2009 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Television Series - Drama

• Battlestar Galactica [Sci-fi] (Ronald D. Moore & David Eick)
  
• Breaking Bad [AMC] (Vince Gilligan & Mark Johnson)
• Dexter [Showtime] (John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Clyde Phillips & Charles H. Eglee)
• House [FOX] (David Shore, Bryan Singer, Paul Attansio, Katie Jacobs, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Thomas L. Moran & Hugh Laurie)
• Lost [ABC] (J.J. Abrams, Jack Bender, Bryan Burk, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Adam Horowitz & Edward Kitsis)
• Mad Men [AMC] (Matthew Weiner)
  (Honourable Mentions: Damages, Friday Night Lights, The Shield)

Best Television Series - Comedy

• 30 Rock [NBC] (Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey, Marci Klein, David Miner & Robert Carlock)
• American Dad! [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Richard Appel, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz & David Zuckerman)
• Entourage [HBO] (Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Doug Ellin, Rob Weiss & Denis Biggs)
• Flight of the Conchords [HBO] (James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Troy Miller & Stu Smiley)
• How I Met Your Mother [CBS] (Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Pamela Fryman & Greg Malins)
• The Office [NBC] (Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Howard Klein, Stephen Merchant, Ben Silverman, Paul Lieberstein & Jennifer Celotta)
  (Honourable Mentions: Pushing Daisies, The Simpsons, The United States of Tara, Weeds)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Generation Kill [HBO] (Ed Burns, David Simon & George Faber, executive producers; Andrea Calderwood, producer)
  
• Grey Gardens [HBO] (Lucy Barzun Donnelly, Rachael Horovitz & Michael Suscy, executive producers; David Coatsworth, producer)
• Into the Storm [HBO] (Ridley Scott & David M. Thompson, executive producers; Frank Doelger, Tracey Scoffield, Julie Payne & Ann Wingate, producers)
• Little Dorrit [PBS] (Anne Pivcevic & Rebecca Eaton, executive producers; Lisa Osborne, producer)
• Taking Chance [HBO] (Brad Krevoy, Cathy Wischner-Sola & Ross Katz, executive producers; Lori Keith Douglas, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Courageous Heart of Irene Sendler, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, House of Saddam, Prayers for Bobby, Wallander: One Step Behind)

Best Variety Series

• The Colbert Report [Comedy Central] (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Allison Silverman)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart [Comedy Central] (Jon Stewart, David Javerbaum, Rory Albanese & Josh Lieb)
• Late Show with David Letterman [CBS] (Barbara Gaines, Maria Pope, Rob Burnett & Jude Brennan)
• Real Time with Bill Maher [HBO] (Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Brad Grey, Marc Gurvitz & Billy Martin)
• Saturday Night Live [NBC] (Lorne Michaels)
  (Honourable Mentions: Chelsea Lately, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Little Britain USA, Tracey Ullman's State of the Union)

Best Variety Special

• 81st Academy Awards [ABC] (Bill Condon & Laurence Mark, producers)
• Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger [HBO] (Chris Rock, executive producer; Marty Callner & Randall Gladstein, producers)
• The Kennedy Center Honours [CBS] (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; George Stevens Jr. & Michael Stevens, producers)
• Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist [HBO] (Michael J. Fox, Rudy Bednar & Nellee Fortenberry, executive producers; Ramen Cromwell & Mary Hanan, producers)
• Ricky Gervais: Out of England [HBO] (Ricky Gervais, executive producer; Pat Tourk Lee & John Moffitt, producers)
• Will Ferrell: You're Welcome, America. A Final Night with George W. Bush [HBO] (Will Ferrell, Adam McKay & Jessica Elbaum, executive producers; Marty Callner & Randall Gladstein, producers)

Best Reality Series [TIE]

• Antiques Roadshow [PBS] (Marsha Bemko)
• Dirty Jobs [Discovery] (Craig Piligian, Eddie Barbini, Mike Rowe & Gena McCarthy)
• Intervention [A&E] (Gary R. Benz, Michael Branton, Sam Mettler, Dan Partland, Robert Sharenow & Colleen Conway)
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List [Bravo] (Kathy Griffin, Marcia Mule, Bryan Scott, Lisa Tucker, Cori Abraham, Andrew Cohen & Jenn Levy)
• MythBusters [Discovery] (John Luscombe, Dan Tapster & Mary Donahue)

