The 60th Emmy Awards are suddenly upon us and online sportsbook BetUS.com is the first to offer multiple betting opportunities on television’s best programs. BetUS oddsmakers are prediciting Mad Men will be the top show in the drama category and 30 Rock will take the Emmy for outstanding comedy.

Mad Men, a drama based in 1960’s era New York City, is about an advertising executive Don Draper (played by John Hamm) and his life in and out of the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency. The program is only seen on cable network AMC and is produced by Lionsgate Television. In its first season (2007), Mad Men received critical acclaim including a Golden Globe and Peabody awards for best television drama.

[BetUS.com has the hit AMC series MAD MEN listed as the oddsmakers favorite to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama.]

Mad Men has been nominated for 16 Primetime Emmy Awards and along with the drama ‘Damages’, is the first basic cable television series to be nominated for the outstanding drama award.

Emmy nominees and betting odds for primetime OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES: All betting odds are provided by online sportsbook BetUS.com.

Mad Men     +125    5/4
Boston Legal    +700    7/1
Dexter        +550    11/2
Damages     +450    9/2
House        +650    13/2
Lost        +750    15/2

NBC’s 30 Rock, now in its third season, has been a critical success since its debut in 2006 including winning its first Primetime Emmy for outstanding comedy series. The series, created by former Saturday Night Live lead writer and performer Tina Fey is the leader of all programming in primetime Emmy nominations with 17.

Emmy nominees and betting odds for primetime OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES:

30 Rock         +175    7/4
The Office        +250    5/2
Curb Your Enthusiasm    +450    9/2
Entourage         +500    5/1
Two and a Half Men    +550    11/2

All other primetime Emmy nominations and betting odds

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock             +150    3/2
Steve Carell, The Office         +250    5/2
Tony Shalhoub, Monk            +400    4/1
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men    +550    11/2
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies        +700    7/1

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine     +225    9/4
Tina Fey, 30 Rock                         +250    5/2
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds                    +350    7/2
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?                +450    9/2
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty                    +500    5/1

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Jon Hamm, Mad Men         +275    11/4
Michael C. Hall, Dexter          +300    3/1
Hugh Laurie, House         +325    13/4
James Spader, Boston Legal     +600    6/1
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad    +650    13/2
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment    +700    7/1

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Glenn Close, Damages                     +125    5/4
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters                +500    5/1
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit    +600    6/1
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace                +550    11/2
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer                 +300    3/1

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Ted Danson, Damages         +200    2/1
Michael Emerson, Lost        +550    11/2
Zeljko Ivanek, Damages        +250    5/2
William Shatner, Boston Legal    +600    6/1
John Slattery, Mad Men        +325    13/4


OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy     +250    5/2
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment        +275    11/4
Candice Bergen, Boston Legal        +350    7/2
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy         +400    4/1
Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters    +450    9/2

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live     +275    11/4
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies     +300    3/1
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men    +325    13/4
Jean Smart, Samantha Who?        +400    4/1
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty         +400    4/1

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Rainn Wilson, The Office             +250    5/2
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother    +275    11/4
Kevin Dillon, Entourage                +350    7/2
Jeremy Piven, Entourage            +400    4/1
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men             +450    9/2


OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION
The Amazing Race     +275    11/4
Dancing With The Stars +275    11/4
Project Runway        +325    13/4
American Idol        +400    4/1
Top Chef        +450    9/2

OUTSTANDING HOST, REALITY SERIES
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars    +250    5/2
Heidi Klum, Project Runway        +275    11/4
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol         +325    13/4
Jeff Probst, Survivor             +350    7/2
Howie Mandel, Deal or No Deal        +600    6/1


OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report            +300    3/1
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart    +275    11/4
Late Show With David Letterman    +450    9/2    
Real Time With Bill Maher        +400    4/1
Saturday Night Live            +300    3/1

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