The 2015 Emmy nominations have officially been announced.
For the first time ever, the nominations were announced at a later time, moving away from the crack of dawn for Los Angeles to a more reasonable 8:30 PST. Orange Is The New Black star Uzo Aduba and So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley announced the nominations for the 67th Emmy Awards.
As further proof of the evolution of television, Netflix and Amazon both received a handful of nominations for their original programmings. Netflix received 32 Emmy nominations beating out AMC at 24 and Showtime at 24. FX barely beat Netflix with 38. HBO made out with 126 nominations with the clear lead. Netflix has two shows competing for outstanding drama series: House Of Cards and Orange Is The New Black.
Amazon’s Transparent fared well, leading the comedy series with a total of 12 nominations. Transparent received a nomination for outstanding comedy series and Jeffrey Tambor was nominated for best lead actor in a comedy series for his role on Transparent. Also competing for outstanding comedy series is Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright both got lead actor and actress nominations for their roles on House Of Cards and new Netflix series Bloodline received a lead actor nomination for Kyle Chandler.
Other big news from the nominations was Tatiana Maslany getting her first nomination for lead actress in a drama series. Many people considered her lack of a nomination to be one of the biggest snubs from last year. Maslany plays several clones on BBC’s Orphan Black, often times playing them in the same scene as they are all main characters in the sci-fi series.
Game Of Thrones was another big winner, getting the most nominations of any series with a total of 24 including one for outstanding drama series. Game Of Thrones has yet to win this category despite being nominated every year since it has been on television.
It wasn’t rare to see newcomers nominated this year. New series Better Call Saul received a couple of nominations including one for outstanding drama series and one for lead actor in a drama series (Bob Odenkirk). The lead actor and actress nominations in comedy series were full of new faces including: Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent), Anthony Anderson (Black-ish), Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth), Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer), and Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie).
Viola Davis and Taraji P. Henson were both nominated for lead actress in a drama series from their new shows How To Get Away With Murder and Empire respectively.
Andy Samberg from Brooklyn Nine-Nine will host the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20 and it will be broadcast by Fox. The list of nominations announced this morning are below. To view all the nominations, including those for writing, directing go here.
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
Orange Is the New Black
Game of Thrones
Downton Abbey
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men
Outstanding Comedy Series
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
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 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
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
Timothy Hutton, American Crime
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
William H. Macy, Shameless
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 Reality Competition Program
The Voice
Top Chef
Dancing With the Stars
The Amazing Race
So You Think You Can Dance
Project Runway
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 Limited Series
American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
The Honorable Woman
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall
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
Supporting Actor, 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, 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
Supporting Actress, 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, Drama Series
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones