The Nominees For The 60th Annual Emmy Awards Announced

The nominees for the 60th annual Emmy Awards are:

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Entourage
• The Office
• 30 Rock
• Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Drama Series

• Boston Legal
• Damages
• Dexter
• House
• Lost
• Mad Men

Lead Actor in a Comedy

• Tony Shalhoub, Monk
• Steve Carell, The Office
• Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

Lead Actor in a Drama

• James Spader, Boston Legal
• Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
• Michael C. Hall, Dexter
• Hugh Laurie, House
• Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Lead Actress in a Comedy

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock
• America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
• Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

Lead Actress in a Drama

• Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
• Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
• Glenn Close, Damages
• Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Holly Hunter, Saving Grace

Supporting Actor in a Comedy

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

Supporting Actor in a Drama

• William Shatner, Boston Legal
• Ted Danson, Damages
• Zeljko Ivanek, Damages
• Michael Emerson, Lost
• John Slattery, Mad Men

Supporting Actress in a Comedy

• Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
• Jean Smart, Samantha Who?
• Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
• Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men
• Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

Supporting Actress in a Drama

• Candice Bergen, Boston Legal
• Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
• Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy
• Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy
• Dianne Wiest, In Treatment

Host For a Reality or Reality-Competition (New category for this year!)

• Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
• Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
• Howie Mandel, Deal or No Deal
• Heidi Klum, Project Runway
• Jeff Probst, Survivor

Outstanding Miniseries

• The Andromeda Strain
• Cranford
• John Adams
• Tin Man

The 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air live on ABC Sunday, Sept. 21 from Los Angeles’s Nokia Theatre.

While they gear up for their prospective acceptance speeches for when the Emmy Awards air Sept. 21, the freshly announced nominees for TV’s highest honor are already sharing their reactions to the distinctions bestowed upon them.

Among what they have to say:

• “I am incredibly grateful and honored. But I am over the moon for Jean Smart, who is such a sublime talent.” – Christina Applegate, nominated as lead actress in a comedy series for Samantha Who?

• “I’m flattered to be nominated. Congratulations to Tina [Fey] and everyone at 30 Rock. The writers do a wonderful job, and I hope we have some success in September.” – Alec Baldwin, leading actor in a comedy series nominee, for 30 Rock

• “Want to see … the glamorous life of an Emmy nominee: When we’re done talking, I’m getting in my 1978 Volkswagen beetle convertible and driving to the garage so they can install a windshield. Nothing like show business!” – Dancing With the Stars’ host Tom Bergeron, who earned a nod in the brand new category for reality-competition show host
• “I’m not going to start drinking. I’m going to start exercising so I can fit into my Emmy dress. By the way, I’m not kidding. I’m actually going to go and have a massive workout this morning.” – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, nominated for lead actress in a comedy series, for The New Adventures Of Old Christine

• “I’m thrilled. It’s fantastic, it’s wonderful. It’s funny because this morning I woke up at 5:20 L.A. time, and I sort of was half – I mean, actually, that’s a lie – I was wholly waiting for the phone to ring.” – The Closer’s leading actress nominee Kyra Sedgwick, to the Associated Press

• “I’m very honored. It never gets old. I do, but it doesn’t.” – Sally Field, nominated for leading actress in a drama for Brothers & Sisters, the category for which she won last year

• “I’m really happy, incredibly flattered and surprised! I am working out of state right now and forgot they were being announced this morning! I’m especially excited that Christina [Applegate] and I can go dress-hunting together.” – Samantha Who?’s Jean Smart, up for supporting actress in a comedy series

• “It’s exciting. You kind of just mentally prepare yourself for either way, like if it happens, great, if it doesn’t. … But in the moment, that kind of all goes out the window and you hope it does.” – Last year’s winner, and this year’s nominee for leading actress in a comedy series, America Ferrera, of Ugly Betty

“My parents always told me it was important to be a good guest, so I feel like they deserve the credit,” – 30 Rock guest star nominee Will Arnett, who tell PEOPLE exclusively that he and his wife (and fellow nominee) Amy Poehler were asleep when they got the good news from “Amy’s parents.” As for how they’ll celebrate: “We’ll eat. We’ll probably go get ice cream. It’s super hot”

“I’m so excited, thrilled. It was an awesome year for Saturday Night Live. I continue to be honored to be on that show. I think the people I work with are the funniest people I television.” – SNL supporting actress nominee Amy Poehler

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