drama series

Winner:
Breaking Bad

Nominees:
Damages
Friday Night Lights
Fringe
The Good Wife
Lost
Mad Men

comedy series

Winner:
Modern Family

Nominees:
The Big Bang Theory
Community
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Nurse Jackie
30 Rock
Friday Night Lights

tv movie/mini-series

Winner:
The Pacific – HBO

Nominees:
Alice – Syfy
The Special Relationship – HBO
Temple Grandin – HBO
You Don’t Know Jack – HBO

variety series

Winner:
Saturday Night Live – NBC

Nominees:
Chelsea Lately – E!
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Comedy Central
Jimmy Kimmel Live – ABC
Real Time with Bill Maher – HBO

reality/non-fiction series

Winner:
Survivor – CBS

Nominees:
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution – ABC
Life – Discovery
Top Chef – Bravo
Who Do You Think You Are? – NBC

variety/reality/non-fiction special

Winner:
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction – HBO

Nominees:
The 61st Annual Emmy Awards – CBS
Aftermath: When the Earth Stops Spinning – Nat Geo
Lost: The Final Journey – ABC
SNL in the 2000s: Time and Again – NBC

new comedy series (series nominated as best series are ineligible)

Winner:
Glee – Fox

Nominees:
Bored To Death – HBO
Community – NBC
Cougar Town – ABC
How To Make It In America – HBO

performance, new comedy series (performers nominated elsewhere are ineligible)

Winner:
Ed O’Neill – Modern Family

Nominees:
Ted Danson – Bored To Death
Ian Gomez – Cougar Town
Christa MIller – Cougar Town
Julie Bowen – Modern Family
Eve Best – Nurse Jackie

new drama series (series nominated as best series are ineligible)

Winner:
Parenthood – NBC

Nominees:
Caprica – Syfy
Justified – FX
Men of a Certain Age – TNT
Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Starz

performance, new drama series (performers nominated elsewhere are ineligible)

Winner:
Morena Baccarin – V

Nominees:
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife
Timothy Olyphant – Justified
Lauren Graham – Parenthood
Monica Potter – Parenthood
Dax Sheppard – Parenthood
Andy Whitfield – Spartacus: Blood and Sand

breakthrough performance, male

Winner:
Rico Rodriguez – Modern Family

Nominees:
Danny Pudi – Community
Victor Rasuk – How To Make It In America

breakthrough performance, female

Winner:
Kiernan Shipka – Mad Men

Nominees:
Mae Whitman – Parenthood
Deborah Ann Woll – True Blood

lead actor, drama series

Winner:
Matthew Fox – Lost

Nominees:
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall – Dexter
Kyle Chandler – Friday Night Lights
Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Peter Krause – Parenthood

lead actress, drama series

Winner:
Anna Gunn – Breaking Bad

Nominees:
Glenn Close – Damages
Connie Britton – Friday Night Lights
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
January Jones – Mad Men
Katey Sagal – Sons of Anarchy

supporting actor, drama series

Winner:
Josh Charles – The Good Wife

Nominees:
Dean Norris – Breaking Bad
Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad
Tate Donovan – Damages
John Noble – Fringe
Alexander Skarsgard – True Blood

supporting actress, drama series

Winner:
Jennifer Carpenter – Dexter

Nominees:
Chloë Sevigny – Big Love
Archie Panjabi – The Good Wife
Yunjin Kim – Lost
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
Lucy Lawless – Spartacus: Blood and Sand

guest actor, drama series

Winner:
Nestor Carbonell – Lost

Nominees:
Ted Danson – Damages
John Lithgow – Dexter
Zach Gilford – Friday Night Lights
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife
Walton Goggins – Justified

guest actress, drama series

Winner:
Lily Tomlin – Damages

Nominees:
Sissy Spacek Big Love
Mary McDonnell The Closer
Courtney Ford Dexter
Martha Plimpton The Good Wife
Joely Richardson The Tudors

directing, drama series

Winner:
Jack Bender – Lost – “The End”

