The nominations for "People's Choice Awards 2010" were announced this morning at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, by Kris Allen ("American Idol"), Cat Deeley ("So You Think You Can Dance"), Johnny Galecki ("The Big Bang Theory"), Jeff Probst ("Survivor") and Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family"). For the first time, fans voted online and cast more than 16 million votes to determine the nominees in categories such as Favorite Movie, Favorite Breakout Artist and Favorite TV Obsession.

Winners will be revealed during the live broadcast of "People's Choice Awards 2010" from its new home, the Nokia Theater, L.A. Live on Wednesday, January 6, (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on CBS. Tickets to the awards show are now available for fans to purchase for the first time through Ticketmaster. Mark Burnett will serve as Executive Producer and Queen Latifah will host "People's Choice Awards 2010," the only major awards show that honors fan favorites in movies, music and television. Voting begins online today for all 35 categories and will end on December 8, 2009, except for "Favorite New TV Drama" and "Favorite New TV Comedy," which will remain open for voting until night of show.

New to "People's Choice Awards 2010":

Trophy - Designed by Waterford and voted on by the fans, the new trophy design is the first modification to the award since the inception of the People's Choice Awards.

Mobile Voting - "Favorite Talk Show" and "Favorite Franchise" will be among five exclusive mobile voting categories, sponsored by PuR. An additional new category, "Favorite Web Celeb" will be presented by MSN's Wonderwall. To begin, text VOTE to 24475 and choose your favorites.

Official Charity - Children's Safe Drinking Water is the first official charity of the People's Choice Awards.

The list of potential nominees for "People's Choice Awards 2010" was determined by national ratings averages, box-office grosses, music sales, input from our media partners TV Guide magazine and Playlist.com, and vetted through Visible Measures, the independent third-party measurement firm for Internet video. This process generated the top 12 candidates per category. Fans were then asked to go online to pick their favorites and generate the final list of nominees for "People's Choice Awards 2010." Fans had the option to write in their favorites not included among the provided candidates. All new shows currently on air are eligible in the categories of Favorite New TV Drama and Favorite New TV Comedy.

A complete list of the "People's Choice Awards 2010" nominees follows:

Favorite TV Drama
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"House"
"Lost"
"NCIS"

Favorite TV Comedy
"Desperate Housewives"
"How I Met Your Mother"
"The Big Bang Theory"
"The Office"
"Two and a Half Men"

Favorite TV Drama Actor
Hugh Laurie
Kiefer Sutherland
Mark Harmon
Matthew Fox
Patrick Dempsey

Favorite TV Drama Actress
Anna Paquin
Blake Lively
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Katherine Heigl
Mariska Hargitay

Favorite TV Comedy Actor
Alec Baldwin
Charlie Sheen
Jim Parsons
Neil Patrick Harris
Steve Carell

Favorite TV Comedy Actress
Alyson Hannigan
America Ferrera
Amy Poehler
Eva Longoria Parker
Tina Fey

Favorite TV Obsession
"Dexter"
"Gossip Girl"
"The Hills"
"The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
"True Blood"

Favorite Talk Show (Mobile Voting Category)
"Chelsea Lately"
"Live with Regis & Kelly"
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show"
"The Oprah Winfrey Show"
"The Tyra Banks Show"

Favorite Sci Fi/Fantasy TV Show (Mobile Voting Category)
"Heroes"
"Lost"
"Supernatural"
"The Vampire Diaries"
"True Blood"

Favorite Competition Show
"American Idol"
"Dancing with the Stars"
"Project Runway"
"So You Think You Can Dance"
"Survivor: Samoa"

Favorite Animal Show
"Animal Cops"
"Dog Town"
"Dog Whisperer"
"It's Me or the Dog"
"Rescue Ink Unleashed"

Favorite New TV Drama
"Eastwick"
"FlashForward"
"Melrose Place"
"Mercy"
"The Forgotten"
"The Good Wife"
"The Vampire Diaries"
"Three Rivers"
"NCIS: Los Angeles"
"V"

Favorite New TV Comedy
"Accidentally on Purpose"
"Brothers"
"Community"
"Cougar Town"
"Glee"
"Hank"
"The Cleveland Show"
"The Middle"
"Modern Family"

Favorite Movie Actor
Brad Pitt
Hugh Jackman
Johnny Depp
Robert Pattinson
Ryan Reynolds

Favorite Movie Actress
Anne Hathaway
Drew Barrymore
Jennifer Aniston
Kristen Stewart
Sandra Bullock

Favorite Action Star
Christian Bale
Gerard Butler
Hugh Jackman
Shia LaBeouf
Vin Diesel

Favorite Comedic Star
Adam Sandler
Ben Stiller
Jim Carrey
Ryan Reynolds
Vince Vaughn

Favorite Breakout Movie Actress
Anna Kendrick
Emily Osment
Ginnifer Goodwin
Miley Cyrus
Zoe Saldana

Favorite Breakout Movie Actor
Chris Pine
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Sam Worthington
Taylor Lautner
Zachary Quinto

Favorite On-Screen Team
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" - Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint & Emma Watson
"The Proposal" - Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds
"The Twilight Saga" - Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" - Shia LaBeouf & Megan Fox
"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" - Hugh Jackman, Liev Shreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Will.i.am, Dominic Monaghan & Daniel Henney

Favorite Family Movie (Mobile Voting Category)
"Hannah Montana: The Movie"
"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs"
"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"
"Up"
"Where the Wild Things Are"

Favorite Independent Movie
"(500) Days of Summer"
"District 9"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Paranormal Activity"
"Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail"

Favorite Franchise (Mobile Voting Category)
"Harry Potter"
"Star Trek"
"The Twilight Saga"
"Transformers"
"X-Men"

Favorite Comedy Movie
"17 Again"
"Bride Wars"
"He's Just Not That Into You"
"The Hangover"
"The Proposal"

Favorite Movie
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"Star Trek"
"The Hangover"
"The Proposal"
"Twilight"

Favorite Male Artist
Eminem
Jason Mraz
John Mayer
Keith Urban
Tim McGraw

Favorite Female Artist
Beyonce
Britney Spears
Carrie Underwood
P!nk
Taylor Swift

Favorite Country Artist
Brad Paisley
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Rascal Flatts
Taylor Swift

Favorite Breakout Music Artist
Adam Lambert
Demi Lovato
Kris Allen
Lady Gaga
Susan Boyle

Favorite Hip Hop Artist (Mobile Voting Category)
Eminem
Flo Rida
Jay-Z
Lil' Wayne
T.I.

Favorite Rock Band
Daughtry
Green Day
Kings of Leon
Muse
Paramore

Favorite Music Collaboration
"Good Girls Go Bad" - Cobra Starship & Leighton Meester
"Lucky" - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
"Run This Town" - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
"Life Your Live" - T.I. & Rihanna
"I'm On a Boat" - The Lonely Island & T-Pain

Favorite R&B Artist
Alicia Keys
Beyonce
Jennifer Hudson
Mariah Carey
Usher

Favorite Pop Artist
Britney Spears
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift
The Black Eyed Peas

Favorite Web Celeb
Andy Samberg
Ashton Kutcher
Miley Cyrus
P. Diddy
Will Ferrell


Now in its 36th year, the People's Choice Awards celebrate fan favorites in music, movies and television.  Fred Nelson is the President of People's Choice, and the awards show is produced by Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc., which is represented by MediaVest Worldwide, Inc., supervisors of the production. Queen Latifah is the host of "People's Choice Awards 2010" and Mark Burnett is the Executive Producer.