30 Rock, Mad Men Lead Emmy Nominations

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 30 Rock, Mad Men Lead Emmy Nominations
Tina Fey 's 30 Rock is among the leaders at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, earning 17 nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress (Fey) and Outstanding Lead Actor ( Alec Baldwin ). AMC's buzzed-about drama Mad Men nabbed 16 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, while ABC newcomer Pushing Daisies earned 12 nominations. The HBO historical drama John Adams earned the most nominations (23). Despite the hubbub made Katherine Heigl 's ... [link]

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“30 Rock” & “Mad Men” lead Emmy nominations
Published 7/17/2008 by JayBird at Cele|bitchy
... decision to withdraw her nomination, Grey’s Anatomy received just five nods (it is not up for Outstanding Drama Series). Sandra Oh and Chandra Wilson each received nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series. Desperate Housewives took home four nominations. Meanwhile, American Idol will face off against Project Runway, The Amazing Race, Top Chef and Dancing With The Stars for Outstanding Reality-competition Program. [From Us Weekly] The Emmys will air on September 21st. The relative snub towards Grey’s ...

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NBC's 30 Rock and AMC's Mad Men led all series at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy nominations, announced this morning by Pushing Daisies ' Kristin Chenoweth and How I Met Your Mother 's Neil Patrick Harris (both Emmy nominees themselves this year). Men ...
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