Emmy Nominations Announced: Neil Patrick Harris & Bryan Fuller Among Gay Noms

-- Brian Juergens from AfterElton.com

 

This morning gay actor Neil Patrick Harris and gay-fave Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies, Wicked) announced the nominations for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards at the crack of Jesus in Los Angeles.

In a nutshell, Pushing Daisies, the wonderfully loony brainchild of out exec/writer Bryan Fuller, killed it this year with 12 total noms (behind only 30 Rock, which is also awesome, in total noms for a network series). Gives hope that American audiences aren't as stupid as they think we are.

Among the gay, gay-friendly, and gay-adjacent noms were...

 

Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy Series

Lee Pace as Ned in Pushing Daisies (gay-fave)

 

Outstanding Lead Actor in Drama Series

Michael C. Hall in Dexter (gay-fave)

 

Outstanding Lead Actress in Comedy Series

America Ferrera in Ugly Betty (gay-fave)

Tina Fey in 30 Rock (after her shout-out to gays in her acceptance speech last year, I'm calling her a gay-fave)

 

Outstanding Lead Actress in Drama Series

Sally Field in Brothers & Sisters (gay-fave)

 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother (out actor)

 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Kristin Chenoweth in Pushing Daisies (gay-fave)

Vanessa Williams in Ugly Betty (gay-fave)

 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Rachel Griffiths in Brothers & Sisters (gay-fave)

 

Outstanding Lead Actor in Mini

Ralph Fiennes in Bernard and Doris (gay character)

 

Outstanding Lead Actress in Mini 

Susan Sarandon in Bernard and Doris (gay-adjacent)

 

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Will Arnett as David Banks (gay character) on 30 Rock

Outstanding Made-for-TV Movie

Bernard & Doris (gay character)

 

Outstanding Mini

Andromeda Strain (gay character)

Tin Man (gay actor, Alan Cumming)

 

Exceptional Non-Fiction

Walt Whitman (PBS)

 

Outstanding Reality Competition

Top Chef

Project Runway

Amazing Race

Dancing With the Stars

 

Outstanding Reality Program

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

 

Outstanding Variety or Comedy Series

The Daily Show

The Colbert Report

 

Outstanding Variety Special

Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell

 

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Bryan Fuller, Pushing Daisies, "Pit-Lette"

 

Outstanding Writing for Mini/Made-for-TV

Bernard and Doris (gay character)

 

SUMMARY (including creative)

Pushing Daisies: 12 noms

Bernard and Doris: 10 noms

Ugly Betty: 6 noms

Grey's Anatomy: 5 noms

Desperate Housewives: 4 noms

Brothers & Sisters: 3 noms

How I Met Your Mother: 2 noms