This morning the 2014 Primetime Emmy nominations were announced. We have the full list so you can check and see if your favorite shows are on there, but a quick look shows us that a lot of people are likely to be disappointed — especially if you’re a clone.
The live stream of the announcement is still going on. Yahoo! is checking it with some of the nominees at the moment. We assume a replay of the full presentation will be available after the fact.
First, here are the big categories:
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom
Woody Harrelson – True Detective
Matthew McConaughey – True Detective
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Claire Danes – Homeland
Robin Wright – House of Cards
Lizzy Caplan – Masters of Sex
Kerry Washington – Scandal
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dancing on the Edge
Martin Freeman – Fargo
Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo
Idris Elba – Luther
Mark Ruffalo – The Normal Heart
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock: His Last Vow
Outstanding 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
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
Ricky Gervais – Derek
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Louis C.K. – Louie
William H. Macy – Shameless
Outstanding 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 and Recreation
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice
Outstanding Variety Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Outstanding Miniseries
American Horror Story: Coven
Bonnie & Clyde
Fargo
Luther
Treme
The White Queen
Outstanding Television Movie
Killing Kennedy
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight
The Normal Heart
Sherlock: His Last Vow
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
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Moira Walley-Beckett – Breaking Bad
Vince Gilligan – Breaking Bad
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss – Game of Thrones
Beau Willimon – House of Cards
Nic Pizzolatto – True Detective
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik – Episodes
Louis C.K. – Louie
Liz Friedman, Jenji Kohan – Orange is the New Black
Alec Berg – Silicon Valley
Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche, Armando Iannucci – Veep
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk – American Horror Story: Coven
Noah Hawley – Fargo
Neil Cross – Luther
Larry Kramer – The Normal Heart
Steven Moffat – Sherlock: His Last Vow
David Simon, Eric Overmyer – Treme
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with John Stewart
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Pele
Portlandia
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
The Beatles: The Night That Changed America
Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays
The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards
Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles
67th Annual Tony Awards
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey
JFK (American Experience)
The World Wars
Years of Living Dangerously
Here’s the full list from the Emmys site if you want to see any additional categories.
(via Emmys)
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Published: Jul 10, 2014 09:11 am