2008 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

• Boston Legal (David E. Kelley & Bill D'Elia)
• Dexter (John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Clyde Phillips & Daniel Cerone)
• House (David Shore, Bryan Singer, Paul Attansio, Katie Jacobs, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner & Thomas L. Moran)
• Lost (J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Bryan Burk & Jack Bender)
• Mad Men (Matthew Weiner)
  (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica, Damages, Friday Night Lights, In Treatment, The Wire)

Best Television Series - Comedy

• 30 Rock (Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey, Marci Klein, David Miner & Robert Carlock)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Gavin Polone, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel & Tim Gibbons)
• Entourage (Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Doug Ellin & Rob Weiss)
• The Office (Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Howard Klein, Stephen Merchant & Ben Silverman)
• The Simpsons (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman & Tim Long)
  (Honourable Mentions: American Dad!, Flight of the Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, Pushing Daisies, Two and a Half Men)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Cranford (Kate Harwood & Rebecca Eaton, executive producers; Sue Birtwistle, producer)
• Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant & Jon Plowman, executive producers; Charlie Hanson, producer)
• John Adams (Tom Hanks & Gary Goertzen, executive producers; David Coatsworth & Steven Shareshian, producers)
• A Raisin in the Sun (Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Sean Combs, Carl Rumbaugh, Susan Batson & David Binder, executive producers; John M. Eckert, producer)
• Recount (Paula Weinstein, Len Amato, Sydney Pollack & Jay Roach, executive producers; Michael Hausman, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Andromeda Strain, An American Crime, Comanche Moon, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Tin Man)

Best Variety Series

• The Colbert Report (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Allison Silverman)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Jon Stewart & David Javerbaum)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Lorne Michaels & Jeff Ross)
• Late Show with David Letterman (Barbara Gaines, Maria Pope, Rob Burnett & Jude Brennan)
• Saturday Night Live (Lorne Michaels)
• Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (Tracey Ullmann, Allan McKeown & Bruce Wagner)

Best Variety Special

• Bill Maher: The Decider (Bill Maher & Marc Gurvitz, executive producers; Pat Tourk Lee & John Moffitt, producers)
• George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya! (George Carlin & Jerry Hamza, executive producers; Kimber Rickabaugh & Rocco Urbisci, producers)
• James Taylor: One Man Band (Sydney Pollack & Michael Gorfaine, executive producers; Don Mischer, producer)
• Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveShow (Justin Timberlake, Marty Callner & Randall Gladstein)
• The Kennedy Center Honours (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; George Stevens Jr. & Michael Stevens, producers)
• Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (Mike Richardson, Robert Engelman, Larry Rickles & John Landis, producers)
  (Honourable Mentions: 61st Tony Awards, 80th Academy Awards, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino, We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song)

Best Reality Series

• Antiques Roadshow (Marsha Bemko)
• Dirty Jobs (Craig Piligian, Eddie Barbini & Mary Donahue)
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Denise Cramsey & Conrad L. Ricketts)
• Intervention (Gary R. Benz, Michael Branton, Sam Mettler & Dan Partland)
• MythBusters (John Luscombe, Dan Tapster & Mary Donahue)

Best Reality-Competition Series

• The Amazing Race (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman & Hayma "Screech" Washington)
• American Idol (Nigel Lythgoe, Ken Warwick, Cecile Frot-Coutaz & Simon Fuller)
  
• Deal or No Deal (Scott St. John)
• Kitchen Nightmares (Arthur Smith, Patricia Llewellyn, Kent Weed & Gordon Ramsay)
• Top Chef (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Andrew Cohen, Frances Berwick & Dave Serwatka)

Best Host - Reality Series

• Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
• Howie Mandel - Deal or No Deal
• Jeff Probst - Survivor
• Gordon Ramsay - Kitchen Nightmares
• Ryan Seacrest - American Idol

