2011 Emmy nominees announced

Los Angeles - The nominees for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced.

Melissa McCarthy and Joshua Jackson read out the nominations at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon.

The list of nominees is as follows:

Outstanding Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
Mad Men
The Good Wife

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson
Boardwalk Empire

Michael C Hall as Dexter Morgan
Dexter

Kyle Chandler as Coach Eric Taylor
Friday Night Lights

Jon Hamm as Don Draper
Mad Men

Hugh Laurie as Dr Gregory House
House

Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens
Justified

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Kathy Bates as Harriet "Harry" Korn
Harry's Law

Connie Britton as Tami Taylor
Friday Night Lights

Mireille Enos as Sarah Linden
The Killing

Mariska Hargitay as Det. Olivia Benson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florick
The Good Wife

Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olsen
Mad Men

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
Game of Thrones

Josh Charles as Will Gardner
The Good Wife

Alan Cumming as Eli Gold
The Good Wife

Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder
Justified

John Slattery as Roger Sterling
Mad Men

Andre Braugher as Owen
Men of A Certain Age

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder
Boardwalk Empire

Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma
The Good Wife

Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart
The Good Wife

Margo Martindale as Mags Bennett
Justified

Michelle Forbes as Mitch Larsen
The Killing

Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris
Mad Men

Outstanding Comedy Series
Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
Parks & Recreation
30 Rock

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc
Episodes

Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
The Big Bang Theory

Steve Carell as Michael Scott
The Office

Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter
The Big Bang Theory

Louis C.K. as Louie
Louie

Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
30 Rock

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton
Nurse Jackie

Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
30 Rock

Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison
The Big C

Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn
Mike & Molly

Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance
Raising Hope

Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope
Parks & Recreation

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel
Glee

Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett
Modern Family

Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett
Modern Family

Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker
Modern Family

Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
Modern Family

Jon Cryer as Alan Harper
Two and A Half Men

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester
Glee

Betty White as Elka Ostrosky
Hot In Cleveland

Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
Modern Family

Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
Modern Family

Kristen Wiig as Various characters
Saturday Night Live

Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney
30 Rock

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Programme 
Jeff Probst
Survivor

Cat Deeley
So You Think You Can Dance

Phil Keoghan
The Amazing Race

Tom Bergeron
Dancing With The Stars

Ryan Seacrest
American Idol