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The Emmy Awards officially announced this year's list of hotly-anticipated 2009 nominees on the morning of Thursday, July 16, 2009.

The 61st Emmy Awards ceremony followed live on CBS Television on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 8PM.

Hosting this year's awards presentation was "How I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris fresh off his successful gig hosting the Tony Awards in June.

2009 Emmy Nominee Highlights

The NBC hit comedy 30 Rock received the lion's share of accolades with a record 22 nominations this year — thanks in no small part to the star, writer, and producer who threatened to turn this year's awards ceremony into "The Tina Fey Show."

Fey herself received additional nods for her impersonation of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live, as well as for appearing with director Martin Scorsese in a 60-second spot for the American Express card, also a nominee for best commercial.

In other Emmy nomination news (if anybody noticed), everybody's favorite 60's drama, Mad Men, was back on the list along with Big Love, Breaking Bad, Damages, Dexter, House, and Lost as nominees for Best Drama.

Over on cable, The Daily Show ultimately won over its main spin-off, The Colbert Report.

Emmy Awards Then & Now

The Emmys have been known as the Oscars of the television industry ever since the first awards were given out by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1949.

In the 1950's, the name "Emmy" was a feminization of "immy", the nickname for image orthicon tubes used in early television cameras. Today, the annual broadcast is watched by more than 600 million viewers around the world.

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Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - The Emmy's home on the Web with the official list of winners, news & photos, plus profiles of of television Hall of Fame honorees, Daytime Emmy Awards winners and nominees, Academy membership details and online subscription to the monthly Emmy Magazine.

IMBd : Emmy Awards - For the serious trivia buff with lists of winners and nominees dating back to 1949.

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2009 Emmy Nominees & * Winners

DRAMA SERIES
* Mad Men
Big Love
Breaking Bad
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost

COMEDY SERIES
* 30 Rock
Entourage
Family Guy
How I Met Your Mother
Flight of the Conchords
The Office
Weeds

ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES
* Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House

ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES
* Glenn Close, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers and Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES
* Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program

ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES
* Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES
* Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Rainn Wilson, The Office

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES
* Michael Emerson, Lost
Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
William Hurt, Damages
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
William Shatner, Boston Legal
John Slattery, Mad Men

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES
* Cherry Jones, 24
Rose Byrne, Damages
Hope Davis, In Treatment
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES
* Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Kristin Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

REALITY HOST
* Jeff Probst, Survivor
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With The Stars
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Heidi Klum, Project Runway
Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio, Top Chef
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
* The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef

REALITY PROGRAM
* Intervention
Antiques Roadshow
Dirty Jobs
Dog Whisperer
Kathy Griffin My Life On The D-List
Mythbusters

MINISERIES
* Little Dorrit
Generation Kill

ACTOR, MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
* Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm
Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
Kenneth Branagh, Wallander One Step Behind
Kevin Kline, Cyrano de Bergerac
Ian McKellen, King Lear
Kiefer Sutherland, 24 Redemption

ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
* Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel
Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby
Chandra Wilson, Accidental Friendship

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
* Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Saddam
Marcia Gay Harden, The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler
Janet McTeer, Into the Storm
Jeanne Tripplehorn, Grey Gardens
Cicely Tyson, Relative Stranger

SUPPORTING ACTOR, MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
* Ken Howard, Grey Gardens
Len Cariou, Into the Storm
Tom Courtenay, Little Dorrit
Bob Newhart, The Librarian Curse of the Judas Chalice
Andy Serkis, Little Dorrit

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
* Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
Alan Alda, 30 Rock
Beau Bridges, Desperate Housewives
Jon Hamm, 30 Rock
Steve Martin, 30 Rock

GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
* Michael J. Fox, Rescue Me
Edward Asner, CSI NY
Ernest Borgnine, ER
Ted Danson, Damages
Jimmy Smits, Dexter

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
* Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Jennifer Aniston, 30 Rock
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Gena Rowlands, Monk
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock
Betty White, My Name Is Earl

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
* Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order Special Victims Unit
Brenda Blethyn, Law & Order Special Victims Unit
Carol Burnett, Law & Order Special Victims Unit
Sharon Lawrence, Grey's Anatomy
CCH Pounder, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
* Grey Gardens, HBO
Prayers for Bobby, Lifetime
Coco Chanel, Lifetime
Into the Storm, HBO
Taking Chance, HBO

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
* The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Colbert Report
Late Show With David Letterman
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL
* Heist - Coca-Cola Magazine Buyer - Anheuser-Busch Bud Light
Airport Lounge - Amex/Platinum Card
Alec in Huluwood - Hulu
Bottled Courage - Nike
Circus - Anheuser-Busch Budweiser
Tips - Career Builder
Wedding - Sprint Nextel

OUTSTANDING VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
* Dan Castellaneta, The Simpsons
Hank Azaria, The Simpsons
Seth Green, Robot Chicken
Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy
Ron Rifkin, American Masters
Harry Shearer, The Simpsons

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