Primetime Emmys Are Tonight

The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air Sunday, September 20, on CBS. Neil Patrick Harris will host the show from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Here are some of the key nominations.

BEST DRAMA
LOST
MAD MEN
BREAKING BAD
DEXTER
DAMAGES
BIG LOVE

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Simon Baker (THE MENTALIST)
Gabriel Byrne (IN TREATMENT)
Hugh Laurie (HOUSE)
Michael C. Hall (DEXTER)
Bryan Cranston (BEAKING BAD) - played Doug on LOVING
Jon Hamm (MAD MEN)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Mariska Hargitay (LAW & ORDER: SVU)
Kyra Sedgwick (THE CLOSER) - played Julia on ANOTHER WORLD
Glenn Close (DAMAGES)
Elisabeth Moss (MAD MEN)
Sally Field (BROTHERS AND SISTERS)
Holly Hunter (SAVIGN GRACE)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Cherry Jones (24)
Rose Byrne (DAMAGES)
Sandra Oh (GREY'S ANATOMY)
Chandra Wilson (GREY'S ANATOMY)
Dianne Wiest (IN TREATMENT)
Hope Davis (IN TREATMENT)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jemaine Clement (FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS)
Alec Baldwin (30 ROCK) - played Billy on THE DOCTORS
Tony Shalhoub (MONK)
Charlie Sheen (TWO AND A HALF MEN)
Steve Carell (THE OFFICE)
Jim Parsons (THE BIG BANG THEORY)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Toni Collette (THE UNITED STATES OF TARA)
Christina Applegate (SAMANTA WHO?)
Tina Fey (3O ROCK)
Mary-Louise Parker (WEEDS) - started career with bit part on RYAN'S HOPE
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE)
Sarah Silverman (THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM)

For a full list of nominations, visit emmys.tv.