Best Animated Program

• American Dad! - "Tearjerker" (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & David Zuckerman, executive producers; Albert Calleros, director; Jonathan Fener, writer)
• AVATAR: The Last Airbender - "The Puppetmaster" (Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko & Eric Coleman, executive producers; Joaquim Dos Santos, director; Tim Hedrick, writer)
• Family Guy - "Blue Harvest" (Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman & Chris Sheridan, executive producers; Dominic Polcino, director; Alec Sulkin, writer)
• Robot Chicken - "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" (Seth Green, executive producer/director/writer; Matthew Senreich, executive producer/writer; Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Tom Root & Douglas Goldstein, head writers; Jordan Allen-Dutton, Mike Fasolo, Charles Horn, Breckin Meyer, Hugh Sterbakov & Erik Wiener, writers)
• The Simpsons - "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman & Tim Long, executive producers; Chuck Sheetz, director; J. Stewart Burns, writer)
  (Honourable Mentions: King of the Hill - "Death Picks Cotton", Moral Orel - "Nature Part 2", Phineas and Ferb - "Dude We're Getting the Band Back Together", South Park - "Imaginationland", SpongeBob Squarepants - "Inmates of Summer/Two Faces of Squidward")

Best Lead Actor - Drama

• Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Pilot")
• Michael C. Hall - Dexter (Episode: "There's Something About Harry")
• Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "The Wheel")
• Hugh Laurie - House (Episode: "House's Head")
• James Spader - Boston Legal (Episode: "The Court Supreme")
  (Honourable Mentions: Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment, Kyle Chandler - Friday Night Lights, Jonathan Rhys Meyers - The Tudors, Edward James Olmos - Battlestar Galactica, Bill Paxton - Big Love)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

• Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (Episode: "Rosemary's Baby")
• Steve Carell - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Toby")
• Lee Pace - Pushing Daisies (Episode: "Pie-lette")
  
• Tony Shalhoub - Monk (Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Naked Man")
• Charlie Sheen - Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Is There a Mrs. Waffles?")
  (Honourable Mentions: David Duchovny - Californication, Zachary Levi - Chuck, Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory, Josh Radnor - How I Met Your Mother, James Roday - Psych)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Ralph Fiennes - Bernard and Doris
• Ricky Gervais - Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
• Paul Giamatti - John Adams
• Kevin Spacey - Recount
• Tom Wilkinson - Recount
  (Honourable Mentions: Sean Combs - A Raisin in the Sun, Michael Imperioli - For One More Day, John Leguizamo - The Kill Point, David Oyelowo - Five Days, Daniel Radcliffe - My Boy Jack)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

• Glenn Close - Damages (Episode: "Get Me a Lawyer")
• Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters (Episode: "History Repeating")
• Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Undercover")
• Mary McDonnell - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Revelations")
• Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (Episode: "Manhunt")
  (Honourable Mentions: Patricia Arquette - Medium, Calista Flockhart - Brothers & Sisters, Ginnifer Goodwin - Big Love, Holly Hunter - Saving Grace, Jeanne Tripplehorn - Big Love)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

• Christina Applegate - Samantha Who? (Episode: "The Restraining Order")
• America Ferrera - Ugly Betty (Episode: "Odor in the Court")
• Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "Sandwich Day")
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine (Episode: "One and a Half Men")
• Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds (Episode: "Bill Sussman")
• Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "Surro-Gate")
  (Honourable Mentions: Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives, Anna Friel - Pushing Daisies, Judy Greer - Miss Guided, Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman's State of the Union)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Judi Dench - Cranford
• Catherine Keener - An American Crime
• Laura Linney - John Adams
• Phylicia Rashad - A Raisin in the Sun
• Susan Sarandon - Bernard and Doris
  (Honourable Mentions: Ellen Burstyn - For One More Day, Bryce Dallas Howard - As You Like It, Jennifer Morrison - The Murder of Princess Diana, Elliot Page - An American Crime, Julie Walters - Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

