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PROGRAMS
Comedy series
“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” HBO; “Entourage,” HBO; “The Office,” NBC; “30 Rock,” NBC; “Two and a Half Men,” CBS
Drama series
“Boston Legal,” ABC; “Damages,” FX; “Dexter,” Showtime; “House,” Fox; “Lost,” ABC; “Mad Men,” AMC
Miniseries
“The Andromeda Strain,” A&E; “Masterpiece Theatre: Cranford,” PBS; “John Adams,” HBO; “Tin Man,” Sci Fi Channel
Movie
“Bernard and Doris,” HBO; “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale,” HBO; “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter,” Lifetime; “A Raisin in the Sun,” ABC; “Recount,” HBO
Variety, music or comedy series
“The Colbert Report,” Comedy Central; “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central; “Late Show With David Letterman,” CBS; “Real Time With Bill Maher,” HBO; “Saturday Night Live,” NBC
Variety, music
or comedy special
“Bill Maher: The Decider,” HBO; “George Carlin: It’s Bad for Ya!,” HBO; “Great Performances: James Taylor: One Man Band,” PBS; “Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell,” Bravo; “The Kennedy Center Honors,” CBS; “Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project,” HBO
Reality program
“Antiques Roadshow,” PBS; “Dirty Jobs,” Discovery Channel; “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” ABC; “Intervention,” A&E; “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List,” Bravo
Reality-competition program
“The Amazing Race,” CBS; “American Idol,” Fox; “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC; “Project Runaway,” Bravo; “Top Chef,” Bravo
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ACTING
Lead actor in a comedy series
Tony Shalhoub, “Monk,” USA; Steve Carell, “The Office,” NBC; Lee Pace, “Pushing Daisies,” ABC; Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock,” NBC; Charlie Sheen, “Two and a Half Men,” CBS
Lead actor in a drama series
James Spader, “Boston Legal,” ABC; Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad,” AMC; Michael C. Hall, “Dexter,” Showtime; Hugh Laurie, “House,” Fox; Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment,” HBO; Jon Hamm, “Mad Men,” AMC
Lead actor in a miniseries or a movie
Ralph Fiennes, “Bernard and Doris,” HBO; Ricky Gervais, “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale,” HBO; Paul Giamatti, “John Adams,” HBO; Kevin Spacey, “Recount,” HBO; Tom Wilkinson, “Recount,” HBO
Lead actress in a comedy series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” CBS; Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?” ABC; Tina Fey, “30 Rock,” NBC; America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty,” ABC; Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds,” Showtime
Lead actress in a drama series
Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters,” ABC; Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer,” TNT; Glenn Close, “Damages,” FX; Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” NBC; Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace,” TNT
Lead actress in a miniseries or a movie
Catherine Keener, “An American Crime,” Showtime; Susan Sarandon, “Bernard and Doris,” HBO; Judi Dench, “Masterpiece Theatre: Cranford,” PBS; Laura Linney, “John Adams,” HBO; Phylicia Rashad, “A Raisin in the Sun,” ABC
Supporting actor in a comedy series
Jeremy Piven, “Entourage,” HBO; Kevin Dillon, “Entourage,” HBO; Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother,” CBS; Rainn Wilson, “The Office,” NBC; Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men,” CBS
Supporting actor in a drama series
William Shatner, “Boston Legal,” ABC; Ted Danson, “Damages,” FX; Zeljko Ivanek, “Damages,” FX; Michael Emerson, “Lost,” ABC; John Slattery, “Mad Men,” AMC
Supporting actor in a miniseries or a movie
David Morse, “John Adams,” HBO; Stephen Dillane, “John Adams,” HBO; Tom Wilkinson, “John Adams,” HBO; Denis Leary, “Recount,” HBO; Bob Balaban, “Recount,” HBO
