The comedy drama – which features Matthew Morrison as a Spanish teacher leading a high school musical choir – gained the second largest amount of nominations behind World War II miniseries ‘The Pacific’, which took 24 nods.
‘Glee’ goes head-to-head against ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’, ‘Modern Family’, ‘The Office’, ’30 Rock’ and ‘Nurse Jackie’ in the Best Comedy Series category, giving it the opportunity to break ’30 Rock’s’ three year run of wins. Mad Men’ – the tale of an advertising agency in the 1960s – picked up 17 nominations, including Best Drama Series against ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Lost’, ‘True Blood’, ‘The Good Wife’ and ‘Dexter’.
Tina Fey joked about her selection in the Best Comedy Actress category for her role in ‘30 Rock’, saying: “This is great and exciting news. Also, this seems like an appropriate time for me to announce to NBC that I will not be renewing my contract – with my gym.”
A number of British stars also received nods – both Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith will compete for the prize in the Best Actress in a Miniseries category for their roles in ‘Cranford’ and ‘Capturing Mary’ respectively, while Sir Ian McKellen has been nominated in the equivalent male category for his performance in ‘The Prisoner’. Jimmy Fallon will host this year’s awards, which will broadcast live from Los Angeles on August 29.
A summary of the 62nd Annual Emmy Awards nominations:
Outstanding Drama
‘Lost’
‘Breaking Bad’
‘Dexter’
‘Mad Men’
‘True Blood’
‘The Good Wife’
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 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’
The rest of the list under the fold…
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 Comedy
‘Glee’
‘Modern Family’
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
‘Nurse Jackie’
‘30 Rock’
‘The Office’
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
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 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 Miniseries
‘The Pacific’
‘Return To Cranford’
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’