• Ted Danson - Damages (Episode: "Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker")
• Michael Emerson - Lost (Episode: "The Shape of Things to Come")
• Željko Ivanek - Damages (Episode: "I Hate These People")
• William Shatner - Boston Legal (Episode: "Mad About You")
• John Slattery - Mad Men (Episode: "Long Weekend")
  (Honourable Mentions: Henry Ian Cusick - Lost, John Hensley - Nip/Tuck, Michael Hogan - Battlestar Galactica, Matthew Rhys - Brothers & Sisters, Blair Underwood - In Treatment)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

• Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Meander to Your Dander")
• Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "The Goat")
• Chi McBride - Pushing Daisies (Episode: "Dummy")
• Jeremy Piven - Entourage (Episode: "The Day Fuckers")
• Rainn Wilson - The Office (Episode: "Launch Party")
  (Honourable Mentions: Rhys Darby - Flight of the Conchords, Kevin Dillon - Entourage, Simon Helberg - The Big Bang Theory, Justin Kirk - Weeds, Tracy Morgan - 30 Rock)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Stephen Dillane - John Adams
• James Franco - An American Crime
• Michael Keaton - The Company
• Denis Leary - Recount
• Tom Wilkinson - John Adams
  (Honourable Mentions: Bob Balaban - Recount, Hugh Bonneville - Five Days, Kevin Kline - As You Like It, David Morse - John Adams, Bradley Whitford - An American Crime)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

• Candice Bergen - Boston Legal (Episode: "The Mighty Rogues")
• Rose Byrne - Damages (Episode: "There is No 'We' Anymore")
• Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "The Becoming")
• Katee Sackhoff - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Six of One")
• Dianne Wiest - In Treatment (Episode: "Week 6: Paul and Gina")
  (Honourable Mentions: Linda Cardellini - ER, Natalie Dormer - The Tudors, Rachel Griffiths - Brothers & Sisters, Christina Hendricks - Mad Men, Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

• Kristin Chenoweth - Pushing Daisies (Episode: "Girth")
• Rachael MacFarlane - American Dad! (Episode: "Haylias")
• Amy Poehler - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tina Fey")
• Jean Smart - Samantha Who? (Episode: "The Girlfriend")
• Vanessa Williams - Ugly Betty (Episode: "Bananas for Betty")
  (Honourable Mentions: Dana Delany - Desperate Housewives, Jenna Fischer - The Office, Alyson Hannigan - How I Met Your Mother, Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock, Holland Taylor - Two and a Half Men)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Eileen Atkins - Cranford
• Laura Dern - Recount
• Ashley Jensen - Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
• Audra McDonald - A Raisin in the Sun
• Imelda Staunton - Cranford
  (Honourable Mentions: Kim Cattrall - My Boy Jack, Janet McTeer - Five Days, Sarah Polley - John Adams, Annie Potts - Queen Sized, Alfre Woodard - Pictures of Hollis Woods)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

• Danny Glover - Brothers & Sisters (Episode: "Separation Anxiety")
• Robert Morse - Mad Men (Episode: "Nixon vs. Kennedy")
• Oliver Platt - Nip/Tuck (Episode: "Carly Summers")
• Glynn Turman - In Treatment (Episode: "Week 8: Alex")
• Robin Williams - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Authority")
  (Honourable Mentions: Steve Buscemi - ER, Keith Carradine - Dexter, Charles Durning - Rescue Me, Peter O'Toole - The Tudors, Stanley Tucci - ER)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

• Will Arnett - 30 Rock (Episode: "Jack Gets in the Game")
• Shelley Berman - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "The Rat Dog")
• Dan Castellaneta - Entourage (Episode: "The Day Fuckers")
• Tim Conway - 30 Rock (Episode: "Subway Hero")
• Jerry Seinfeld - 30 Rock (Episode: "Seinfeld-Vision")
  (Honourable Mentions: Ted Danson - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Christopher Gorham - Ugly Betty, Ashton Kutcher - Miss Guided, Joel McHale - Pushing Daisies, Paul Reubens - Pushing Daisies)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

