WVEL Entertainment Watch: 2015 Emmy Nominations

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The 2015 Primetime Emmy Award nominations have been announced.

The announcement was made at the TV academy headquarters in Los Angeles and streamed live on the academy’s Emmys.com website on last week.

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

 

The Emmy Awards ceremony will air Sunday, September 20th on Fox Television with Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Live, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) as host.

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