Even though SAG members are currently debating whether to strike, today’s award nominations gave them all a brief distraction. If the upcoming Oscars telecast doesn’t go on as planned, next month’s Screen Actors Guild Awards (scheduled for January 25th on TNT and TBS) could be the last time actors have a reason to celebrate.

Here are some of the noteworthy mentions from this year’s list of television nominees:

• 30 Rock, Boston Legal, The Closer, John Adams and Mad Men all scored three noms each.
• Dexter is up for its first win in the Outstanding Drama Series Ensemble category.
• Desperate Housewives - a nominee for Best Ensemble - received no individual honors.
• Debra Messing (The Starter Wife), Kevin Connolly (Entourage), January Jones (Mad Men), Anna Paquin (True Blood) and Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) all received Golden Globe nominations, but no SAG noms.

OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE - DRAMA SERIES

• Michael C. Hall, Dexter (Showtime)
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
• Hugh Laurie, House (FOX)
• William Shatner, Boston Legal (ABC)
• James Spader, Boston Legal (ABC)

OUTSTANDING FEMALE PERFORMANCE - DRAMA SERIES

• Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
• Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
• Holly Hunter, Saving Grace (TNT)
• Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men (AMC)
• Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (TNT)

OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE - COMEDY SERIES

• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (NBC)
• Steve Carell, The Office (NBC)
• David Duchovny, Californication (Showtime)
• Jeremy Piven, Ari Gold (Entourage)
• Tony Shalhoub, Monk (USA)

OUTSTANDING FEMALE PERFORMANCE - COMEDY SERIES

• Christina Applegate, Samantha Who? (ABC)
• America Ferrera, Ugly Betty (ABC)
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock (NBC)
• Mary-Louise Parker, Showtime (Weeds)
• Tracy Ullman, Tracy Ullman’s State of the Union (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE - DRAMA SERIES

• Boston Legal (ABC)
• The Closer (TNT)
• Dexter (Showtime)
• House (FOX)
• Mad Men (AMC)

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE - COMEDY SERIES

• 30 Rock (NBC)
• Desperate Housewives (ABC)
• Entourage (HBO)
• The Office (NBC)
• Weeds (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE - TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES

• Ralph Fiennes, Bernard and Doris (HBO)
• Paul Giamatti, John Adams (HBO)
• Kevin Spacey, Recount (HBO)
• Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Redemption (FOX)
• Tom Wilkinson, John Adams (HBO)

OUTSTANDING FEMALE PERFORMANCE - TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES

• Laura Dern, Recount (HBO)
• Laura Linney, John Adams (HBO)
• Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel (Lifetime)
• Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun (ABC)
• Susan Sarandon, Bernard and Doris (HBO)

SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS 45TH ANNUAL LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• James Earl Jones

(Click here for the film nominations.)