Good Morning Friends! Emmy Nominations are in! I’m going to post the big ones here, and you can see all at the Emmy Website.

Feel free to discuss as well. I’m a bit shocked by some of these…

BEST COMEDY
Glee
Parks and Recreation
The Office
Modern Family
*30 Rock
Big Bang Theory

COMEDY ACTOR
Matt LeBlanc-Episodes
Jim Parsons-Big Bang Theory
Steve Carell-The Office
Johnny Galecki-Big Bang Theory
Louis C.K.-Louie
*Alec Baldwin-30 Rock

COMEDY ACTRESS
Laura Linney-The Big C
Edie Falco-Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler-Parks and Recreation
Melissa McCarthy-Mike and Molly
Martha Plimpton-Raising Hope
*Tina Fey-30 Rock

SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTOR
Jon Cryer-Two and a Half Men
Chris Colfer-Glee
Jesse Tyler Furguson-Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet-Modern Family
Ed O’Neill-Modern Family
Ty Burrell-Modern Family

SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTRESS
Jane Lynch-Glee
Betty White-Hot in Cleveland
Julie Bowen-Modern Family
Kristen Wiig-Saturday Night Live
*Jane Krakowski-30 Rock
Sofia Vergara-Modern Family

GUEST COMEDY ACTOR
Justin Timberlake-Saturday Night Live
Idris Elba-The Big C
Zach Galifianakis-Saturday Night Live
*Matt Damon-30 Rock
*Will Arnett-30 Rock
Nathan Lane-Modern Family

GUEST COMEDY ACTRESS
*Tina Fey-Saturday Night Live
Kristen Chenoweth-Glee
Dot-Marie Jones-Glee
Gwyneth Paltrow-Glee
Cloris Leachman-Raising Hope
*Elizabeth Banks-30 Rock

Emmy nomination ballots came out so members of the academy can begin selecting nominees.  Here is a rundown of 30 Rock’s submissions.  (Note Lead and Supporting categories only submit episodes once they are nominated.)

Comedy Series: 30 Rock

Lead Actor: Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy

Lead Actress: Tina Fey as Liz Lemon

Supporting Actor: Tracy Morgan as Tracy Morgan
Scott Adsit as Pete Hornberger
Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Parcell
Judah Friedlander as Frank Rossitano
Keith Powell as Toofer Spurlock

Supporting Actress: Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney
Katrina Bowden as Cerie

Guest Actor: Alan Alda as Milton Green for “Christmas Attack Zone”
Will Arnett as Devon Banks for “Plan B”
Tituss Burgess as D’Fwan for “Queen of Jordan”
John Cho as Lorne for “Double Edged Sword”
Matt Damon as Carol for “Double Edged Sword”
Will Forte as Paul L’Astname for “Respawn”
Victor Garber as Eugene Grembly for “Respawn”
Paul Giamatti as Ritchie for “When it Rains, it Pours”
Jon Hamm as Dr. Drew Baird for “Live Show”
Buck Henry as Dick Lemon for “Gentleman’s Intermission”
Ken Howard as Hank Hooper for “Que Sorpresa”
Michael Keaton as Tom for “100″
John Slattery as Steven Austin for “Brooklyn Without Limits”
Dean Winters as Dennis Duffy for “100″
Guest Actress: Elizabeth Banks as Avery for “Double Edged Sword”
Margaret Cho as Kim Jong-il for “Everything Sunny All the Time Always”
Queen Latifah as Regina Bookman for “Let’s Stay Together”
Julia Louis-Drefus as “Flashback Liz” for “Live Show”
Cristin Milioti as Abby Flynn for “TGS Hates Women”
Chloe Grace Moretz as Kaylie Hooper in “TGS Hates Women”
Susan Sarandon as Lynn Onkman in “Queen of Jordan”
Sherri Shepherd as Angie Jordan in “Queen of Jordan”
Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy in “Christmas Attack Zone”

