2008 Emmys: Emmy Award Nominees 2008
Posted on September 21, 2008
Tonight is the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Seacrest will get a little help with his hosting duties by several reality tv stars such as Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, Jeff Probst, and Tom Bergeron. The live telecast of the Emmy’s will air from L.A.’s Nokia Theatre on Sunday, September 21 on CTV. We will update you here with the 2008 Emmy Award Winners!
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Last year at 2007’s Primetime Emmy’s, the show didn’t get the ratings they wanted with host, Ryan Seacrest. Maybe this year with many starts lending a hand at hosting duties, will attract more viewers to the Emmy Awards show.
Heidi Klum is psyched to be on the Emmy’s this year. Heidi said, “I’m totally up for making fun of ourselves, doing goofy things,” Klum told The Associated Press. “I’m totally up for the game. Bring it on!”
“We’re gonna look like four maitre d’s following her around,” Tom Bergeron has joked.
Ryan Seacrest doesn’t seem bothered by the extra hosts this year. Ryan said, “The five of us know each other and have really good chemistry together. It will seem comfortable, natural and most of all fun,” Seacrest told The Associated Press.
The cool thing is that Ryan Seacrest and his fellow co-hosts are also all nominees for this years Emmy Awards.
The reality shows, say Emmy organizers, have clearly established itself as a popular, money-making part of 21st-century television. In fact, this year’s telecast features reality-made celebrity Lauren Conrad of “The Hills” as a presenter. Conrad and “Project Runway” winner Christian Siriano, another reality-made star, are also creating the gowns for the show’s “trophy girls.”
The 2008 Emmy telecast isn’t limiting its salutes to reality TV. To honour the heritage of the medium and its history the Nokia Theatre’s stage will feature sets from “Mash,” “The Simpsons,” “Desperate Housewives” and other seminal TV shows.
Presenters and Emmy categories are being pegged to scenes to play up the pop-culture connections between today’s TV hits and important shows from previous decades.
Oscar-winner Helen Mirren, Charlie Sheen, Kristin Chenoweth and Jeremy Piven will open Sunday night’s Emmy extravaganza by delivering popular TV catch phrases.
Finally, show producers have revealed that the cast of a popular TV show that split company more than a decade ago will also reunite on the stage. Makes you curious who that could be?
Here are the Emmy Award Nominees for 2008:
Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock Curb Your Enthusiasm Entourage The Office Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
30 Rock - Rosemary’s Baby - Michael Engler
Entourage - No Cannes Do - Dan Attias
Flight of the Conchords - Sally Returns - James Bobin
Pushing Daisies - Pie-Lette - Barry Sonnenfield
The Office - Money (Parts 1 & 2) - Paul Lieberstein
The Office - Goodbye Toby - Paul Feig
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Boston Legal - The Mighty Rogues - Arlene Sanford
Breaking Bad - Pilot - Vince Gilligan
Damages - Pilot - Allen Coulter
House - House’s Head - Greg Yaitanes
Mad Men - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Pilot) - Alan Taylor
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Bernard and Doris - Bob Balaban
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale - Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant
John Adams - Tom Hooper
Recount - Jay Roach
The Company - Mikael Salomon
Outstanding Directing For a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
80th Annual Academy Awards - Louis J. Horvitz
Company (Great Performances) - Lonny Price
Saturday Night Live - Host: Tina Fey - Don Roy King
The Colbert Report - #4051 - Jim Hoskinson
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart - #13050 - Chuck O’Neil
Outstanding Drama Series
Boston Legal Damages Dexter House Lost Mad Men
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
American Idol - Ryan Seacrest
Dancing With the Stars - Tom Bergeron
Deal or No Deal - Howie Mandel
Project Runway - Heidi Klum
Survivor - Jeff Probst
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
30 Rock - Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
Monk - Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
Pushing Daisies - Lee Pace as Ned
The Office - Steve Carell as Michael Scott
Two and a Half Man - Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Boston Legal - James Spader as Alan Shore
Breaking Bad - Bryan Cranston as Walt White
Dexter - Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
House - Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
In Treatment - Gabriel Byrne as Paul
Mad Men - Jon Hamm as Don Draper
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Bernard and Doris - Ralph Fiennes as Bernard Lafferty
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale - Ricky Gervais as Any Millman
John Adams - Paul Giamatti as John Adams
Recount - Kevin Spacey as Ron Klain
Recount - Tom Wilkinson as James Baker
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
