The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. First awarded in 1949, they were originally referred to as just the "Emmy Awards" until the first Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies were held in the 1970s, and the word "primetime" was added to disambiguate between the two.
The Primetime Emmys generally air in mid-September, on the Sunday before the official start of the fall television season. They are currently seen in rotation among the four major networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX). Starting in 2006, because of NBC's coverage of Sunday Night NFL Football beginning in September, when NBC has the rotation, the Emmys move to late August for that year only. This has taken place in 2006 and 2010.~wikipedia
Here is the List of Nominees:
Outstanding Drama
Lost
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Mad  Men
True Blood
The Good Wife
Outstanding Comedy
Glee
Modern Family
Curb  Your Enthusiasm
Nurse Jackie
30 Rock
The Office
Curb Your  Enthusiasm
Outstanding Actress in a Drama
Julianna  Margulies (The Good Wife)
Mariska Hargitay (Special Victims Unit)
Glenn  Close (Damages)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)
January Jones (Mad  Men)
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)
Outstanding  Actor in a Drama
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Kyle Chandler (Friday  Night Lights)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Hugh Laurie (House  M.D.)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Matthew Fox (Lost)
Outstanding  Actress in a Comedy
Lea Michele (Glee)
Tina Fey (30  Rock)
Toni Collette (The United States of Tara)
Julia  Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine)
Edie Falco (Nurse  Jackie)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
Outstanding  Actor in a Comedy
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Alec  Baldwin (30 Rock)
Matthew Morrison (Glee)
Steve Carell (The  Office)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Chris  Colfer (Glee)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jesse  Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
Jon Cryer (Two and A Half Men)
Eric  Stonestreet (Modern Family)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Outstanding  Supporting Actor in a Drama
John Slattery (Mad Men)
Aaron  Paul (Breaking Bad)
Martin Short (Damages)
Terry O’Quinn (Lost)
Michael  Emerson (Lost)
Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)
Outstanding  Supporting Actress in a Drama
Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)
Christine  Baranski (The Good Wife)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
Rose Byrne  (Damages)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Jane  Lynch (Glee)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
Jane Krakowski (30  Rock)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
Holland  Taylor (Two and A Half Men)
Outstanding Variety, Music  or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With  Jon Stewart
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The  Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien
Miniseries or Movie
The  Pacific (HBO)
Return to Cranford (PBS)
Outstanding TV  Movie
Endgame (PBS)
Georgia O’Keeffe (Lifetime)
Moonshot  (History)
The Special Relationship (HBO)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You  Don’t Know Jack (HBO)
