Following is a list of nominees in key categories for the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The winners for U.S. television's highest honors will be announced at a ceremony broadcast live from Los Angeles on September 20.

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Big Love, HBO

Breaking Bad, AMC

Damages, FX

Dexter, Showtime

House, Fox

Lost, ABC

Mad Men, AMC

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA

Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters

Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Glenn Close, Damages

Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Holly Hunter, Saving Grace

BEST LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Hugh Laurie, House

Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Simon Baker, The Mentalist

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA

Rose Byrne, Damages

Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy

Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy

Dianne Wiest, In Treatment

Hope Davis, In Treatment

Cherry Jones, 24

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA

William Shatner, Boston Legal

Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

William Hurt, Damages

Michael Emerson, Lost

John Slattery, Mad Men

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Entourage, HBO

Family Guy, Fox

Flight of the Conchords, HBO

How I Met Your Mother, CBS

The Office, NBC

30 Rock, NBC

Weeds, HBO

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures Of Old Christine

Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?

Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program
Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Toni Collette, United States of Tara

Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

BEST LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY

Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords

Tony Shalhoub, Monk

Steve Carell, The Office

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Charlie Sheen, Two And A Half Men

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY

Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies

Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live

Kristin Wiig, Saturday Night Live

Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock

Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY

Kevin Dillon, Entourage

Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother

Rainn Wilson, The Office

Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock

Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock

Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

BEST MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE

Coco Chanel, Lifetime

Grey Gardens, HBO

Into the Storm, HBO

Prayers for Bobby, Lifetime

Taking Chance, HBO

BEST MINISERIES

Generation Kill, HBO
Little Dorrit, PBS

BEST VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES

The Colbert Report, Comedy Central

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Comedy Central

Late Show With David Letterman, CBS

Real Time With Bill Maher, HBO

Saturday Night Live, NBC