30 Rock - Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
Samantha Who? - Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly
The New Adventures of Old Christine - Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell
Ugly Betty - America Ferrera as Betty Suarez
Weeds - Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters - Sally Field as Nora Holden-Walker
Damages - Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
Law & Order: SVU - Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson
Saving Grace - Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko
The Closer - Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
A Raisin in the Sun - Phylicia Rashad as Lena Yonger
An American Crime - Catherine Keener as Gertrude Baniszewski
Bernard and Doris - Susan Sarandon as Doris Duke
Cranford (MASTERPIECE) - Dame Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkyns
John Adams - Laura Linney as Abigail Adams
Outstanding Made for Television Movie
A Raisin in the Sun Bernard and Doris Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale Recount The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Outstanding Miniseries
Cranford (MASTERPIECE) John Adams The Andromeda Strain Tin Man
Oustanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
80th Annual Academy Awards - Jon Stewart, Host
Late Show with David Letterman - David Letterman, Host
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project - Don Rickles, Performer
Saturday Night Live - Tina Fey, Host/Performer
The Colbert Report - Stephen Colbert, Host
Oustanding Reality-Competition Program
American Idol Dancing With the Stars Project Runway The Amazing Race Top Chef
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Entourage - Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
Entourage - Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama
How I Met Your Mother - Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
The Office - Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute
Two and a Half Men - Jon Cryer as Alan Harper
Oustanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Boston Legal - William Shatner as Denny Crane
Damages - Ted Danson as Arthur Frobisher
Damages - Zeljko Ivanek as Ray Fiske
Lost - Michael Emerson as Ben
Mad Men - John Slattery as Roger Sterling
Oustanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
John Adams - David Morse as George Washington
John Adams - Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson
John Adams - Tom Wilkinson as Benjamin Franklin
Recount - Denis Leary as Michael Whouley
Recount - Bob Balaban as Ben Ginsberg
Oustanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Pushing Daisies - Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook
Samantha Who? - Jean Smart as Regina Newly
Saturday Night Life - Amy Poehler, Performer
Two and a Half Men - Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper
Ugly Betty - Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater
Oustanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Boston Legal - Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt
Brothers & Sisters - Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Walker-Whedon
Grey’s Anatomy - Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey
Grey’s Anatomy - Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang
In Treatment - Dianne Wiest as Dr. Gina Toll
Oustanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
A Raisin in the Sun - Audra McDonald as Ruth Younger
Cranford (MASTERPIECE) - Dame Eileen Atkins as Miss Deborah jenkyns
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale - Ashley Jensen as Maggie Jacobs
Pictures of Hollis Woods - Alfre Woodard as Edna Reilly
Recount - Laura Dern as Katherine Harris
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Late Show with David Letterman Real Time with Bill Maher Saturday Night Live The Colbert Report The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
30 Rock - Rosemary’s Baby - Jack Burditt
30 Rock - Cooter - Tina Fey
Flight of the Conchords - Yoko - James Bobin, Jermaine Clement, Bret McKenzie
Pushing Daisies - Pie-Lette - Bryan Fuller
The Office - Dinner Party - Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Battlestar Galactica - Six of One - Michael Angeli
Damages - Pilot - Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, Daniel Zelman
Mad Men - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Pilot) - Matthew Weiner
Mad Men - The Wheel - Matthew Weiner, Robin Veith
The Wire - 30 - David Simon, Ed Burns
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Bernard and Doris - Hugh Costello
Cranford (MASTERPIECE) - Heidi Thomas
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale - Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
John Adams - Kirk Ellis
Recount - Danny Strong
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Late Night With Conan O’Brien Late Show with David Letterman Saturday Night Live The Colbert Report The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
We will update you with the 2008 Emmy Award Winner’s in a new post.
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