Best Reality-Competition Series

• The Amazing Race [CBS] (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman & Hayma "Screech" Washington)
• American Idol [FOX] (Ken Warwick, Cecile Frot-Coutaz & Simon Fuller)
• Dancing with the Stars [ABC] (Conrad Green)
• Project Runway [Bravo] (Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Andrew Cohen & Frances Berwick)
• Top Chef [Bravo] (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Andrew Cohen, Frances Berwick & Dave Serwatka)
  (Honourable Mentions: America's Got Talent, The Celebrity Apprentice, Deal or No Deal, The Mole, Survivor)

Best Host - Reality Series

• Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
• Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
• Jeff Probst - Survivor
• Gordon Ramsay - Kitchen Nightmares
• Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
  (Honourable Mentions: Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi - Top Chef, Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage - MythBusters, Heidi Klum - Project Runway, Mike Rowe - Dirty Jobs, Jerry Springer - America's Got Talent)

Best Animated Program

• American Dad! - "1600 Candles" [FOX] (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman & David Zuckerman, executive producers; Caleb Meurer, director; Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz, executive producers/writers)
  
• AVATAR: The Last Airbender - "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang" [Nickelodeon] (Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko, executive producers/writers; Eric Coleman, executive producer; Joaquim Dos Santos, director)
• Robot Chicken - "Robot Chicken Star Wars: Episode II" [Adult Swim] (Seth Green, executive producer/director/writer; Matthew Senreich, executive producer/writer; Keith Crofford & Mike Lazzo, executive producers; Tom Goldstein & Douglas Root, head writers; Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick & Zeb Wells, writers)
• The Simpsons - "Four Great Women and a Manicure" (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman & Tim Long, executive producers; Raymond S. Persi, director; Valentina L. Garza, writer)
• South Park - "Margaritaville" [Comedy Central] (Trey Parker, executive producer/director/writer; Matt Stone & Anne Garefino, executive producers)

Best Lead Actor - Drama

• Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment (Episode: "Week 4: Gina")
• Kyle Chandler - Friday Night Lights (Episode: "Underdogs")
• Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Phoenix")
• Michael C. Hall - Dexter (Episode: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight")
• Jon Hamm - Mad Men (Episode: "The Mountain King")
• Hugh Laurie - House (Episode: "Under My Skin")
  (Honourable Mentions: Simon Baker - The Mentalist, Michael Chiklis - The Shield, Edward James Olmos - Battlestar Galactica, Kiefer Sutherland - 24)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

• Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (Episode: "Generalissimo")
• Steve Carell - The Office (Episode: "Broke")
• Jemaine Clement - Flight of the Conchords (Episode: "Unnatural Love")
• David Duchovny - Californication (Episode: "La Petite Mort")
• Seth MacFarlane - American Dad! (Episode: "Stan's Night Out")
• Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis")
  (Honourable Mentions: Zachary Levi - Chuck, Ken Marino - Party Down, Tony Shalhoub - Monk, Charlie Sheen - Two and a Half Men)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Kevin Bacon - Taking Chance
• Kenneth Branagh - Wallander: One Step Behind
• Brendan Gleeson - Into the Storm
• Ian McKellen - King Lear
• Kiefer Sutherland - 24: Redemption
  (Honourable Mentions: Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Kevin Kline - Cyrano de Bergerac, Igal Naor - House of Saddam, Alexander Skarsgård - Generation Kill)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

• Glenn Close - Damages (Episode: "Trust Me")
• Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "PTSD")
• Mary McDonnell - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Daybreak (Part 2)")
• Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men (Episode: "Meditations on an Emergency")
• Anna Paquin - True Blood (Episode: "Strange Love")
• Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (Episode: "Cherry Bomb")
  (Honourable Mentions: Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters, Holly Hunter - Saving Grace, January Jones - Mad Men, Jeanne Tripplehorn - Big Love)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

