But 30 Rock leads the pack

Russell Brand and Ricky Gervais have both been nominated in new comedy awards in the States.

Brand is up for best comedy actor for Get Him To The Greek while Gervais is up for best stand-up special in the accolades, run by the Comedy Central network.

NBC's 30 Rock leads the shortlists with seven nominees, followed by The Office and Modern Family with four apiece.

The awards will be broadcast across several US networks – Comedy Central, Spike TV, TV Land, VH1 and Nick At Nite – on April 10.

The complete list of nominations is:

COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock
Eastbound & Down
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Modern Family
The Office

COMEDY ACTOR – TV
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Steve Carell, The Office
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Danny McBride, Eastbound & Down

COMEDY ACTRESS – TV
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live

COMEDY ACTOR – FILM
Russell Brand, Get Him to the Greek
Will Ferrell, The Other Guys
Zach Galifianakis, Dinner for Schmucks
Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version
Jonah Hill, Cyrus

COMEDY ACTRESS – FILM
Tina Fey, Date Night
Anne Hathaway, Love & Other Drugs
Helen Mirren, Red
Chloë Moretz, Kick-Ass
Emma Stone, Easy A

LATE NIGHT COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Show with David Letterman

SKETCH COMEDY/ALTERNATIVE COMEDY SERIES
Children’s Hospital
Funny or Die Presents
Saturday Night Live
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tosh.0

STAND-UP SPECIAL
Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening
Bill Maher…But I'm Not Wrong
Louis C.K.: Hilarious
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
Whitney Cummings: Money Shot

COMEDY FILM
Cyrus
Easy A
Get Him to the Greek
Kick-Ass
The Other Guys

ANIMATED COMEDY FILM
Despicable Me
Megamind
Shrek Forever After
Toy Story 3

ANIMATED COMEDY SERIES
American Dad!
Archer
Family Guy
The Simpsons
South Park

COMEDY WRITING – TV
30 Rock
Louie
Modern Family
The Office
The Simpsons

COMEDY SCREENPLAY
Cyrus
Easy A
Hot Tub Time Machine
Kick-Ass
Tiny Furniture

COMEDY DIRECTING – TV
30 Rock
Community
Modern Family
The Office
Saturday Night Live

COMEDY DIRECTOR – FILM
Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass, Cyrus
Will Gluck, Easy A
Adam McKay, The Other Guys
Matthew Vaughn, Kick-Ass
Edgar Wright, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Published: 16 Feb 2011