Lord, sitting through the Emmys must be a hoot and a half, what with reams and reeeeams of outstanding categories like Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series, and Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic), and let's not forget Outstanding Picture Editing Of Clip Packages For Talk, Performance, Award Or A Reality-Competition Programs. I've whittled things down (indeed, this is the whittled version) to general points of interest - I think you might find Gabriedldlediddledee Borne in there. The Emmys will be held in the Nokia Theatre in LA on Sunday, September 21st.

Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
Creature Comforts America • Don’t Choke To Death, Please
King Of The Hill • Death Picks Cotton
Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken: Star Wars
The Simpsons • Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind
SpongeBob SquarePants • Inmates of Summer / Two Faces of Squidward

Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour Or More)
Blue Harvest (Family Guy)
maginationland (South Park)
Justice League: The New Frontier

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
Californication • Showtime
Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO
Pushing Daisies • ABC
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc
Ugly Betty • ABC

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters • ABC
Damages • FX Networks
Friday Night Lights • NBC
Mad Men • AMC
The Tudors • Showtime

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Monk - Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
The Office - Steve Carell as Michael Scott
Pushing Daisies - Lee Pace as Ned
30 Rock - Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
Two And A Half Men - Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Boston Legal - James Spader as Alan Shore
Breaking Bad - Bryan Cranston as Walt White
Dexter - Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
House - Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
In Treatment - Gabriel Byrne as Paul
Mad Men - Jon Hamm as Don Draper

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Bernard And Doris - Ralph Fiennes as Bernard Lafferty
Extras - Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman
John Adams - Paul Giamatti as John Adams
Recount - Kevin Spacey as Ron Klain
Recount - Tom Wilkinson as James Baker

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
The New Adventures Of Old Christine - Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell
Samantha Who? - Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly
30 Rock - Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
Ugly Betty - America Ferrera as Betty Suarez
Weeds - Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Brothers & Sisters - Sally 'You STILL really like me!' Field as Nora Holden-Walker
The Closer - Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson
Damages - GlennClose as Patty Hewes
Law & Order: Special Victims - Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson
Saving Grace - Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
An American Crime - Catherine Keener as Gertrude Baniszewski
Bernard And Doris - Susan Sarandon as Doris Duke
Cranford (Masterpiece) - Dame Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkyns
John Adams - Laura Linney as Abigail Adams
A Raisin In The Sun - Phylicia Rashad as Lena Younger

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Entourage - Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
Entourage - Kevin Dillon as Johnny Drama
How I Met Your Mother - Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
The Office - Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute
Two And A Half Men - Jon Cryer as Alan Harper

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Boston Legal - William Shatner as Denny Crane
Damages - Ted Danson as Arthur Frobisher
Damages - Zeljko Ivanek as Ray Fiske
Lost - Michael Emerson as Ben
Mad Men - John Slattery as Roger Sterling

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Pushing Daisies - Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook
Samantha Who? - Jean Smart as Regina Newly       
Saturday Night Live - Amy Poehler as Performer
Two And A Half Men - Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper
Ugly Betty - Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Boston Legal - Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt
Brothers & Sisters - Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Walker-Whedon
Grey’s Anatomy - Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey
Grey’s Anatomy - Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang
In Treatment - Dianne Wiest as Dr. Gina Toll

Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO
Entourage • HBO
The Office • NBC
30 Rock • NBC
Two And A Half Men

Outstanding Drama Series
Boston Legal • ABC
Damages • FX Networks
Dexter • Showtime
House • FOX
Lost • ABC
Mad Men • AMC