• Christina Applegate - Samantha Who? (Episode: "The Pill")
• Toni Collette - The United States of Tara (Episode: "Pilot")
• Tina Fey - 30 Rock (Episode: "Reunion")
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine (Episode: "Everyone Says I Love You Except Richie")
• Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds (Episode: "Lady's a Charm")
• Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "Stan Time")
  (Honourable Mentions: America Ferrera - Ugly Betty, Eva Longoria - Desperate Housewives, Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation, Sarah Silverman - The Sarah Silverman Program)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Drew Barrymore - Grey Gardens
• Jessica Lange - Grey Gardens
• Shirley MacLaine - Coco Chanel
• Anna Paquin - The Courageous Heart of Irene Sendler
• Sigourney Weaver - Prayers for Bobby
  

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

• Michael Emerson - Lost (Episode: "Dead is Dead")
• William Hurt - Damages (Episode: "Hey! Mr. Pibb")
• John Mahoney - In Treatment (Episode: "Week 3: Walter")
• Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad (Episode: "Peekaboo")
• William Shatner - Boston Legal (Episode: "Last Call")
• John Slattery - Mad Men (Episode: "Six Month Leave")
  (Honourable Mentions: Christian Clemenson - Boston Legal, Walton Goggins - The Shield, Josh Holloway - Lost, John Noble - Fringe)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

• Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Benefits")
• John Krasinski - The Office (Episode: "Weight Loss")
• Jack McBrayer - 30 Rock (Episode: "Cutbacks")
• Tracy Morgan - 30 Rock (Episode: "The Natural Order")
• Jason Segel - How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Not a Father's Day")
• Rainn Wilson - The Office (Episode: "Heavy Competition")
  (Honourable Mentions: Kevin Dillon - Entourage, Simon Helberg - The Big Bang Theory, Justin Kirk - Weeds, Chi McBride - Pushing Daisies)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Len Cariou - Into the Storm
• Tom Courtenay - Little Dorrit
• Ken Howard - Grey Gardens
• Bob Newhart - The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
• Andy Serkis - Little Dorrit
  (Honourable Mentions: Phillip Arditti - House of Saddam, Ryan Kelley - Prayers for Bobby, James Ransome - Generation Kill, Stark Sands - Generation Kill, Lee Tergesen - Generation Kill)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

• Rose Byrne - Damages (Episode: "Trust Me")
• Hope Davis - In Treatment (Episode: "Week 6: Mia")
• Christina Hendricks - Mad Men (Episode: "The Mountain King")
• Cherry Jones - 24 (Episode: "Day 7: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.")
• Dianne Wiest - In Treatment (Episode: "Week 6: Gina")
• Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "Stairway to Heaven")
  (Honourable Mentions: Connie Britton - Friday Night Lights, Elizabeth Mitchell - Lost, Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy, Alison Pill - In Treatment)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

• Kristin Chenoweth - Pushing Daisies (Episode: "Bad Habits")
• Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock (Episode: "The Ones")
• Rachael MacFarlane - American Dad! (Episode: "Pulling Double Booty")
• Elizabeth Perkins - Weeds (Episode: "No Man is Pudding")
• Amy Poehler - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Josh Brolin")
• Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Neil Patrick Harris")
  (Honourable Mentions: Jenna Fischer - The Office, Jean Smart - Samantha Who?, Colbi Smulders - How I Met Your Mother, Vanessa Williams - Ugly Betty)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Shorheh Aghdashloo - House of Saddam
• Marcia Gay Harden - The Courageous Heart of Irene Sendler
• Janet McTeer - Into the Storm
• Jeanne Tripplehorn - Grey Gardens
• Cicely Tyson - Relative Stranger

Best Guest Actor - Drama

• Ernest Borgnine - ER (Episode: "And in the End...")
• Patrick Fischler - Mad Men (Episode: "Six Month Leave")
• Michael J. Fox - Rescue Me (Episode: "Sheila")
• Željko Ivanek - House (Episode: "Last Resort")
• Randall Duk Kim - Fringe (Episode: "The Equation")
• Jimmy Smits - Dexter (Episode: "Go Your Own Way")
  (Honourable Mentions: Edward Asner - CSI: NY, Ted Danson - Damages, Mark Margolis - Breaking Bad, Patton Oswalt - Dollhouse)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

