Emmy Nominations 2008 Are Out

Complete list of Emmy nominations 2008 and more information available for download below.

The Television Academy’s Chairman of the Board & CEO John Shaffner presided, assisted by Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris.

Live Telecast on Sunday, September 21

On Sunday, September 21 at 8:00 pm (ET/PT) the telecast awarding Primetime Emmys in 29 categories will be presented before a black-tie audience and televised by the ABC Television Network from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE. This year's Emmy telecast will be executive-produced by Ken Ehrlich and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. The Television Academy's Governors Ball will follow the telecast at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Of the 51 nominations for comedy and drama programs as well as lead and supporting performers, 21 were not included among last year’s nominees -- a 40% change.

First-time nominees include Damages, Dexter and Mad Men in the drama series category. Damages and Mad Men are the first two basic cable series to be nominated in the drama series program category.

Newcomers in the drama and comedy series performer categories include Amy Poehler in Saturday Night Live, Anjelica Huston in Medium, Carrie Fisher in 30 Rock, Shelley Berman in Curb Your Enthusiasm, Kristin Chenoweth and Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies, Gabriel Byrne in In Treatment, John Hamm and John Slattery in Mad Men and Željko Ivanek in Damages.

Additional first-time nominees in other categories include Ralph Fiennes in Bernard and Doris, Paul Giamatti in John Adams, Catherine Keener in An American Crime, Howie Mandel for hosting Deal Or No Deal, and Kevin Spacey in Recount.

Primetime Creative Arts Awards airs September 20 on E!

On Saturday, September 13, also at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE, 64 awards “categories” (a single award) and “areas” (possibility of one, more than one or no award) will be handed out at the black-tie Primetime Creative Arts Awards, chaired and executive-produced by Lee Miller and Steve Venezia with Spike Jones, Jr. producing and Chris Donovan directing.

The awards presentation will be televised on E! on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 8 pm (ET/PT).

Award Statistics

A total of 476 separate nominations in 93 categories and areas, compiled by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, were distributed as follows:

A&E – 9
ABC – 76
ABC.com – 1
AMC – 20
Animal Planet – 1
Biography – 1
Bravo – 11
Cartoon Network – 3
CBS – 51
Comedy Central – 8
Comedycentral.com – 1
CW – 2
Discovery Channel – 6
Discoverychannel.com – 1
Disney Channel – 6
ESPN – 1
FOX – 28
FX Networks – 11
HBO – 85
History Channel – 4
History Channel VOD – 1
Jaylenosgarage.com – 1
Lifetime – 1
MTV – 1
NBC – 50
NBC.com – 2
Nickelodeon – 2
PBS - 33
Sci Fi Channel – 15
Sci Fi Channel.com – 1
Showtime – 21
Starz – 1
TLC – 1
TNT – 10
USA – 4
Warner Bros. on demand – 1
Commercials – 5
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Juried Areas

Additional awards may also be given for the four "juried areas" (no nominations):

Costumes for a Variety or Music Program
Voice-Over Performance
Individual Achievement in Animation and Interactive Media
Interactive Media Programming

In the Interactive Media Programming Juried Area, 10 finalists have been voted into contention:

The finalists for Fiction are

HBO Voyeur, Kyle XY: The Collective Experience
The Heroes Digital Experience
Lost Find 815
The L Word Interactive.
The finalists for Nonfiction are

America’s Player Interactive
Bravo Media’s Project Runway
Bravo Media’s Top Chef,
Dancing with the Stars Multi-Platform Experience
Disney Channel Games Digital Media Event
One, more than one or no award can be given in a juried area. There are no nominations. The finalists are not to be counted as nominees. The announcement of one, more than one or no winner will be made at a later date.

Two additional awards may also be given for Engineering Development and the Governors Award. These awards, if any, will be announced later this month.

Finalization Period

Nomination rosters will be finalized during the period July 17 to July 31, 2008. The rosters may be revised in cases where names or titles are incorrect, or appeals for changes—including the addition or removal of names—are approved by the Primetime Awards Committee. Producer eligibility is based on both title and function. A review of title and function will be conducted by the Producers Peer Group, and the nominees in the program categories that are “TBD” in the press release will be announced later this month.

Emmy Nominations Process

Nominations of Emmy 2008 were made by active Academy members who voted for programs and other peer categories of their expertise. Peer panels made up of active Academy members will screen nominations during the month of July and August and, in secret ballot, select the Primetime Emmy winners.

Source: Reported by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.