Nominees:
David Petrarca – Big Love – “End of Days”
Todd A. Kessler – Damages – “The Next One’s Gonna Go in Your Throat”
John Shiban – Breaking Bad – “Sunset”
Charles McDougall – The Good Wife – “Pilot”
Lesli Linka Glatter – Mad Men – “Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency”

writing, drama series

Winner:
Thomas Schnauz – Breaking Bad – “One Minute”

Nominees:
Rolin Jones – Friday Night Lights – “The Son”
J.H. Wyman & Jeff Vlaming – Fringe – “White Tulip”
Melinda Hsu Taylor & Greggory Nations – Lost – “Ab Aeterno”
Graham Yost – Justified – “Fire in the Hole”
Robin Veith & Matthew Weiner – Mad Men – “Shut the Door. Have a Seat”

 

lead actor, comedy series

Winner:
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

Nominees:
Johnny Galecki – The Big Bang Theory
Jason Schwartzman – Bored To Death
Joel McHale – Community
Ken Marino – Party Down
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock

lead actress, comedy series

Winner:
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie

Nominees:
Courteney Cox-Arquette – Cougar Town
Lea Michele – Glee
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
Tina Fey – 30 Rock
Toni Collette – United States of Tara

supporting actor, comedy series

Winner:
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family

Nominees:
Simon Helberg – The Big Bang Theory
Jeremy Piven – Entourage
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Peter Facinelli – Nurse Jackie
Aziz Ansari – Parks and Recreation

supporting actress, comedy series

Winner:
Merritt Wever – Nurse Jackie

Nominees:
Jane Lynch – Glee
Jane Adams – Hung
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family
Anna Deavere-Smith – Nurse Jackie
Brie Larson – United States of Tara

guest actor, comedy series

Winner:
Michael Sheen – 30 Rock

Nominees:
Mike O’Malley – Glee
Benjamin Bratt – Modern Family
Fred Willard – Modern Family
Harvey Fierstein – Nurse Jackie
Louis C.K. – Parks and Recreation

guest actress, comedy series

Winner:
Judith Ivey – Nurse Jackie

Nominees:
Rosie O’Donnell – Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jami Gertz – Entourage
Kristin Chenoweth – Glee
Martha Plimpton – How To Make It In America
Shelley Long – Modern Family

directing, comedy series

Winner:
Ryan Murphy – Glee – “Pilot”

Nominees:
Justin Lin – Community – “Modern Warfare”
Steve Levitan – Modern Family – “Hawaii”
Allen Coulter – Nurse Jackie – “Pilot”
Paul Feig – The Office – “Niagara”
Paul Feig – Parks and Recreation – “Pawnee Zoo”

writing, comedy series

Winner:
Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh – Modern Family – “Fizbo”

Nominees:
Doug Ellin & Ally Musika – Entourage -“The Sorkin Notes”
Wellesley Wild – Family Guy – “Road to the Multiverse”
Steve Levitan & Christopher Lloyd – Modern Family – “Pilot”
Daniel J. Goor – Parks and Recreation – “Hunting Trip”
Matt Hubbard – 30 Rock – “Anna Howard Shaw Day”

 

lead actor, tv movie/mini-series

Winner:
James Badge Dale – The Pacific

Nominees:
David Tennant – Einstein and Eddington
Tom Wilkinson – A Number
Michael Sheen – The Special Relationship
Al Pacino – You Don’t Know Jack

lead actress, tv movie/mini-series

Winner:
Hope Davis – The Special Relationship

Nominees:
Maggie Smith – Capturing Mary
Joan Allen – Georgia O’Keeffe
Helen McCrory – The Special Relationship
Claire Danes – Temple Grandin

supporting actor, tv movie/mini-series

Winner:
Rami Malek – The Pacific

Nominees:
Patrick Stewart – Hamlet
Ian McKellen – The Prisoner
John Goodman – You Don’t Know Jack
Danny Huston – You Don’t Know Jack

supporting actress, tv movie/mini-series

Winner:
Susan Sarandon – You Don’t Know Jack

Nominees:
Annie Parisse – The Pacific
Catherine O’Hara – Temple Grandin
Julia Ormond – Temple Grandin
Brenda Vaccaro – You Don’t Know Jack

