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Emmy awardsThat’s right, kiddos, the nominations are in and the Emmy awards are laying down all kinds of love in their nominations. *Four* nominations this year – congratulations, Team Colbert!!

We’d also like to congratulate The Daily Show crew and their three nominatations – way to go, guys!

The 60th Primetime Emmy® Awards and Creative Arts Emmy® Awards Nominees are…

Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program

  • 80th Annual Academy Awards • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    Louis J. Horvitz, Director
  • Company (Great Performances) • PBS • An Ellen M. Krass Production with Thirteen/WNET New York in association with NHK/NHK Enterprises
    Lonny Price, Director
  • Saturday Night Live • Host: Tina Fey • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
    Don Roy King, Director
  • The Colbert Report • #4051 • Comedy Central • Hello Doggie, Inc. with Busboy Productions and Spartina Productions
    Jim Hoskinson, Director
  • The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • #13050 • Comedy Central • Hello Doggie, Inc.
    Chuck O’Neil, Director

Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program

  • 80th Annual Academy Awards • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    Jon Stewart, Host
  • Late Show With David Letterman • CBS • Worldwide Pants Inc.
    David Letterman, Host
  • Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project • HBO • Dark Horse Indie Films and Salient Media in association with HBO Documentary Films
    Don Rickles, Performer
  • Saturday Night Live • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
    Tina Fey, Host/Performer
  • The Colbert Report • Comedy Central • Hello Doggie, Inc. with Busboy Productions and Spartina Productions
    Stephen Colbert, Host

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

  • Late Show With David Letterman • CBS • Worldwide Pants Inc.
    Producers TBD
  • Real Time With Bill Maher • HBO • Kid Love Productions and brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
    Producers TBD
  • Saturday Night Live • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
    Producers TBD
  • The Colbert Report • Comedy Central • Hello Doggie, Inc. with Busboy Productions and Spartina Productions
    Producers TBD
  • The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central • Hello Doggie, Inc.
    Producers TBD

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program

  • Late Night With Conan O’Brien • NBC • Conaco, Broadway Video, in association with Universal Media Studio
    Mike Sweeney, Head Writer
    Chris Albers, Written By
    Jose Arroyo, Written By
    Dan Cronin, Written By
    Kevin Dorff, Written By
    Daniel J. Goor, Written By
    Michael Gordon, Written By
    Berkley Johnson, Written By
    Brian Kiley, Written By
    Michael Koman, Written By
    Brian McCann, Written By
    Guy Nicolucci, Written By
    Conan O’Brien, Written By
    Matt O’Brien, Written By
    Brian Stack, Written By
    Andrew Weinberg, Written By
  • Late Show With David Letterman • CBS • Worldwide Pants Inc.
    Eric Stangel, Head Writer
    Justin Stangel, Head Writer
    Jim Mulholland, Written By
    Michael Barrie, Written By
    Steve Young, Written By
    Tom Ruprecht, Written By
    Lee Ellenberg, Written By
    Matt Roberts, Written By
    Jeremy Weiner, Written By
    Joe Grossman, Written By
    Bill Scheft, Written By
    Bob Borden, Written By
    Frank Sebastiano, Written By
    David Letterman, Written By
  • Saturday Night Live • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
    Seth Meyers, Head Writer
    Andrew Steele, Head Writer
    Paula Pell, Head Writer
    Doug Abeles, Written By
    James Anderson, Written By
    Alex Baze, Written By
    James Downey, Written By
    Charlie Grandy, Written By
    Steve Higgins, Written By
    Colin Jost, Written By
    Erik Kenward, Written By
    Rob Klein, Written By
    Jon Lutz, Written By
    Lorne Michaels, Written By
    Simon Rich, Written By
    Marika Sawyer, Written By
    Akiva Schaffer, Written By
    Robert Smigel, Written By
    John Solomon, Written By
    Emily Spivey, Written By
    Kent Sublette, Written By
    Bryan Tucker, Written By
    Robert Carlock, Additional Sketch By
    Lauren Pomerantz, Additional Sketch By
  • The Colbert Report • Comedy Central • Hello Doggie, Inc. with Busboy Productions and Spartina Productions
    Tom Purcell, Head Writer
    Stephen Colbert, Written By
    Allison Silverman, Written By
    Richard Dahm, Written By
    Michael Brumm, Written By
    Rob Dubbin, Written By
    Eric Drysdale, Written By
    Peter Gwinn, Written By
    Jay Katsir, Written By
    Laura Krafft, Written By
    Frank Lesser, Written By
    Glenn Eichler, Written By
    Peter Grosz, Written By
    Bryan Adams, Written By
    Barry Julien, Written By
  • The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central • Hello Doggie, Inc.
    Steve Bodow, Head Writer
    Rory Albanese, Written By
    Rachel Axler, Written By
    Kevin Bleyer, Written By
    Rich Blomquist, Written By
    Tim Carvell, Written By
    J.R. Havlan, Written By
    Scott Jacobson, Written By
    David Javerbaum, Written By
    Rob Kutner, Written By
    Josh Lieb, Written By
    Sam Means, Written By
    John Oliver, Written By
    Jason Ross, Written By
    Jon Stewart, Written By

Comments

  1. Jenny with a Y says:

    Congratulations to everyone at TCR and TDS!!!

    I noticed that Stephen is not competing against any music legends this year in the “Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program” category. Hopefully this will be his year. Emmy for Stephen please!

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    • wildlymissingthemark says:

      but he is competing with the don rickles in the don rickles documentary…and he is a legend, a la tony bennett and manilow.

