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Emmy Awards: 2008

Emmy

Date:	13 September (creative arts), 21 September (primetime programming)
Location:	Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles, California, USA (creative arts, primetime programming)
Notes:	The awards are presented to shows that were originally broadcast 6:00pm to 2:00am between 1 June 2007 and 31 May 2008.

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series


Nominees:
	"ER" (1994) - Stanley Tucci (I); NBC - For playing "Dr. Kevin Moretti". "In Treatment" (2008) - Glynn Turman; HBO - For playing "Alex Sr.". "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) - Robin Williams (I); NBC - For playing "Merritt Rook". "Mad Men" (2007) - Robert Morse (I); AMC - For playing "Bertram Cooper". "Nip/Tuck" (2003) - Oliver Platt; FX Networks - For playing "Freddie Prune". "Rescue Me" (2004) - Charles Durning; FX Networks - For playing "John Gavin Sr.".

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series


Nominees:
	"Boston Legal" (2004) - James Spader; ABC "Breaking Bad" (2008) - Bryan Cranston; AMC "Dexter" (2006) - Michael C. Hall (I); Showtime "House M.D." (2004) - Hugh Laurie; FOX "In Treatment" (2008) - Gabriel Byrne; HBO "Mad Men" (2007) - Jon Hamm; AMC

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie


Nominees:
	"John Adams" (2008) - Paul Giamatti; HBO Bernard and Doris (2007) - Ralph Fiennes; HBO Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (2007) (TV) - Ricky Gervais; HBO Recount (2008) (TV) - Kevin Spacey; HBO Recount (2008) (TV) - Tom Wilkinson (I); HBO

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series


Nominees:
	"30 Rock" (2006) - Will Arnett; NBC - For playing "Devin Banks". "30 Rock" (2006) - Steve Buscemi; NBC - For playing "Len". "30 Rock" (2006) - Tim Conway; NBC - For playing "Bucky Bright". "30 Rock" (2006) - Rip Torn; NBC - For playing "Don Geiss". "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000) - Shelley Berman; HBO - For playing "Nat David".

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series


Nominees:
	"30 Rock" (2006) - Alec Baldwin; NBC "Monk" (2002) - Tony Shalhoub; USA "Office, The" (2005) - Steve Carell; NBC "Pushing Daisies" (2007) - Lee Pace; ABC "Two and a Half Men" (2003) - Charlie Sheen (I); CBS

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series


Nominees:
	"Brothers & Sisters" (2006) - Sally Field; ABC "Closer, The" (2005) - Kyra Sedgwick; TNT "Damages" (2007) - Glenn Close; FX Networks "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) - Mariska Hargitay; NBC "Saving Grace" (2007) - Holly Hunter; TNT

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series


Nominees:
	"Big Love" (2006) - Ellen Burstyn; HBO - For playing "Nancy Dutton". "Grey's Anatomy" (2005) - Diahann Carroll; ABC - For playing "Jane Burke". "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) - Cynthia Nixon; NBC - For playing "Janis Donovan". "Medium" (2005) - Anjelica Huston; NBC - For playing "Cynthia Keener". "Nip/Tuck" (2003) - Sharon Gless; FX Networks - For playing "Colleen Rose".

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie


Nominees:
	"Cranford" (2007) - Judi Dench; PBS "John Adams" (2008) - Laura Linney; HBO American Crime, An (2007) - Catherine Keener; Showtime Bernard and Doris (2007) - Susan Sarandon; HBO Raisin in the Sun, A (2008) (TV) - Phylicia Rashad; ABC

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series


Nominees:
	"30 Rock" (2006) - Edie Falco; NBC - For playing "Celeste "C.C." Cunningham". "30 Rock" (2006) - Carrie Fisher; NBC - For playing "Rosemary Howard". "30 Rock" (2006) - Elaine Stritch; NBC - For playing "Colleen Donaghy". "Desperate Housewives" (2004) - Polly Bergen; ABC - For playing "Stella Wingfield". "Desperate Housewives" (2004) - Kathryn Joosten; ABC - For playing "Karen McCluskey". "Monk" (2002) - Sarah Silverman; USA - For playing "Marci Maven".