• Alan Alda - 30 Rock (Episode: "Mamma Mia")
• Albert Brooks - Weeds (Episode: "The Three Coolers")
• Jon Hamm - 30 Rock (Episode: "The Bubble")
• Steve Martin - 30 Rock (Episode: "Gavin Volure")
• J.K. Simmons - Party Down (Episode: "Taylor Stiltskin's Sweet Sixteen")
• Justin Timberlake - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Justin Timberlake")
  (Honourable Mentions: Scott Bakula - Chuck, Beau Bridges - Desperate Housewives, Rob Corddry - The United States of Tara, Idris Elba - The Office)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

• Brenda Blethyn - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Persona")
• Carol Burnett - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Ballerina")
• Ellen Burstyn - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Swing")
• Sharon Lawrence - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "No Good at Saying Goodbye (One More Chance)")
• Melinda McGraw - Mad Men (Episode: "New Girl")
• C.C.H. Pounder - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Episode: "The Boy with the African Heart")
  (Honourable Mentions: Margo Martindale - Dexter, Bernadette Peters - Grey's Anatomy, Adina Porter - True Blood, Kate Vernon - Battlestar Galactica)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

• Jennifer Aniston - 30 Rock (Episode: "The One with the Cast of Night Court")
• Christine Baranski - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Maternal Capacitance")
• Emily Blunt - The Simpsons (Episode: "Lisa the Drama Queen")
• Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Presidential Bash 2008")
• Amy Ryan - The Office (Episode: "Company Picnic")
• Elaine Stritch - 30 Rock (Episode: "Christmas Special")
  (Honourable Mentions: Kristen Bell - Party Down, Courteney Cox - Scrubs, Gena Rowlands - Monk, Betty White - My Name is Earl)

Best Directing - Drama [TIE]

• Phil Abraham - Mad Men (Episode: "The Jet Set")
• Bill D'Elia - Boston Legal (Episode: "Made in China/Last Call")
• Rod Holcomb - ER (Episode:"And in the End...")
• Todd A. Kessler - Damages (Episode: "Trust Me")
• Anthony Minghella - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Episode: "Pilot")
• Michael Rymer - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Daybreak (Part 2)")
  (Honourable Mentions: Alan Ball - True Blood, Paris Barclay - In Treatment, Jack Bender - Lost, Charles Haid - Breaking Bad)

Best Directing - Comedy

• Jeffrey Blitz - The Office (Episode: "Stress Relief")
• James Bobin - Flight of the Conchords (Episode: "The Tough Brets")
• Bob Bowen - American Dad! (Episode: "Roy Rogers McFreely")
• Julian Farino - Entourage (Episode: "Tree Trippers")
• Todd Holland - 30 Rock (Episode: "Generalissimo")
• Beth McCarthy-Miller - 30 Rock (Episode: "Reunion")
  (Honourable Mentions: Paris Barclay - Weeds, Michel Gondry - Flight of the Conchords, Adam Kane - Pushing Daisies, Millicent Shelton - 30 Rock)

Best Directing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Ross Katz - Taking Chance
• Philip Martin - Wallander: One Step Behind
• Thaddeus O'Sullivan - Into the Storm
• Michael Suscy - Grey Gardens
• Susannah White - Generation Kill

Best Writing - Drama

• Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof - Lost (Episode: "The Incident")
• Vince Gilligan - Breaking Bad (Episode: "ABQ")
• Kater Gordon & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "Meditations on an Emergency")
• Ronald D. Moore - Battlestar Galactica (Episode: "Daybreak (Part 2)")
• Robin Veith & Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "A Night to Remember")
• Matthew Weiner - Mad Men (Episode: "The Jet Set")
  (Honourable Mentions: David Hudgens - Friday Night Lights, Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman - Damages, John Shiban - Breaking Bad, Peter Tolan & Denis Leary - Rescue Me)

Best Writing - Comedy

• James Bobin, Jemaine Clement & Bret McKenzie - Flight of the Conchords (Episode: "Prime Minister")
• Brian Boyle - American Dad! (Episode: "Roy Rogers McFreely")
  
• Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock - 30 Rock (Episode: "Kidney Now!")
• J. Stewart Burns - The Simpsons (Episode: "Waverly Hills 9021-D'oh")
• Diablo Cody - The United States of Tara (Episode: "Pilot")
• Paul Lieberstein - The Office (Episode: "Stress Relief")
  (Honourable Mentions: Robert Carlock - 30 Rock, Greg Garcia - My Name is Earl, Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally - Ugly Betty, Ron Weiner - 30 Rock)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Ed Burns & David Simon - Generation Kill
• Andrew Davies - Little Dorrit
• Ross Katz & Michael Strobl - Taking Chance
• Patricia Rozema & Michael Suscy - Grey Gardens
• Hugh Whitemore - Into the Storm

