Emmy Nominations: Is Your Favorite on the List?

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This was an unusually good season for new TV shows, and the 2010 Emmy nominations have proven it. When Modern Family's Sofia Vergara and Community's Joel McHale announced the nominees this morning, several first-timers were on it. Fox's musical comedy Glee cleaned up with 19 overall nominations, including one for best comedy series. And as expected, Mad Men wracked up tons, too, with 17 overall nods.

Here are the nominees in the major categories:

COMEDY SERIES: 
Curb Your Enthusiasm 
Modern Family 
Glee 
Nurse Jackie 
The Office 
30 Rock

DRAMA SERIES: 
Breaking Bad
Dexter
The Good Wife
Lost
Mad Men
True Blood

ACTRESS, Comedy: 
Lea Michele, Glee 
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine 
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie 
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation 
Tina Fey, 30 Rock 
Toni Collette, The United States of Tara

ACTOR, Comedy: 
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory 
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm 
Tony Shalhoub, Monk 
Steve Carell, The Office 
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock 
Matthew Morrison, Glee

ACTOR, Drama: 
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad 
Michael C. Hall, Dexter 
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights 
Hugh Laurie, House 
Matthew Fox, Lost 
Jon Hamm, Mad Men

ACTRESS, Drama: 
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer 
Glenn Close, Damages 
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights 
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife 
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU 
January Jones, Mad Men

REALITY COMPETITION SERIES: 
American Idol 
Amazing Race 
Dancing With The Stars 
Project Runway 
Top Chef

VARIETY/MUSIC/COMEDY SERIES: 
The Colbert Report 
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 
Saturday Night Live 
Real Time With Bill Maher 
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

Some points of interest:

- Good friends (and former SNL Weekend Update coanchors) Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have been pitted against one another in the best actress (comedy) cateory. Think goofy optimist Leslie Knope will triumph over goofy curmudgeon Liz Lemon? Or will another actress in that category nab the statue?

- A bittersweet ballot for Team Conan this year: Neither Jay Leno nor David Letterman got noticed for outstanding variety, music or comedy series -- while Conan O'Brien's short-lived edition of The Tonight Show did.

- Friday Night Lights didn't get a nod, to the chagrin of its loyal fan base, but both leads (Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler) did. So, we should deduce that incredible acting is anchoring a show not worth recognizing for overall excellence? FNL groupies won't exactly cheer about that.

- Lost is back on the Emmy scorecard! (The show hasn't been nominated since its first season in 2005.) And Matthew Fox got his first Emmy nomination! Is Lost actually being recognized for its final season -- which many Lost-ies complained was its weakest -- or is the nomination really a fond farewell acknowledging the overall impact during the life of the beloved series?

- Finally, who knew that True Blood would get nominated?! The vamp craze lives on, and fans of the series couldn't be happier.

See more categories and nominations listed here. The Emmy Awards will air on Sunday, Aug. 29 (8 p.m. EST) on NBC.

Are you surprised by any of the Emmy nominations? Chime in below!

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