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July 17, 20085:40:00 AM/PDT (news embargo time)CONTACT: Robin Mesger/Pam GolumThe Lippin Group (323/965-1990)
2007 – 2008 PRIMETIME EMMY® AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Thursday, July 17
-- Nominations for the
60th Primetime Emmy® Awards
, covering the periodof June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008, were announced today by the Academy of Television Arts &Sciences from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, North Hollywood, California. The TelevisionAcademy’s Chairman of the Board & CEO John Shaffner presided, assisted by Kristin Chenowethand Neil Patrick Harris.On
Sunday, September 21 at 8:00 pm (ET/PT)
the telecast awarding Primetime Emmys in 29categories will be presented before a black-tie audience and televised by the
ABC TelevisionNetwork
from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE.
 
This year's Emmy telecast will be executive-produced by Ken Ehrlich and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. The Television Academy's GovernorsBall will follow the telecast at the Los Angeles Convention Center.Of the 51 nominations for comedy and drama programs as well as lead and supporting performers,21 were not included among last year’s nominees -- a 40% change. First-time nominees include
 Damages, Dexter and Mad Men
in the drama series category.
 Damages
and
 Mad Men
are the firsttwo basic cable series to be nominated in the drama series program category.
 
Newcomers in thedrama and comedy series performer categories include Amy Poehler in
Saturday Night Live,
 Anjelica Huston in
 Medium,
Carrie Fisher in
30 Rock,
Shelley Berman in
Curb Your Enthusiasm
,Kristin Chenoweth and Lee Pace in
Pushing Daisies
, Gabriel Byrne in
 In Treatment 
, John Hammand John Slattery in
 Mad Men
and Željko Ivanek in
 Damages.
Additional first-time nominees inother categories include Ralph Fiennes in
 Bernard and Doris,
Paul Giamatti in
 John Adams
,Catherine Keener in
 An American Crime
, Howie Mandel for hosting
 Deal Or No Deal
, and KevinSpacey in
 Recount 
.On Saturday, September 13, also at the
NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE
, 64 awards “categories” (asingle award) and “areas” (possibility of one, more than one or no award) will be handed out at theblack-tie
Primetime Creative Arts Awards
, chaired and executive-produced by Lee Miller andSteve Venezia with Spike Jones, Jr. producing and Chris Donovan directing. The awardspresentation will be televised on
E! on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 8 pm (ET/PT).
 A total of 476 separate nominations in 93 categories and areas, compiled by the independentaccounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, were distributed as follows:A&E – 9 History Channel – 4ABC – 76 History Channel VOD – 1ABC.com – 1 Jaylenosgarage.com – 1AMC – 20 Lifetime – 1Animal Planet – 1 MTV – 1Biography – 1 NBC – 50Bravo – 11 NBC.com – 2Cartoon Network – 3 Nickelodeon – 2CBS – 51 PBS - 33Comedy Central – 8 Sci Fi Channel – 15Comedycentral.com – 1 Sci Fi Channel.com – 1CW – 2 Showtime – 21Discovery Channel – 6 Starz – 1Discoverychannel.com – 1 TLC – 1Disney Channel – 6 TNT – 10ESPN – 1 USA – 4FOX – 28 Warner Bros. on demand – 1FX Networks – 11 Commercials – 5HBO – 85 (no network affiliation)
 
 Additional awards may also be given for the four "juried areas" (no nominations): Costumes for aVariety or Music Program, Voice-Over Performance, Individual Achievement in Animation andInteractive Media. In the Interactive Media Programming Juried Area, 10 finalists have been votedinto contention: The finalists for Fiction are
 HBO Voyeur, ABC Family’s Kyle XY: The Collective Experience, The Heroes Digital Experience, Lost Find 815
and
The L Word Interactive.
Thefinalists for Nonfiction are
 America’s Player Interactive, Bravo Media’s Project Runway, Bravo Media’s Top Chef, Dancing with the Stars Multi-Platform Experience
and
Disney Channel Games Digital Media Event.
One, more than one or no award can be given in a juried area. There are nonominations. The finalists are not to be counted as nominees. The announcement of one, more thanone or no winner will be made at a later date. Two additional awards may also be given forEngineering Development and the Governors Award. These awards, if any, will be announced laterthis month.
Nomination rosters will be finalized during the period July 17 to July 31, 2008. The rostersmay be revised in cases where names or titles are incorrect, or appeals for changes—includingthe addition or removal of names—are approved by the Primetime Awards Committee.Producer eligibility is based on both title and function. A review of title and function will beconducted by the Producers Peer Group, and the nominees in the program categories that are“TBD” in the press release will be announced later this month.
The complete list of Primetime Emmy nominations and other Academy news and information isavailable on the Television Academy's website, located at http://www.emmys.tv.Nominations were made by active Academy members who voted for programs and other peercategories of their expertise. Peer panels made up of active Academy members will screennominations during the month of July and August and, in secret ballot, select the Primetime Emmywinners.A complete list of nominations is attached. EDITORS: see inside nomination summary.
 
Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
Creature Comforts America • Don’t Choke To Death, Please • CBS • Aardman Animations productionin association with The Gotham Group
Kit Boss, Executive ProducerMiles Bullough, Executive ProducerEllen Goldsmith-Vein, Executive ProducerPeter Lord, Executive ProducerNick Park, Executive ProducerDavid Sproxton, Executive ProducerPeter McHugh, Co-Executive ProducerJacqueline White, Supervising ProducerKenny Micka, ProducerGareth Owen, ProducerMerlin Crossingham, DirectorDave Osmand, DirectorRichard Goleszowski, Supervising Director
King Of The Hill • Death Picks Cotton • FOX • 20
th
Century Fox Television in association with 3 ArtsEntertainment, Deedle-Dee Productions & Judgemental Films
Mike Judge, Executive ProducerGreg Daniels, Executive ProducerJohn Altschuler, Executive Producer/WriterDave Krinsky, Executive ProducerJim Dauterive, Executive ProducerGarland Testa, Executive ProducerPaul Corrigan, Co-Executive ProducerBrad Walsh, Co-Executive ProducerTony Gama-Lobo, Supervising ProducerRebecca May, Supervising ProducerChristy Stratton, Supervising ProducerJoe Boucher, Supervising ProducerMark McJimsey, ProducerMalisa Caroselli, Animation Executive ProducerStephanie Elliott, Animation ProducerJudah Miller, WriterMurray Miller, WriterTony Kluck, DirectorWes Archer, Supervising DirectorPhilippe Angeles, Overseas Animation DirectorJill Jacobs, Lead Animation Timer
Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken: Star Wars • Cartoon Network • ShadowMachine Films
Seth Green, Executive Producer/Writer/DirectorMatthew Senreich, Executive Producer/WriterMike Lazzo, Executive ProducerKeith Crofford, Executive ProducerCorey Campodonico, ProducerAlex Bulkley, ProducerDouglas Goldstein, Head WriterTom Root, Head WriterJordan Allen-Dutton, WriterMike Fasolo, WriterCharles Horn, WriterBreckin Meyer, WriterHugh Sterbakov, WriterErik Weiner, WriterMark Caballero, Animation Director
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