Emmy Nominations To Be Announced July 17

Emmy Award winner Michael Chiklis (The Shield) and nominee Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle) will join Academy Chairman Bryce Zabel to announce the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards nominations live on Thursday, July 17 at 5:38:30 a.m. at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood. The announcements are scheduled early in the day in order to reach morning viewers on the East Coast.

Nominees in the top ten categories will be revealed in the four-minute live ceremony. For the thirteenth consecutive year, Douglass M. Stewart will be producing the event. The 55th Annual Primetime Emmys will air on September 21 on Fox and will originate from the Shrine Auditorium.

Chiklis won an Emmy last year for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role of Vic Mackey on FX’s The Shield; it was the first time that a lead performer in a show airing on a basic cable channel won in the category. Kaczmarek was nominated three years in a row for an Emmy for her portrayal of Lois, the no-nonsense mother on the hit Fox series Malcolm in the Middle.