July 16th, 2009 11:50 pm

61st Primetime Emmy Award nominations

Australia’s Simon Baker, Toni Collete and Rose Byrne head the nominations for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.

Here are the nominations for the top categories:

Outstanding comedy series

‘Entourage’
‘Family Guy’
‘Flight of the Conchords’
‘How I Met Your Mother’
‘The Office’
‘30 Rock’
‘Weeds’

Outstanding drama series

‘Big Love’
‘Breaking Bad’
‘Damages’
‘Dexter’
‘House’
‘Lost’
‘Mad Men’

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series

Jim Parsons, ‘The Big Bang Theory’
Jemaine Clement, ‘Flight of the Conchords’
Tony Shalhoub, ‘Monk’
Steve Carell, ‘The Office’
Alec Baldwin, ‘30 Rock’
Charlie Sheen, ‘Two And A Half Men’

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series

Bryan Cranston, ‘Breaking Bad’
Michael C. Hall, ‘Dexter’
Hugh Laurie, ‘House’
Gabriel Byrne, ‘In Treatment’
Jon Hamm, ‘Mad Men’
Simon Baker, ‘The Mentalist’

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, ‘The New Adventures Of Old Christine’
Christina Applegate, ‘Samantha Who?’
Sarah Silverman, ‘The Sarah Silverman Program’
Tina Fey, ‘30 Rock’
Toni Collette, ‘United States of Tara’
Mary-Louise Parker, ‘Weeds’

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series

Sally Field, ‘Brothers & Sisters’
Kyra Sedgwick, ‘The Closer’
Glenn Close, ‘Damages’
Mariska Hargitay, ‘Law & Order: SVU’
Elisabeth Moss, ‘Mad Men’
Holly Hunter, ‘Saving Grace’

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series

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

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series

William Shatner, ‘Boston Legal’
Christian Clemenson, ‘Boston Legal’
Aaron Paul, ‘Breaking Bad’
William Hurt, ‘Damages’
Michael Emerson, ‘Lost’
John Slattery, ‘Mad Men’

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series

Jane Krakowski, ‘30 Rock’
Kristin Chenoweth, ‘Pushing Daisies’
Amy Poehler, ‘Saturday Night Live’
Kristin Wiig, ‘Saturday Night Live’
Vanessa Williams, ‘Ugly Betty’
Elizabeth Perkins, ‘Weeds’

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series

Cherry Jones, ‘24’
Rose Byrne, ‘Damages’
Sandra Oh, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Chandra Wilson, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Dianne Wiest, ‘In Treatment’
Hope Davis, ‘In Treatment’

For a full list of nominees, visit emmys.tv