• Ellen Burstyn - Big Love (Episode: "Take Me As I Am")
• Sharon Gless - Nip/Tuck (Episode: "Candy Richards")
• Anjelica Huston - Medium (Episode: "Wicked Game: Part II")
• Cynthia Nixon - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Alternative")
• Amy Ryan - The Wire (Episode: "Clarifications")
  (Honourable Mentions: Diahann Carroll - Grey's Anatomy, Anne Dudek - House, Jurnee Smollett - Grey's Anatomy, Mira Sorvino - House, Sonya Walger - Lost)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

• Edie Falco - 30 Rock (Episode: Episode 210)
• Carrie Fisher - 30 Rock (Episode: "Rosemary's Baby")
• Kathryn Joosten - Desperate Housewives (Episode: "Welcome to Kanagawa")
• Sarah Silverman - Monk (Episode: "Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan")
• Elaine Stritch - 30 Rock (Episode: "Ludachristmas")
  (Honourable Mentions: Polly Bergen - Desperate Housewives, Sarah Chalke - How I Met Your Mother, Amy Ryan - The Office, Kerry Washington - Psych)

Best Directing - Drama

• Allen Coulter - Damages (Episode: "Get Me a Lawyer")
• Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Pilot")
• Michael Rymer - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Revelations")
• Alan Taylor - Mad Men (Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")
  
• Greg Yaitanes - House (Episode: "House's Head")
  (Honourable Mentions: Daniel Attias - The Wire, Paris Barclay - In Treatment, Jack Bender - Lost, Jim McKay - Big Love, Arlene Sanford - Boston Legal)

Best Directing - Comedy

• Daniel Attias - Entourage (Episode: "No Cannes Do")
• James Bobin - Flight of the Conchords (Episode: "Sally Returns")
• Michael Engler - 30 Rock (Episode: "Rosemary's Baby")
• Paul Feig - The Office (Episode: "Goodbye, Toby")
• Barry Sonnenfeld - Pushing Daisies (Episode: "Pie-lette")
  (Honourable Mentions: David Grossman - Desperate Housewives, Pamela Fryman - How I Met Your Mother, Luke Greenfield - Aliens in America, Paul Lieberstein - The Office, Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock)

Best Directing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bob Balaban - Bernard and Doris
• Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant - Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
• Tom Hooper - John Adams
• Tommy O'Haver - An American Crime
• Jay Roach - Recount

Best Writing - Drama

• Michael Angeli - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Six of One")
• Ed Burns & David Simon - The Wire (Episode: "-30-")
• Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof - Lost (Episode: "The Constant")
• Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman - Damages (Episode: "Get Me a Lawyer")
• Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")
  (Honourable Mentions: Peter Blake, David Foster, Garrett Lerner & Russel Friend - House, Vice Gilligan - Breaking Bad, Chris Provenzano - Mad Men, Scott Reynolds - Dexter, Robin Veith & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men)

Best Writing - Comedy

• James Bobin, Jemaine Clement & Bret McKenzie - Flight of the Conchords (Episode: "Yoko")
• Jack Burditt - 30 Rock (Episode: "Rosemary's Baby")
• Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky - The Office (Episode: "Dinner Party")
• Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "Cooter")
• Bryan Fuller - Pushing Daisies (Episode: "Pie-lette")
  (Honourable Mentions: Andrew Guest & John Riggi - 30 Rock, Todd Holland - Miss Guided, Kari Lizer - The New Adventures of Old Christine, B.J. Novak - The Office)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Hugh Costello - Bernard and Doris
• Kirk Ellis - John Adams
• Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant - Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
• Danny Strong - Recount
• Heidi Thomas - Cranford

Best Casting - Drama

• Brothers & Sisters (Jeanie Bacharach & Gillian O'Neill)
• Damages (Julie Tucker & Ross Meyerson)
• Friday Night Lights (Linda Lowy, John Brace & Beth Sepko)
• Mad Men (Laura Schiff & Carrie Audino)
• The Tudors (Nuala Moiselle, Frank Moiselle, Mary Jo Slater & Steve Brooksbank)