directing, tv movie/mini-series

Winner:
The Pacific – HBO

Nominees:
Alice – Syfy
The Prisoner – AMC
Temple Grandin – HBO
You Don’t Know Jack – HBO

writing, tv movie/mini-series

Winner:
The Pacific – HBO

Nominees:
Emma – PBS
The Special Relationship – HBO
Temple Grandin – HBO
You Don’t Know Jack – HBO

individual performance, variety/music program

Winner:
Betty White – Saturday Night Live

Nominees:
Neil Patrick Harris – The 2009 Tony Awards
Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live
Kristin Wiig – Saturday Night Live
Robin Williams – Weapons of Self Destruction

host/presenter/judge, reality/non-fiction program

Winner:
Jeff Probst – Survivor

Nominees:
Buddy Valastro – Cake Boss
Jamie Oliver – Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
Heidi Klum – Project Runway
Tom Colicchio – Top Chef

directing, variety/music or reality/non-fiction program

Winner:
Survivor – CBS

Nominees:
The 2009 Tony Awards – CBS
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama – HBO
Life – Discovery
Return to Pandora: Creative Evolution of Avatar – FMC

writing, variety/music or reality/non-fiction program

Winner:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Comedy Central

Nominees:
Jimmy Kimmel Live – ABC
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction – HBO
The Simpsons: 20th Anniversary Special – Fox
Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union – Showtime

ensemble, drama series

Winner:
Lost – ABC – Naveen Andrews, Emilie de Ravin, Michael Emerson, Jeff Fahey, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Ken Leung, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O’Quinn, Zuleikha Robinson.

Nominees:
Big Love – HBO – Bruce Dern, Shawn Doyle, Mireille Enos, Ginnifer Goodwin, Željko Ivanek, Bill Paxton, Matt Ross, Chloë Sevigny, Amanda Seyfried, Cassi Thomson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Melora Walters, Grace Zabriskie.
The Good Wife – CBS – Christine Baranski, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry, Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Archie Panjabi, Mary Beth Peil, Graham Phillips, Makenzie Vega.
Mad Men – AMC – Bryan Batt, Michael Gladis, Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss, Maggie Siff, John Slattery, Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton.
Parenthood – NBC – Bonnie Bedelia, Joy Bryant, Max Burkholder, Erika Christensen, Lauren Graham, Miles Heizer, Sam Jaeger, Peter Krause, Craig T. Nelson, Monica Potter, Savannah Paige Rae, Sarah Ramos, Dax Shepard, Mae Whitman.
Rescue Me – FX – Adam Ferrara, Denis Leary, Mike Lombardi, Larenz Tate, Tatum O’Neal, Steven Pasquale, Andrea Roth, John Scurti, Daniel Sunjata, Callie Thorne.

ensemble, comedy series

Winner:
Modern Family – ABC – Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nolan Gould, Sarah Hyland, Ed O’Neill, Rico Rodriguez, Eric Stonestreet, Sofía Vergara, Ariel Winter.

Nominees:
Community – NBC – Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Chevy Chase, Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong, Joel McHale, Danny Pudi.
Entourage – HBO – Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Jerry Ferrara, Rex Lee, Jeremy Piven, Perrey Reeves.
Glee – Fox – Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Mark Salling, Jenna Ushkowitz.
Nurse Jackie – Showtime – Mackenzie Aladjem, Eve Best, Anna Deavere Smith, Peter Facinelli, Edie Falco, Dominic Fumusa, Arjun Gupta, Ruby Jerins, Paul Schulze, Haaz Sleiman, Daisy Tahan, Stephen Wallem, Merritt Wever.
Parks and Recreation – NBC – Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Nick Offerman, Jim O’Heir, Aubrey Plaza, Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Retta Sirleaf.

