August 1, 2007 - New York City-based television shows received an incredible 53 nominations for the 59th annual Primetime Emmy awards. Tune in to Fox’s broadcast of the main award ceremony in Shrine Auditorium on September 16, 2007! The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting congratulates New York's nominees for their remarkable achievements in television:

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
"30 Rock" (NBC)
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
"Rescue Me" (FX)
Denis Leary as Tommy Gavin

"The Sopranos" (HBO)
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
"30 Rock" (NBC)
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
"Law & Order: SVU" (NBC)
Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson

"The Sopranos" (HBO)
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
"The Sopranos" (HBO)
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
"The Sopranos" (HBO)
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano

"The Sopranos" (HBO)
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
"The Sopranos" (HBO)
Tim Daly as J.T. Dolan

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
"30 Rock" (NBC)
Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
"Law & Order: SVU" (NBC)
Marcia Gay Harden as Star Morrison

"Law & Order: SVU" (NBC)
Leslie Caron as Lorraine Chalmers 

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
"30 Rock" (NBC)
Jennifer McNamara

Casting By Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series
"The Sopranos: Soprano Home Movies" (HBO)
Phil Abraham, Director of Photography

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
"30 Rock: The Breakup" (NBC)
Scott Ellis, Director

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series
"The Sopranos: Kennedy And Heidi" (HBO)
Alan Taylor, Director

Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program
"The Colbert Report" Show # 2161 (Comedy Central)
Jim Hoskinson, Director

"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" Show # 12061 (Comedy Central)
Chuck O’Neil, Director

"Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
Don Roy King, Director

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series
"The Sopranos: The Second Coming" (HBO)
Lynne M. Whitlock, Editor

"The Sopranos: Soprano Home Movies" (HBO)
William B. Stich, A.C.E., Editor

Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Series
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" Show # 12043 (Comedy Central)
Tonya Dreher, Editor
Graham Frazier, Editor
Mark Paone, Editor
Daric Schlesselman, Editor
Einar Westerlund, Editor

Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) For VMC Programming
"Late Night With Conan O’Brien" #2408 (NBC)
Fred Bock, Lighting Designer
Ronnie Skopac, Lighting Director
Eugene Meienhofer, Lighting Director

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score)
"Kidnapped" Pilot (NBC)
WG Snuffy Walden, Composer / Music By

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
"SNL" Host: Justin Timberlake – Song title: “Dick In A Box”
Justin Timberlake, Music & Lyrics By
Jorma Taccone, Music & Lyrics By
Katreese Barnes, Music By
Asa Taccone, Music By
Akiva Schaffer, Lyrics By
Andy Samberg, Lyrics By

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
"30 Rock" Hard Ball (NBC)
Jeff Richmond, Music By

Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program
"The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central)
Stephen Colbert, Host

"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central)
Jon Stewart, Host

"Late Show With David Letterman" (CBS)
David Letterman, Host

Outstanding Comedy Series
"30 Rock" (NBC)
Producers, TBD

Outstanding Drama Series
"The Sopranos" (HBO)
Producers, TBD

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
"The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central)
Producers TBD

"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central)
Producers TBD

"Late Night With Conan O’Brien" (NBC)
Producers TBD

"Late Show With David Letterman" (CBS)
Producers TBD

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
"The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner" (Comedy Central)
Producers TBD

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (one-hour)
"The Sopranos" Stage 5 (HBO)
Mathew Price, Production Mixer
Kevin Burns, Re-Recording Mixer
Todd Orr, Re-Recording Mixer

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (half-hour) And Animation
"30 Rock" Corporate Crush (NBC)
Griffin Richardson, Production Mixer
Tony Pipitone, Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Marino, Dialogue Mixer

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Or Music Series Or Special
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" Episode # 12061 (Comedy Central)
Tim Lester, Audio Engineer

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video For A Series
"Late Night with Conan O’Brien" # 2424 (NBC)
Gregory Aull, Technical Director
Richard S. Carter, Camera
Kurt Decker, Camera
Eugene Huelsman, Camera
Chris Matott, Camera
James Palczewski, Camera
Pat Casey, Camera
Carl M. Henry, III, Video

"Saturday Night Live" Host: Alec Baldwin and Musical Guest: Christina Aguilera (NBC)
Steven Cimino, Technical Director
John Pinto, Camera
Richard B. Fox, Camera
Brian Phraner, Camera
Barry Frischer, Camera
Eric A. Eisenstein, Camera
Susan Noll, Senior Video
Frank Grisanti, Senior Video

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
"30 Rock" Tracy Does Conan (NBC)
Tina Fey, Written by

"30 Rock" Jack-Tor (NBC)
Robert Carlock, Written by

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
"The Sopranos" Kennedy And Heidi (HBO)
Matthew Weiner, Writer
David Chase, Writer

"The Sopranos" The Second Coming (HBO)
Terence Winter, Writer

"The Sopranos" Made In America (HBO)
David Chase, Writer

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program
"The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central)
Stephen Colbert, Writer
Allison Silverman, Writer
Richard Dahm, Writer
Michael Brumm, Writer
Rob Dubbin, Writer
Eric Drysdale, Writer
Peter Gwinn, Writer
Jay Katsir, Writer
Laura Krafft, Writer
Frank Lesser, Writer

"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central)
Steve Bodow, Head Writer
Rachel Axler, Writer
Kevin Bleyer, Writer
Rich Blomquist, Writer
Tim Carvell, Writer
J.R. Havlan, Writer
Scott Jacobson, Writer
David Javerbaum, Writer
Ben Karlin, Writer
Rob Kutner, Writer
Josh Lieb, Writer
Sam Means, Writer
Jason Reich, Writer
Jason Ross, Writer
Jon Stewart, Writer

"Late Night With Conan O’Brien" (NBC)
Mike Sweeney, Head Writer
Chris Albers, Writer
Jose Arroyo, Writer
Dan Cronin, Writer
Kevin Dorff, Writer
Daniel J. Goor, Writer
Michael Gordon, Writer
Berkley Johnson, Writer
Brian Kiley, Writer
Michael Koman, Writer
Tim Harrod, Writer
Brian McCann, Writer
Guy Nicolucci, Writer
Conan O’Brien, Writer
Brian Stack, Writer
Andrew Weinberg, Writer

"Late Show With David Letterman" (CBS)
Eric Stangel, Head Writer
Justin Stangel, Head Writer
Michael Barrie, Writer
Jim Mulholland, Writer
Steve Young, Writer
Tom Ruprecht, Writer
Lee Ellenberg, Writer
Matt Roberts, Writer
Jeremy Weiner, Writer
Joe Grossman, Writer
Meredith Scardino, Writer
Bill Scheft, Writer
Aaron Blitzstein, Writer
Bob Borden, Writer
Frank Sebastiano, Writer
David Letterman, Writer