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Earlier today, Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara and Community’s Joel McHale announced the nominees for the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.  The broadcast, which will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon, will air August 29.  It was a great year for new nominees and veterans alike.  Along with perennial favorites such as 30 Rock and Monk, new additions to the race include Glee and Modern Family. 

Friday Night Lights also made a great showing with nominations in both the Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Lead Actress categories.  Chicago is well represented with Jane Lynch securing two(!) nominations for Glee (Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series) and Two and a Half Men (Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series).  Kathy Griffin’s My Life on the D-List was nominated as well for Outstanding Reality Programming. Andre Braugher and Ann-Margret are additional Chicagoans who were nominated for an Emmy today.

Some of the more shocking names left off this year’s nomination list include Cougar Town’s Courteney Cox and Grey’s Anatomy’s Chandra Wilson.  HBO’s True Blood managed an Outstanding Drama Series nomination, but couldn’t wrestle any individual nominations.

2010 Nominees:

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: 

Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm

Matthew Morrison – Glee

Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock

Steve Carell – The Office

Tony Shalhoub – Monk

 

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:

Lea Michele – Glee

Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie

Tina Fey – 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine

Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

Toni Collette – The United States of Tara

 

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:

Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad

Michael C. Hall – Dexter

Kyle Chandler – Friday Night Lights

Hugh Laurie – House

Matthew Fox- LOST

Jon Hamm – Mad Men

 

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:

Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer

Connie Britton – Friday Night Lights

Glenn Close – Damages

Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife

January Jones – Mad Men

Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: SVU

 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:

Chris Colfer – Glee

Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother

Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Modern Family

Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family

Ty Burrell – Modern Family

Jon Cryer – Two and a Half Men

 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:

Jane Lynch – Glee

Julie Bowen – Modern Family

Sofia Vergara – Modern Family

Kristen Wiig – Saturday Night Live

Jane Krakowski – 30 Rock

Holland Taylor – Two and a Half Men

 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:

Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad

Martin Short – Damages

Terry O’Quinn – LOST

Michael Emerson – LOST

John Slattery – Mad Men

Andre Braugher – Men of a Certain Age

 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:

Sharon Gless – Burn Notice

Rose Byrne – Damages

Archie Panjabi – The Good Wife

Christine Baranksi – The Good Wife

Christina Hendricks – Mad Men

Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men

 

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:

Mike O’Malley – Glee

Neil Patrick Harris – Glee

Fred Willard – Modern Family

Eli Wallach – Nurse Jackie

Jon Hamm – 30 Rock

Will Arnett – 30 Rock

 

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:

Christine Baranski – The Big Bang Theory

Kathryn Joosten – Desperate Housewives

Kristin Chenoweth – Glee

Tina Fey – Saturday Night Live

Betty White – Saturday Night Live

Jane Lynch – Two and a Half Men

 

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series:

Beau Bridges – The Closer

Ted Danson – Damages

John Lithgow – Dexter

Alan Cumming – The Good Wife

Dylan Baker – The Good Wife

Robert Morse – Mad Men

Gregory Itzin – 24

 

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series:

Mary Kay Place – Big Love

Sissy Spacek – Big Love

Shirley Jones – The Cleaner

Lily Tomlin – Damages

Ann-Margret – Law & Order: SVU

Elizabeth Mitchell – LOST

 

*Full list of nominees