The now defunct NBC show is nominated for “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series” against The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live and Real Time With Bill Maher.

Conan tweeted “Congrats to my staff on 4 Emmy nominations. This bodes well for the future of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien”.

Jay Leno spoke about the nominations for The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien on his show this week, saying “the big show business news is that the Emmy nominations were announced today… the good news: The Tonight Show got four nominations! The bad news: I didn’t get one of them… remember there’s no ‘me’ in Emmy”.

Saturday Night Live is also nominated in the “Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” category for Betty White and Tina Fey’s appearances on the show.

TV Squad – “Emmy Awards 2010 Nominees List”
TV Guide – “Jay Leno Pokes Fun at Losing Emmy Nominations to Conan O’Brien”
The Associated Press – “Reactions to the 62nd annual Emmy nominations”

The Colbert Report’s special Christmas episode (“A Colbert Christmas”) is nominated for “Outstanding Art Direction For Variety, Music Or Nonfiction Programming”.

Late Show With David Letterman, Real Time With Bill Maher, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report are all up for the “Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series” award.

Saturday Night Live and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon are nominated for “Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media”.

Late Show With David Letterman, Saturday Night Live and Jimmy Kimmel Live are nominated for “Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) For Variety, Music Or Comedy Programming”.

Saturday Night Live is up for the “Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic)” award.

The Colbert Report’s Christmas episode (“A Colbert Christmas) and Saturday Night Live are both nominated for “Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics”.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart is nominated for “Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing” and The Colbert Report (“A Colbert Christmas”) is nominated for “Outstanding Picture Editing For A Special (Single Or Multi-Camera)”.

Jay Leno’s Garage on NBC.com is up for the “Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Nonfiction Programs” award.

Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Show With David Letterman and Saturday Night Live are nominated for “Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series”.

Late Show With David Letterman, Real Time With Bill Maher, Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart are nominated for “Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series”.

Late Night With Conan O’Brien, Late Show With David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart are nominated for Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series”.

The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday 20th September. Read the nominations in full.

The official website for the Primetime Emmy Awards
Digital Spy – “‘Mad Men’, ’30 Rock’ dominate Emmy noms”