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Elvis Presley scored again in the outstanding miniseries category as “Elvis” garnered six nominations including one for its star, Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The lead nominee, with 10 bids was “Empire Falls,” and other contenders included “The 4400” and “The Lost Prince.”

Other nominees for lead actor in a miniseries or a movie were Kenneth Branagh for “Warm Springs,” Ed Harris for “Empire Falls,” Geoffrey Rush for “The Life and Death of Peter Sellers” and William H. Macy for “The Wool Cap” (who can hold a joint celebration with his wife, “Desperate Housewives” star Huffman).

Actress nominees in the miniseries-movie category were Halle Berry for “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” Blythe Danner for “Back When We Were Grownups,” S. Epatha Merkerson for “Lackawanna Blues,” Cynthia Nixon, the former “Sex and the City” star, for “Warm Springs,” and Debra Winger for “Dawn Anna.”

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HBO was the leading network with 93 nominations, even though it lacked the firepower of its hit mob series “The Sopranos,” which took a break last season. CBS was second with 59 nominations, followed by NBC with 54, ABC with 51 and Fox with 49.

Recognition also went to supporting actors and actresses in comedy and drama series.

Nominated for comedy series were Jeffrey Tambor of “Arrested Development,” Peter Boyle and Brad Garrett of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” Jeremy Piven of “Entourage” and Sean Hayes of “Will & Grace.” Actress nominees were Jessica Walter of “Arrested Development,” Doris Roberts of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” Holland Taylor and Conchata Ferrell of “Two and a Half Men,” and Megan Mullally of “Will & Grace.”

“I’m over the moon, as they used to say,” Walter said from New York City.

Joining Andrews and O’Quinn of “Lost” in the drama series supporting actor category were William Shatner of “Boston Legal,” Oliver Platt of “Huff” and Alan Alda of “The West Wing.” Nominees for supporting actress were Sandra Oh of “Grey’s Anatomy,” Blythe Danner of “Huff,” Tyne Daly of “Judging Amy,” CCH Pounder of “The Shield” and Stockard Channing of “The West Wing.”

The category that recognizes talk show and other hosts was filled with familiar names and some new ones. Nominations went to “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” which was last year’s winner, and to “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “58th Annual Tony Awards” with host Hugh Jackman, “Tracey Ullman Live & Exposed” and “Whoopi Back to Broadway—The 20th Anniversary.”

The 57th Emmy Awards are scheduled to air Sept. 18 on CBS. A host has yet to be announced for the Shrine Auditorium ceremony in which 27 awards will be presented.

Other honors, including those for technical achievement and guest actors and actresses in series, will be given at a ceremony a week before the award show.

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