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The 61st annual Prime Time Emmy Awards ceremony is under way in Los Angeles, with actor Neil Patrick Harris serving as host. Harris kicked off the show with a song and dance tribute to nominees. The NBC comedy 30 Rock has 22 nominations for the 2008-09 television series going into Sunday night's event.
The sit-com 30 Rock earned 22 nods when Emmy Award nominations were announced in Los Angeles Thursday. The series will compete with Entourage, Family Guy, Flight of the Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, The Office and Weeds for the prize for outstanding comedy series. Nominated in the drama series category are Big Love, Breaking Bad, Damages, Dexter, House, Lost and Mad Men. Vying for the Emmy for lead actor in a comedy series are Jim Parsons from The Big Bang Theory, Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords, Tony Shalhoub from Monk, Steve Carell from The Office, Alec Baldwin from 30 Rock and Charlie Sheen from Two and a Half Men. Nominated in the lead actress in a comedy series category are Julia Louis-Dreyfus of The New Adventures of Old Christine, Christina Applegate of Samantha Who?, Sarah Silverman of The Sarah Silverman Program, Tina Fey of 30 Rock, Toni Collette of United States of Tara and Mary-Louise Parker of Weeds. The nominees for lead actor in a drama series are Bryan
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By CARDY, Tom THE Flight of the Conchords' wings were clipped at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. The Wellington duo, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, were nominated for four Emmys but ended the night empty-handed, despite receiving plenty of attention from the industry's movers and shakers.