Emmy primetime award

The nominations for the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced in Hollywood on Thursday. According to reports, the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on September 21. AMC’s 1960s advertising drama Madmen and FX’s legal thriller made Emmy history on Thursday being the first basic cable programs to receive best-series nominations. Meanwhile Ryan Seacrest and Heidi Klum were nominated in the new Best Reality Show category.

Here is the list of nominees for 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards:

Best Reality Show Host:
Jeff Probst
Howie Mandel
Heidi Klum
Tom Bergerson
Ryan Seacrest
Best Actor
Lead Actor/Drama:
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
James Spader, Boston Legal

Lead Actor/Comedy:
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Tony Shaloub, Monk
Steve Carell, The Office
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies

Best Actress:
Lead Actress/Drama
Glenn Close, Damage
Sally Field, Brothers and Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Lead Actress/Comedy
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

Best Comedy:
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
The Office
30 Rock
Two and a Half Men

Best Drama:
Damages
Dexter
Lost
Mad Men
House
Boston Legal