Factbox: List of Emmy nominees

Published: 2:55AM Friday July 17, 2009 Source: Reuters

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Following is a list of nominees in key categories for the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

The winners for US television's highest honors will be announced at a ceremony broadcast live from Los Angeles on September 20.

Best drama series
Big Love, HBO
Breaking Bad, AMC
Damages, FX
Dexter, Showtime
House, Fox
Lost , ABC
Mad Men, AMC

Best lead actress, drama
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Glenn Close, Damages
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace

Best lead actor, drama
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Hugh Laurie, House
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Simon Baker, The Mentalist

Best supporting actress, drama
Rose Byrne, Damages
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Hope Davis, In Treatment
Cherry Jones, 24

Best supporting actor, drama
William Shatner, Boston Legal
Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
William Hurt, Damages
Michael Emerson, Lost
John Slattery, Mad Men

Best comedy series
Entourage, HBO
Family Guy, Fox
Flight of the Conchords, HBO
How I Met Your Mother, CBS
The Office, NBC
30 Rock, NBC
Weeds, Showtime

Best lead actress, comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures Of Old Christine
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

Best lead actor, comedy
Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Steve Carell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Charlie Sheen, Two And A Half Men
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best supporting actress, comedy
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Kristin Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds

Best supporting actor, comedy
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Rainn Wilson, The Office
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Best made-for-tv movie
Coco Chanel, Lifetime
Grey Gardens, HBO
Into the Storm, HBO
Prayers for Bobby, Lifetime
Taking Chance, HBO

Best miniseries
Generation Kill, HBO
Little Dorrit, PBS

Best variety, music or comedy series
The Colbert Report, Comedy Central
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Comedy Central
Late Show With David Letterman, CBS
Real Time With Bill Maher, HBO
Saturday Night Live, NBC

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