The 61st Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning. Family Guy–the Fox animated program that came back from cancellation–became the first animated show in nearly 50 years to be nominated in the Best Comedy category. Also nominated for best comedy is CBS's How I Met Your Mother, whose star Neil Patrick Harris will be hosting this year's award show.  Lost was one of seven shows nominated in the Best Drama category, but Battlestar Galactica was snubbed yet again. Upcoming Daytime Emmy host Vanessa Williams was nominated for Ugly Betty in the Supporting Actress Comedy category. HBO received 99 nominations, followed by NBC with 67, ABC with 55, CBS with 49 and Fox with 42.

The major categories are listed below, but for a complete list of nominations visit Emmy.tv.

Major Emmy categories:

Drama Series

Big Love
Breaking Bad
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men

Comedy Series

Entourage
Family Guy
Flight of the Conchords
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
30 Rock
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On today's Primetime Pulse episode Luke, Jamey, Regan, Sean and Tina discuss the returning summer series such as Burn Notice, The Closer, Psych and Monk. They also dig into all the new series on USA, TNT, ABC Family and the broadcast networks.

Which new series are you looking forward to or enjoying most? Which returning series are "must watch" this summer?

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Set the DVR, tune in live, either way be sure to catch the season premiere of the Showtime hit Weeds next Monday. Need a refresher or a catch up? Showtime is running a mini-marathon tonight starting at 9 pm.