Ryan Seacrest, 59th Emmy Awards (Corbis)

The primetime Emmy nominations were announced this morning…  and that means Awards Season is upon us!  Yay!  (OK, actually January-March is when we see most of the big awards shows, but this TV fan starts celebrating now!)

As the nominations rolled out, I was LIVE on the Fox and Friends set, chatting with Gretchen, Steve and Brian about all the nominees for Best Drama Series, Lead Actor and Actress in a Drama, and several other categories.  For the full Emmy nominee list, click here!

Days like today are especially busy for the FOX Entertainment Unit.  We’re putting together a package on the nominees that we’ll share with 150 local FOX stations this morning.  I’m doing live reports on FOX News, plus reporting for FOX Radio, and I promised the Fox and Friends viewers I would do a write up for the web – so here we are!

One of the most exciting parts of this year’s Emmy awards for me is a brand-new category: Best Reality Competition host.  I was happy to see Ryan Seacrest on the list. He does an amazing job every week while on LIVE television with millions of viewers.  Congrats on the nomination, Ryan!

OK, I’m off to voice the package we’ve already whipped up on all the top nominees!  More scoop on the upcoming awards season to come, but we have time. The Emmys are September 21st.