Emmy Awards nominations

[Bob Juch]

Outstanding Drama Series
"Better Call Saul"
"Downton Abbey"
"Game of Thrones"
"Homeland"
"House of Cards"
"Mad Men"
"Orange is the New Black"

Outstanding Comedy Series
"Louie"
"Modern Family"
"Parks and Recreation"
"Silicon Valley"
"Transparent"
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
"Veep"

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"
Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul"
Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom"
Kyle Chandler, "Bloodline"
Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"

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"

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Louis C.K., "Louie"
Don Cheadle, "House of Lies"
Jeffrey Tambor, "Transparent"
Anthony Anderson, "Black-ish"
Will Forte, "The Last Man on Earth"
Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes"

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Lisa Kudrow, "The Comeback"
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"
Amy Schumer, "Inside Amy Schumer"
Lily Tomlin, "Grace and Frankie"

Outstanding Limited Series
"American Crime"
"American Horror Story: Freak Show"
"The Honorable Woman"
"Olive Kitteridge"
"Wolf Hall"

Outstanding Actor in a Mini-series or Movie
Richard Jenkins, "Olive Kitteridge"
David Oyelowo, "Nightingale"
Adrien Brody, "Houdini"
Mark Rylance, "Wolf Hall"
Ricky Gervias, "Derek"

Outstanding Actress in a Mini-series or Movie
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story: Freak Show
Felicity Huffman, "American Crime
Queen Latifah, "Bessie
Frances McDormand, "Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson, "Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Live from Lincoln Center"

Outstanding Variety Series
"The Colbert Report"
"The Daily Show"
"Jimmy Kimmel Live"
"Last Week Tonight"
"Late Show with David Letterman"
"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"

Outstanding Reality Competition Program
"The Voice"
"Top Chef"
"Dancing With the Stars"
"The Amazing Race"
"So You Think You Can Dance"
"Project Runway"

[silverscreenselect]

They changed the rules this year for classifications to eliminate some of the confusion about the categories shows compete in (Orange Is the New Black and Desperate Housewives as comedies; True Detective as a drama). Now, anything that's one hour is considered a drama and 30 minutes is considered a comedy, although shows can appeal to be reclassified. Any show that tells a complete story without the main characters continuing into another season is considered a limited series (which replaces the former term "mini-series").

[mellytu74]

Give Jon Hamm his damn award already!

[Pastor Fireball]

Give Jon Hamm his damn award already!

In all of the years that Mad Men has been on the air and all of the Emmys it has won for Outstanding Drama Series, I don't ever recall any of the actors winning even once. This has to be the year that Jon Hamm finally wins. I want to say that Viola Davis and Jeffrey Tambor are also locks in the lead acting categories, but I'll probably be wrong about that, too. Remember: I thought that The Crazy Ones was the best sitcom of the 2013-14 TV season.

[Bob Juch]

Give Jon Hamm his damn award already!

In all of the years that Mad Men has been on the air and all of the Emmys it has won for Outstanding Drama Series, I don't ever recall any of the actors winning even once. This has to be the year that Jon Hamm finally wins. I want to say that Viola Davis and Jeffrey Tambor are also locks in the lead acting categories, but I'll probably be wrong about that, too. Remember: I thought that The Crazy Ones was the best sitcom of the 2013-14 TV season.

Hamm won a Golden Globe in 2008 and has been nominated every year since. The series won Emmys in 2008 through 2011. Hamm's been nominated for Emmys every year from 2008 to now.