New Emmy hopefuls will have to find spots amid these 2011 nominees eligible for a repeat.
Green = not eligible for 2012 nomination
*Eligible in 2012 in a different category
**Eligible in 2012 with a different show
| 2011 Winner | ||||||
| SERIES | “Modern Family” | “30 Rock” | “The Big Bang Theory” | “Glee” | “The Office” | “Parks and Recreation” |
| LEAD ACTOR | Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory” | Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock” | Steve Carrell, “The Office” | Louis C.K., “Louie” | Johnny Galecki, “The Big Bang Theory” | Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes” |
| LEAD ACTRESS | Melissa McCarthy, “Mike & Molly” | Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie” | Tina Fey, “30 Rock” | Laura Linney, “The Big C” | Martha Plimpton, “Raising Hope” | Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation” |
| SUPPORTING ACTOR | Ty Burrell, “Modern Family” | Chris Colfer, “Glee” | Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men”* | Jesse Tyler, Ferguson “Modern Family” | Ed O’Neill, “Modern Family” | Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family” |
| SUPPORTING ACTRESS | Julie Bowen, “Modern Family” | Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock” | Jane Lynch, “Glee” | Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family” | Betty White, “Hot in Cleveland” | Kristen Wiig, “Saturday Night Live” |
| DIRECTOR | Michael Spiller, “Modern Family” | Pamela Fryman, “How I Met Your Mother” | Steven Levitan, “Modern Family” | Gail Mancuso, “Modern Family” | Beth McCarthy Miller “30 Rock” | |
| WRITER | Greg Daniels, “The Office” | Louis C.K. “Louie” | David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik, “Episodes” | Matt Hubbard “30 Rock” | Steven Levitan, Jeffrey Richman “Modern Family” | |
| 2011 Winner | ||||||
| SERIES | “Mad Men” | “Boardwalk Empire” | “Dexter” | “Friday Night Lights” | “The Good Wife”/td> | “Game Of Thrones” |
| LEAD ACTOR | Kyle Chandler, “Friday Night Lights” | Steve Buscemi, “Boadwalk Empire” | Michael C. Hall, “Dexter” | Jon Hamm, “Mad Men” | Hugh Laurie, “House” | Timothy Olyphant, “Justified” |
| LEAD ACTRESS | Julianna Marguiles, “The Good Wife” | Kathy Bates, “Harry’s Law” | Connie Britton, “Friday Night Lights” | Mireille Enos, “The Killing” | Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: SVU | Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men” |
| SUPPORTING ACTOR | Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones” | Josh Charles, “The Good Wife” | Alan Cumming, “The Good Wife” | Walton Goggins, “Justified” | John Slattery,”Mad Men” | Andre Braugher, “Men of a Certian Age” |
| SUPPORTING ACTRESS | Margo Martindale, “Justified”** | Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife” | Michelle Forbes, “The Killing” | Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men” | Archie Panjabi, “The Good Wife” | Kelly MacDonald, “Boardwalk Empire” |
| DIRECTOR | Martin Scorsese, “Boardwalk Empire” | Patty Jenkins, “The Killing”* | Neil Jordan, “The Borgias” | Tim Van Patten, “Game of Thrones”** | Jeremy Podeswa, “Boardwalk Empire” | |
| WRITER | Jason Katims, “Friday Night Lights”** | David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, “Game of Thrones” | Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, “Mad Men” | Veena Sud, “The Killing” | Matthew Weiner, “Mad Men” | |
| 2011 Winner | ||||||||
| NONFICTION SERIES | “American Masters” | “30 For 30” | “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” | “Biography” | Moguls & Movie Stars | Pioneers Of Television | ||
| REALITY PROGRAM | “Deadliest Catch” | “Antiques Roadshow” | “Hoarders” | “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List” | “Mythbusters” | “Undercover Boss” | ||
| REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM | “The Amazing Race” | “American Idol” | “Dancing With the Stars” | “Project Runway” | “So You Think You Can Dance” | “Top Chef” | ||
| VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES | “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” | “The Colbert Report” | “Conan” | “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” | “Real Time With Bill Maher” | “Saturday Night Live” | ||
