Teen Choice Nominations: Vampire Diaries And Idol Lead Pack, Linda Hunt Eyes Repeat Win

By Matt Webb Mitovich
There Will Be Blood “There Will Be Blood” -- Pictured (L-R): Jensen Ackles as Dean and Jim Beaver as Bobby Singer in SUPERNATURAL on The CW. Photo: Jeff Weddell/The CW ©2012 The CW Network. All Rights Reserved.

American Idol and The Vampire Diaries lead this year's Teen Choice award nominations, netting five apiece.

Gossip Girl and Nikita follow with four, while NCIS: Los Angeles badass Linda Hunt, 67, is poised to repeat in the TV Actress/Action category, provided she can once again best the kick-butt quartet of Maggie Q (Nikita), Lyndsy Fonseca (Nikita), Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck) and Grace Park (Hawaii Five-0).

Once Upon a Time, Revenge and New Girl are among the freshman shows to break into the pack.

Teen Choice 2012 will air Sunday, July 22 on Fox. Here is a look at the major TV races; be forewarned, the amount of Touch love is conspicuous, unless the kiddies are voting for Choice Apple iPod.

Choice TV Show: DramaBones

Gossip Girl (2011 winner)

Pretty Little LiarsRevengeTouchChoice TV Actor: Drama

Penn Badgley, Gossip Girl

David Boreanaz, Bones

Ian Harding, Pretty Little Liars

Kiefer Sutherland, Touch

Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl

Choice TV Actress: Drama

Emily Deschanel, Bones

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ringer

Lucy Hale, Pretty Little Liars

Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl

Emily VanCamp, Revenge

Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-FiFringeOnce Upon a TimeSupernaturalTrue Blood

The Vampire Diaries (2011 winner)

Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Jensen Ackles, Supernatural

Joshua Jackson, Fringe

Jared Padalecki, Supernatural

Ian Somerhalder, The Vampire Diaries (2011 winner)

Paul Wesley, The Vampire Diaries

Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Nina Dobrev, The Vampire Diaries (2011 winner)

Ginnifer Goodwin, Once Upon a Time

Kat Graham, The Vampire Diaries

Anna Paquin, True Blood

Anna Torv, Fringe

Choice TV Show: ActionChuckCSI: MiamiHawaii Five-O

NCIS: Los Angeles (2011 winner)

NikitaChoice TV Actor: Action

LL Cool J, NCIS: Los Angeles

Daniel Dae Kim, Hawaii Five-O

Zachary Levi, Chuck

Adam Rodriguez, CSI: Miami

Shane West, Nikita (2011 winner)

Choice TV Actress: Action

Lyndsy Fonseca, Nikita

Linda Hunt, NCIS: Los Angeles (2011 winner)

Grace Park, Hawaii Five-O

Maggie Q, Nikita

Yvonne Strahovski, Chuck

Choice TV Show: Comedy2 Broke GirlsThe Big Bang Theory

Glee (2011 winner)

Modern FamilyNew GirlChoice TV Actor: Comedy

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Chris Colfer, Glee

Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother

Ashton Kutcher, Two And a Half Men

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Choice TV Actress: Comedy

Miranda Cosgrove, iCarly

Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Lea Michele, Glee

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Choice TV: Reality Competition Show

American Idol (2011 winner)

Survivor: One WorldThe VoiceThe X FactorChoice TV: Male Reality Star

Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio, Jersey Shore/The Pauly D Project (2011 winner)

Rob Dyrdek, Fantasy Factory/Ridiculousness

William Levy, Dancing With the Stars

Scotty McCreery, American Idol

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Jersey Shore

Choice TV: Female Reality Star

Lauren Alaina, American Idol

Melanie Amaro, The X Factor

The Kardashians, Keeping Up With The Kardashians (2011 winner)

Tia & Tamera Mowry, Tia & Tamera

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Jersey Shore

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