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series


Nominees:
	"30 Rock" (2006) - Tina Fey; NBC "New Adventures of Old Christine, The" (2006) - Julia Louis-Dreyfus; CBS "Samantha Who?" (2007) - Christina Applegate; ABC "Ugly Betty" (2006) - America Ferrera; ABC "Weeds" (2005) - Mary-Louise Parker; Showtime

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series


Nominees:
	"Boston Legal" (2004) - William Shatner; ABC "Damages" (2007) - Ted Danson; FX Networks "Damages" (2007) - Zeljko Ivanek; FX Networks "Lost" (2004) - Michael Emerson (I); ABC "Mad Men" (2007) - John Slattery (I); AMC

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie


Nominees:
	"John Adams" (2008) - Stephen Dillane; HBO "John Adams" (2008) - David Morse (I); HBO "John Adams" (2008) - Tom Wilkinson (I); HBO Recount (2008) (TV) - Bob Balaban; HBO Recount (2008) (TV) - Denis Leary; HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series


Nominees:
	"Entourage" (2004) - Kevin Dillon (I); HBO "Entourage" (2004) - Jeremy Piven; HBO "How I Met Your Mother" (2005) - Neil Patrick Harris; CBS "Office, The" (2005) - Rainn Wilson; NBC "Two and a Half Men" (2003) - Jon Cryer; CBS

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series


Nominees:
	"Pushing Daisies" (2007) - Kristin Chenoweth; ABC "Samantha Who?" (2007) - Jean Smart; ABC "Saturday Night Live" (1975) - Amy Poehler; NBC "Two and a Half Men" (2003) - Holland Taylor; CBS "Ugly Betty" (2006) - Vanessa Williams (VII); ABC

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series


Nominees:
	"Boston Legal" (2004) - Candice Bergen; ABC "Brothers & Sisters" (2006) - Rachel Griffiths (I); ABC "Grey's Anatomy" (2005) - Sandra Oh; ABC "Grey's Anatomy" (2005) - Chandra Wilson; ABC "In Treatment" (2008) - Dianne Wiest; HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie


Nominees:
	"Cranford" (2007) - Eileen Atkins; PBS Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (2007) (TV) - Ashley Jensen (I); HBO Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007) (TV) - Alfre Woodard; CBS Raisin in the Sun, A (2008) (TV) - Audra McDonald; ABC Recount (2008) (TV) - Laura Dern; HBO

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special


Nominees:
	Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (2007) (TV) - Ricky Gervais; Stephen Merchant; HBO

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special


Nominees:
	Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (2007) (TV) - Ricky Gervais; Stephen Merchant; HBO

Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming


Nominees:
	"This American Life" (2007) - Adam Beckman; Showtime - For episode "Escape".

Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Movie


Nominees:
	"Sense and Sensibility" (2008) - Sean Bobbitt; PBS - For part 1.

Outstanding Cinematography for a Half Hour Series


Nominees:
	"My Name Is Earl" (2005) - Michael Goi; NBC - For episode "Stole a Motorcycle".

Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series


Nominees:
	"Heroes" (2006/II) - Ruth Ammon (production designer); Matthew C. Jacobs (art director); Ron Franco (set decorator); NBC - For episode "Out Of Time".

Outstanding Costumes for a Series


Nominees:
	"Desperate Housewives" (2004) - Catherine Adair (costume designer); Joyce Unruh (costume supervisor); Karo Vartanian (costume supervisor); ABC - For episode "In Buddy's Eyes".

Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special


Nominees:
	"Comanche Moon" (2008) - Van Broughton Ramsey (costume designer); Betsey Potter (costume supervisor); CBS - For part 2.

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation


Nominees:
	"Weeds" (2005) - Susan Moore-Chong (production mixer); Chris Philp (re-recording mixer); Fred Tator (re-recording mixer); Showtime - For episode "Go".

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)


Nominees:
	"Burn Notice" (2007) - Scott Clements (I) (production mixer); Sherry Klein (I) (re-recording mixer); David Raines (III) (re-recording mixer); USA

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series


Nominees:
	"Battlestar Galactica" (2004) - Julius Ramsay; Sci-Fi Channel - For episode "That Believeth in Me" "Breaking Bad" (2008) - Lynne Willingham; AMC - For the pilot episode.

