Emmys 2008: Main nominations

Ricky Gervais, who won best comedy actor last year, is nominated again

The nominations for the Primetime Emmy awards 2008 have been announced. Here are the leading contenders:

Outstanding comedy series
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
The Office
Two And A Half Men

Outstanding drama series
Boston Legal
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men

Actor in a comedy
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)

Actress in a comedy
Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?)
America Ferrera (Ugly Betty)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures Of Old Christine)
Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds)

Ted Danson, up for supporting drama actor, is a previous Emmy winner

Actor in a drama
Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Michael C Hall (Dexter)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Hugh Laurie (House)
James Spader (Boston Legal)

Actress in a drama
Glenn Close (Damages)
Sally Field (Brothers and Sisters)
Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
Holly Hunter (Saving Grace)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Supporting actor in a drama
Ted Danson (Damages)
Michael Emerson (Lost)
Zeljko Ivanek (Damages)
William Shatner (Boston Legal)
John Slattery (Mad Men)

Supporting actress in a drama
Candice Bergen (Boston Legal)
Rachel Griffiths (Brothers and Sisters)
Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy)
Dianne Wiest (In Treatment)
Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy)

Supporting actor in a comedy
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men)
Kevin Dillon (Entourage)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
Rainn Wilson (The Office)

Supporting actress in a comedy
Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies)
Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live)
Jean Smart (Samantha Who?)
Holland Taylor (Two and a Half Men)
Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty)

Kevin Spacey is nominated for best actor in a mini-series or TV movie

Outstanding mini-series
Cranford
John Adams
The Andromeda Strain
Tin Man

Outstanding TV movie
A Raisin in the Sun
Bernard and Doris
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
Recount
The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Actor in a mini-series/TV movie
Ralph Fiennes (Bernard and Doris)
Ricky Gervais (Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale)
Paul Giamatti (John Adams)
Kevin Spacey (Recount)
Tom Wilkinson (Recount)

Actress in a mini-series/TV movie
Dame Judi Dench (Cranford)
Catherine Keener (An American Crime)
Laura Linney (John Adams)
Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin in the Sun)
Susan Sarandon (Bernard and Doris)

Supporting actor in a mini-series/TV movie
Bob Balaban (Recount)
Stephen Dillane (John Adams)
Denis Leary (Recount)
David Morse (John Adams)
Tom Wilkinson (John Adams)

Supporting actress in a mini-series/TV movie
Dame Eileen Atkins (Cranford)
Laura Dern (Recount)
Ashley Jensen (Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale)
Audra McDonald (A Raisin in the Sun)
Alfre Woodard (Pictures Of Hollis Woods)