”) (ABC)
Betty White as Elka Ostrovsky on Hot in Cleveland (Episode: “Free Elka”) (TV Land)
Kristen Wiig as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host: Jane Lynch”) (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Andre Braugher as Owen Thoreau, Jr. on Men of a Certain Age (Episode: “Let the Sunshine In”) (TNT)
Josh Charles as Will Gardner on The Good Wife (Episode: “Closing Arguments”) (CBS)
Alan Cumming as Eli Gold on The Good Wife (Episode: “Silver Bullet”) (CBS)
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones (Episode: “Baelor”) (HBO)
Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder on Justified (Episode: “The I of the Storm”) (FX)
John Slattery as Roger Sterling, Jr. on Mad Men (Episode: “Hands and Knees”) (AMC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife (Episode: “Silver Bullet”) (CBS)
Michelle Forbes as Mitch Larsen on The Killing (Episode: “Pilot”) (AMC)
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris on Mad Men (Episode: “The Summer Man”) (AMC)
Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder on Boardwalk Empire (Episode: “Family Limitation”) (HBO)
Margo Martindale as Mags Bennett on Justified (Episode: “Brother’s Keeper”) (FX)
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma on The Good Wife (Episode: “Getting Off”) (CBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke on Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Brían F. O’Byrne as Bert Pierce on Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Guy Pearce as Monty Beragon on Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Tom Wilkinson as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. on The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
James Woods as Dick Fuld Jr. on Too Big to Fail (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Eileen Atkins as Maud, Lady Holland on Upstairs Downstairs (PBS)
Melissa Leo as Lucy Gessler on Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Mare Winningham as Ida Corwin on Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Evan Rachel Wood as Veda Pierce on Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey (PBS)

Writing
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Louis C.K. for Louie (Episode: “Poker/Divorce”) (FX)
David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik for Episodes (Episode: “Episode Seven”) (Showtime)
Greg Daniels for The Office (Episode: “Goodbye, Michael”) (NBC)
Matt Hubbard for 30 Rock (Episode: “Reaganing”) (NBC)
Steven Levitan and Jeffrey Richman for Modern Family (Episode: “Caught in the Act”) (ABC)

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for Game of Thrones (Episode: “Baelor”) (HBO)
Andre Jacquemetton and Maria Jacquemetton for Mad Men (Episode: “Blowing Smoke”) (AMC)
Jason Katims for Friday Night Lights (Episode: “Always”) (NBC)
Veena Sud for The Killing (Episode: “Pilot”) (AMC)
Matthew Weiner for Mad Men (Episode: “The Suitcase”) (AMC)

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Conan (TBS)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Julian Fellowes for Downton Abbey (PBS)
Peter Gould for Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Todd Haynes and Jonathan Raymond for Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Steven Moffat for Sherlock: A Study in Pink (PBS)
Heidi Thomas for Upstairs Downstairs (PBS)

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