Emmy Nominations Announced

Suspense drama 24 and Grey's Anatomy, the hit medical drama that focuses as much on its interns' love lives as medicine, were among the top nominees announced today for the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

The leading nominee, with 16 nominations, was the miniseries Into the West.
Grey's Aanatomy and 24 were nominated for best drama, the other nominees are House, The Sopranos and The West Wing. The nominees for best comedy are Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Scrubs, Two and a Half Men and The Office.

Desperate Housewives, which lost its status as critical darling in its sophomore season although it held its ratings, wasn't nominated in the comedy category it won last year. Lost met the same fate, missing out on a best-drama bid although it won the honor in 2005.

For 24, Kiefer Sutherland received a best-actor bid. Among the Grey's Anatomy stars recognized were Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh and Chandra Wilson. The show was shut out of the best-actress and actor categories.

Other best-actor nominations went to Peter Krause of Six Feet Under, Denis Leary of Rescue Me, Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Martin Sheen of The West Wing.
Three best-actress bids went to stars of shows that have left the air: Frances Conroy of Six Feet Under, Geena Davis of Commander in Chief and Allison Janney of The West Wing. Other nominees were Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Kyra Sedgwick of The Closer.

The nominees for best actress in a comedy series were Stockard Channing of Out of Practice, Jane Kaczmarek of Malcolm in the Middle, Lisa Kudrow of The Comeback, Debra Messing for Will & Grace and Louis-Dreyfus for The New Adventures of Old Christine.

Louis-Dreyfus, who won previously for Seinfeld, was joined by another past Emmy winner, Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond) to announce nominations in the top categories in a brief televised ceremony Thursday at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre.