'Pushing Daises,' 'Tin Man' Lead Genre Emmy Nominees

While many of the show's nominations were in technical categories, there also were a few key nominations including Lee Pace for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Kristin Chenowith for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Pace, who plays Ned in the ABC series, has some stiff competition including Alec Baldwin from NBC's "30 Rock," Tony Shalhoub from USA's "Monk," Steve Carell from "The Office" on NBC, and Charlie Sheen from "Two and a Half Men" on CBS.

Chenowith also will have her work cut out for her. She faces Jean Smart from "Samantha Who?" on ABC, Amy Poehler from "Saturday Night Live" on NBC, Holland Taylor from "Two and a Half Men," and Vanessa Williams from "Ugly Betty."

Bryan Fuller and Barry Sonnenfeld both were nominated for their work on the pilot episode of "Pushing Daisies" called "Pie-Lette." Fuller is up for outstanding writing in a comedy series against Jack Burditt and Tina Fey from "30 Rock': James Bobin, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie from "Flight of the Conchords" on HBO; and Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky from "The Office."

Sonnenfeld is against Michael Engler from "30 Rock," Dan Attias from "Entourage," James Bobin from "Flight of the Conchords," and both Paul Lieberstein and Paul Feig from "The Office."

"Pushing Daisies" rounded out its nomination list in a number of technical categories including costumes, hairstyling, makeup, prosthetic makeup, music composition and picture editing.

Sci-Fi Channel did pretty good this year in terms of Emmy nominations, thanks in large part to a strong showing from both the "Tin Man" miniseries and "Battlestar Galactica," which picked up nine and five nominations respectively leading to 15 overall nominations compared to just seven last year. Only HBO (85 nods), Showtime (21) and AMC (20) had more nominations this year.

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