The nominees were announced on Thursday for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards with a number of programs involving veteran musical artists in the mix.
Both the 54th Annual Grammy Awards and George Harrison: Living in the Material World picked up six nominations with Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies receiving three.
The following are the programs and the categories for which they are nominated. See the full list of nominations at the Emmy site.
Tony Bennett: Duets II
Outstanding Variety Special
54th Annual Grammy Awards
Outstanding Special Class Program
Directing for a Variety Special (Louis J. Horvitz)
Outstanding Art Direction for Variety or Nonfiction Programming (Brian Stonestreet, Alana Billingsley, Matt Steinbrenner)
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For a Variety Special (Robert A. Dickinson, Jon Kusher, Travis Hagenbuch, Andy O'Reilly)
Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Variety Series or Special (11 nominees)
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For a Miniseries, Movie or Special (22 nominees)
Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic Celebrate Gershwin
Outstanding Special Class Program
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Outstanding Non-Fiction Special
Directing for Nonfiction Programming (Martin Scorsese)
Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming (Cinematography Team)
Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming (David Tedeschi)
Outstanding Sound Editing For Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) (Philip Stockton, Al Zaleski, Jennifer Dunnington)
Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming (Tom Fleischman, Bob Chefalas)
Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies
Outstanding Non-Fiction Special
Outstanding Sound Editing For Nonfiction Programming (Tom Paul)
Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming (Tom Paul)
2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Program
Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials (Bill DeRonde, Chris Lovett, Mark Stepp, Pi Ware, John Zimmer, Ben Folts)
Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show Starring Madonna
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For a Variety Special (Al Gurden, Robert Barnhart, Dave Grill, Michael Owen)
Country Music (In Performance at the White House)
Outstanding Music Direction (Stephen A. Gibson)
Michael Feinstein: The Sinatra Legacy
Outstanding Music Direction (Bill Elliott)
ACM Presents Lionel Richie and Friends: In Concert
Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Variety Series or Special (Paul Sandweiss, Biff Dawes, J. Mark King)
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