Emmy nominations announced: Neil Patrick Harris and Bryan Fuller among the gay noms

This morning gay actor Neil Patrick Harris and gay-fave Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies, Wicked) announced the nominations for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards at the crack of Jesus in Los Angeles.

In a nutshell, Pushing Daisies, the wonderfully loony brainchild of out exec/writer Bryan Fuller, killed it this year with 12 total noms (behind only 30 Rock, which is also awesome, in total noms for a network series), along with cable series John Adams and Mad Men. Gives hope that American audiences aren't as stupid as they think we are.

Among the gay, gay-friendly, and gay-adjacent noms were...

UPDATED: Initially, Zeljko Ivanek (Damages) slipped past me - he played a gay (albeit closeted and kinda evil) character. Also, Oliver Platt and Sharon Gless were nominated for playing gay guest characters on Nip/Tuck.

Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy Series

Lee Pace as Ned in Pushing Daisies (gay-fave)

Outstanding Lead Actor in Drama Series

Michael C. Hall in Dexter (gay-fave)

Outstanding Lead Actress in Comedy Series

America Ferrera in Ugly Betty (gay-fave)

Tina Fey in 30 Rock (after her shout-out to gays in her acceptance speech last year, I'm calling her a gay-fave) 

Outstanding Lead Actress in Drama Series

Sally Field in Brothers & Sisters (gay-fave) 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother (out actor)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Kristin Chenoweth in Pushing Daisies (gay-fave) 

Vanessa Williams in Ugly Betty (gay-fave)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Zeljko Ivanek for Damages (gay character) 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Rachel Griffiths in Brothers & Sisters (gay-fave) 

Outstanding Lead Actor in Mini

Ralph Fiennes in Bernard and Doris (gay character) 

Outstanding Lead Actress in Mini 

Susan Sarandon in Bernard and Doris (gay-adjacent) 

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Will Arnett as Devon Banks (gay character) on 30 Rock

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Oliver Platt in Nip/Tuck (gay character)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Sharon Gless in Nip/Tuck (gay-fave) 

Bunches more after the jump...

Outstanding Drama Series

Mad Men (gay supporting character) 

Damages (gay supporting character) 

Boston Legal (regularly addresses gay issues)

Outstanding Comedy Series

Entourage (gay character) 

The Office (gay character) 

Outstanding Made-for-TV Movie

Bernard & Doris (gay character) 

Outstanding Mini

Andromeda Strain (gay character)

Tin Man (gay actor, Alan Cumming)

Exceptional Non-Fiction

Walt Whitman (PBS)

Outstanding Reality Competition

Top Chef

Project Runway

Amazing Race

Dancing With the Stars

Outstanding Reality Program

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List 

Outstanding Variety or Comedy Series

The Daily Show

The Colbert Report

Outstanding Variety Special

Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Bryan Fuller, Pushing Daisies, "Pit-Lette" 

Outstanding Writing for Mini/Made-for-TV

Bernard and Doris (gay character) 

SUMMARY (including creative)

Pushing Daisies: 12 noms 

Bernard and Doris: 10 noms 

Ugly Betty: 6 noms

Grey's Anatomy: 5 noms 

Desperate Housewives: 4 noms

Brothers & Sisters: 3 noms 

How I Met Your Mother: 2 noms 

For the full list of noms, check out the Emmys official site.