Emmy nominees announced



Kerry Washington and Jimmy Kimmel revealed the nominees for the prestigious Emmy awards show from the Television Academy's Leonard H Goldenson Theatre in Los Angeles today.

A long list of familiar favourites have made the cut. Check out the nominees below.

Comedy Series
Girls
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family

Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn in Mike & Molly
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvathin Girls
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton in Nurse Jackie

Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Jon Cryer as Alan Harper in Two And A Half Men
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan in House Of Lies

Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler in The Big Bang Theory
Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow in Nurse Jackie
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy in Modern Family
Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in Modern Family
Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey in Desperate Housewives

Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett in Modern Family
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett in Modern Family
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy in Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker in Modern Family

Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire - HBO
Homeland - Showtime
Game Of Thrones - HBO

Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick in The Good Wife
Kathy Bates as Harriet Korn in Harry's Law
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in Homeland
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes in Damages

Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson in Boardwalk Empire
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in Dexter
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in Homeland

Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart in The Good Wife

Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in Game Of Thrones

Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Ashley Judd as Rebecca Winstone in Missing
Nicole Kidman as Martha Gellhorn - Hemingway & Gellhorn

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie 2012

Clive Owen as Ernest Hemingway - Hemingway & Gellhorn

Reality - Competition Program

So You Think You Can Dance - FOX

Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program
Cat Deeley as Host in So You Think You Can Dance
Ryan Seacrest as Host in American Idol

Outstanding Miniseries Or Movie 2012

Hemingway & Gellhorn - HBO


Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie 2012

David Strathairn as John Dos Passos - Hemingway & Gellhorn


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