The new brand of awards in a similar vein to the UK’s British Comedy Awards were chosen by a board of directors including Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Colbert, Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane, Joan Rivers, Conan O’Brien and Billy Crystal.
30 Rock received seven nominations including Best Comedy Series as well as two Comedy Actor nods for Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan as well as two Comedy Actress noms for Tina Fey and Jane Krakowski.
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The Office and Modern Family weren’t far behind with four nods each, both also nominated for Comedy Series alongside Eastbound & Down and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Doing it for the Brits, Ricky Gervais is nominated in the stand up category for his special Out of England 2 and Russell Brand vies for the Comedy Actor award for his role in Get Him to the Greek.
Elsewhere another Comedy Central favourite South Park faces Family Guy, American Dad!, Archer and The Simpsons in Animated Comedy Series.
The winners will be chosen by a 1000 members of the ‘comedy community’ with the awards being presented on Sunday 10th April in the States.
You can watch brand new 30 Rock Thursdays at 10.30pm on Comedy Central UK.
…and here’s why it’s consistently nominated.
The full list of nominees:
Comedy Series
30 Rock
Eastbound & Down
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Modern Family
The Office
Comedy Actor - TV
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Steve Carell, The Office
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Danny McBride, Eastbound & Down
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
Chloë 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
Childrens Hospital
Funny or Die Presents
Saturday Night Live
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tosh.0
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
Comedy Writing - TV
30 Rock
Louie
Modern Family
The Office
The Simpsons
Comedy Screenplay
Cyrus
Easy A
Hot Tub Time Machine
Kick-Ass
Tiny Furniture
Comedy Directing - TV
30 Rock
Community
Modern Family
The Office
Saturday Night Live
Comedy Director - Film
Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass, yrus
Will Gluck, Easy A
Adam McKay, The Other Guys
Matthew Vaughn, Kick-Ass
Edgar Wright, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
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