Best Casting - Drama

• Friday Night Lights (Linda Lowy, John Brace & Beth Sepko)
• Lost (April Webster)
• Mad Men (Laura Schiff & Carrie Audino)
• True Blood (Libby Goldstein & Junie Lowry-Johnson)
• The Tudors (Nuala Moiselle, Frank Moiselle, Mary Jo Slater & Steve Brooksbank)

Best Casting - Comedy

• 30 Rock (Jennifer McNamara-Shroff)
• American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
• The Office (Allison Jones)
• The United States of Tara (Allison Jones, Cami Patton & Elizabeth Barnes)
• Weeds (Dava Waite Peaslee)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• 24: Redemption (Peggy Kennedy & Debi Manwiller)
• Generation Kill (Alexa L. Fogel, Christa Schamberger, Suzanne Crowley & Gilly Poole)
• Grey Gardens (Ellen Parks & Robin Cook)
• House of Saddam (Elaine Granger)
• Into the Storm (Kate Rhodes James)

Best Cinematography - Series

• Battlestar Galactica - Stephen McNutt (Episode: "Blood on the Scales")
• Breaking Bad - Michael Slovis (Episode: "ABQ")
• Fringe - Tom Yatsko (Episode: "The Arrival")
• Lost - John Bartley (Episode: "The Incident")
• Mad Men - Christopher Manley (Episode: "Meditations on an Emergency")
  (Honourable Mentions: 30 Rock (Matthew Clark), Californication (Michael Weaver), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (James L. Carter), Life on Mars (Kramer Morgenthau), The Tudors (Ousama Rawi))

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Generation Kill (Ivan Strasburg)
• Grey Gardens (Mike Eley)
• Into the Storm (Michel Amanthieu)
• Little Dorrit (Lukas Strebel)
• Taking Chance (Alar Kivillo)

Best Costume Design - Series

• Mad Men - Janie Bryant (Episode: "Meditations on an Emergency")
• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Jo Katsaras (Episode: "Pilot")
• Pushing Daisies - Robert Blackman (Episode: "Bzzzzzzzzz!")
• The Tudors - Joan Bergin (Episode: "Protestant Anne of Cleves")
• Ugly Betty - Patricia Field (Episode: "In the Stars")

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Grey Gardens (Catherine Marie Thomas)
• House of Saddam (Alexandra Caulfield)
• Into the Storm (Consolata Boyle)
• The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (Kim Martinez)
• Little Dorrit (Barbara Kidd)

Best Editing - Series

• 24 - Scott Powell (Episode: "Day 7: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.")
• 30 Rock - Ken Eluto (Episode: "Apollo, Apollo")
• Battlestar Galactica - Michael O'Halloran, Julius Ramsey & Andrew Seklir (Episode: "Daybreak (Part 2)")
• Breaking Bad - Lynne Willingham (Episode: "ABQ")
• Lost - Mark Goldman, Christopher Nelson & Stephen Semel (Episode: "The Incident")

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• 24: Redemption (Scott Powell)
• Generation Kill (Oral Ottey)
• Grey Gardens (Alan Heim & Lee Percy)
• Into the Storm (Heidi Freeman)
• Taking Chance (Lee Percy & Brian A. Kates)

Best Ensemble - Drama

• Battlestar Galactica (Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Michael Hogan, Aaron Douglas & Tahmoh Penikett, et. al.)
• ER (Parminder Nagra, John Stamos, Linda Cardellini, Scott Grimes, David Lyons, Mekhi Phifer, Maura Tierney, Goran Višnjić & Angela Bassett, et. al.)
• In Treatment (Gabriel Byrne, Hope Davis, John Mahoney, Alison Pill, Aaron Show, Russell Hornsby, Sherri Saum & Dianne Wiest, et. al.)
• Lost (Naveen Andrews, Henry Ian Cusick, Michael Emerson, Matthew Fox, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Elizabeth Mitchell & Terry Quinn, et. al.)
• Mad Men (Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton, Bryan Batt & Maggie Siff, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: 24, Big Love, Friday Night Lights, Rescue Me, True Blood)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

