The Emmy Nominations

PROGRAMS

Comedy series

“Entourage,” HBO; “Family Guy,” Fox; “Flight of the Conchords,” HBO; “How I Met Your Mother,” CBS; “The Office,” NBC; “30 Rock,” NBC; “Weeds,” Showtime.

Drama series

“Big Love,” HBO; “Breaking Bad,” AMC; “Damages,” FX; “Dexter,” Showtime; “House,” Fox; “Lost,” ABC; “Mad Men,” AMC.

Miniseries

“Generation Kill,” HBO; “Little Dorrit,” PBS

Movie

“Coco Chanel,” Lifetime; “Grey Gardens,” HBO; “Into the Storm,” HBO; “Prayers for Bobby,” Lifetime; “Taking Chance,” HBO.

Variety, music or

comedy series

“The Colbert Report,” Comedy Central; “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central; “Late Show With David Letterman,” CBS; “Real Time With Bill Maher,” HBO; “Saturday Night Live,” NBC.

Variety, music or

comedy special

“Chris Rock -- Kill the Messenger,” HBO; “Kathy Griffin: She’ll Cut a Bitch,” Bravo; “The Kennedy Center Honors,” CBS; “Ricky Gervais: Out of England -- The Stand-Up Special,” HBO; “Will Ferrell: You’re Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush,” HBO.

Reality program

“Antiques Roadshow,” PBS; “Dirty Jobs,” Discovery Channel; “Dog Whisperer,” National Geographic; “Intervention,” A&E; “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List,” Bravo; “MythBusters,” Discovery Channel.

Reality-competition program

“The Amazing Race,” CBS; “American Idol,” Fox; “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC; “Project Runway,” Bravo.

ACTING

Lead actor in a comedy series

Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS; Jemaine Clement, “Flight of the Conchords,” HBO; Tony Shalhoub, “Monk,” USA; Steve Carell, “The Office,” NBC; Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock,” NBC; Charlie Sheen, “Two and a Half Men,” CBS.

Lead actor in a drama series

Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad,” AMC; Michael C. Hall, “Dexter,” Showtime; Hugh Laurie, “House,” Fox; Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment,” HBO; Jon Hamm, “Mad Men,” AMC; Simon Baker, “The Mentalist,” CBS.

Lead actor in a miniseries

or a movie

Kevin Kline, “Cyrano de Bergerac (Great Performances),” PBS; Brendan Gleeson, “Into the Storm,” HBO; Ian McKellen, “King Lear (Great Performances),” PBS; Kevin Bacon, “Taking Chance,” HBO; Kiefer Sutherland, “24: Redemption,” Fox; Kenneth Branagh, “Wallander: One Step Behind,” PBS.

Lead actress in a

comedy series

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” CBS; Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?,” ABC; Sarah Silverman, “The Sarah Silverman Program,” Comedy Central; Tina Fey, “30 Rock,” NBC; Toni Collette, “United States of Tara,” Showtime; Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds,” Showtime.

Lead actress in a

drama series

Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters,” ABC; Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer,” TNT; Glenn Close, “Damages,” FX; Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” NBC; Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men,” AMC; Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace,” TNT.

Lead actress in a

miniseries or a movie

Chandra Wilson, “Accidental Friendship,” Hallmark Channel; Shirley MacLaine, “Coco Chanel,” Lifetime; Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens,” HBO; Jessica Lange, “Grey Gardens,” HBO; Sigourney Weaver, “Prayers for Bobby,” Lifetime.

Supporting actor in a

comedy series

Kevin Dillon, “Entourage,” HBO; Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother,” CBS; Rainn Wilson, “The Office,” NBC; Tracy Morgan, “30 Rock,” NBC; Jack McBrayer, “30 Rock,” NBC; Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men,” CBS.

Supporting actor in a

drama series

William Shatner, “Boston Legal,” ABC; Christian Clemenson, “Boston Legal,” ABC; Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad,” AMC; William Hurt, “Damages,” FX; Michael Emerson, “Lost,” ABC; John Slattery, “Mad Men,” AMC.

Supporting actor in a

miniseries or a movie

Ken Howard, “Grey Gardens,” HBO; Len Cariou, “Into the Storm,” HBO; Bob Newhart, “The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice,” TNT; Tom Courtenay, “Little Dorrit,” PBS; Andy Serkis, “Little Dorrit,” PBS.

Supporting actress

in a comedy series

Kristin Chenoweth, “Pushing Daisies,” ABC; Amy Poehler, “Saturday Night Live,” NBC; Kristin Wiig, “Saturday Night Live,” NBC; Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock,” NBC; Vanessa Williams, “Ugly Betty,” ABC; Elizabeth Perkins, “Weeds,” Showtime.

