In a sign that the times truly are a-changin’ in the harsh landscape of television, the nominations for the 66th Emmy Awards were dominated by premium cable TV, and subscription streaming services, with regular ole’ network broadcast TV almost left completely in the dust.
Announced by Mindy Kaling and Carson Daly, the nominations included HBO scoring a whopping 99 – far ahead of second place getter CBS on 47 – with Netflix scoring 31, most of which were in key categories.
As far as individual shows are concerned, juggernaut Game of Thrones took out the most nominations of any show with 19, followed by newcomer (the absolutely freaking excellent) Fargo on 18, American Horror Story: Coven on 17, Breaking Bad‘s swansong score 16, and HBO‘s The Normal Heart managed to pick up 15. Hit favourites True Detective and Orange is the New Black each picked up 10 nods from the academy.
The Emmy Awards will be handed out on Tuesday August 26th Australian time, with Late Night host Seth Meyers serving as host.
Here’s the list of key categories for you to peruse, pick apart, complain about where/how they got it wrong:
OUTSTANDING DRAMA
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mad Men
True Detective
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Lizzy Caplan – Masters of Sex
Kerry Washington – Scandal
Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Claire Danes – Homeland
Robin Wright – House of Cards
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom
Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Woody Harrelson – True Detective
Matthew McConaughey – True Detective
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Anna Gun – Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey
Lena Headey – Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad
Jim Carter – Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
Josh Charles – The Good Wife
Mandy Patinkin – Homeland
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Margo Martindale – The Americans
Diana Rigg – Game of Thrones
Kate Mara – House of Cards
Allison Janney – Masters of Sex
Jane Fonda – The Newsroom
Kate Burton – Scandal
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Paul Giamatti – Downton Abbey
Dylan Baker – The Good Wife
Reg E Cathey – House of Cards
Robert Morse – Mad Men
Beau Bridges – Masters of Sex
Joe Morton – Scandal
OUTSTANDING COMEDY
The Big Bang Theory
Louie
Modern Family
Orange Is The New Black
Silicon Valley
Veep
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Lena Dunham – Girls
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Melissa McCarthy – Mike & Molly
Amy Poehler – Parks & Recreation
Taylor Schilling – Orange Is The New Black
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Louis CK – Louie
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Ricky Gervais – Derek
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
William H Macy – Shameless
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen – Modern Family
Allison Janney – Mom
Kate Mulgrew – Orange Is The New Black
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Anna Chlumsky – Veep
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver – Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Modern Family
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Fred Armisen – Portlandia
Tony Hale – Veep
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Natasha Lyonne – Orange Is The New Black
Uzo Aduba – Orange Is The New Black
Laverne Cox – Orange Is The New Black
Tina Fey – Saturday Night Live
Melissa McCarthy – Saturday Night Live
Joan Cusack – Shameless
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Bob Newhart – The Big Bang Theory
Nathan Lane – Modern Family
Steve Buscemi – Portlandia
Jimmy Fallon – Saturday Night Live
Louis CK – Saturday Night Live
Gary Cole – Veep
OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITION
The Amazing Race
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
OUTSTANDING TV MINISERIES
American Horror Story: Coven
Bonny & Clyde
Fargo
Luther
Treme
The White Queen
OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE
Killing Kennedy
Muhammed Ali’s Greatest Fight
The Normal Heart
Sherlock: His Last Vow
The Trip to Bountiful
LEAD ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Helena Bonham Carter – Burton and Taylor
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Coven
Minnie Driver – Return to Zero
Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Coven
Cicely Tyson – The Trip to Bountiful
Kristen Wiig – The Spoils of Babylon
LEAD ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock: His Last Move
Idris Elba – Luther
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dancing on the Edge
Martin Freeman – Fargo
Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo
Mark Ruffalo – The Normal Heart
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Frances Conroy – American Horror Story: Coven
Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Coven
Angela Bassett – American Horror Story: Coven
Allison Tolman – Fargo
Ellen Burstyn – Flowers in the Attic
Julia Roberts – The Normal Heart
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Colin Hanks – Fargo
Jim Parsons – The Normal Heart
Joe Mantello – The Normal Heart
Alfred Molina – The Normal Heart
Matt Bomer – The Normal Heart
Martin Freeman – Sherlock: His Last Vow
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