2010 People's Choice Awards Nominees (TV Portion Only)

[Pavan]

NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2010 TO BE HOSTED BY QUEEN LATIFAH JAN. 6 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

Press Conference Debuts New Trophy, New Mobile Voting Categories and New Official Charity

Voting Begins Today at peopleschoice.com

The nominations for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2010 were announced this morning at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA by Kris Allen (American Idol), Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance), Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory), Jeff Probst (Survivor) and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family). For the first time, fans voted at http://www.peopleschoice.com/ and cast more than 16 million votes to determine the nominees in categories such as "Favorite Movie," "Favorite Breakout Artist" and "Favorite TV Obsession."

Winners will be revealed during the live broadcast of PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2010 from its new home, the Nokia Theater, L.A. Live on Wednesday, Jan. 6, (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Tickets to the awards show are now available for fans to purchase for the first time through Ticketmaster. Mark Burnett will serve as Executive Producer and Queen Latifah will host PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2010, the only major awards show that honors fan favorites in movies, music and television. Voting begins today at http://www.peopleschoice.com/ and www.myspace.com/peopleschoiceawards for all 35 categories and will end on December 8, 2009, except for "Favorite New TV Drama" and "Favorite New TV Comedy," which will remain open for voting until night of show.

New to PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2010:

Trophy - Designed by Waterford and voted on by the fans, the new trophy design is the first modification to the award since the inception of the People's Choice Awards.

Mobile Voting - "Favorite Talk Show" and "Favorite Franchise" will be among five exclusive mobile voting categories, sponsored by PuR. An additional new category, "Favorite Web Celeb" will be presented by MSN's Wonderwall. To begin, text VOTE to 24475 and choose your favorites.

Official Charity - Children's Safe Drinking Water is the first official charity of the People's Choice Awards. Information about the charity and opportunities for donations can be found at http://www.peopleschoice.com/.

The list of potential nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2010 was determined by national ratings averages, box-office grosses, music sales, input from our media partners TV Guide magazine and Playlist.com, and vetted through Visible Measures, the independent third-party measurement firm for Internet video. This process generated the top 12 candidates per category. Fans were then asked to visit http://www.peopleschoice.com/ to pick their favorites and generate the final list of nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2010. Fans had the option to write in their favorites not included among the provided candidates. All new shows currently on air are eligible in the categories of Favorite New TV Drama and Favorite New TV Comedy.

A complete list of the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2010 nominees follows:

FAVORITE TV DRAMA
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Grey's Anatomy
House
Lost
NCIS

FAVORITE TV COMEDY
Desperate Housewives
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory
The Office
Two and a Half Men

FAVORITE TV DRAMA ACTOR
Hugh Laurie
Kiefer Sutherland
Mark Harmon
Matthew Fox
Patrick Dempsey

FAVORITE TV DRAMA ACTRESS
Anna Paquin
Blake Lively
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Katherine Heigl
Mariska Hargitay

FAVORITE TV COMEDY ACTOR
Alec Baldwin
Charlie Sheen
Jim Parsons
Neil Patrick Harris
Steve Carell

FAVORITE TV COMEDY ACTRESS
Alyson Hannigan
America Ferrera
Amy Poehler
Eva Longoria Parker
Tina Fey

FAVORITE TV OBSESSION
Dexter
Gossip Girl
The Hills
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
True Blood

FAVORITE TALK SHOW (Mobile Voting Category)
Chelsea Lately
Live with Regis & Kelly
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Tyra Banks Show

FAVORITE SCI FI/FANTASY TV SHOW (Mobile Voting Category)
Heroes
Lost
Supernatural
The Vampire Diaries
True Blood

FAVORITE COMPETITION SHOW
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Survivor: Samoa

FAVORITE ANIMAL SHOW
Animal Cops
Dog Town
Dog Whisperer
It's Me or the Dog
Rescue Ink Unleashed

FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA
Eastwick
FlashForward
Melrose Place
Mercy
The Forgotten
The Good Wife
The Vampire Diaries
Three Rivers
NCIS: Los Angeles
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FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY
Accidentally on Purpose
Brothers
Community
Cougar Town
Glee
Hank
The Cleveland Show
The Middle
Modern Family

[comedyfreak]

I hope HIMYM wins.