Helen Sloan/HBO(LOS ANGELES) — The nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday morning in West Hollywood, California by Orange Is the New Black actress Uzo Aduba and So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley, with help from Television Academy Chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum.
HBO’s epic fantasy drama, Game of Thrones, leads all nominees with 24, including a nod for Outstanding Drama Series, acting nods for stars Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Diana Rigg and Peter Dinklage.
David Letterman, who retired from Late Show earlier this year, and Stephen Colbert, who left The Colbert Report to replace him, each received nods for their shows.
Diversity was celebrated in this year’s nominations with nods for Orange Is the New Black‘s Aduba, Empire’s Taraji P. Henson, How to Get Away with Murder‘s Viola Davis and guest star Cicely Tyson, Getting On‘s Niecy Nash, Bessie’s Queen Latifah, and Scandal’s Khandi Alexander. black-ish star Anthony Anderson also earned a nomination.
Still, there were some snubs. Fox’s hit hip-hop musical Empire, which pundits expected would receive an Outstanding Drama Series nod, was left out of the category. The Americans, The Walking Dead, The Affair and Grace and Frankie also were missing from the list. Jane the Virgin also got snubbed in the Outstanding Comedy, along with star Gina Rodriguez, who won in the actress category last year.
And while AMC’s Mad Men will have a last chance of glory, HBO’s The Newsroom will not — it got left out of the Outstanding Drama Series category as well. The news was better for star Jeff Daniels, who was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
The Emmy Awards, hosted by Andy Samberg, will be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 20. Fox will air the ceremony live from coast to coast.
Here is a partial list of the nominees:
Drama Series
Better Call Saul
Orange Is the New Black
Mad Men
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Homeland
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Claire Danes, Homeland
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Comedy Series
Modern Family
The Big Bang Theory
Louie
Parks and Recreation
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Transparent
Silicon Valley
Veep
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Louis C.K., Louie
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
William H. Macy, Shameless
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
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
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
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
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Niecy Nash, Getting On
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
