The nominations of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the 2010 Emmy Awards includes both stand up comedy specials in the Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special category.
Bill Maher's stand up But I'm Not Wrong is the comedian's ninth HBO stand up comedy special and was filmed in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, being premiered on HBO, on February 13, 2010.
Robin Williams' Weapons Of Self Destruction stand up comedy show is the comedian's first HBO special since 2002 and was filmed in 2009 at Washington D.C.'s DAR Constitution HALL, during his stand up comedy tour Weapons of Self Destruction.
The full nominations for Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special looks like this:
- Bill Maher "...But I'm Not Wrong" • HBO • Bill Maher Productions and Moffitt Lee in association with HBO Entertainment
- Hope For Haiti Now • Tenth Planet Productions and MTV
- The Kennedy Center Honors • CBS • A George Stevens Jr. Presentation, Kennedy Center Television Productions, Inc.
- Robin Williams: Weapons Of Self Destruction • HBO • Fiat Risus, MBST / CKX, and Funny Business in Association with HBO Entertainment
- The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concert • HBO • Playtone, Tenth Planet Productions and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in association with HBO Entertainment
- Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me • HBO • Sykes Entertainment in association with HBO Entertainment
The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards will take place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California, will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon and will air live on August 29, 2010, on NBC.
You can watch Bill Maher's But I'm Not Wrong and Robin Williams' Weapons of Self Destruction FULL videos in our Stand up comedy Concerts section.
