The nominations are out for the 2015 Emmy Awards and HBO’s Game of Thrones leads all programs with 24 nominations. FX’s American Horror Story: Freak Show is close behind with 19.
On the Drama side, Netflix did extremely well with House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black, plus several acting nominations for its newest drama, Bloodline. Taraji P. Henson was nominated for FOX’s Empire, but the show was left out of the Drama Series race. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany was finally nominated in her third season.
On the Comedy side, the biggest story isn’t who got nominated, but who didn’t. The Big Bang Theory and its four-time Emmy winning star Jim Parsons were both snubbed. Meanwhile, Parks and Recreation got in for its final season while Amazon scored with Transparent and Netflix got in with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
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The 67th Annual Emmy Awards will air Sunday, September 20 at 8pm on FOX, hosted by Andy Samberg. Here’s a list of the major nominees.
DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men
Orange Is the New Black
COMEDY SERIES
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schrieber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
DRAMA GUEST ACTOR
Alan Alda, The Blacklist
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
F. Murray Abraham, Homeland
Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards
Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex
Pablo Schreiber, Orange Is the New Black
DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS
Margo Martindale, The Americans
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Rachel Brosnahan, House of Cards
CicelyTyson, How to Get Away with Murder
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Khandi Alexander, Scandal
DRAMA WRITING
“Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?,” The Americans
“Five-O,” Better Call Saul
“Mother’s Mercy,” Game of Thrones
“Lost Horizon,” Mad Men
“Person to Person,” Mad Men
DRAMA DIRECTING
“Eldorado,” Boardwalk Empire
“Mother’s Mercy,” Game of Thrones
“Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken,” Game of Thrones
“From A to B and Back Again,” Homeland
“Method and Madness,” The Knick
COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Louis C.K., Louie
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Matt Leblanc, Episodes
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver, Girls
Keegan Michael-Key, Key and Peele
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Titus Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale, Veep
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Niecy Nash, Getting On
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Gaby Hoffman, Transparent
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Mel Brooks, The Comedians
Paul Giamatti, Inside Amy Schumer
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
Bradley Whitford, Transparent
Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Gaby Hoffman, Girls
Pamela Adlon, Louie
Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
COMEDY WRITING
“Episode 409,” Episodes
“Alive in Tucson (Pilot),” The Last Man on Earth
“Bobby’s House,” Louie
“Two Days of the Condor,” Silicon Valley
“Pilot,” Transparent
“Election Night,” Veep
COMEDY DIRECTING
“Alive in Tucson (Pilot),” The Last Man on Earth
“Sleepover,” Louie
“Sand Hill Shuffle,” Silicon Valley
“Best New Girl,” Transparent
“Testimony,” Veep
LIMITED SERIES
American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
The Honorable Woman
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall
TV MOVIE
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case
Bessie
Grace of Monaco
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Killing Jesus
Nightingale
LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE LEAD ACTOR
Timothy Hutton, American Crime
Ricky Gervais, Derek Special
Adrien Brody, Houdini
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE LEAD ACTRESS
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Live from Lincoln Center)
LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR
Richard Cabral, American Crime
Denis O’Hare, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Regina King, American Crime
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Mo’Nique, Bessie
Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge
REALITY COMPETITION
The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice
REALITY HOST
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum, Project Runway
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Anthony Bourdain, The Taste
VARIETY TALK SHOW
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Olive
Late Show with David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
VARIETY SKETCH SHOW
Drunk History
Inside Amy Schumer
Key and Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
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