La cérémonie est prévue pour le 7 février 2009.
Meilleur drama
"Dexter" - Written by Scott Buck, Daniel Cerone, Charles H. Eglee, Adam E. Fiero, Lauren Gussis, Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, Tim Schlattmann; Showtime
"Friday Night Lights" - Written by Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Brent Fletcher, Jason Gavin, Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, John Zinman; NBC
"Lost" - Written by Carlton Cuse, Drew Goddard, Adam Horowitz, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Damon L. Lindelof, Greggory Nations, Kyle Pennington, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Brian K. Vaughan; ABC
"Mad Men" - Written by Lisa Albert, Jane Anderson, Rick Cleveland, David Isaacs, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Marti Noxon, Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner; AMC
"The Wire" - Written by Ed Burns, Chris Collins, David Mills, David Simon, William F. Zorzi, Richard Price, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos; HBO
Meilleure comédie
"30 Rock" - Written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Andrew Guest, Matt Hubbard, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, Ron Weiner; NBC
"Entourage" - Written by Doug Ellin, Jeremy Miller, Ally Musika, Steve Pink, Rob Weiss; HBO
"The Office" - Written by Steve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Brent Forrester, Dan Goor, Charlie Grandy, Mindy Kaling, Ryan Koh, Lester Lewis, Paul Lieberstein, Warren Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Aaron Shure, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky, Halsted Sullivan; NBC
"The Simpsons" - Written by J. Stewart Burns, Daniel Chun, Joel H. Cohen, Kevin Curran, John Frink, Tom Gammill, Stephanie Gillis, Dan Greaney, Reid Harrison, Al Jean, Billy Kimball, Tim Long, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Bill Odenkirk, Carolyn Omine, Don Payne, Michael Price, Max Pross, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, Matt Warburton, Jeff Westbrook, Marc Wilmore, William Wright; Fox
"Weeds" - Written by Roberto Benabib, Mark A. Burley, Ron Fitzgerald, David Holstein, Rolin Jones, Brendan Kelly, Jenji Kohan, Victoria Morrow, Matthew Salsberg; Showtime
Meilleure nouvelle série
"Breaking Bad" - Written by Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Patty Lin, George Mastras; AMC
"Fringe" - Written by JJ Abrams, Jason Cahill, Julia Cho, David H. Goodman, Felicia Henderson, Brad Caleb Kane, Alex Kurtzman, Darin Morgan, J.R. Orci, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, Zack Whedon; Fox
"In Treatment" - Written by Rodrigo Garcia, Bryan Goluboff, Davey Holmes, William Meritt Johnson, Amy Lippman, Sarah Treem; HBO
"Life on Mars" - Written by Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Becky Hartman Edwards, David Wilcox, Adele Lim, Bryan Oh, Tracy McMillan, Sonny Postiglione, Phil M. Rosenberg, Meredith Averill; ABC
"True Blood" - Written by Alan Ball, Brian Buckner, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo, Nancy Oliver, Chris Offutt; HBO
Meilleur épisode de série dramatique
"Don't Ever Change" ("House") - Written by Doris Egan & Leonard Dick; Fox
"Double Booked" ("Burn Notice") - Written by Craig O'Neill & Jason Tracey; USA
"Gray Matter" ("Breaking Bad") - Written by Patty Lin; AMC
"Pilot" ("Breaking Bad") - Written by Vince Gilligan; AMC
"Pilot" ("Eli Stone") - Written by Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim; ABC
"There's Something About Harry" ("Dexter") - Written by Scott Reynolds; Showtime
Meilleur épisode de série comique
"Believe in the Stars" ("30 Rock") - Written by Robert Carlock; NBC
"Cooter" ("30 Rock") - Written by Tina Fey; NBC
"Crime Aid" ("The Office") - Written by Charlie Grandy; NBC
"Crush'd" ("Ugly Betty") - Written by Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally; ABC
"Succession" ("30 Rock") - Written by Andrew Guest & John Riggi; NBC
"Vote for This and I Promise to Do Something Crazy at the Emmys" ("My Name is Earl") - Written by Greg Garcia; NBC
Meilleur long format - ORIGINAL
"An American Crime" - Written by Tommy O'Haver & Irene Turner; Showtime
"Pilot" ("Fringe") - Written by JJ Abrams & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci; Fox
"Recount" - Written by Danny Strong; HBO
Meilleur long format - ADAPTATION
"Generation Kill" - "Episode 6," Teleplay by Ed Burns, Story by David Simon & Ed Burns, Based on the book by Evan Wright;
"Generation Kill" - "Episode 7," Teleplay by David Simon, Story by David Simon & Ed Burns, Based on the book by Evan Wright; HBO
"John Adams" - "Episode 1, Join or Die," Teleplay by Kirk Ellis, Based on the book by David McCullough;
"John Adams" - "Episode 2, Independence," Teleplay by Kirk Ellis, Based on the book by David McCullough; HBO
"The Memory Keeper's Daughter" Teleplay by John Pielmeier, Based on the book by Kim Edwards; Lifetime
ANIMATION
"Apocalypse Cow" ("The Simpsons") - Written by Jeff Westbrook; Fox
"The Debarted" ("The Simpsons") - Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox
"E Pluribus Wiggum" ("The Simpsons") - Written by Michael Price; Fox
"Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" ("The Simpsons") - Written by Tim Long; Fox
"Life: A Loser's Manual" ("King of the Hill") - Written by Dan McGrath; Fox
"Strangeness on a Train" ("King of the Hill") - Written by Jim Dauterive; Fox
