William Shatner got an Emmy nomination.

He's up against two supporting actors from Lost - Terry O'Quinn ("Locke") and Naveen Andrews ("Sayid").

Lost was also nominated as best drama, best director (for its first episode), and twice for best writing for a drama - the pilot episode, plus "Walkabout. It's the episode where Locke, in a wheelchair, shouts "Don't tell me what I can't do!"

• Of the 5 nominees for "best writing in a comedy series" - 3 are for episodes of "Arrested Development"

• Of the 5 nominees for "best actress in a comedy series" - 3 are from Desperate Housewives.

• They're up against Jane Kaczmarek, the mom on Malcolm in the Middle, who's been nominated six times now, but never won.

• Quentin Tarantino was nominated for directing an episode of CSI

Yahoo readers were asked which Lost actors should have also received nominations. They chose:

Matthew Fox ("Jack") - 51%
Dominic Monaghan ("Charlie") - 15%
Evangeline Lilly ("Kate") - 15%
Josh Holloway ("Sawyer") - 10%
Jorge Garcia ("Hurley") - 7%
Maggie Grace ("Shannon") - 3%

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