Writing in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, Robert Carlock and Jack Burditt for “100″
Tracey Wigfield for “Queen of Jordan”
Matt Hubbard for “Reaganing”
Ron Weiner for “TGS Hates Women”
Robert Carlock for “When it Rains, it Pours”

Directing for a Comedy Series: Don Scardino for “100″
John Riggi for “Christmas Attack Zone”
Beth McCarthy-Miller for “Live Show”
Jeff Richmond for “Plan B”
Ken Whittingham for “Queen of Jordan”
Todd Holland for “Reaganing”

Art Direction for a Single Camera Series: Double Edged Sword

Casting for a Comedy Series: 30 Rock

Cinematography for a Single Camera Series: Matt Clark for “Plan B”

Costumes: “Christmas Attack Zone”

Picture Editing for a Comedy Series: Meg Reticker for “100″
Ken Eluto for “Queen of Jordan”

Hair Styling: “Christmas Attack Zone”

Make Up: “Christmas Attack Zone”

Sound Mixing: “100″
“Live Show”

Technical Direction: “Live Show: West Coast”

If you’ve visited this site before you may have noticed I’m an Emmy nut. So while there’s no 30 Rock there is Emmy Award season all summer.

NBC is gearing up too.  They sent out mailers to academy voters to campaign their shows.  These are not the official submissions yet.  (When a show is nominated they send in 3 tapes with 2 episodes each.)  But they do try to send great episodes for the voters to sample.

This year, 30 Rock sent out “When it Rains, it Pours” and “TGS Hates Women.”  What do you think?  Good choices?

(You can see all of NBC’s campaign here.)

Some big dates ahead:
June 6 – Ballots posted on Emmy website.  We’ll post 30 Rock’s entries.
July 14 – Nominations announced.
Sept 10 – Creative Arts Emmy’s.
Sept 18 – Primetime Emmy’s.

Ok so it wasn’t the best Emmys ever. But at least we have the opening to watch over and over. (Hopefully those links won’t go bad…) Seriously one of the best openings ever. Props to everyone involved, especially Tina .

Plus the cast looked fantastic!

Photos:

- Tina Fey | Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 |
- Tracy Morgan | Page 1 | Page 2 |
- Jane Krakowski | Page 1 | Page 2 |
- Judah Friedlander | Page 1 |
- Katrina Bowden | Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 |
- Keith Powell | Page 1 |
- Maulik Pancholy | Page 1 |
- Kevin “Dot Com” Brown | Page 1 |
- Tina presenting with Matthew Morrison | Page 1 |
- Tina and Amy Poehler | Page 1 | Page 2 |
- Tina and Steve Carell | Page 1 |
- Tina and Ed Helms | Page 1 |
- Tina and Mariska Hargitay | Page 1 |
- Jane Krakowski and Kristen Wiig | Page 1 |
- Opening Act | Page 1 | Page 2 |

Videos:

Tina on the Red Carpet
Jane on the Red Carpet
Comedy Writing intro with Tina and Kay Cannon and Matthew Hubbard

The 62nd Primetime Emmys are today!  They air live coast to coast starting at 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 Pacific.

And even more exciting: Tina is going to be in the opening musical dance number!!

UPDATE:  Here’s two photos of Tina taping a Glee parody with Jimmy Fallon and the Glee kids.  Photo 1 – Photo 2

Remember to check back here for coverage and discussion about 30 Rock’s night at the Emmys.  To see a list of awards 30 Rock is nominated for check here.

The Huffington Post has posted a few pictures from inside the Emmys theater where a seating chart has been set up.  Under the actor the # of their award is listed.  It seems this year they’ll follow the same pattern and hand out all the comedy awards first.  (Saving Best Comedy Series for second to last of course.)  Be sure to tune in on time!

It looks like Tina has a front row center seat!  Sadly this also seems to confirm that Alec won’t be in attendance.  He has a charity event he’s already committed to.

