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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.
