The nominees for this year's Emmy Awards were announced today. Topping the list of nominees? Glee with 19! Included in those were nominations for Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, and Chris Colfer. Even the guest stars gained nominations in Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel, Kristin Chenoweth as April Rhodes, and Neil Patrick Harris as Bryan Ryan. Look for Glee in the Outstanding Comedy Series as well.
In the drama categories Lost is back, with acting nods to Matthew Fox, Terry O'Quinn, Michael Emerson, and Elizabeth Mitchell. It's also nominated for Outstanding Drama Series.
Both Glee and Lost got visual and writing nods as well.
Here are some of the major categories:
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
The Office
30 Rock
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad
Dexter
The Good Wife
Lost
Mad Men
True Blood
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory-Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
Curb Your Enthusiasm-Larry David as Himself
Glee-Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester
Monk-Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
The Office-Steve Carell as Michael Scott
30 Rock-Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad-Bryan Cranston as Walter White
Dexter-Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
Friday Night Lights-Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor
House-Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
Lost-Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard
Mad Men-Jon Hamm as Don Draper
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
The Closer-Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson
Damages-Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
Friday Night Lights-Connie Britton as Tami Taylor
The Good Wife-Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit-Mariska Hargitay as Det. Olivia Benson
Mad Men-January Jones as Betty Draper
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Glee-Lea Michele as Rachel Berry
The New Adventures Of Old Christine-Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell
Nurse Jackie-Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton
Parks And Recreation-Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope
30 Rock-Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
United States Of Tara-Toni Collette as Tara Gregson
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Glee-Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester
Modern Family-Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
Modern Family-Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
Saturday Night Live-Kristen Wiig as Various Characters
30 Rock-Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney
Two And A Half Men-Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Burn Notice-Sharon Gless as Madeline Westen
Damages-Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons
The Good Wife-Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma
The Good Wife-Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart
Mad Men-Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris
Mad Men-Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Alice-Kathy Bates as Queen of Hearts
Temple Grandin-Julia Ormond as Eustacia (Temple's Mom)
Temple Grandin-Catherine O'Hara as Aunt Ann
You Don't Know Jack-Brenda Vaccaro as Margo Janus
You Don't Know Jack-Susan Sarandon as Janet Good
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Glee-Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel
Glee-Neil Patrick Harris as Bryan Ryan
Modern Family-Fred Willard as Frank Dunphy
Nurse Jackie-Eli Wallach as Bernard Zimberg
30 Rock-Jon Hamm as Dr. Drew Baird
30 Rock-Will Arnett as Devin Banks
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
The Closer-Beau Bridges as Detective George Andrews
Damages-Ted Danson as Arthur Frobisher
Dexter-John Lithgow as Arthur Mitchell
The Good Wife-Alan Cumming as Eli Gold
The Good Wife-Dylan Baker as Colin Sweeney
Mad Men-Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper
24-Gregory Itzin as President Charles Logan
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory-Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter
Desperate Housewives-Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey
Glee-Kristin Chenoweth as April Rhodes
Saturday Night Live-Tina Fey as Host
Saturday Night Live-Betty White as Host
30 Rock-Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy
Two And A Half Men-Jane Lynch as Dr. Linda Freeman
Outstanding Guest Actress In A
Drama Series
Big Love-Mary Kay Place as Adaleen Grant
Big Love-Sissy Spacek as Marilyn Densham
The Cleaner-Shirley Jones as Lola Zellman
Damages-Lily Tomlin as Marilyn Tobin
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit-Ann-Margret as Rita Wills
Lost-Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke
This week's Song of the Week is more songs of the week, with The Oceanic Six. In case you haven't gotten it yet by the name and the picture, yes, they sing about Lost. With songs like "The Invisible Others", "Good Morning Charlie", "Henry Gale", and "Dude", any Lost fan will soon find it hard not to grin while listening. So head on over to their site and check out some great Lost-themed tunes!
SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't seen the finale yet, don't watch this.
And then, just for fun, here's Kermit the Frog touring the Writers' Room and seeing the ending...
And finally, there's going to be a Live "Lost Initiative Chat" tonight (Tuesday May 25, 2010) HERE at 8:45PM BST, so be there if you want to discuss The End of Lost one last time with fans around the world!
Today's the day people. Tonight we'll finally get all our answers. Okay, so maybe not, but at least we'll get some of them, and I'm sure a series finale to be talked about for weeks to come. Just a quick reminder that the series finale of Lost is on tonight (Sunday, May 23) instead of it's usual time on Tuesday, and it's 2 1/2 hours long. So, while we wait, instead of the usual Song of the Week, here's a musical tribute from ABC.com.
There's only two episodes left, and this week's episode titled, "Across the Sea" focuses not on Jack, or Kate, or Sawyer, or Hurley, but on Jacob and the MIB/Smoke Monster.
Thanks to TV Guide, here's a first look at what TV shows have been renewed, are looking like they will get renewed, are in danger of being canceled, and those that have already been canceled or are ending. I've bolded those covered by TV Chit Chat for easier eye scanning.