Best Casting - Comedy

• 30 Rock (Jennifer McNamara-Shroff)
• American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
• Californication (Felicia Fasano & Pat McCorkle)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (Allison Jones)
• Pushing Daisies (Cami Patton, Meg Liberman & Jennifer Lare)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• The Andromeda Strain (Denise Chamian & Scout Masterson)
• The Bronx is Burning (Billy Hopkins & Paul Schnee)
• The Company (Denise Chamian & Scout Masterson)
• John Adams (Kathleen Chopin, Nina Gold & Tracey Kilpatrick)
  
• Recount (David Rubin & Richard Hicks)

Best Cinematography - Series

• Battlestar Galactica - Stephen McNutt (Episode: "Revelations")
• Breaking Bad - John Toll (Episode: "Pilot")
• Dexter - Romeo Tirone (Episode: "Morning Comes")
• Lost - John Bartley (Episode: "The Constant")
• Mad Men - Phil Abraham (Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")
  (Honourable Mentions: Californication (Peter Levy), Damages (Jonathan Freeman), Pushing Daisies (Michael Weaver), Rescue Me (Tom Houghton), The Tudors (Ousama Rawi))

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• The Andromeda Strain (Jon Joffin)
• Comanche Moon (Alan Caso)
• John Adams (Tak Fujimoto & Danny Cohen)
• Sense and Sensibility (Sean Bobbitt)
• Tin Man (Thomas Burstyn)

Best Costume Design - Series

• Desperate Housewives - Catherine Adair (Episode: "In Buddy's Eyes")
• Mad Men - John Dunn (Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")
• Pushing Daisies - Mary Vogt (Episode: "Pie-lette")
• The Tudors - Joan Bergin (Episode: "Tears for Blood")
• Ugly Betty - Eduardo Castro (Episode: "Bananas for Betty")

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bernard and Doris (Joseph G. Aulisi)
• Comanche Moon (Van Broughton Ramsey)
• Cranford (Jenny Beavan)
• John Adams (Donna Zakowska)
• Tin Man (Angus Strathie)

Best Editing - Series

• American Dad! - Kirk Benson (Episode: "Tearjerker")
• Battlestar Galactica - Julius Ramsey (Episode: "He That Believeth in Me")
• Breaking Bad - Lynne Willingham (Episode: "Pilot")
• Heroes - Scott Boyd (Episode: "Powerless")
• Lost - Robert Florio, Mark Goldman, Stephen Semel & Christopher Nelson (Episode: "There's No Place Like Home: Part II")
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Paul Karasick (Episode: "Pilot")
  (Honourable Mentions: 30 Rock (Ken Eluto), Damages (Daniel A. Valverde), Mad Men (Leo Trombetta), Pushing Daisies (Stuart Bass))

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• The Andromeda Strain (Scott Vickrey)
• Cranford (Frances Parker)
• Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (Richard Halladey & Graham Barker)
• John Adams (Melanie Oliver)
• Recount (Alan Baumgarten)

Best Ensemble - Drama

• The Closer (Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Robert Gossett, Corey Reynolds, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Jon Tenney, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz & Gina Ravera, et. al.)
• Damages (Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Željko Ivanek, Noah Bean, Tate Donovan & Ted Danson, et. al.)
• Friday Night Lights (Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden, Taylor Kitsch, Jesse Plemons, Zach Gilford, Minka Kelly, Adrianne Palicki, Scott Porter & Gaius Charles, et. al.)
• Lost (Naveen Andrews, Henry Ian Cusick, Michael Emerson, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Elizabeth Mitchell & Terry O'Quinn, et. al.)
• Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Bryan Batt, Michael Gladis, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer & John Slattery, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica, Big Love, Brothers & Sisters, House, The Wire)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

• 30 Rock (Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Katrina Bowden, Keith Powell & Lonny Ross, et. al.)
• American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
• Entourage (Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Jerry Ferrara, Rex Lee, Perrey Reeves & Jeremy Piven, et. al.)
• The Office (Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Jenna Fischer, Melora Hardin, Ed Helms, Angela Kinsey, Craig Robinson & Mindy Kaling, et. al.)
• Pushing Daisies (Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Stephen Root, David Arquette, Jim Dale & Kristin Chenoweth, et. al.)
• The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Maggie Roswell, Russi Taylor & Tress MacNeille, et. al.)

