The 2010 Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced today as some of the biggest names in comedy scored nominations such as Larry David, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Wanda Sykes and Robin Williams. The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards will air live on NBC on Sunday, August 29 at 8pm ET.
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama
Lily Tomlin – “Your Secrets Are Safe”, Damages
Outstanding Nonfiction Special
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story
Outstanding Animated Program
The Ricky Gervais Show – “Knob at Night” (HBO)
Outstanding Reality Program
Kathy Griffin: My Life on The D-List (Bravo)
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
Wanda Sykes: I’ma Be Me (HBO)
Bill Maher…But I’m Not Wrong (HBO)
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction (HBO)
Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Special
Bill Maher…But I’m Not Wrong (HBO)
Wanda Sykes: I’ma Be Me (HBO)
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Glee (Fox)
30 Rock (NBC)
Modern Family (ABC)
The Office (NBC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (NBC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart – Episode #15040 (Comedy Central)
Writers:
Steve Bodow
Rory Albanese
Kevin Bleyer
Rich Blomquist
Tim Carvell
Wyatt Cenac
Hallie Haglund
JR Havlan
David Javerbaum
Elliott Kalan
Josh Lieb
Sam Means
Jo Miller
John Oliver
Daniel Radosh
Jason Ross
Jon Stewart
Saturday Night Live – Host: Betty White (NBC)
Writers:
Doug Abeles
James Anderson
Alex Baze
Jillian Bell
Hannibal Buress
Jessica Conrad
James Downey
Steve Higgins
Colin Jost
Erik Kenward
Jessi Klein
Rob Klein
John Lutz
Seth Meyers
Lorne Michaels
John Mulaney
Christine Nangle
Michael Patrick O’Brien
Paula Pell
Ryan Perez
Simon Rich
Marika Sawyer
Akiva Schaffer
John Solomon
Emily Spivey
Kent Sublette
Jorma Taccone
Bryan Tucker
The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien – Episode #146 (NBC)
Writers:
Mike Sweeney
Conan O’Brien
Chris Albers
Jose Arroyo
Deon Cole
Josh Comers
Dan Cronin
Kevin Dorff
Andres Du Bouchet
Michael Gordon
Berkley Johnson
Brian Kiley
Rob Kutner
Todd Levin
Brian McCann
Guy Nicolucci
Matt O’Brien
Andy Richter
Brian Stack
Andrew Weinberg
Real Time With Bill Maher – 721 (HBO)
Writers:
Adam Felbe
Matt Gunn
Brian Jacobsmeyer
Jay Jaroch
Chris Kelly
Bill Maher
Billy Martin
Jonathan Schmock
Danny Vermont
Scott Carter
The Colbert Report – #5076 (in Iraq) (Comedy Central)
Writers:
Barry Julien
Stephen Colbert
Allison Silverman
Tom Purcell
Rich Dahm
Michael Brumm
Rob Dubbin
Opus Moreschi
Peter Gwinn
Jay Katsir
Frank Lesser
Glenn Eichler
Peter Grosz
Meredith Scardino
Max Werner
Eric Drysdale
