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The television world announced the nominations for its highest honor early this morning, showering praise on several new television shows, a rarity for the academy that typically favors established shows (even long after they have reached the pinnacle of their success).  The biggest change this year to the categories…they’ve expanded the nominees to six (up from the typical 5).

Overcrowding aside, without further adieu, here are the nominees for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards!

Drama Series

Lost, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Mad Men, True Blood, The Good Wife

Glad that the Academy decided to finally show some love to HBO’s cult fave True Blood and also managed to include the underrated CBS drama The Good Wife. Bad news for 24 – the Academy ignored its final season.

Actor in a Drama Series

Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Hugh Laurie (House, M.D.), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Matthew Fox (Lost)

FINALLY!!  Kyle Chandler does some of the best work to ever grace the small screen and now he finally has an Emmy nomination to prove it.       

Actress in a Drama Series Julianna Marguiles (The Good Wife), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU), Glenn Close (Damages), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), January Jones (Mad Men), Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)  

Just like her on-screen partner, Britton has previously been passed over for her excellent work but they finally corrected that this year.  Hargitay and Close are former winners in this category but you have to go with the return of Marguiles as the early favorite to win.

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series John Slattery (Mad Men), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Martin Short (Damages), Terry O’Quinn (Lost), Michael Emerson (Lost),  Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)

Braugher broke through with his Homicide: Life on the Street role and here he is again for his low-key yet powerful role on the new TNT drama.  He actually stands a great shot in this category with the Lost duo most likely splitting the vote. 

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Sharon Gless (Burn Notice), Christine Baranski (The Good Wife), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Rose Byrne (Damages), Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

Obviously The Good Wife and Mad Mensupporting ladies ruled this category, possibly opening the way for a win for Byrne or Gless.  Shockingly, my two fave ladies from Grey’s Anatomy – Sandra Oh and Chandra Wilson – were overlooked.

Comedy Series   

Glee, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Nurse Jackie, 30 Rock, The Office 

Quite predictably, Glee – this season’s breakout hit – landed in the big category as did newbie Modern Family.  HBO’s dark comedy Nurse Jackie was also a welcome addition to this usually stale category.

Actor in a Comedy Series

Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Matthew Morrison (Glee), Steve Carrell (The Office), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), Tony Shalhoub (Monk)

This was probably one of the most predictable categories of the morning with all but Morrison returning as nominees.  Morrison took the spot of Two and a Half Men’s Charlie Sheen whose rollercoaster year in the tabloids may have hurt his votes.

Actress in a Comedy Series

Lea Michele (Glee), Tina Fey (30 Rock), Toni Collette (The United States of Tara), Julia Louis-Dreyfuss (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

I am fuming that America Ferrerra was passed over for Ugly Betty’s final season and shocked that Courteney Cox Arquette was ignored her work on Cougar Town.  Desperate Housewives’Eva Longoria Parker is another glaring omission.  I am glad to see Poehler whose dry sarcasm continues to win me over.

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Chris Colfer (Glee), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family), Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men), Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family), Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

Wow – Modern Family scored 3 nods in this category, the first time any show has done that in ages.  However, voters ignored family patriarch Ed O’Neill in one of the jaw dropping moments of the announcements.  With potential vote splitting imminent, my fave is Harris.

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Jane Lynch (Glee), Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock), Julie Bowen (Modern Family), Sofia Vergara (Modern Family), Holland Taylor (Two and a Half Men)

Once again, Family dominated the supporting category but with near universal praise, Lynch appears to be the lock for this one. And how dare they ignore Vanessa Williams’ final year on Ugly Betty?

The Primetime Emmys air live on NBC on Sunday August 29, at 8pm, hosted by the zany Jimmy Fallon.

I’m excited to see that the Academy finally broke away from their “old guard” tendencies and embraced some new blood but it seemed like the overdose of love for Glee and Modern Family was a tad bit overboard.  No acting nominations for True Blood?  Weird.  And no love at all for the venerable but still high rated CSI or Grey’s Anatomy?  Inexcusable.