Regis Philbin, Alec Baldwin, Conan O’Brien and Jane Lynch receive Emmy Nominations

The Irish Americans were generously recognized in the Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations.

Regis Philbin received a nominations as part of the “Live with Regis and Kelly” in the talk show category.

Alec Baldwin was nominated for his role as Jack Donaghy in “30 Rock”.

"The Tonight Show" with then-host Conan O'Brien has been nominated in the best variety-series category.

Jane Lynch also received a nomination for her role as tough coach in “Glee”.

The announcement of all the nominations brought some happy surprises for the newcomers “Modern Family” and “Glee” but the winner of the group was HBO’s “Pacific” which received 24 nominations. AMC’s drama “Mad Men” received 17 nominations.

The Primetime Emmy’s will take place on August 29 on NBC. Jimmy Fallon will host the show.

See the full list below.

DRAMA
OUTSTANDING DRAMA
Lost
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Mad Men
True Blood
The Good Wife

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Mariska Hargitay (Special Victims Unit)
Glenn Close (Damages)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)
January Jones (Mad Men)
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Hugh Laurie (House M.D.)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Matthew Fox (Lost)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
John Slattery (Mad Men)
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
Martin Short (Damages)
Terry O’ Quinn (Lost)
Michael Emerson (Lost)
Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
Rose Byrne (Damages)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Beau Bridges (The Closer)
Ted Danson (Damages)
John Lithgow (Dexter)
Alan Cumming ( The Good Wife)
Dylan Baker (The Good Wife
Robert Morse (Mad Men)
Gregory Itzin (24)

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