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The Comedy Awards Nominations

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The Comedy Awards will be held April 28 and then air May 6 on Comedy Central.

Comedy Series
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Happy Endings
Modern Family (2011 winner)
Parks and Recreation

Writing – TV
30 Rock (2011 winner)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Saturday Night Live

Directing – TV
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Louie
Modern Family (2011 winner)
The Office

Performance by an Actor
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (2011 winner)
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Louis C.K., Louie
Steve Carell, The Office
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Performance by an Actress
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live (2011 winner)
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Animated Comedy Series
Archer
Family Guy
The Life & Times of Tim
The Simpsons
South Park (2011 winner)

Late-Night Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (2011 winner)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Show with David Letterman
Real Time with Bill Maher

Sketch/Alternative Comedy Series
Childrens Hospital (2011 winner)
Louie
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
Tosh.0

Comedy Special of the Year
Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater
Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Standup
Patton Oswalt Finest Hour
Colin Quinn Long Story Short
Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts



About the Author

Alexeem Boyle
Alexeem is currently studying film and television, and spends an unhealthy amount of time with her DVD box sets. A film reviewer for our sister site, The 500 Club, Alexeem joined the team in 2011 to cover Community. She has written about Community, Game of Thrones, The Killing, Parks and Recreation, Homeland, and Fringe. Alexeem is ashamed to admit she often and thoroughly offends (or "destroys") the word limit, but is resigned to the enduring nature of this sin.
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