• 30 Rock (Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Katrina Bowden, Keith Powell & Grizz Chapman, et. al.)
• American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
• The Big Bang Theory (Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg & Kunal Nayyar, et. al.)
• Flight of the Conchords (Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby, Arj Barker & Kristen Schaal, et. al.)
• The Office (Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, Brian Baumgartner, Jenna Fischer, Kate Flannery, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak & Phyllis Smith, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Entourage, How I Met Your Mother, The Simpsons, Weeds)

Best Main Title Design

• Fringe [FOX] (Andrew Kramer & Amy D'Alessandro, et. al.)
• Lie to Me [FOX] (Robert Bradley & Thomas Cobb)
• Taking Chance [HBO] (Michael Riley, Dru Nget, Dan Meehan & Bob Swensen)
• True Blood [HBO] (Shawn Fedorchuk, Matthew Mulder, Morgan Henry, Rama Allen, Camm Rowland & Ryan Gagnier)
• The United States of Tara (Jamie Caliri, Dave Finkel, Brett Baer & Alex Jukasz)

Best Main Title Theme Music

• Great Expectations (John Williams)
• Parks and Recreation (Gaby Moreno & Vincent Jones)
• Sons of Anarchy (Bob Thiele, Dave Kushner, Curtis Stigers & Kurt Sutter)
• Southland (Marty Davich)
• The United States of Tara (Tim DeLaughter)

Best Makeup - Series

• Grey's Anatomy - Norman T. Leavitt, Thomas R. Burman & Bari Dreiband-Burman (Episode: "Stand by Me")
• Little Britain USA - John E. Jackson, Chris Burgoyne & Matthew E. Mungle (Episode: "106")
• Mad Men - Debbie Zoller, Ron Pipes & Debra Schrey (Episode: "The Jet Set")
  
• Nip/Tuck - Eryn Krueger Mekash & Stephanie A. Fowler (Episode: "Giselle Blaylock and Legend Chandler")
• Pushing Daisies - Todd McIntosh, David DeLeon & Steven E. Anderson (Episode: "Dim Sum Lose Some")
  (Honourable Mentions: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Fringe, How I Met Your Mother, Tracey Ullman's State of the Union)

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• The Courageous Heart of Irene Sendler (Trefor Proud)
• Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Angie Wells & Wynona Price)
• Grey Gardens (Vivian Baker, Bill Corso & Linda Dowds)
• Into the Storm (David White & Laura Borselli)
• Maneater (Katherine James, Loretta James-Demasi & Melanie Hughes)

Best Music Composition - Series

• 24 - Sean Callery (Episode: "Day 7: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.")
• Battlestar Galactica - Bear McCreary (Episode: "Daybreak (Part 2)")
• Lost - Michael Giacchino (Episode: "Dead is Dead")
• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective - Gabriel Yared (Episode: "Pilot")
• The Simpsons - Alf Clausen (Episode: "Gone Maggie Gone")
  (Honourable Mentions: Castle (Robert Duncan), Dexter (Daniel Licht), Fringe (Michael Giacchino), Ghost Whisperer (Mark Snow), Pushing Daisies (Jim Dooley))

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• 24: Redemption (Sean Callery)
• Grey Gardens (Rachel Portman)
• Into the Storm (Howard Goodall)
• Little Dorrit (John Lunn)
• Taking Chance (Marcelo Zavros)
  

Best Original Music and Lyrics

• 81st Academy Awards - "Hugh Jackman Opening Number" (John Kimbrough, William Ross, Dan Harmon & Rob Schrab)
• Breaking Bad - "Negro y Azul" (Los Cuates de Sinaloa)
• A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! - "Much Worse Things" (Adam Schlesinger & David Javerbaum)
• Flight of the Conchords - "Carol Brown" (James Bobin, Jemaine Clement & Bret McKenzie)
• Saturday Night Live - "Motherlover" (Drew Campbell, Asa Taccone, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone & Justin Timberlake)

