It’s Emmy time! Showtime’s comedy and drama series have scored eight big noms, with Dexter and Weeds well represented, along with their stars.
The really exciting nominations, though, are for United States of Tara’s Toni Collette, Weeds’ Elizabeth Perkins and Dexter’s Jimmy Smits. All three actors turned in phenomenal performances last season and totally deserve the recognition from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Here are the main noms for Showtime shows:
- Dexter, best drama series
- Weeds, best comedy series
- This American Life, best nonfiction series
- Michael C. Hall, Dexter, best actor in a drama
- Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds, best actress in a comedy
- Toni Collette, United States of Tara, best actress in a comedy
- Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds, best supporting actress in a comedy
- Jimmy Smits, Dexter, best guest actor in a drama
The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards air Sunday, Sept. 20, on CBS.
Read the full list of 2009 Emmy nominees here. Showtime also scored a ton of nods for technical work, casting and filmmaking. Check ‘em out after the jump.
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, exceptional merit in nonfiction filmmaking
- The Tudors, outstanding art direction for a single-camera series
- Californication, outstanding casting in a comedy
- United States of Tara, outstanding casting in a comedy
- Weeds, outstanding casting in a comedy
- The Tudors, outstanding casting in a drama
- Californication, outstanding cinematography,
- Weeds, outstanding cinematography
- The Tudors, outstanding cinematography
- This American Life, outstanding cinematography, nonfiction
- The Tudors, outstanding costumes
- This American Life, outstanding directing, nonfiction
- This American Life, outstanding picture editing
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, outstanding picture editing, reality series
- Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, outstanding hair styling, single-camera series
- The Tudors, outstanding hair styling, single-camera series
- United States of Tara, outstanding lighting, musical, comedy or variety show
- Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, outstanding prosthetic makeup, series, miniseries, movie or special
- United States of Tara, outstanding original main title theme music
- Weeds, outstanding sound mixing
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