娱乐英语新闻:"The Pacific," "Mad Men" among top contenders as Emmy nominations announced

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences also jumped on the Team Coco bandwagon, nominating the short-lived "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" in the category of outstanding variety, music or comedy series in a snub to Jay Leno who returned at the helm after a seven-month absence.
"Late Show with David Letterman" is missing from this race for the first time since it debuted in 1994, raising the most eyebrows. Letterman, who won four consecutive Emmys as part of the writing team on the original "Late Night" beginning in 1984, had been a perennial writing nominee for "Late Show" until this year.

Al Pacino and Hope Davis also got their nods for outstanding actor and actress in a miniseries or movie.

Australian actress Toni Collette arrives at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles in this January 23, 2010 file photo. Colette was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series for her role in 'United States of Tara' for the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards, announced July 8, 2010. Picture taken January 23, 2010.

The 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be aired live coast to coast Aug. 29 at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles with late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon as the host.