2009 Primetime Emmy Awards Announced

Neil Patrick Harris,
Host of the Primetime Emmys

Kathy Griffin,
Host of the "Schmemmys"!

The 2009 Primetime Emmys were announced this morning. Sigh. I really don't regularly watch much of anything mentioned below. I do try to catch "The New Adventures of Old Christine" with Julia Louis-Dreyfus because I LOVE her. (I think she needs her own category for those hilarious Healthy Choice commericals.)

I LOVE Julia Louis Dreyfus!

I do like "Flight of the Conchords" a lot, and it's cool Jemaine Clement was nominated. Why, oh WHY is Tony Shalhoub from "Monk" nominated for the 8000th time?? Good Lord. SICK. OF. HIM.

Oh, I'm THRILLED about Kathy Griffin's two nominations, AND she is also hosting the "Schmemmys", as she calls the Emmys for the "lesser" Creative Arts categories held a couple weeks before the "real" Emmys. I have a feeling this show will be far more entertaining. (Kathy has won for the past two years for Best Reality Series, Bitches! That's actually what it's called. Heh.)

AnyBORED. Here's your full list of the nominees:

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Entourage
Family Guy
Flight of the Conchords
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
30 Rock
Weeds

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad
Damages
Dexter
House M.D.
Lost
Mad Men
Big Love

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jemaine Clement, The 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

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Kevin Cline, Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac
Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm
Sir Ian McKellan, King Lear
Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Redemption
Kenneth Branagh, Wallander

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Show
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Toni Collette, The United States of Tara
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
Chandra Wilson, Accidental Friendship
Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Rainn Wilson, The Office

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
Michael Emerson, Lost
William Hurt, Damages
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
William Shatner, Boston Legal
John Slattery, Mad Men

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Len Cariou, Into the Storm
Tom Courtenay, Little Dorrit
Ken Howard, Grey Gardens
Bob Newhart, The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
Andy Serkis, Little Dorrit

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Rose Byrne, Damages
Hope Davis, In Treatment
Cherry Jones, 24
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
Dianne Wiest In Treatment
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Saddam
Marcia Gay Harden, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Janet McTeer, Into the Storm
Jeanne Tripplehorn, Grey Gardens
Cicely Tyson, Relative Stranger

OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Heidi Klum, Project Runway
Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Top Chef
Jeff Probst, Survivor
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
Generation Kill
Little Dorrit

OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
Coco Chanel
Grey Gardens
Into the Storm
Prayers for Bobby
Taking Chance

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Show With David Letterman
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger — London, New York, Johannesburg
Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch
Ricky Gervais: Out of England — The Stand-Up Special
The 31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America — A Final Night with George W Bush

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
Antiques Roadshow
Dirty Jobs
Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan
Intervention
Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List
MythBusters

OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef

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Mark your calendars: The Schmemmys will be (hopefully aired!) September 12, and the Primetime Emmys will be aired from the Nokia Theatre September 20th. Oh yeah--the DARLING Neil Patrick Harris is hosting the Primetimes!