Order of Awards:

1 – Supporting Actor Comedy
2 – Comedy Writing
3 – Supporting Actress Comedy
5- Best Actor Comedy Series
6 – Best Actress Comedy Series
26 – Best Comedy

The Emmys are coming early this year (August 29th!).  And one way or another Tina Fey will get up on the stage.  She has been tapped as a presenter for this years awards.  She joins many other wonderful and talented people such as Will Arnett, Edie Falco, Ricky Gervais and more.  See story here.

Submission tapes for the 2010 Emmys have been revealed. What do you think? Good choices?

Series:
Tape 1 – Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001 & Black Light Attack
Tape 2 – Anna Howard Shaw Day & Don Geiss America and Hope
Tape 3 –  The Moms & Emannuelle Goes to Dinosaurland

Alec Baldwin – Don Geiss America and Hope

Tina Fey – Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001

Jane Krakowski – Black Light Attack

Here we go kids! Let me tell you…I was kind of surprised by some things. Needless to say, feel free to discuss!
Find the whole list of nominations here.

(Sorry about the formatting. It’s early!)

Outstanding Comedy Series

30 Rock

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Glee

Modern Family

Nurse Jackie

The Office

 

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

30 Rock

Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy

The Big Bang Theory

Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper

 

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Larry David as Himself

 

Glee
Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester

 

Monk

Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk

 

The Office

Steve Carell as Michael Scott

 

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

30 Rock

Tina Fey as Liz Lemon

 

Glee Lea Michele as Rachel Berry

 

The New Adventures Of Old
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell

 

Nurse Jackie

Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton

 

Parks And Recreation

Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope

 

United States Of Tara

Toni Collette as Tara Gregson

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

30 Rock

Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney

 

Glee

Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester

 

Modern Family

Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy

 

Modern Family

Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett

 

Saturday Night Live
Kristen Wiig as Various Characters

 

Two And A Half Men

Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series

30 Rock

Jon Hamm as Dr. Drew Baird

 

30 Rock

Will Arnett as Devin Banks

Glee

Mike O’Malley as Burt Hummel

 

Glee

Neil Patrick Harris as Bryan Ryan

 

Modern Family

Fred Willard as Frank Dunphy

 

Nurse Jackie

Eli Wallach as Bernard Zimberg

 

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

30 Rock

Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy

 

Saturday Night Live

Tina Fey as Host

 

The Big Bang Theory

Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter

 

Desperate Housewives

Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey

 

Glee

Kristin Chenoweth as April Rhodes

 

Saturday Night Live

Betty White as Host

 

Two And A Half Men

Jane Lynch as Dr. Linda Freeman

 

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series

30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio

Jennifer McNamara-Schroff, Casting by

 

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

30 Rock • Anna Howard Shaw Day • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio

Matt Hubbard, Writer

 

30 Rock • Lee Marvin Vs. Derek Jeter • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio

Tina Fey, Writer

Kay Cannon, Writer

 

Outstanding Cinematography For A Half-Hour Series

30 Rock • Season Four • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio

Mathew Clark, Director of Photography

 

Outstanding Costumes For A Series

30 Rock • I Do Do • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio

Tom Broecker, Costume Designer

Remy Pearce, Assistant Costume Designer

Joanna Brett, Assistant Costume Designer

 

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

30 Rock • I Do Do • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio

Don Scardino, Director

 

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Comedy Series (Single Or Multi-Camera)

30 Rock • Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001 • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio

Ken Eluto, A.C.E., Editor

 

Outstanding Special Class Programs

30 Rock: Webisodes • NBC.com • NBC.com/Universal Media Studios

Eric Gurian, Producer

William Sell, Producer

Clint Kolveit, Producer

 

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation

30 Rock • Argus • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studio

Griffin Richardson, Production Sound Mixer

Tony Pipitone, Re-Recording Mixer

Bill Marino, Re-Recording Mixer

I finally thought of something for a poll!

With the Emmy Nominations just around the corner, we know that 30 Rock usually dominates with their guest actors. This time around, 10 fantastic actors submitted for the Guest Actor Comedy Emmy category. We all know more than one will probably get nominated, but what I want from you is, if only one could have the nom, who would you want?!