The 2010 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations

The 2010 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations

July 8th, 2010

[For complete analysis of the 2010 Emmy Nominees, head to my full breakdown, “The Trick is to Watch TV,” here.]

Here are the nominees for the 2010 Emmy Awards (and, for added value, my gut feelings in terms of early favourites have been bolded): for all of the awards, click here to download the Academy’s PDF.

Outstanding Drama Series

• True Blood
• Breaking Bad
• The Good Wife
• Dexter
• Lost
• Mad Men

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Glenn Close (Damages)
• Mariska Hargitay (Law and Order: SVU)
• Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
• Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)
• January Jones (Mad Men)
• Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
• Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
• Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
• Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
• Hugh Laurie (House)
• Matthew Fox (Lost)

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Nurse Jackie
• Glee
• Modern Family
• The Office
• 30 Rock

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Matthew Morrison (Glee)
• Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
• Steve Carell (The Office)
• Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
• Tony Shalhoub (Monk)
• Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
• Toni Colette (United States of Tara)
• Tina Fey (30 Rock)
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus (New Adventures…Christine)
• Lea Michele (Glee)
• Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)
• Martin Short (Damages)
• Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
• Terry O’Quinn (Lost)
• Michael Emerson (Lost)
• John Slattery (Mad Men)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Rose Byrne (Damages)
• Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
• Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
• Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)
• Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
• Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Chris Colfer (Glee)
• Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
• Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
• Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
• Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
• Jane Lynch (Glee)
• Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
• Holland Taylor (Two and a Half Men)
• Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)
• Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

• Dylan Baker (The Good Wife)
• Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)
• John Lithgow (Dexter)
• Gregory Itzin (24)
• Robert Morse (Mad Men)
• Beau Bridges (The Closer)
• Ted Danson (Damages)

Guest Actress in a Drama Series

• Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost)
• Lily Tomlin (Damages)
• Mary Kay Place (Big Love)
• Sissy Spacek (Big Love)
• Shirley Jones (The Cleaner)
• Ann Margret, as Rita Willis (Law and Order: SVU)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

• Neil Patrick Harris (Glee)
• Fred Willard (Modern Family)
• Mike O’Malley (Glee)
• Eli Wallach (Nurse Jackie)
• Jon Hamm (30 Rock)
• Will Arnett (30 Rock)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory)
• Kristin Chenoweth (Glee)
• Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives)
• Betty White (SNL)
• Tina Fey (SNL)
• Elaine Stritch (30 Rock)
• Jane Lynch (Two and a Half Men)

Reality Competition Program

• The Amazing Race
• American Idol
• Dancing with the Stars
• Project Runway
• Top Chef

Reality Host

• Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)
• Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
• Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars)
• Heidi Klum (Project Runway)
• Jeff Probst (Survivor)

Writing for a Drama Series

• Lost – “The End”
• Mad Men – “Shut the Door. Have a Seat.”
• The Good Wife – “Pilot”
• Friday Night Lights – “The Son”
• Mad Men – “Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency”

Writing for a Comedy Series

• Glee – “Pilot”
• Modern Family – “Pilot”
• The Office – “Niagara”
• 30 Rock – “Lee Marvis vs. Derek Jeter”
• 30 Rock – “Anna Howard Shaw Day”

Directing for a Drama Series

• Lost – “The End” (Jack Bender)
• Treme – “Do You Know What it Means” (Agnieszka Holland)
• Dexter – “The Getaway” (Steve Shill)
• Breaking Bad – “One Minute” (Michelle MacLaren)
• Mad Men – “Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency” (Lesli Linka Glatter)

Directing for a Comedy Series

• Glee – “Pilot” (Ryan Murphy)
• Glee – “Wheels” (Paris Barclay)
• Modern Family – “Pilot” (Jason Winer)
• Nurse Jackie – “Pilot” (Allen Coulter)
• 30 Rock – “I Do Do” (Don Scardino)

Outstanding Variety Program

• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show
• Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien
• Real Time with Bill Maher
• Saturday Night Live