Unofficial Emmy nominees lists circulate online

Posted by fanshawe

July 2, 2008

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The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) will not release the official lists of the 2008 Primetime Emmy nominees until July 17, but it has already revealed the 10 finalists for the nominations in the best drama and comedy series categories:

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Boston Legal (The Court Supreme)
Damages (Pilot)
Dexter (The Dark Defender)
Friday Night Lights (Leave No One Behind)
Grey’s Anatomy (Freedom, Parts 1 & 2)
House (Frozen)
Lost (The Constant)
Mad Men (Pilot, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes)
The Tudors (#205)
The Wire (Series finale, 30)

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Curb Your Enthusiasm (The Bat Mitzvah)
Entourage (The Day F*ckers)
Family Guy (Padre de Famila)
Flight of the Conchords (Sally Returns)
The Office (Local Ad)
Pushing Daisies (Pie-lette)
30 Rock (Cooter)
Two and a Half Men (Rough Night in Hump Junction)
Ugly Betty (Something Wicked This Way Comes)
Weeds (Go)

On top of that, GoldDerby.com is now releasing the lists of semifinalists in other categories as well. Here they are:

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Patricia Arquette, Medium ( “Aftertaste”)
Glenn Close, Damages (”Pilot”)
Minnie Driver, The Riches (”Dead Calm”)
Sally Field, Brothers and Sisters (”History Repeating”)
Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (”Undercover”)
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace (”Tacos, Tulips, Duck and Spices”)
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men (”The Hobo Code”)
Mary McDonnell, Battlestar Galactica (”Faith”)
Kyra Sedgwick, The Close (”Manhunt”)
Jeanne Tripplehorn, Big Love (”Take Me As I Am”)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment (”Paul and Gina: Week 4″)
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights (”Last Day of Summer”)
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (”Pilot”)
Patrick Dempsey, Grey’s Anatomy (episode?)
Michael C. Hall, Dexter (”There’s Something About Harry”)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (”The Wheel”)
Eddie Izzard, The Riches (”Last Temptation of Wayne”)
Hugh Laurie, House (”House’s Head”)
Denis Leary, Rescue Me (”Babyface”)
James Spader, Boston Legal (”The Court Supreme”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jane Alexander, Tell Me You Love Me
Candice Bergen, Boston Legal
Rose Byrne, Damages
Jill Clayburgh, Dirty Sexy Money
Sharon Gless, Burn Notice
Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
S. Epatha Merkerson, Law & Order
Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Naveen Andrews, Lost
Bruce Dern, Big Love
Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
Ted Danson, Damages
Michael Emerson, Lost
Zeljko Ivanek, Damages
T.R. Knight, Grey’s Anatomy
William Shatner, Boston Legal
John Slattery, Mad Men
Blair Underwood, In Treatment
Jake Weber, Medium

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies
Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
Eva Longoria Parker, Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men (”Meander to Your Dander”)
Kevin Dillon, Entourage (”The Dream Team”)
Justin Kirk, Weeds (”Bill Sussman”)
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother (”The Goat”)
John Krasinski, The Office (”Branch Wars”)
Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock (”Episode 210″)
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock (”Secrets and Lies”)
Jeremy Piven, Entourage (”The Day F***ers”)
Fred Willard, Back to You (”Cradle to Grave”)
Rainn Wilson, The Office (”Money”)