ensemble, tv movie/mini-series

Winner:
The Pacific – HBO

Nominees:
Alice – Syfy
The Prisoner – HBO
Temple Grandin – HBO
You Don’t Know Jack – HBO

ensemble, variety/music or reality/non-fiction program

Winner:
Saturday Night Live – NBC

Nominees:
The Amazing Race – CBS
61st Annual Emmy Awards – CBS
So You Think You Can Dance – Fox
Survivor – CBS

voiceover performance

Winner:
Seth McFarlane – Family Guy

Nominees:
Sanaa Lathan – The Cleveland Show
Alex Borstein – Family Guy
Thomas Jane – Hung
Titus Welliver – Lost: The Final Journey

casting

Winner:
Modern Family

Nominees:
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Glee
Justified
Sons of Anarchy

song (original or adapted)

Winner:
“Don’t Stop Believin'” – Glee – “Pilot”

Nominees:
“Put Down the Remote” – 61st Annual Emmy Awards
“Down’s Syndrome Girl” – Family Guy – “Extra Large Medium”
“For Once in My Life” – Fringe – “Brown Betty”
“Shy Ronnie” – Saturday Night Live – “Blake Lively/Rihanna”

music composition/score

Winner:
Michael Giacchino & Chris Tilton – Fringe – “A New Day in the Old Town”

Nominees:
Daniel Licht – Dexter – “The Getaway”
Michael Giacchino – Lost – “The End”
Nathan Barr – True Blood – “I Will Rise Up”
Trevor Morris – The Tudors – “410”

main title theme

Winner:
How To Make It In America

Nominees:
The Cleveland Show
Royal Pains
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Treme

titles sequence

Winner:
Big Love

Nominees:
Bored To Death
Community
How To Make It In America
Human Target

film editing

Winner:
Ron Rosen – Friday Night Lights – “The Son”

Nominees:
Chris Figler – Big Love – “Sins of the Father”
Deborah Moran – Damages – “You Were His LIttle Monkey”
Matthew V. Colonna – Dexter – “The Getaway”
Rob Seidenglanz – Parenthood – “Pilot”

cinematography

Winner:
Romeo Tirone – Dexter – “The Getaway”

Nominees:
Michael Slovis – Breaking Bad – “Blood on the Scales”
Paul Milner Sommers – The Vampire Diaries – “Lost Girls”
Remi Adefarasin – The Pacific – “Part 5”
Ousama Rawi – The Tudors – “401”

production design

Winner:
Mad Men – “Souvenir”

Nominees:
Fringe – “Brown Betty”
Lost – “Ab Aeterno”
Spartacus: Blood and Sand – “Pilot”
The Tudors – “409”

costume design

Winner:
Spartacus: Blood and Sand – “Pilot”

Nominees:
Lost  – “Ab Aeterno”
Mad Men – “Souvenir”
True Blood – “Hard-Hearted Hannah”
The Tudors – “408”

makeup/hairstyling

Winner:
Fringe – “Peter”

Nominees:
Breaking Bad – “One Minute”
Fringe – “Over There”
Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union – “301”
True Blood – “Hard-Hearted Hannah”

sound mixing

Winner:
Justified – “Fire in the Hole”

Nominees:
Breaking Bad – “One Minute”
Lost – “The End”
Rescue Me – “Disease”
Treme – “Do You Know What it Means?”

sound editing

Winner:
True Blood – “I Will Rise Up”

Nominees:
Breaking Bad – “One Minute”
Damages – “The Next One’s Gonna Go in Your Throat”
FlashForward – “No More Good Days”
Fringe – “White Tulip”

visual effects

Winner:
Spartacus: Blood and Sand – “Pilot”

Nominees:
Caprica – “Pilot”
Fringe – “Over There”
The Pacific
True Blood – “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’”

stunt co-ordination/ensemble

Winner:
The Pacific

Nominees:
Human Target – “Pilot”
Lost – “The Package”
Spartacus: Blood and Sand – “Pilot”
V – “Red Sky”

animated series

Winner:
Family Guy – Fox

Nominees:
Archer – FX
The Cleveland Show – Fox

 

————SPOILER WARNING————

top 12 scenes of the 2008-2009 television season (alphabetical order)

