2012 Emmy Awards – Nominations

Jimmy Kimmel will host the 2012 Emmy Awards on ABC on September 23, 2012.

Outstanding Comedy Series
– Curb Your Enthusiasm
– Girls
– The Big Bang Theory
– Modern Family
– Veep
– 30 Rock

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
– Zooey Deschanel – New Girl
– Lena Dunham – Girls
– Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
– Tina Fey – 30 Rock
– Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
– Melissa McCarthy – Mike & Molly
– Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
– Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
– Louis CK – Louie
– Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm
– Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
– Jon Cryer – Two and a Half Men
– Don Cheadle – House of Lies

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
– Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory
– Julie Bowen – Modern Family
– Merritt Wever – Nurse Jackie
– Sofia Vergara – Modern Family
– Kristen Wiig – Saturday Night Live
– Kathryn Joosten – Desperate Housewives

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
– Ty Burrell – Modern Family
– Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Modern Family
– Ed O’Neil – Modern Family
– Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family
– Max Greenfield – New Girl
– Bill Hader – Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Drama Series
– Boardwalk Empire
– Breaking Bad
– Downton Abbey
– Game of Thrones
– Homeland
– Mad Men

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
– Kathy Bates – Harry’s Law
– Claire Danes – Homeland
– Glenn Close – Damages
– Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
– Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey
– Elizabeth Moss – Mad Men

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
– Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire
– Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
– Michael C. Hall – Dexter
– Jon Hamm – Mad Men
– Hugh Bonneville – Downton Abbey
– Damian Lewis – Homeland

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
– Archie Punjabi – The Good Wife
– Anna Gunn – Breaking Bad
– Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
– Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey
– Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
– Christine Baranski – The Good Wife

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
– Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad
– Giancarlo Esposito – Breaking Bad
– Brendan Coyle – Downton Abbey
– Jim Carter – Downton Abbey
– Jared Harris – Mad Men
– Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones

Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
– Game Change
– American Horror Story
– Hemingway & Gellhorn
– Sherlock
– Luther
– Hatfields & McCoys

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
– Julianne Moore – Game Change
– Connie Britton – American Horror Story
– Nicole Kidman – Hemingway & Gellhorn
– Emma Thompson – The Song of Lunch (Masterpiece)
– Ashley Judd – Missing

Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
– Woody  Harrelson – Game Change
– Clive Owen – Hemingway & Gellhorn
– Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
– Idris Elba – Luther
– Kevin Costner – Hatfields & McCoys
– Bill Paxton – Hatfields & McCoys

Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
– Sarah Paulson – Game Change
– Frances Conroy – American Horror Story
– Jessica Lange – American Horror Story
– Judy Davis – Page Eight
– Mare Winningham – Hatfields & McCoys

Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
– Ed Harris – Game Change
– Denis O’Hare – American Horror Story
– David Strathairn – Hemingway & Gellhorn
– Martin Freeman – Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
– Tom Berenger – Hatfields & McCoys

Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
– The Colbert Report
– Jimmy Kimmel Live!
– The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
– Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
– Real Time with Bill Maher
– Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
– The Amazing Race
– Dancing With the Stars
– Project Runway
– So You Think You Can Dance
– Top Chef
– The Voice

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
– Tom Bergeron – Dancing with the Stars
– Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance
– Phil Keoghan – The Amazing Race
– Betty White – Betty White’s Off Their Rockers
– Ryan Seacrest – American Idol