Supporting actress in a comedy series
Kristin Chenoweth, “Pushing Daisies,” ABC; Jean Smart, “Samantha Who?,” ABC; Amy Poehler, “Saturday Night Live,” NBC; Holland Taylor, “Two and a Half Men,” CBS; Vanessa Williams, “Ugly Betty,” ABC
Supporting actress in a drama series
Candice Bergen, “Boston Legal,” ABC; Rachel Griffiths, “Brothers & Sisters,” ABC; Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC; Sandra Oh, “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC; Dianne Wiest, “In Treatment,” HBO
Supporting actress in a miniseries or a movie
Eileen Atkins, “Masterpiece Theatre: Cranford,” PBS; Ashley Jensen, “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale,” HBO; Alfre Woodard, “Hallmark Hall of Fame: Pictures of Hollis Woods,” CBS; Audra McDonald, “A Raisin in the Sun,” ABC; Laura Dern, “Recount,” HBO
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DIRECTING
Comedy series
Don Attias, “Entourage (No Cannes Do),” HBO; James Bobin, “Flight of the Conchords (Sally Returns),” HBO; Paul Lieberstein, “The Office (Money, Parts 1 & 2),” NBC; Paul Feig, “The Office (Goodbye, Toby),” NBC; Barry Sonnenfeld, “Pushing Daisies (Pie-Lette),” ABC; Michael Engler, “30 Rock (Rosemary’s Baby),” NBC
Drama series
Arlene Sanford, “Boston Legal (The Mighty Rogues),” ABC; Vince Gilligan, “Breaking Bad (Pilot),” AMC; Allen Coulter, “Damages (Pilot),” FX; Greg Yaitanes, “House (House’s Head),” Fox; Alan Taylor, “Mad Men (Pilot),” AMC
Variety, music or comedy program
Louis J. Horvitz, “80th Annual Academy Awards,” ABC; Jim Hoskinson, “The Colbert Report,” Comedy Central; Lonny Price, “Great Performances: Company,” PBS; Chuck O’Neil, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central; Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live (Host: Tina Fey),” NBC
Miniseries, movie or a dramatic special
Bob Balaban, “Bernard and Doris,” HBO; Mikael Salomon, “The Company,” TNT; Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale,” HBO; Tom Hooper, “John Adams,” HBO; Jay Roach, “Recount,” HBO
Nonfiction programming
Bertram van Munster, “The Amazing Race (Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something),” CBS; Tricia Regan, “Autism: The Musical,” HBO; Tony Sacco, “Project Runway (En Garde!),” Bravo; Christopher Wilcha, Adam Beckman, “This American Life (Escape),” Showtime; Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, “The War (Pride of Our Nation),” PBS
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WRITING
Comedy series
James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, “Flight of the Conchords (Yoko),” HBO; Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, “The Office (Dinner Party),” NBC; Bryan Fuller, “Pushing Daisies (Pie-Lette),” ABC; Jack Burditt, “30 Rock (Rosemary’s Baby),” NBC; Tina Fey, “30 Rock (Cooter),” NBC
Drama series
Michael Angeli, “Battlestar Galactica (Six of One),” Sci Fi Channel; Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, Daniel Zelman, “Damages (Pilot),” FX; Matthew Weiner, “Mad Men (Pilot),” ABC; Matthew Weiner, Robin Veith, “Mad Men (The Wheel),” AMC; David Simon, Ed Burns, “The Wire (30),” HBO
Variety, music or comedy program
The writing staffs of: “The Colbert Report,” Comedy Central; “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central; “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” NBC; “Late Show With David Letterman,” CBS; “Saturday Night Live,” NBC
Miniseries, movie or a dramatic special
Hugh Costello, “Bernard and Doris,” HBO; Heidi Thomas, “Masterpiece Theatre: Cranford,” PBS; Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale,” HBO; Kirk Ellis, “John Adams,” HBO; Danny Strong, “Recount,” HBO
Nonfiction programming
Jeff Grogan, “Intervention (Caylee),” A&E; David de Vries, “Life After People,” History Channel; Ira Glass, “This American Life (Escape),” Showtime; Mark Zwonitzer, “American Experience: Walt Whitman,” PBS; Geoffrey C. Ward, “The War (Pride of Our Nation),” PBS
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