The nominees for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards were just announced by Orange Is The New Black’s Uzo Aduba and So You Think You Can Dance’s Cat Deeley in Los Angeles, a change from the Emmys tradition of making some poor actress get up at the crack of dawn to announce the nominees. That’s not the only change in Emmys protocol this year, as a few months ago the Television Academy changed its rules to expand the number of nominees in the Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series categories and define a “comedy” as 30 minutes or less, a change that mostly served to reclassify Orange Is The New Black as a drama.
This year, Game Of Thrones leads the pack with 24 nominations, although a Mad Men victory lap might leave the series feeling like a bridesmaid come September 20. A partial list of nominees is below, with more to come.
(UPDATE: The nominees list has been updated to include the Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress in a Limited Series, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Talk, Sketch, and Reality-Competition Series, and Outstanding TV Movie categories.)
Outstanding Drama Series
- Game Of Thrones
- Orange Is The New Black
- House Of Cards
- Mad Men
- Better Call Saul
- Homeland
- Downton Abbey
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Louie
- Modern Family
- Parks And Recreation
- Silicon Valley
- Transparent
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Veep
Outstanding Limited Series
- American Crime
- American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Olive Kitteridge
- The Honorable Woman
- Wolf Hall
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
- Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
- Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
- Jon Hamm, Mad Men
- Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
- Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
- Kevin Spacey, House Of Cards
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
- 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
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
- 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
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
- Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
- Lena Headey, Game Of Thrones
- Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
- Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
- Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black
- Emilia Clarke, Game Of Thrones
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
- Anthony Anderson, Black-Ish
- Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
- Don Cheadle, House Of Lies
- Louis C.K., Louie
- William H. Macy, Shameless
- Will Forte, The Last Man On Earth
- Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
- Lily Tomlin, Grace And Frankie
- Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
- Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
- Amy Poehler, Parks And Recreation
- Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
- Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Adam Driver, Girls
- Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
- Ty Burrell, Modern Family
- Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Tony Hale, Veep
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
- Niecy Nash, Getting On
- Julie Bowen, Modern Family
- Allison Janney, Mom
- Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
- Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
- Gaby Hoffman, Transparent
- Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie
- Adrien Brody, Houdini
- Ricky Gervais, Derek Special
- Timothy Hutton, American Crime
- Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
- David Oyelowo, Nightingale
- Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
- Felicity Huffman, American Crime
- Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Queen Latifah, Bessie
- Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
- Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Live
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie
- 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
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie
- 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
Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
- Joshua Brand, The Americans (“Do Mail Robots Dream Of Electric Sheep?”)
- Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul (“Five-O”)
- David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game Of Thrones (“Mother’s Mercy”)
- Matthew Weiner, Mad Men (“Lost Horizon”)
- Matthew Weiner, Mad Men (“Person To Person”)
Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
- David Crane and Jeffrey Klari, Episodes (“Episode 409”)
- Will Forte, The Last Man On Earth (“Alive In Tucson”)
- Louis C.K., Louie (“Bobby’s House”)
- Alec Berg, Silicon Valley (“Two Days Of The Condor”)
- Jill Soloway, Transparent (“Pilot”)
- Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche, Veep (“Election Night”)
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- The Daily Show
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
- Late Show With David Letterman
- The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
- Drunk History
- Inside Amy Schumer
- Key & Peele
- Portlandia
- Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
- The Amazing Race
- Dancing With The Stars
- Project Runway
- So You Think You Can Dance?
- Top Chef
Outstanding TV Movie
- Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case
- Bessie
- Grace Of Monaco
- Hello Ladies: The Movie
- Killing Jesus
- Nightingale