The nominees for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday, June 19 and Grey’s Anatomy wracked up 10 nods, including Best Drama. T.R. Knight, Sandra Oh, Chandra Wilson and Katherine Heigl were honored with acting nods.
The Sopranos walked away with 15 Emmy nominations, including Best Drama, after wrapping up its final season in June. Ugly Betty scored the most nominations in the comedy category, with 11 nods for the cast and crew.
Jon Cryer and Kyra Sedgwick announced the nominees and found themselves among the contenders. Cryer will compete in Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy category for Two and a Half Men and Sedgwick was nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series for The Closer.
The Emmys air on Sunday, September 16 on Fox.
Emmy Nominees
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Ricky Gervais, Extras
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Steve Carell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Charlie Sheen, Two And A Half Men
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
James Spader, Boston Legal
Hugh Laurie, House
Denis Leary, Rescue Me
James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Kiefer Sutherland, 24
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A 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
Matthew Perry, The Ron Clark Story
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures Of Old Christine
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Patricia Arquette, Medium
Minnie Driver, The Riches
Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A 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
Gena Rowlands, What If God Were The Sun
Outstanding 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
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
William Shatner, Boston Legal
T.R. Knight, Grey’s Anatomy
Masi Oka, Heroes
Michael Emerson, Lost
Terry O’Quinn, Lost
Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Jaime Pressly, My Name Is Earl
Jenna Fischer, The Office
Holland Taylor, Two And A Half Men
Conchata Ferrell, Two And A Half Men
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Outstanding 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
Outstanding Comedy Series
Entourage
The Office
30 Rock
Two And A Half Men
Ugly Betty
Outstanding Drama Series
Boston Legal
Grey’s Anatomy
Heroes
House
The Sopranos
Outstanding Miniseries
Broken Trail
Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre)
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