Curb Your Enthusiasm – “The Bare Midriff” – Larry is saved by the lovehandles.
Family Guy – “Road to the Multiverse” – The Disney-fication of Family Guy.
Glee – “Preggers” – The football team does “Single Ladies”.
Glee – “The Power of Madonna” – Sue Sylvester does “Vogue”.
Lost – “Ab Aeterno” – Ricardo reunites with his love.
Lost – “The End” –  The final moments.
Lost – “The End” – Sawyer and Juliet reunited.
The Office – “Niagara”- The wedding.
True Blood – “I Will Rise Up” – Godric sacrifices himself.
True Blood – “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’” – Sam defeats Maryann.
True Blood – “Nothing But The Blood” – Eric attacks the prisoner. With foils in his hair.
V – “Pilot” – Anna greets the masses.

wins tally

Modern Family – 7
The Pacific – 7

Lost 4 – up 3

Breaking Bad 3 – down 1
Glee – 3
Nurse Jackie – 3
Saturday Night Live 3 – down 2
Survivor 3 – up 1
Dexter 2 – up 2
Family Guy 2 – even
Fringe 2 – even
Mad Men 2 – down 1
Spartacus: Blood and Sand – 2

and with 1 each: 30 Rock – up 1
The Big Bang Theory – down 2
Big Love – even
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – up 1
Damages – down 1
Friday Night Lights – up 1
The Good Wife
How To Make It In America
Justified
Parenthood
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction
The Special Relationship
True Blood – down 2
V
You Don’t Know Jack

network wins tally

HBO 13 – down 1
ABC 12 – up 10
AMC 5 – down 2
CBS 5 – even
Showtime 5 – up 3
NBC 4 – down 6
FX 2 – down 1
Starz 2 – up 2
Comedy Central 1 – up 1
DirecTV 1 – up 1

network nominations tally

HBO 85 – up 8
ABC 44 – up 27
NBC 36 – up 1
Fox 34 – up 12
Showtime 27 – up 3
AMC 23 – down 2
CBS 22 – down 7
FX 19 – down 1
Starz 9 – up 3
DirecTV 6 – up 1
Syfy 5 – down 9
Bravo 3 – down 5
Comedy Central 2 – up 2
Discovery 2 – up 1
PBS 2 – down 9
TNT 2 – down 2
The CW 1 – up 1
E! 1 – up 1
Fox Movie Channel 1 – up 1
Lifetime 1 – even
NatGeo 1 – up 1
USA 1 – even

 

multiple nominations tally

Lost 15 – up 8
Modern Family – 15

Breaking Bad 11 – down 1
Glee – 11

Fringe 10 – down 2
Mad Men 10 – down 1
Nurse Jackie – 10
The Pacific – 10
True Blood 10 – down 3

You Don’t Know Jack – 9

Damages 8  – up 1
The Good Wife – 8
Parenthood – 8
Spartacus: Blood and Sand – 8

Community – 7
Dexter 7 – up 2
Temple Grandin – 7

Big Love 6 – down 4
Family Guy 6 – up 3
Friday Night Lights 6 – up 1
Justified – 6
Parks and Recreation 6 – up 5
Saturday Night Live 6 – down 3

30 Rock 5 – down 4
How To Make It In America – 5
The Special Relationship – 5
The Tudors 5 – up 4

The Big Bang Theory 4 – down 3
Bored To Death – 4
Cougar Town – 4
Curb Your Enthusiasm 4 – up 2
Entourage 4  – up 3
Survivor 4 – down 1

61st Annual Emmy Awards – 3
Alice – 3
The Cleveland Show – 3
The Prisoner – 3
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction – 3
United States of Tara 3 – down 6
V – 3

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2 – up 2
Human Target – 2
Hung – 2
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution – 2
Jimmy Kimmel Live 2 – up 2
Life – 2
Lost: The Final Journey -2
The Office 2 – down 10
Sons of Anarchy 2 – up 1
Top Chef 2 – down 1
Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union 2 – down 2
Treme – 2
Rescue Me 2 – down 6

Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.

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