Nominations for 61st annual Emmy awards announced

Nominations for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, spanning 1 June 2008, through 31 May 2009, were announced today by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from the Leonard H Goldenson Theatre, North Hollywood, California. 

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award,   focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards (for film) and Grammy Awards (for music).

The Television Academy's chairman of the Board and CEO John Shaffner presided, assisted by Chandra Wilson and Jim Parsons will host the awards on  20 September at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.