The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 62nd annual Emmy Awards (for excellence in television) early this morning. The Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out Sunday 29 August, in a ceremony in the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
We’ve dropped “Outstanding,” which precedes the names of all the awards (rather than “best”) in this list. Genre nominees (by show) include:
Batman: The Brave and the Bold:
     * Music Composition for a Series, Original Dramatic Score (Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis, Kristopher Carter, Michael Jelenic, and James Tucker for “Mayhem of the Music Meister)
The Big Bang Theory:
     * Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series (“The Gothowitz Deviation” and “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”)
     * Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special, Non-Prosthetic (“The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation”)
     * Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper)
     * Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter in “The Maternal Congruence”)
     * Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series (“The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”)
Caprica:
     * Special Visual Effects for a Series (“There is Another Sky”)
Chuck:
     * Stunt Coordination (Merritt Yohnka for “Chuck vs. the Tic Tac”)
FlashForward:
     * Cinematography for a One Hour Series (“No More Good Days”)
     * Music Composition for a Series, Original Dramatic Score (Ramin Djawadi for “No More Good Days”)
     * Stunt Coordination (Danny Weselis for “No More Good Days”)
Fringe:
     * Sound Editing for a Series (“White Tulip”)
Hamlet (Great Performances):
     * Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Patrick Stewart as Ghost / Claudius)
Heroes:
     * Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series (“Brave New World”)
Lost:
     * Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series (“Ab Aeterno”)
     * Directing for a Drama Series (Jack Bender for “The End”)
     * Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series (Stephen Semel, Mark J. Goldman, Christopher Nelson, and Henk Van Eeghan for “The End”)
     * Music Composition for a Series, Original Dramatic Score (Michael Giacchino for “The End”)
     * Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard)
     * Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Terry O’Quinn as John Locke)
     * Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Michael Emerson as Ben Linus)
     * Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke in “The End”)
     * Drama Series
     * Sound Editing for a Series (“The End”)
     * Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series, One Hour (“The End”)
     * Writing for a Drama Series (Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse for “The End”)
Prep & Landing:
     * Voice-Over Performance (Dave Foley as Wayne)
     * Animated Program
The Prisoner:
     * Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie (“Checkmate”)
     * Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Ian McKellen as Two)
Robot Chicken:
     * Voice-Over Performance (Seth Green as various characters in “Cannot Be Erased, So Sorry”)
     * Short-format Animated Program (“Full-Assed Christmas Special”)
Star Wars: Uncut:
     * Creative Achievement in Interactive Media—Fiction
Stargate Universe:
     * Special Visual Effects for a Series (“Air”)
     * Special Visual Effects for a Series (“Space”)
True Blood:
     * Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series (“Never Let Me Go”, “I Will Rise Up”, and “Frenzy”)
     * Casting for a Drama Series
     * Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special (“Scratches”)
     * Drama Series
     * Sound Editing for a Series (“Beyond Here Lies Nothin'”)
24:
     * Music Composition for a Series, Original Dramatic Score (Sean P. Callery for “3:00PM-4:00PM“)
     * Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Gregory Itzin as President Charles Logan in “1:00PM-2:00PM“)
     * Sound Editing for a Series (“4:00AM-5:00AM“)
     * Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series, One Hour (“3:00PM-4:00PM“)
     * Stunt Coordination (Jeff David Cadiente for “6:00PM-7:00PM“)
V:
     * Special Visual Effects for a Series (“Pilot”)
Warehouse 13:
     * Original Main Title Theme Music (Edward Rogers)
The programs with the most nominations this year were The Pacific (miniseries) with 24, Glee (comedy series) with 19, and Mad Men (drama series) with 17.
The Big Bang Theory‘s five nominations bring it to eight total in three years. Chuck‘s one nomination is the program’s fourth (it won two of its previous three). Lost‘s twelve nominations in one year (bringing it to a total of 51 nominations) ties its best performance, in its debut year (2005), when the series won six of the twelve for which it was nominated. True Blood‘s five nominations bring it to eight total in two years. 24‘s five nominations is its second worst showing since its 2002 debut, bringing the series to a total of 68 nominations. To compare these numbers to last year’s nominations, see this article.
The complete list of nominees is available here.