The TV Academy got a birthday cake for its 60th birthday Thursday morning – while American Idol's Ryan Seacrest, Project Runway's Heidi Klum and Dancing With the Stars' Tom Bergeron, as well as Deal or No Deal's Howie Mandel and Survivor's Jeff Probst, all got nominations in the first-time ever category of top host for a reality-competition show.
Pushing Daisies supporting actress (and nominee) Kristin Chenoweth, who announced this year's nominations with another sitcom supporting actor nominee, How I Met Your Mother's Neil Patrick Harris, also revealed that she once dated the "cute" Probst, but it didn't work out, because he's about to marry someone else.
In drama, as expected, it was a Mad World, with AMC's critical hit Mad Men making a strong showing, including those as best drama series and for its leading actor, Jon Hamm.
His fellow nominees are Gabriel Byrne, for In Treatment; Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad; Michael C. Hall, Dexter; Hugh Laurie, House; and James Spader, Boston Legal.
The 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air live on ABC Sunday, Sept. 21 from Los Angeles's Nokia Theatre.
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