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Well folks, the votes are in, and I am happy that I can now declare the official nominees for the 2008 IVy Awards and the 2008 Readers’ Choice IVy Awards!

For space consideration, I will only list some of the more popular categories, but complete lists can be found on the TV IV’s IVy Awards pages.

The envelopes please…

IVy Awards:

(Note that due to the small number of voters and the minimum votes requirement, a category may have more or less than five nominees in the “Editors’ Choice” awards.)

Best Drama Series

• Battlestar Galactica
• Burn Notice
• Chuck
• Dexter
• Lost
• Pushing Daisies

Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice)
• Colin Ferguson (Eureka)
• Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
• Hugh Laurie (House, M.D.)
• Zachary Levi (Chuck)
• Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica)

Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Emily Deschanel (Bones)
• Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies)
• Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
• Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica)

Best Comedy Series

• 30 Rock
• The Big Bang Theory
• How I Met Your Mother
• My Name Is Earl

Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Steve Carell (The Office)
• Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl)
• Jay Mohr (Gary Unmarried)
• Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)

Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?)
• Tina Fey (30 Rock)
• Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds)

Best Comedy Talk, Variety or Sketch Show

• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Best Made-for-TV Movie, Miniseries or Special

• 24: Redemption
• A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
• Generation Kill

Complete list.

Readers’ Choice Awards:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand now. The Readers’ Choice nominees!

Over 4000 votes were cast and some of the nominees were decided by a single vote and there was even a tie in one category. Check back soon for winners’ ballots!

The nominees are:

Best Drama Series

• Battlestar Galactica
• House, M.D.
• Lost
• Prison Break
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
• Hugh Laurie (House, M.D.)
• Zachary Levi (Chuck)
• Wentworth Miller (Prison Break)
• Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica)

Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Emily Deschanel (Bones)
• Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies)
• Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
• Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica)
• Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Henry Ian Cusick (Lost)
• Garret Dillahunt (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
• Michael Emerson (Lost)
• Brian Austin Green (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
• Terry O’Quinn (Lost)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break)
• Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
• Yunjin Kim (Lost)
• Evangeline Lilly (Lost)
• Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost)

Best Comedy Series

• 30 Rock
• The Big Bang Theory
• How I Met Your Mother
• The Office
• Scrubs

Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Steve Carell (The Office)
• Terry Crews (Everybody Hates Chris)
• David Duchovny (Californication)
• Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl)
• Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)

Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?)
• Tina Fey (30 Rock)
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine)
• Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds)
• Billie Piper (Secret Diary of a Call Girl)

Best Comedy Talk, Variety or Sketch Series

• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show
• Late Night with Conan O’Brien
• Late Show with David Letterman
• Saturday Night Live

Best Made-for-TV Movie, Miniseries or Special

• 24: Redemption
• A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
• George Carlin: It’s Bad for Ya
• John Adams
• Ricky Gervais: Out of England
• When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

Complete list.

Thanks to all who voted, and watch this space for more updates, including the Winner’s ballots (coming very soon after this post) and the announcement of the winners on April 13!