2009 Emmy Awards Nominees

The nominees for the 2009 Emmy Awards were announced earlier this morning. Tina Fey's 30 Rock leads the way with a whopping 22 nominations (breaking the record for nominations it set last year with 17 bids). Last year's other big winner, Mad Men received 16 nominations.

Notable surprises include Fox's animated series Family Guy and HBO's Flight of the Conchords both received nominations for "Best Comedy Series." Family Guy actually made history today by becoming the first animated show in 40 years to get nominated for "Best Comedy Series."

The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards will be hosted by the always funny Neil Patrick Harris and will be aired on Sunday, September 20th. Here are the nominees for some the major awards:

COMEDY

Best Comedy Series
Entourage
Family Guy
Flight of the Conchords
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
30 Rock
Weeds

Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Jemaine Clement, Flight of th Conchords
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Rainn Wilson, The Office

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Kristin Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

DRAMA

Best Drama Series
Big Love
Breaking Bad
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men

Best Actor in a Drama Series
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House

Best Actress in a Drama Series
Glenn Close, Damages
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
Michael Emerson, Lost
William Hurt, Damages
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
William Shatner, Boston Legal
John Slattery, Mad Men

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Rose Byrne, Damages
Hope Davis, In Treatment
Cherry Jones, In Treatment
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy

REALITY

Reality Competition Program
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef

Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Heidi Klum, Project Runway
Padma Lakshmi (Host) and Tom Colicchio (Co-Host), Top Chef
Jeff Probst, Survivor
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

Reality Series
Antiques Roadshow
Dirty Jobs
Dog Whisperer
Intervention
Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List
MythBusters

VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY

Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Show With David Letterman
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush
Ricky Gervais: Out of England
Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch
The Kennedy Center Honors
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger

Go here for a complete list of this year's Emmy nominees

Sources: EW, Washington Post

So what do you think? Which nominations do you agree with? Which do you disagree with? Who got snubbed? Who do you predict to win? Feel free to share your thoughts!