Among this year's nominees, announced Thursday in Los Angeles. The Emmy Awards will air Aug. 29 on NBC, with  Drama series: Breaking Bad, AMC; Dexter, Showtime; The Good Wife, CBS; Lost, ABC; Mad Men, AMC; True Blood, HBO.  Comedy series: Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO; Glee, Fox; Modern Family, ABC; Nurse Jackie, Showtime; The Office, NBC; 30 Rock, NBC.  Actor in a drama series: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad, AMC; Michael C. Hall, Dexter, Showtime; Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights, NBC; Hugh Laurie, House, Fox; Matthew Fox, Lost, ABC; Jon Hamm, Mad Men, AMC.  Actress in a drama series: Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer, TNT; Glenn Close, Damages, FX; Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights, NBC; Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife, CBS; Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU, NBC; January Jones, Mad Men, AMC.  Actor in a comedy series: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory, CBS; Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO; Matthew Morrison, Glee, Fox; Tony Shalhoub, Monk, USA; Steve Carell, The Office, NBC; Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock, NBC.  Actress in a comedy series: Lea Michele, Glee, Fox; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine, CBS; Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation, NBC; Tina Fey, 30 Rock, NBC; Toni Collette, The United States of Tara, Showtime.  Supporting actor in a drama series: Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad, AMC; Martin Short, Damages; Terry O'Quinn, Lost, ABC; Michael Emerson, Lost, ABC; John Slattery, Mad Men, AMC; Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age, TNT.  Supporting actress in a drama series: Sharon Gless, Burn Notice, USA; Rose Byrne, Damages, FX; Archie Punjabi, The Good Wife, CBS; Christine Baranski, The Good Wife, CBS; Christina Hendricks, Mad Men, AMC; Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men, AMC.  Supporting actor in a comedy series:: Chris Colfer, Glee, Fox; Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother, CBS; Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family, ABC: Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family, ABC; Ty Burrell, Modern Family, ABC; Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men, CBS.  Supporting actress in a comedy series: Jane Lynch, Glee, Fox; Julie Bowen, Modern Family, ABC; Sofia Vergara, Modern Family, ABC; Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live, NBC: Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock, NBC; Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men, CBS.  Guest actor in a drama series: Beau Bridges, The Closer, TNT; Ted Danson, Damages, FX; John Lithgow, Dexter, Showtime; Alan Cumming, The Good Wife, CBS; Dylan Baker, The Good Wife, CBS; Robert Morse, Mad Men, AMC; Gregory Itzin, 24, Fox.  Guest actress in a drama series: Mary Kay Place, Big Love, HBO; Sissy Spacek, Big Love, HBO; Shirley Jones, The Cleaner, A&E; Lily Tomlin, Damages, FX; Ann-Marget, Law & Order: SVU; Elizabeth Mitchell, Lost, ABC.  Guest actor in a comedy series: Mike O'Malley, Glee, Fox; Neil Patrick Harris, Glee, Fox; Fred Willard, Modern Family, ABC; Eli Wallach, Nurse Jackie, Showtime; Jon Hamm, 30 Rock, NBC; Will Arnett, 30 Rock, NBC.  Guest actress in a comedy series: Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory, CBS; Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives, ABC; Kristin Chenoweth, Glee, Fox; Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live, NBC; Betty White, Saturday Night Live, NBC.  Reality series, competition: The Amazing Race, CBS; American Idol, Fox; Dancing With the Stars, ABC; Project Runway, Lifetime; Top Chef, Bravo.  Variety, music or comedy series: The Colbert Report, Comedy Central; The Daily Show, Comedy Central; Real Time With Bill Maher, HBO; Saturday Night Live, NBC; The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien, NBC.  Reality series: Antiques Roadshow, PBS; Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, ABC; Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Bravo; Mythbusters, Discovery; Undercover Boss, CBS.  Miniseries: The Pacific, HBO; Return to Cranford (Masterpiece), PBS.  Made-for-TV-movie: Endgame, PBS; Georgia O'Keeffe, Lifetime; Moonshot, History; The Special Relationship, HBO; Temple Grandin, HBO; You Don't Know Jack, HBO.  Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Jeff Bridges, A Dog Year, HBO; Ian McKellen, The Prisoner, AMC; Michael Sheen, The Special Relationship, HBO; Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship, HBO; Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack, HBO.  Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Maggie Smith, Capturing Mary, HBO; Joan Allen, Georgia O'Keeffe, Lifetime; Judi Dench, Return to Cranford (Masterpiece), PBS; Hope Davis, The Special Relationship, HBO; Claire Danes, Temple Grandin, HBO.  Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Michael Gambon, Emma (Masterpiece), PBS; Patrick Stewart, Hamlet (Great Performances), PBS; Jonathan Pryce, Return to Cranford (Masterpiece), PBS; David Straithairn, Temple Grandin, HBO; John Goodman, You Don't Know Jack, HBO.  Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Kathy Bates, Alice, Syfy; Julia Ormond, Temple Grandin, HBO; Catherine O'Hara, Temple Grandin, HBO; Brenda Vaccaro, You Don't Know Jack, HBO; Susan Sarandon, You Don't Know Jack, HBO.  You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference.
Glee, The Good Wife, True Blood, Modern Family get their first series nominations; Lost returns to the drama list for the first time since its freshman season.