Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)

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Chandra Wilson (Grey’s Anatomy)

Announce 2009

Emmy Nominations

‘Family Guy‘ breaks the funny bone barrier with Emmy nod

In a move that tells the story of TV comedy’s seismic shift, it’s the first animated show to be nominated in the Emmy comedy category since the ‘Flintstones’ days.Welcome to the world of Stewie, the diabolical toddler at the center of “Family Guy,” who’s supplanted Bart Simpson as TV’s enfant terrible and who’s just pushed the often-staid Emmys into new territory.