In what hopefully will turn out to be a harbinger of the 2011 Emmys, the nominations for the inaugural Critics’ Choice Television Awards were announced this morning, and a handful of acclaimed yet heretofore kudos-deprived series were at last singled out. ABC’s red-hot Modern Family received the most nods of any program (six), followed by fellow awards magnet Mad Men. But about those breakthrough shows…

FX’s Justified scored an impressive four noms, including best drama, best actor for Timothy Olyphant, best supporting actress for Margo Martindale and best supporting actor for Walton Goggins. CBS’ The Good Wife and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire also snagged four nods apiece. AMC rookie The Killing fared well with three nominations, tying with Fox’s Fringe, which saw leading lady Anna Torv and the long-overlooked John Noble make the list of contenders.

Two NBC comedy upstarts, Community and Parks and Recreation, walked off with three nods apiece, including best comedy series and plaudits for their respective leads, Joel McHale and Amy Poehler. They’ll compete with fellow Thursday-night companions 30 Rock and The Office.

ABC’s Wednesday comedy block also got a nice boost with The Middle and Cougar Town nabbing a combined five nods, including lead actress for Patricia Heaton and Courteney Cox and supporting actress for Eden Shur and Busy Philipps.

The complete list of nominations are below. The first CCT Awards (selected by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, of which yours truly is a member), are scheduled to be handed out on June 20 in Los Angeles and will air two days later on ReelzChannel at 8/7c. Additionally, the ceremony will be live streamed on VH1.com.

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Boardwalk Empire

Dexter

Friday Night Lights

Fringe

Game of Thrones

The Good Wife

Justified

The Killing

Mad Men

The Walking Dead

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)

Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)

Michael C. Hall (Dexter)

Jon Hamm (Mad Men)

William H. Macy (Shameless)

Timothy Olyphant (Justified)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)

Mireille Enos (The Killing)

Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)

Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy)

Anna Torv (Fringe)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)

Walton Goggins (Justified)

Shawn Hatosy (Southland)

John Noble (Fringe)

Michael Pitt (Boardwalk Empire)

John Slattery (Mad Men)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Michelle Forbes (The Killing)

Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)

Margo Martindale (Justified)

Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire)

Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)

Chloë Sevigny (Big Love)

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Archer

The Big Bang Theory

Community

Glee

Louie

The Middle

Modern Family

The Office

Parks and Recreation

30 Rock

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)

Steve Carell (The Office)

Louis C.K. (Louie)

Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Joel McHale (Community)

Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Courteney Cox (Cougar Town)

Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)

Tina Fey (30 Rock)

Patricia Heaton (The Middle)

Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope)

Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)

Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation)

Ed O’Neill (Modern Family)

Danny Pudi (Community)

Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Julie Bowen (Modern Family)

Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)

Jane Lynch (Glee)

Busy Philipps (Cougar Town)

Eden Sher (The Middle)

Sofía Vergara (Modern Family)

Best Reality Series

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Hoarders

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Sister Wives

Undercover Boss

BEST REALITY SERIES — COMPETITION

The Amazing Race

American Idol

Dancing with the Stars

Project Runway

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Top Chef

BEST REALITY SHOW HOST

Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars)

Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance)

Ty Pennington (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition)

Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs)

Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)

BEST TALK SHOW

Chelsea Lately

The Daily Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Oprah Winfrey Show