The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy nominees were announced Thursday morning, and Game of Thronesled with the most nods
The nominees were revealed bright and early by The Mindy Project’s Mindy Kaling and The Voice’s Carson Daly.
2014 Emmy Award Nominees – The Full List
Lead actor in a drama series
- 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
Lead actress in a drama series
- Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex
- Clare Danes, Homeland
- Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
- Julian Margulies, The Good Wife
- Kerry Washington, Scandal
- Robin Wright, House of Cards
Supporting actress in a drama series
- Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
- Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
- Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
- Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
- Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
- Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Supporting actor in a drama series
- Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
- Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
- Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
- Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
- Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
- Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Guest actress in a drama
- Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
- Kate Mara, House of Cards
- Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
- Kate Burton, Scandal
- Margo Martindale, The Americans
- Jane Fonda, The Newsroom
Guest actor in a drama
- Paul Giamatti, Downton Abbey
- Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards
- Robert Morse, Mad Men
- Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex
- Joe Morton, Scandal
- Dylan Baker, The Good Wife
Lead actor in a miniseries or movie
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing On The Edge
- Martin Freeman, Fargo
- Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
- Idris Elba, Luther
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
- Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Lead actress in a miniseries or movie
- Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
- Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Coven
- Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor
- Minnie Driver, Return To Zero
- Kristen Wiig, The Spoils of Babylon
- Cicely Tyson, The Trip To Bountiful
Supporting actress in a 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 miniseries or a movie
- Colin Hanks, Fargo
- Martin Freeman, Sherlock
- Jim Parsons, The Normal Heart
- Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart
- Alfred Molina, The Normal Heart
- Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Lead actor in a comedy series
- Ricky Gervais, Derek
- Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
- Don Cheadle, House of Lies
- Louis C.K., Louie
- William H. Macy, Shameless
- Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Lead actress in a comedy series
- Lena Dunham, Girls
- Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
- Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
- Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black
- Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Supporting actress in a comedy series
- Julie Bowen, Modern Family
- Allison Janney, Mom
- Kate Mulgrew, Orange is the New Black
- Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
- Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
- Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Supporting actor in a comedy series
- Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Adam Driver, Girls
- Ty Burrell, Modern Family
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
- Fred Armisen, Portlandia
- Tony Hale, Veep
Guest actress in a comedy series
- 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
Guest actor in a comedy series
- Nathan Lane, Modern Family
- Steve Buscemi, Portlandia
- Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live
- Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
- Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory
- Gary Cole, Veep
Oustanding Variety Series
- The Daily Show
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Saturday Night Live
- The Colbert Report
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Oustanding Reality-Competition Program
- The Amazing Race
- Project Runway
- So You Think You Can Dance
- Top Chef
- The Voice
Outstanding Mini-Series
- Bonnie & Clyde
- American Horror Story: Coven
- Fargo
- Luther
- Treme
- The White Queen
Outstanding TV Movie
- Killing Kennedy
- Muhammad Ali
- The Normal Heart
- Sherlock
- The Trip To Bountiful
Outstanding Comedy Series
- The Big Bang Theory
- Louie
- Modern Family
- Orange is the New Black
- Silicon Valley
- Veep
Outstanding Drama Series
- Breaking Bad
- Downton Abbey
- Game of Thrones
- House of Cards
- Mad Men
- True Detective
Additional awards can be viewed over on the Emmys website.
Early snubs include no Good Wife for Best Drama and no Tatiana Maslany/Orphan Black noms at all.
The shows who received the most nominees are:
- Game of Thrones – 19
- Fargo – 18
- American Horror Story: Coven – 17
- Breaking Bad – 16
- The Normal Heart – 16
- Saturday Night Live – 14
- House of Cards – 13
Our thoughts
Hypable’s Kristina Lintz shares her thoughts on today’s announcements…
If the above list isn’t clear enough, this is the year cable and Netflix simply dominated the nominations. While that has been said plenty of times in the past, this is Orange is the New Black‘s first year and they made their presence known, planting themselves firmly in most of the comedy categories. Perhaps it’s because with so many deserving network dramas (The Good Wife, Scandal), the network snubs were felt particularly hard this morning. At least Josh Charles, Christine Baranski and Julianna Margulies did get recognized in their respective categories for The Good Wife. Kerry Washington will be representing Scandal, the show many consider to have revived ‘must-see-TV.’
Some may call it trickery, but Netflix did submit OITNB as a comedy, leaving its other heavy-weight, House of Cards to come out swinging in the drama categories. HBO also did particularly well, covering drama with Game of Thrones, comedy with Veep and the TV movie categories for The Normal Heart.
While FX does have Fargo representing the cable network, many fans of The Americans are feeling snubbed. The show – which had a critically-acclaimed season 2 – was left out of all major categories, save Margo Martindale for best guest actress in a drama.
Networks comedies didn’t exactly make out too well either. The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family were the only two network shows that made the cut out of the six shows nominated for best comedy series. Granted, Big Bang Theory has been simply dominating the ratings race, breaking records right and left at a time where it’s nearly impossible to be considered a “ratings success,” so their nomination is rightfully deserved.
Modern Family will be coming into this year’s Emmys looking for a fifth straight win, and it did get a lot of love for supporting actors and actresses, as it has in years past.
You have to look deep into the technical categories to find nominations for shows such as How I Met Your Mother or the freshman comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which won the Golden Globe for best comedy. Most other network comedies were passed over in favor for the HBO comedies Veep and Girls.
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards will be hosted by Seth Meyers and broadcast live Monday, August 25 at 8 p.m. eastern/5 p.m. pacific on NBC.