Best Main Title Design

• Bernard and Doris (Garson Yu, Synderela Peng, Etsuko Uji & Edwin Baker)
• Chuck (Karin Fong, Jonathan Gershon & Dana Yee)
• Flight of the Conchords (Robert Dahlin & Jay Odum)
• Mad Men (Mark Gardner, Steve Fuller & Cara McKenney)
• New Amsterdam (Johanna Marciano, Wendy Brovetto & Bryan Keeling)
  (Honourable Mentions: Californication, The Company, Damages, Hell's Kitchen, Pushing Daisies)

Best Main Title Theme Music

• Californication (Tree Adams & Tyler Bates)
• John Adams (Robert Lane & Joseph Vitarelli)
• Mad Men (Ramble Krohn)
• Phineas and Ferb (Dan Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Michael Hirano Culross, Carl Hill Williams & Michael Walker)
• Pirate Master (Russ Landau)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Big Bang Theory, Canterbury's Law, Journeyman, Kid Nation, Saving Grace)

Best Makeup - Series

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Melanie Levitt, Tom Hoerber & Matthew W. Mungle (Episode: "Dead Doll")
• Mad Men - Debbie Zoller, Ron Pipes & Suzanne Diaz (Episode: "The Hobo Code")
• Pushing Daisies - Todd McIntosh, David DeLeon & Bradley M. Look (Episode: "Dummy")
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Robert Hall, Clayton Martinez & Allan B. Holt (Episode: "Pilot")
• Tracey Ullman's State of the Union - Sally Craven & Matthew W. Mungle (Episode: "Episode 102")

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• The Andromeda Strain (Connie Parker, Jill Bailey & Nicholas Podbrey)
• Comanche Moon (Tarra Day, Karen McDonald & Jessie Brown)
• The Company (Katalin Jakots, Burton LeBlanc & Trefor Proud)
• John Adams (John R. Bayless, Trefor Proud & Matthew W. Mungle)
• Tin Man (Lisa Love & Rebecca Lee)

Best Music Composition - Series

• American Dad! - Walter Murphy (Episode: "Tearjerker")
• Battlestar Galatica - Bear McCreary (Episode: "Revelations")
• Lost - Michael Giacchino (Episode: "The Constant")
• Pushing Daisies - Jim Dooley (Episode: "Pigeon")
• The Simpsons - Alf Clausen (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XVIII")
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Bear McCreary (Episode: "Gnothi Seauton")
  (Honourable Mentions: House (Jon Ehrlich & Jason Derlatka), Little People, Big World (Joey Newman), Saving Grace (Keefus Ciancia & Susan Marder), The Tudors (Trevor Morris))

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• As You Like it (Patrick Doyle)
• Bernard and Doris (Alex Wurman)
• The Company (Jeff Beal)
• John Adams (Robert Lane)
• Sense and Sensibility (Martin Phipps)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

• American Dad! - "Oliver North" (Walter Murphy & Erik Sommers)
• Flight of the Conchords - "Inner City Pressure" (James Bobin, Jemaine Clement & Bret McKenzie)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! - "I'm Fucking Matt Damon!" (Tony Barbieri, Sal Iacono, Wayne McClammy, Sarah Silverman & Dan Warner)
• MADtv - "Sad Fitty Cent" (Greg O'Connor, Jordan Peele & Jim Wise)
• Phineas and Ferb - "I Ain't Got Rhythm" (Danny Jacob, Robert F. Hughes, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Martin Olson & Dan Povenmire)

