Andre Braugher and Wanda Sykes Among PrimeTime Emmy Awards Nominees

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The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards nominations were announced today, and among the nominees are actor Andre Braugher, comedian Wanda Sykes, Old Spice commercial pitchman Isaiah Mustafa, and Emmy Award-winning director, playwright and composer Paris Barclay.

Braugher, a two-time Emmy Award-winning American actor, was nominated for supporting actor in a drama series for his role as Owen in TNT's 'Men of a Certain Age.'

Sykes received multiple nominations, including outstanding variety, music or comedy special and outstanding writing, for her HBO special, 'Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me.'

Mustafa, who's currently filming Tyler Perry's 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf,' was included in the Outstanding Commercial category for the Old Spice Body Wash commercial 'The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.'

The musical comedy series 'Glee' led with the pack with 19 nominations, including leading acting nods for Broadway stars Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison, a supporting acting nod for actress and comedian Jane Lynch, and outstanding director for two-time Emmy-winning American television director and producer Paris Barclay.

For a complete list of Emmy nominees, visit Emmys.com.

The 2010 Emmy Awards will air on NBC on Sunday, Aug. 29 at 8 p.m. PT at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.



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