The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 60th annual Emmy Awards (for excellence in television) early this morning. The Creative Arts Emmys will be awarded Saturday 13 September 2008; the Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out Sunday 21 September. Both ceremonies will take place in the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
We’ve dropped “Outstanding,” which precedes all the awards (rather than “best”) in this list. Genre nominees (by show) include:
The Andromeda Strain: Art Direction (Miniseries or Movie); Cinematography (Miniseries or Movie) for “Part 1”; Single-Camera Picture Editing (Miniseries or Movie) for “Part 1”; Makeup (Non-Prosthetic; Miniseries or Movie); Miniseries; Sound Editing (Miniseries, Movie, or Special) for “Part 2”; and Sound Mixing (Miniseries or Movie) for “Part 1”.
Battlestar Galactica: Cinematography (One-Hour Series) for “Razor”; Single-Camera Picture Editing (Drama Series) for “He that Believeth in Me”; Sound Mixing (One-Hour Comedy or Drama Series) for “Razor”; Special Visual Effects (Series) for “He that Believeth in Me”; Writing (Drama Series) for “Six of One”; and Special Class—Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs for “Razor, Featurette #4”.
Chuck: Main Title Design; Stunt Coordination for “Chuck versus the Undercover Lover”.
Creature Comforts America: Animated Program (less than one hour) for “Don’t Choke to Death, Please”.
Heroes: Art Direction (Single-Camera Series) for “Out of Time”; Single-Camera Picture Editing (Drama Series) for “Powerless”; and Special Visual Effects (Series) for “Four Months Ago”.
Justice League: The New Frontier: Animated Program (one hour or more).
Lost: Cinematography (One-Hour Series) for “The Constant”; Single-Camera Picture Editing (Drama Series) for “There’s No Place Like Home (Parts 2 & 3)”; Music Composition (Original Dramatic Score; Series) for “The Constant”; Supporting Actor (Drama Series) for Michael Emerson as Ben; Drama Series; Sound Editing (Series) for “The Shape of Things to Come”; Sound Mixing (One-Hour Comedy or Drama Series) for “Meet Kevin Johnson”; and Special Class—Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs for “Missing Pieces”.
Masters of Science Fiction: Music Composition (Original Dramatic Score; Miniseries, Movie, or Special) for “Jerry Was a Man”.
New Amsterdam: Main Title Design.
Pushing Daisies: Art Direction (Single-Camera Series) for “Pie-Lette”; Casting (Comedy Series); Costumes (Series) for “Pie-Lette”; Directing (Comedy Series) for “Pie-Lette”; Picture Editing (Comedy Series; Single or Multi-Camera) for “Pie-Lette”; Hairstyling (Single-Camera Series) for “Smell of Success”; Makeup (Non-Prosthetic; Single-Camera Series) for “Dummy”; Prosthetic Makeup (Series, Miniseries, Movie, or Special) for “Smell of Success”; Music Composition (Original Dramatic Score; Series) for “Pigeon”; Lead Actor (Comedy Series) for Lee Pace as Ned; Supporting Actress (Comedy Series) for Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook; and Writing (Comedy Series) for “Pie-Lette”.
Robot Chicken: Animated Program (less than one hour) for “Robot Chicken: Star Wars”.
The Simpsons: Animated Program (less than one hour) for “Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind”.
Smallville: Sound Editing (Series) for “Bizarro”.
South Park: Animated Program (one hour or more) for “Imaginationland”.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Animated Program (less than one hour) for “Inmates of Summer”/”Two Faces of Squidward”.
Stargate: Atlantis: Special Visual Effects (Series) for “Adrift”.
Supernatural: Sound Editing (Series) for “Jus In Bello”.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Single-Camera Picture Editing (Drama Series) for “Pilot”; Special Visual Effects (Series) for “Pilot”; and Stunt Coordination for “Gnothi Seauton”.
Tin Man: Art Direction (Miniseries or Movie); Costumes (Miniseries or Movie) for “Part 1”; Single-Camera Picture Editing (Miniseries or Movie) for “Part 1”; Hairstyling (Miniseries or Movie); Makeup (Non-Prosthetic; Miniseries or Movie); Miniseries; Sound Editing (Mniseries, Movie, or Special) for “Part 1”; Sound Mixing (Miniseries or Movie) for “Part 1”; and Special Visual Effects (Miniseries, Movie, or Special) for “Part 1”.
Battlestar Galactica‘s five nominations are the most it’s received in one year; last year it won its first Emmy. Last year, in its first year of eligibility, Heroes recieved eight nominations; this year, three. Lost‘s seven nominations this year bring it to 34 total (including seven wins) in four years. Pushing Daisies‘s 12 nominations are the first for the show (in its first year of eligibility). This is Smallville‘s sixth nomination in seven years of eligibility (including two wins). Stargate: Atlantis‘s nomination is its fourth in four years.
The most nominated program this year is the miniseries John Adams, with 23 nominations. Behind it are 30 Rock (17), Mad Men (16), and Pushing Daisies (12).
The complete list of nominees is available here.