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie


Nominees:
	Andromeda Strain, The (2008) (TV) - Scott Vickrey; A&E - For part 1. Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (2007) (TV) - Richard Halladay; Graham Barker; HBO

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series


Nominees:
	"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) - Mace Matiosian (supervising sound editor); Ruth Adelman (supervising adr editor); Jivan Tahmizian (dialogue editor); David F. Van Slyke (sound effects editor); Chad J. Hughes (sound effects editor); Joseph T. Sabella (foley artist); Zane D. Bruce (foley artist); Troy Hardy (II) (music editor); CBS

Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special


Nominees:
	Life After People (2008) (TV) - Matt Drummond (visual effects supervisor); Anthony 'Max' Ivins (visual effects supervisor); Steffen Schlachtenhaufen (visual effects producer); Melinka Thompson-Godoy (visual effects producer); Andrea D'Amico (visual effects producer); Danny S. Kim (matte painter/compositor); David R. Morton (lead visual effects artist); James Allan May (digital artist); Casey Benn (digital artist); History Channel

Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)


Nominees:
	"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) - Melanie Levitt (department head makeup artist); Tom Hoerber (key makeup artist); Clinton Wayne (I) (additional make-up artist); Matthew W. Mungle (additional make-up artist); CBS - For episode "Dead Doll". "State of the Union" (2008) - Sally Sutton (department head makeup artist); Matthew W. Mungle (additional make-up artist); Showtime - For episode -102.

Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Prosthetic)


Nominees:
	"John Adams" (2008) - Trefor Proud (department head makeup artist); John R. Bayless (special makeup effects artist); Chris Burgoyne (special makeup artist); Matthew W. Mungle (prosthetic make-up designer and creator); HBO

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special


Nominees:
	"Mad Men" (2007) - Debbie Zoller (department head makeup artist); Joel Harlow (special makeup effects artist); Brian Penikas (additional special makeup effects artist); Jake Garber (additional special makeup effects artist); AMC - For episode "Nixon Vs. Kennedy". "State of the Union" (2008) - Sally Sutton (department head makeup artist); Matthew W. Mungle (special prosthetics); Showtime - For episode #104.

Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Original Dramatic Underscore)


Nominees:
	"Masters of Science Fiction" (2007) - Laura Karpman; ABC - For episode "Jerry Was a Man".

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Underscore)


Nominees:
	"Little People, Big World" (2006) - Joey Newman (original music); TLC - For episode "Roloff Road Trip: Grand Canyon".

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music


Nominees:
	"Kid Nation" (2007) - Jeff Lippencott (series original music); Mark T. Williams (I) (series original music); CBS - For episode 101.

Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program


Nominees:
	"Colbert Report, The" (2005) - Stephen Colbert (host); Comedy Central "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) - David Letterman (host); CBS "Saturday Night Live" (1975) - Tina Fey (host/performer); NBC 80th Annual Academy Awards, The (2008) (TV) - Jon Stewart (host); ABC Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) - Don Rickles (performer); HBO

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special


Nominees:
	Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell (2007) (TV) - Bravo

Outstanding Nonfiction Special


Nominees:
	Autism: The Musical (2007) - Jonathan Murray (I) (executive producer); Janet Grillo (executive producer); Kristen Stills (executive producer); Nancy Abraham (senior producer); Perrin Chiles (producer); Tricia Regan (producer); Sasha Alpert (producer); HBO

Outstanding Stunt Coordination


Nominees:
	"Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2003) - Diamond Farnsworth; CBS - For episode "Requiem".

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series


Nominees:
	"Desperate Housewives" (2004) - Gabor Heiligenberg (department head hairstylist); Dena Green (additional hairstylist); James Dunham (II) (additional hairstylist); Maria Fernandez DiSarro (additional hairstylist); ABC - For episode "In Buddy's Eyes".

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program


Nominees:
	"American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002) - Ryan Seacrest; FOX "Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I) - Tom Bergeron; ABC "Deal or No Deal" (2005) - Howie Mandel (I); NBC "Project Runway" (2005) - Heidi Klum; Bravo "Survivor" (2000) - Jeff Probst; CBS

Outstanding Made for Television Movie


Nominees:
	Bernard and Doris (2007) - HBO Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (2007) (TV) - HBO

Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development


Winner:
	Scott Leva - For the Precision Stunt Air Bag.