The Final Cut: 2005 Emmy Nominations

The 2005 Emmy Award Nominations were announced early Thursday morning by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in Hollywood, California.  A total of 434 separate nominations covering 88 categories and areas were announced, with HBO taking an astounding 93 nominations, followed by CBS (59), NBC (54), and ABC (51).  Desperate Housewives and Will & Grace topped the list with 15 nominations each, including Outstanding Comedy Series.  Take a look at the nominees in the top categories, and a couple other categories that might be of interest.

Outstanding Drama Series
Deadwood
Lost
6 Feet Under
24
West Wing

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette- “Medium”
Glenn Close- “The Shield”
Frances Conroy- “6 Feet Under”
Jennifer Garner- “Alias”
Mariska Hargitay- “Law & Order: SVU”

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Hank Azaria- “Huff”
Hugh Laurie- “House”
Ian Mc Shane- “Deadwood”
James Spader- “Boston Legal”
Kiefer Sutherland- “24”

Outstanding Made For Television
Lackawanna Blues
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Office Special
Warm Springs
The Wool Cap

Outstanding Miniseries
Elvis
Empire Falls
The 4400
The Lost Prince

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Halle Berry- “There Eyes Were Watching God”
Blythe Danner- “Back When We Were Grown Ups”
S. Epatha Merkerson- “Lacawanna Blues”
Cynthia Nixon- “Warm Springs”
Debra Winger- “Dawn Anna”

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Kenneth Branagh- “Warm Springs”
Ed Harris-“Empire Falls”
William H. Macy-” The Wool Cap”
Jonathan Rhys Meyers- “Elvis”
Geoffrey Rush-“The Life and Death of Peter Sellers”

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Marcia Cross- “Desperate Housewives”
Teri Hatcher- “Desperate Housewives”
Patricia Heaton- “Everybody Loves Raymond”
Felicity Huffman- “Desperate Housewives”
Jane Kaczmarek- “Malcom in the Middle”

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jason Bateman- “Arrested Development”
Zach Braff- “Scrubs”
Eric McCormack- “Will & Grace”
Ray Romano- “Everybody Loves Raymond”
Tony Shaloub- “Monk”

Outstanding Comedy Series
Arrested Development
Desperate Housewives
Everybody Loves Raymond
Scrubs
Will & Grace

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
American Idol
The Apprentice
Project Runway
Survivor

Outstanding Animated Program (Less Than One Hour)
Family Guy
Samurai Jack
The Simpsons
South Park
SpongeBob Squarepants

Outstanding Commercial
Budweiser- “Applause”
Aquafina- “Drink Up”
Starbucks Doubleshot- “Glen”
One.org- “The One Campaign”
Ameriquest Mortgage- “Surprise Dinner”

The winners will be announced on Sunday, September 18th on CBS at L.A.‘s Shrine Auditorium.  I’m pretty happy with the list even though not everyone I would have like to have seen get nominated, did.  Did your favorite actors make the list?