Comedy Central/MTV Networks Comedy Awards nominations announced
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So you thought the awards’ season was officially over on Feb. 27, Oscar Sunday?
Think again. Comedy Central and MTV Networks have created the Comedy Awards, which will be telecast on April 10 on Comedy Central, Spike TV, TV Land, VH1, CMT and Nick at Night.
Nominations in 15 categories were announced Tuesday. The nominees were chosen by the ‘Comedy Awards’ Board of Directors,’’ which includes director James Burrows, Stephen Colbert, Brad Grey, Whoopi Goldberg, Joan Rivers and Seth MacFarlane. The winners will be chosen by an invitation-only voting body from members of the comedy community.
The nominees are:
Comedy Series
’30 Rock’
‘Eastbound & Down’
‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
‘Modern Family’
‘The Office’
Comedy Actor-TV
Alec Baldwin, ’30 Rock’
Ty Burell, ‘Modern Family’
Steve Carell, ‘The Office’
Danny McBride, ‘Eastbound & Down’
Tracy Morgan, ’30 Rock’
Comedy Actress-TV
Tina Fey, ’30 Rock’
Jane Krakowski, ’30 Rock’
Jane Lynch, ‘Glee’
Betty White, ‘Hot in Cleveland’
Kristen Wiig, ‘Saturday Night Live’
Comedy Actor-Film
Russell Brand, ‘Get Him to the Greek’
Will Ferrell, ‘The Other Guys’
Zach Galifianakis, ‘Dinner for Schmucks’
Paul Giamatti, ‘Barney’s Version’
Jonah Hill, ‘Cyrus’
Comedy Actress-Film
Tina Fey, ‘Date Night’
Anne Hathaway, ‘Love & Other Drugs’
Helen Mirren, ‘Red’
Chloe Moretz, ‘Kick-Ass’
Emma Stone, ‘Easy A’
Late Night Comedy Series
‘The Colbert Report’
‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’
‘Late Show with David Letterman’
Sketch Comedy/Alternative Comedy Series
‘Children’s Hospital’
‘Funny or Die Presents’
‘Saturday Night Live’
‘Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job’
‘Tosh.O’
Stand-Up Special
‘Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening’
‘Bill Maher...But I’m Not Wrong’
‘Louis C.K.: Hilarious’
‘Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2’
‘Whitney Cummings: Money Shot’
Comedy Film
‘Cyrus’
‘Easy A’
‘Get Him to the Greek’
‘Kick-Ass’
‘The Other Guys’
Animated Comedy Film
‘Despicable Me’
‘Megamind’
‘Shrek Forever After’
‘Toy Story 3’
Animated Comedy Series
‘American Dad’
‘Archer’
‘Family Guy’
‘The Simpsons’
‘South Park’
For a complete list of nominees, go to Thecomedyawards.com
-- Susan King