Best Production Design - Series

• Lost - James Newport & Carol Bayne Kelley (Episode: "The Economist")
• Mad Men - Bob Shaw & Rena DeAngelo (Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes")
• Pushing Daisies - Michael Wiley & Halina Siwolop (Episode: "Pie-lette")
• The Tudors - Tom Conroy & Jenny Oman (Episode: "Tears of Blood")
• Ugly Betty - Mark Worthington & Archie D'Amico (Episode: "How Betty Got Her Grieve Back")
  (Honourable Mentions: American Dad!, Dexter, Heroes, House, How I Met Your Mother)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• The Andromeda Strain (Jerry Wanek & Merlin Dervisevic)
• Cranford (Donal Woods & Trisha Edwards)
• John Adams (Gemma Jackson & Kathy Lucas)
• Recount (Patti Podesta & Anuradha Mehta)
• Tin Man (Michael Joy & Mark Lane)

Best Short Format Animated Program

• Camp Lazlo - "Lazlo's First Crush" (Joe Murray & Brian A. Miller, executive producers; Brian Sheesley, director; John Infantino & Piero Piluso, writers)
• Chowder - "Burple Nurples" (C.H. Greenblatt & Brian A. Miller, executive producers; Juli Hashiguchi, director; William Reiss, writer)
• El Tigre - "A Fistful of Collars" (Jorge R. Gutierrez, Sandra Equihua & Eric Coleman, executive producers; Dave Thomas, director; Scott M. Gimple, writer)
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - "Dracula Must Die!" (Maxwell Atoms & Brian A. Miller, executive producers; Eddy Houchins & Juli Hashiguchi, directors; C.H. Greenblatt, writer)
• Squirrel Boy - "Gumfight at the S'Okay Corral" (Everett Peck & Brian A. Miller, executive producers; Raymie Muzquiz, supervising director; Howard Margulies & Joseph Purdy, writers)

Best Sound Design - Series

• American Dad! - Bob Newlan, Shawn Ian Kerkhoff & Jim Fitzpatrick (Episode: "Tearjerker")
• Battlestar Galactica - Daniel Colman, Kenneth Kobett & Michael Olman (Episode: "Revelations")
• Breaking Bad - Nick Forshager, Eric Justen & Jeffrey Perkins (Episode: "Pilot")
• Lost - Thomas deGorter, Frank Morrone & Scott Weber (Episode: "The Shape of Things to Come")
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Michael E. Lawshe, Rick Norman & Peter Michael Sullivan (Episode: "Pilot")
  (Honourable Mentions: Burn Notice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Heroes, Pushing Daisies, Smallville)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• The Andromeda Strain (G. Michael Graham, Terry O'Bright & Keith Rogers)
• John Adams (Stephen Hunter Flick, Marc Fishman & Tony Lamberti, Episode: "Don't Tread on Me")
• John Adams (Stephen Hunter Flick, Bob Beemer & Michael Minkler, Episode: "Join or Die")
• The Kill Point (Nick Forshager, Stephen Grubbs, Robert Appere, Ethan Beibel & Ross Davis) 
• Tin Man (Mike Paprocki, James Wallace, Graeme Hughes & Paul A. Sharpe)

Best Visual Effects

• Battlestar Galactica - Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, David Takemura & Doug Drexler (Episode: "He That Believeth in Me")
• Heroes - Mark Spatny, Eric Grenaudier, Gary D'Amico & Diego Galtieri (Episode: "Four Months Ago...")
• John Adams - Erik Henry, Jeff Goldman, Paul Graff & Steve Kullback (Episode: "Join or Die")
• Lost - Kevin Blank, Mitch Suskin, Elizabeth Castro & Archie Ahuna (Episode: "Cabin Fever")
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - James Lima, Jon Massey, Andrew Orloff & Lane Jolly (Episode: "Pilot")
  (Honourable Mentions: The Andromeda Strain, Comache Moon, Life After People, Pushing Daisies, Stargate Atlantis)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons for voicing Homer Simpson (and others) in "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind"
• Mike Judge - King of the Hill for voicing Hank Hill in "Suite Smell of Excess"
• Tom Kenny - SpongeBob Squarepants for voicing SpongeBob Squarepants in "Spy Buddies"
• Seth MacFarlane - American Dad! for voicing Roger Smith/Tearjerker (and others) in "Tearjerker"
• Yeardley Smith - The Simpsons for voicing Lisa Simpson in "Smoke on the Daughter"