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      • TraceyUK says:

        My thoughts exactly… In fact, I’m calling it now. Don Rickles will win that…

        I’m very happy to see Jon get a nod for hosting The Oscars. He did an excellent job, and I hope the Acadamy are paying attention when it comes to the question of who hosts next year… :)

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      • ColbertGirl27 says:

        Stephen is a legend….just a young one! Ugh, why does there have to be some legendary figure in this category every year? I love Don Rickles, but unlike Don, Stephen can sing and dance as well!

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  2. Allison says:

    Fantastic news! I’m sure Jon is making some serious jokes about his oscar host nomination. Sorry to see Craig Ferguson’s name not in the mix at all…

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    • somuch2kno says:

      I totally agree! Although I think if Stephen and Craig were both in the same category my head would explode.

      And I’m not sure I agree re. Don Rickles being a shoe-in. He’s got the legendary status, but I think Manilow and Bennett come off as more contemporary, and that probably helped them a lot. I may be willfully deluding myself, but I seriously think Stephen’s got a chance. EMMY PLEASE!!!!!

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    • VerdureVision says:

      Me, too. :-) Some of Craig’s shows this year have been outstanding. Best of luck to Stephen, though. :-)

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  3. Meaculpa says:

    I’m glad that Jon was nominated for his performance at the Oscars. He really should have been nominated for The Daily Show as well.

    Still holding out for Stephen to win in that category this year though. He certainly deserves it.

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  4. Allison says:

    Hi Meaculp-
    Quick question-is your jon stewart gallery still up? I can’t get into it…and that makes me sad.

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    • Meaculpa says:

      It’s still up. We have major problems with spam, so you have to be a member to view the gallery. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. If you come on JSX or OSCLA and let me know that you’ve joined, via pm or something, I’ll validate your account.

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  5. wildlymissingthemark says:

    i think stephen has a good shot at either nomination 3 and/or 4.
    (crosses fingers)

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  6. Fifi says:

    Ooh… does this mean we’ll see some Don Rickles appearances on the show?

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  7. Lauren says:

    congrats to Stephen, his writers, and his director!

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  8. Megan says:

    As much as I may want see Stephen win I have a feeling Don Rickles will, which I don’t have a problem with. I like Rickles, and it would be funny to see Stephen pissed at him.

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  9. Lisa says:

    Yyyyeeeeyyy! Congratulations everyone! This year is going to be *their* year, I can feel it. If it’s not, I may swear off TV all together.

    Props to Jimmy too for best direction of the Philly show w/the EdWords. Aside from The Word: Sigh, that’s probably my favorite one.

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  10. Tonks says:

    WooooHOOOOO!!!! WE DID IT! *balloon drop*

    Well, technically *they* did. I’m so happy for both the Daily Show and the Report! This is going to be our year!

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  11. Fleur says:

    Wonderful news about the nominations! I love that Jon got a nomination for hosting the Oscars too. Here’s to hoping for some TCR wins this year. <3

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    • Jenny with a Y says:

      It’s great that Jon was nominated for hosting the Oscars but I was a little disappointed that he didn’t also receive a nomination for TDS.

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  12. Ivy says:

    I hope he will win at least the “…Individual Performance…” *fingers crossed*

    Does anyone know who will host the Emmy this year? I haven’t heard anything.

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    • DB says:

      I’ve heard a rumor that there might not even be a host. I guess we’ll see.

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  13. tiger says:

    YAY for everyone associated with The Colbert Report and The Daily Show! I hope there’ll be some winning going on too!

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  14. ColbertGirl27 says:

    I’m surprised TCR and TDS don’t have their Emmy nomiations on their websites yet.

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    • DB says:

      I know they’ve put out an official press release – I’m sure they’ll have it up very soon.

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  15. looped linear says:

    I hope they win for writing. That way, in addition to Colbert finally getting a well-deserved emmy for the Report, Eric and Laura would each have a nice going away present.

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  16. Congrats to TCR & TDS!!!!! :-D :-D

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  17. Tina says:

    Will Cookie Monster come back for dessert?

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  18. Ann G. says:

    Haha, I had to post a comment because the reCAPTCHA says “call Maher.” That’s right, call him and tell him that his show’s not winning an Emmy this year, because it’s TCR’s year! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Maher!

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  19. ColbertFaninChicago says:

    I just want to note that either way, Northwestern rules, because a) first off, there’s Stephen, ’nuff said and b) Seth Meyers, listed as head writer for SNL, is also an NU alum. Woo hoo!

    Am out of here for a few weeks, so have fun everyone!

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  20. Dee says:

    Now that we are talking bout Stephen’s Emmy, may I please request u all to join the facebook grp- ’1 million strong for Stephen’s potential emmy’!!!

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  21. Lucy says:

    Congrats to Stephen, Jimmy and all the writers for well-deserved Emmy nominations! Also congrats to Jon– I thought he did a great job with the Oscars this year (still rooting for Stephen, though)!

    You know, if Rickles wins this year, that’s gonna be one ugly feud… XD

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  22. s says:

    Does anyone know which episode(s) Stephen’s “best performer” nom was based on? Or is he nominated for his perf. over the whole season? Thx

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    • Lucy says:

      According to the list, Stephen’s nominated specifically for episode #4051. A quick search in NFZ’s archives shows that 4051 was the episode in Philadelphia with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. I personally thought Stephen should’ve been nominated for an episode during his presidential run, but whatever gets him the Emmy… :)

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  23. Linda says:

    Barry, Tony, and Don, you are so ten minutes ago.
    Go, Stephen and your fabulous writing staff!

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