Best Production Design - Series

• The Big Bang Theory - John Shaffner & Ann Shea (Episode: "The Vegas Renormalization")
• Mad Men - Dan Bishop & Amy Wells (Episode: "The Jet Set")
• Pushing Daisies - Michael Wiley & Halina Siwolop (Episode: "Bzzzzzzz!")
• True Blood - Suzuki Ingerslev & Rusty Lipscomb (Episode: "Burning House of Love")
• The Tudors - Tom Conroy & Crispian Sallis (Episode: "The Northern Uprising")
  (Honourable Mentions: American Dad!, Battlestar Galactica, Bones, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother)

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Generation Kill (Rob Harris & Emilia Roux)
• Grey Gardens (Kalina Ivanov & Norma Jean Sanders)
• Into the Storm (Luciana Arrighi & Ian Whittaker)
• Little Dorrit (James Merifield & Katherine Law)
• Taking Chance (Dan Leigh & Ron von Blomberg)

Best Short-Format Animated Program

• Chowder - "Panini for President" [Cartoon Network] (C.H. Greenblatt, executive producer/writer; Brian A. Miller, executive producer; Juli Hashiguchi, director; Eddy Houchins, supervising director; William Reiss, writer)
• The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack - "Kid Nickels" [Cartoon Network] (Thurop Van Orman & Brian A. Miller, executive producers; Mike Roth & Pendleton Ward, writers)
• Moral Orel - "Closeface" [Adult Swim] (Dino Stamatopoulos & Nick Weidenfeld, executive producers/writers; Scott Adsit & Keith Crofford, executive producers; Sihanouk Mariona, director)
• Phineas and Ferb - "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" [Disney Channel] (Dan Povenmire, executive producer; Robert F. Hughes, animation director; Zac Moncrief, director; Jon Colton Barry & Michael Diederich, writers)
• SpongeBob Squarepants - "Dear Vikings" [Nickelodeon] (Stephen Hillenburg & Paul Tibbitt, executive producers; Alan Smart, supervising director; Tom Yasumi, animation director; Aaron Springer & Dani Michaeli, writers)
  

Best Sound Design - Series

• 24 - William Dotson, Kenneth Kobett & Michael Olman (Episode: "Day 7: 10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.")
• American Dad! - Bob Newlan, Shawn Ian Kerkhoff & Jim Fitzpatrick (Episode: "DeLorean Story-an")
• Battlestar Galactica - Daniel Colman, Kenneth Kobett & Michael Olman (Episode: "Daybreak (Part 2)")
• Breaking Bad - Kurt Nicholas Forshager, Eric Justen & Jeffrey Perkins (Episode: "ABQ")
• Lost - Thomas deGorter, Frank Morrone & Scott Weber (Episode: "The Incident")
  (Honourable Mentions: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Dexter, ER, Smallville, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• 24: Redemption (William Dotson, Kenneth Kobett & Michael Olman)
• Generation Kill (Stefan Henrix, Paul Hamblin & Martin Jensen)
• Into the Storm (Mark Auguste & Brendan Nicholson)
• The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (Robert Webber & Patrick Cyccone Jr.)
• Taking Chance (Frank Gaeta & Rick Ash)

Best Visual Effects

• Battlestar Galactica - Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Heather McAuliff & Greg Behrens (Episode: "Daybreak (Part 2)")
• Fringe - Kevin Blank, Jay Worth, Andrew Orloff & Jonathan Spencer Levy (Episode: "Pilot")
• Generation Kill - Adam McInnes, Courtney Vanderslice-Law, Antony Bluff & Stuart Partridge (Episode: "The Cradle of Civilization")
• Heroes - Mark Spatny, Eric Grenaudier, Gary D'Amico & Diego Galtieri (Episode: "The Second Coming/The Butterfly Effect")
• True Blood - Jon Massey, Barbara Genicoff & Sean Tompkins (Episode: "I Don't Wanna Know")
  (Honourable Mentions: 24: Redemption, Ghost Whisperer, Into the Storm, Lost, Sanctuary)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Hank Azaria - The Simpsons for voicing Moe Szyslak (and others) in "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe"
• Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons for voicing Homer Simpson (and others) in "Father Knows Worst"
• Seth Green - Robot Chicken for voicing various characters in "Robot Chicken Star Wars: Episode II"
• Seth MacFarlane - Family Guy for voicing Peter Griffin (and others) in "I Dream of Jesus"
• Harry Shearer - The Simpsons for voicing C. Montgomery Burns (and others) in "The Burns and the Bees"