It's Time To Laugh Out Loud For 2012 Comedy Awards Nominations!

While we love the Oscars, Golden Globes, and Grammys, The Comedy Awards will offer a nice break from the snooty shows!

The nominees for the 2012 Comedy Awards have been released and Modern Family, 30 Rock, Bridesmaids, Crazy, Stupid, Love., and Louis C.K. lead the group with five nominations each.

Modern Family took home the best TV series gold last year and 30 Rock is back to try to snatch it away this year, along with Curb Your Enthusiasm, Parks and Rec, and newbie Happy Endings.

Bridesmaids has been mostly snubbed this awards season but they have several opportunities to take home some hardware with nods in Best Comedy, Best Film Director, Best Screenplay and a catfight for best actress between Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig.

Meow! Lolz!

2012 should be an exciting race for The Comedy Awards as 2011 was VERY good year for comedy!

Check out the full list of nominees by CLICKING THE JUMP!!!!

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COMEDY FILM

The Artist

Midnight in Paris

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR—FILM

Jason Bateman, Horrible Bosses

Steve Carell, Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Zach Galifianakis, The Hangover Part II

Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris

COMEDY DIRECTOR—FILM

Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

James Bobin, The Muppets

Paul Feig, Bridesmaids

Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

COMEDY SERIES

30 Rock

Parks and Recreation

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR—TV

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Louis C.K., Louie

Steve Carell, The Office

Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm

COMEDY DIRECTING—TV

30 Rock

The Office

ANIMATED COMEDY FILM

Cars 2

Rio

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS—FILM

Jennifer Aniston, Horrible Bosses

Cameron Diaz, Bad Teacher

Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids

Emma Stone, Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

COMEDY SCREENPLAY

50/50

Midnight in Paris

ANIMATED COMEDY SERIES

Archer

South Park

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS—TV

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

COMEDY WRITING—TV

30 Rock

Saturday Night Live

LATE NIGHT COMEDY SERIES

The Colbert Report

Real Time with Bill Maher

BREAKOUT PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Zooey Deschanel

Josh Gad

Donald Glover

Melissa McCarthy

Jason Sudeikis

CLUB COMIC

Ted Alexandro

Hannibal Buress

Pete Holmes

Anthony Jeselnik

Moshe Kasher

John Mulaney

Kumail Nanjiani

Chelsea Peretti

Amy Schumer

Rory Scovel

SKETCH / ALTERNATIVE COMEDY SERIES

Childrens Hospital

Tosh.0

COMEDY SPECIAL OF THE YEAR

Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater

Colin Quinn Long Story Short

Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts

STAND-UP TOUR

Dave Attell

Lewis Black

Louis C.K.

Kevin Hart

Jerry Seinfeld

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