Kristen Chenoweth (Pushing daisies) y Neil Patrick Harris (How I met your mother) -ambos nominados-, junto con el presidente de la Academia de las Artes y la TV de Estados Unidos, John Shaffner, fueron los encargados de anunciar a los candidatos para la entrega del domingo 21 de setiembre. Los principales nominados:
DRAMA:
Serie: Justicia ciega, Damages, Dexter, Dr. House, Lost y Mad men.
Actor: James Spader (Justicia ciega), Bryan Cranston (Breaking bad), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Hugh Laurie (Dr. House), Gabriel Byrne (In treatment) y Jon Hamm (Mad men).
Actriz: Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters), Kyra Sedgwick (The closer), Glenn Close (Damages), Mariska Hargitay (Ley y Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales) y Holly Hunter (Saving Grace).
Actor Reparto: William Shatner (Justicia ciega), Ted Danson y Zeljko Ivanek (Damages), Michael Emerson (Lost) y John Slattery (Mad men).
Actriz Reparto: Candice Bergen (Justicia ciega), Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters), Chandra Wilson y Sandra Oh (Grey`s Anatomy), y Dianne West (In treatment).
Guión: Battlestar Galactica, Damages, Mad men y The wire.
Dirección: Justicia ciega, Breaking bad, Damages, Dr. House y Mad men.
Actor Invitado: Stanley Tucci (ER), Glynn Turman (In treatment), Robin Williams (Ley y Orden: UVE), Robert Morse (Mad men), Oliver Platt (Nip/Tuck) y Charles Durning (Rescue me).
Actriz Invitada: Ellen Burstyn (Big love), Diahann Carroll (Grey`s Anatomy), Cynthia Nixon (Ley y Orden: UVE), Anjelica Huston (Medium) y Sharon Gless (Nip/Tuck).
COMEDIA:
Serie: Curb your enthusiasm, Entourage, The office, 30 Rock y Two and a half men.
Actor: Tony Shalhoub (Monk), Steve Carell (The office), Lee Pace (Pushing daisies), Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) y Charlie Sheen (Two and a half men).
Actriz: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The new adventures of old Christine), Christina Applegate (Samantha who?), Tina Fey (30 Rock), América Ferrera (Ugly Betty) y Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds).
Actor Reparto: Kevin Dillon y Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Neil Patrick Harris (How I met your mother), Rainn Wilson (The office) y Jon Creer (Two and a half men).
Actriz Reparto: Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing daisies), Jean Smart (Samantha who?), Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live), Holland Taylor y Conchata Ferrell (Two and a half men), y Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty).
Guión: Flight of the Conchords, The office, Pushing daisies y 30 Rock.
Dirección: Flight of the Conchords, The office, Pushing daisies y 30 Rock.
Actor Invitado: Shelley Berman (Curb your enthusiasm); Rip Torn, Will Arnett, Steve Buscemi y Tim Conway (30 Rock).
Actriz Invitada: Polly Bergen y Kathryn Joosten (Desperate housewives), Sarah Silverman (Monk), Carrie Fisher, Edie Falco y Elaine Stricht (30 Rock).
MINISERIE: The Andromeda Strain, Cranford, John Adams y Tin Man.
PELÍCULA TV: Bernard and Doris, Extras: The extra special series finales, The memory Keeper`s daughter, A raisin in the sun y Recount.
Actor: Ralph Fiennes (Bernard and Doris), Ricky Gervais (Extras), Paul Giamatti (John Adams), y Kevin Spacey y Tom Wilkinson (Recount).
Actriz: Catherine Keener (An American crime), Susan Sarandon (Bernard and Doris), Judi Dench (Cranford), Laura Linney (John Adams) y Phylicia Rashad (A raisin in the sun).
Actor Reparto: David Morse, Stephen Dillane y Tom Wilkinson (John Adams), y Denis Leary y Bob Balaban (Recount).
Actriz Reparto: Ellen Atkins (Cranford), Ashley Jensen (Extras), Alfre Woodard (Pictures of Hollis Woods), Audra McDonald (A raisin in the sun) y Laura Dern (Recount).
Guión: Bernard and Doris, Cranford, Extras, John Adams y Recount.
Dirección: Bernard and Doris, The Company, Extras, John Adams y Recount.