Supporting actress in a drama series

Rose Byrne, “Damages,” FX; Sandra Oh, “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC; Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC; Dianne Wiest, “In Treatment,” HBO; Hope Davis, “In Treatment,” HBO; Cherry Jones, “24,” Fox.

Supporting actress

in a miniseries or movie

Marcia Gay Harden, “The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation),” CBS; Jeanne Tripplehorn, “Grey Gardens,” HBO; Shohreh Aghdashloo, “House of Saddam,” HBO; Janet McTeer, “Into the Storm,” HBO; Cicely Tyson, “Relative Stranger,” Hallmark Channel.

WRITING

Comedy series

James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, “Flight of the Conchords (Prime Minister),” HBO; Matt Hubbard, “30 Rock (Reunion),” NBC; Robert Carlock, “30 Rock (Apollo, Apollo),” NBC; Ron Weiner, “30 Rock (Mamma Mia),” NBC; Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, “30 Rock (Kidney Now!),” NBC.

Drama series

Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, “Lost (The Incident),” ABC; Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner, “Mad Men (A Night to Remember),” AMC; Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Matthew Weiner, “Mad Men (Six Month Leave),” AMC; Matthew Weiner, “Mad Men (The Jet Set),” AMC; Kater Gordon, Matthew Weiner, “Mad Men (Meditations in an Emergency),” AMC.

Variety, music or

comedy series

The writing staffs of “The Colbert Report,” Comedy Central; “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central; “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” NBC; “Late Show With David Letterman,” CBS; “Saturday Night Live,” NBC.

Miniseries, movie or

a dramatic special

David Simon, “Generation Kill (Bomb in the Garden),” HBO; Michael Sucsy, Patricia Rozema, “Grey Gardens,” HBO; Hugh Whitemore, “Into the Storm,” HBO; Andrew Davies, “Little Dorrit,” PBS; Michael R. Strobl, Ross Katz, “Taking Chance,” HBO.

Nonfiction programming

David Grubin, “American Experience: The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” PBS; Amanda Vaill, “American Masters: Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About,” PBS; Michael Kantor, Laurence Maslon, “Make ‘Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America: When I’m Bad, I’m Better -- The Groundbreakers,” PBS; Penn Jillette, Teller, Star Price, Rich Nathanson, Michael Goudeau, David Wechter, Cliff Schoenberg, Sheryl Zohn, “Penn & Teller,” Showtime; Joe Bini, P.G. Morgan, Marina Zenovich, “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,” HBO.

DIRECTING

Comedy series

Julian Farino, “Entourage (Tree Trippers),” HBO; James Bobin, “Flight of the Conchords (The Tough Brets),” HBO; Jeff Blitz, “The Office (Stress Relief),” NBC; Millicent Shelton, “30 Rock (Apollo, Apollo),” NBC; Beth McCarthy, “30 Rock (Reunion),” NBC; Todd Holland, “30 Rock (Generalissimo),” NBC.

Drama series

Michael Rymer, “Battlestar Galactica (Daybreak, Part 2),” Syfy; Bill D’Elia, “Boston Legal (Made in China/Last Call),” ABC; Todd A. Kessler, “Damages (Trust Me),” FX; Rod Holcomb, “ER (And in the End),” NBC; Phil Abraham, “Mad Men (The Jet Set),” AMC.

Variety, music or

comedy series

Bruce Gowers, “American Idol (Show 833 -- The Final Three),” Fox; Jim Hoskinson, “The Colbert Report (4159),” Comedy Central; Chuck O’Neil, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (13107),” Comedy Central; Jerry Foley, “Late Show With David Letterman (Episode 2932),” CBS; Hal Grant, “Real Time With Bill Maher (705),” HBO; Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live (Host: Justin Timberlake),” NBC.

Miniseries, movie or

a dramatic special

Susanna White, “Generation Kill (Bomb in the Garden),” HBO; Michael Sucsy, “Grey Gardens,” HBO; Thaddeus O’Sullivan, “Into the Storm,” HBO; Dearbhla Walsh, “Little Dorrit (Part 1),” PBS; Ross Katz, “Taking Chance,” HBO; Philip Martin, “Wallander: One Step Behind,” PBS.

Nonfiction Programming

Bertram van Munster, “The Amazing Race (Don’t Let a Cheese Hit Me),” CBS; Paul Starkman, “Project Runway (Finale, Part 1),” Bravo; Marina Zenovich, “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,” HBO; Christopher Wilcha, Adam Beckman, “This American Life (John Smith),” Showtime; Steve Hrynewicz, “Top Chef (The Last Supper),” Bravo.

ON THE WEB

For a complete list of nominees, go to latimes.com/ envelope.