OUTSTANDING COMEDY OUTSTANDING DRAMA The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Boardwalk Empire (HBO) EMMY Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Breaking Bad (AMC) Girls (HBO) Downton Abbey (PBS) Modern Family (ABC) Game of Thrones (HBO) BALLOT 30 Rock (NBC) Homeland (Showtime) 2012 Veep (HBO) Mad Men (AMC) With work, play, and of course LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA television, who actually has time to Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) make an Emmy ballot for their Emmy Don Cheadle (House of Lies) Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) party? Thankfully, theTVaddict.com is Louis C.K. (Louie) Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) far too dedicated to spreading the joy Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) Michael C. Hall (Dexter) of television, so enjoy an Emmy ballot Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm) Jon Hamm (Mad Men) on us. And more importantly, enjoy Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) Damian Lewis (Homeland) the show, which airs Sunday September 23 at 8:30 p.m. LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Zooey Deschanel (New Girl) Kathy Bates (Harry’s Law) Lena Dunham (Girls) Glenn Close (Damages) Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) Claire Danes (Homeland) Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey) Tina Fey (30 Rock) Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly) Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA Ty Burrell (Modern Family) Jim Carter (Downton Abbey) Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey) Max Greenfield (New Girl) Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live) Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) Ed O’Neill (Modern Family) Jared Harris (Mad Men) Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory) Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) Julie Bowen (Modern Family) Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives) Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie) Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live) Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW The Amazing Race (CBS) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Project Runway (Lifetime) So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) Top Chef (Bravo) The Voice (NBC)
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