65th Primetime Emmy Awards nominees

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Girls (HBO)
Louie (FX)
Modern Family (ABC)
Veep (HBO)

Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Mad Men (AMC)

Outstanding Variety Series
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
The Bible (History)
Phil Spector (HBO)
Political Animals (USA)
Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)

Acting
Lead performances
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock (Episode: “A Goon’s Deed in a Weary World”) (NBC)
Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth on Arrested Development (Episode: “Flight of the Phoenix”) (Netflix)
Louis C.K. as Louie on Louie (Episode: “Daddy’s Girlfriend, Part 1”) (FX)
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan on House of Lies (Episode: “Hostile Takeover”) (Showtime)
Matt LeBlanc as Himself on Episodes (Episode: “Episode Two”) (Showtime)
Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory (Episode: “The Habitation Configuration”) (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Laura Dern as Amy Jellicoe on Enlightened (Episode: “All I Ever Wanted”) (HBO)
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath on Girls (Episode: “Bad Friend”) (HBO)
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton, RN on Nurse Jackie (Episode: “Luck of the Drawing”) (Showtime)
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon on 30 Rock (Episodes: “Hogcock!” + “Last Lunch”) (NBC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President Selina Meyer on Veep (Episode: “Running”) (HBO)
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation (Episodes: “Emergency Response” + “Leslie and Ben”) (NBC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham on Downton Abbey (Episode: “Episode Five”) (PBS)
Bryan Cranston as Walter White on Breaking Bad (Episode: “Say My Name”) (AMC)
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy on The Newsroom (Episode: “We Just Decided To”) (HBO)
Jon Hamm as Don Draper on Mad Men (Episode: “In Care Of”) (AMC)
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody on Homeland (Episode: “Q&A”) (Showtime)
Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood on House of Cards (Episode: “Chapter 1”) (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes on Nashville (Episode: “Pilot”) (ABC)
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison on Homeland (Episode: “Q&A”) (Showtime)
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley on Downton Abbey (Episode: “Episode One”) (PBS)
Vera Farmiga as Norma Louise Bates on Bates Motel (Episode: “First You Dream, Then You Die”) (A&E)
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson on Mad Men (Episode: “The Better Half”) (AMC)
Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope on Scandal (Episode: “Happy Birthday, Mr. President”) (ABC)
Robin Wright as Claire Underwood on House of Cards (Episode: “Chapter 10”) (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens on Parade’s End (HBO)
Matt Damon as Scott Thorson on Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Michael Douglas as Liberace on Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock on The Girl (HBO)
Al Pacino as Phil Spector on Phil Spector (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Jessica Lange as Sister Jude Martin / Judy Martin on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison on The Big C: Hereafter (Showtime)
Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney Baden on Phil Spector (HBO)
Elisabeth Moss as Robin Griffin on Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)
Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish on Political Animals (USA)

Supporting performances
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy on Modern Family (Episode: “Mistery Date”) (ABC)
Adam Driver as Adam Sackler on Girls (Episode: “It’s Back”) (HBO)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family (Episode: “The Wow Factor”) (ABC)
Bill Hader as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host: Seth MacFarlane”) (NBC)
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh on Veep (Episode: “Running”) (HBO)
Ed O’Neill as Jay Pritchett on Modern Family (Episode: “Bringing Up Baby”) (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory (Episode: “The Fish Guts Displacement”) (CBS)
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy on Modern Family (Episode: “My Hero”) (ABC)
Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer on Veep (Episode: “First Response”) (HBO)
Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock (Episodes: “Hogcock!” + “Last Lunch”) (NBC)
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester on Glee (Episode: “Feud”) (Fox)
Sofía Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on Modern Family (Episode: “Yard Sale”) (ABC)
Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow, RN on Nurse Jackie (Episode: “Teachable Moments”) (Showtime)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut on Breaking Bad (Episode: “Say My Name”) (AMC)
Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti on Boardwalk Empire (Episode: “Sunday Best”) (HBO)
Jim Carter as Charles Carson on Downton Abbey (Episode: “Episode Six”) (PBS)
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones (Episode: “Second Sons”) (HBO)
Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson on Homeland (Episode: “The Choice”) (Showtime)
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad (Episode: “Buyout”) (AMC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Morena Baccarin as Jessica Brody on Homeland (Episode: “State of Independence”) (Showtime)
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife (Episode: “The Seven Day Rule”) (CBS)
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones (Episode: “And Now His Watch Is Ended”) (HBO)
Anna Gunn as Skyler White on Breaking Bad (Episode: “Fifty-One”) (AMC)
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris on Mad Men (Episode: “A Tale of Two Cities”) (AMC)
Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey (Episode: “Episode One”) (PBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Scott Bakula as Bob Black on Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden / Hans Grüper on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
John Benjamin Hickey as Sean Tolke on The Big C: Hereafter (Showtime)
Peter Mullan as Matt Mitcham on Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)
Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish on Political Animals (USA)
Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Charlotte Rampling as Sally Gilmartin / Eva Delectorskaya (older) on Restless (Sundance Channel)
Imelda Staunton as Alma Hitchcock on The Girl (HBO)
Alfre Woodard as Louisa “Ouiser” Boudreaux on Steel Magnolias (Lifetime)

Writing
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
30 Rock (NBC)
“Last Lunch”, Written by Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield
“Hogcock!”, Written by Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock
Episodes (Showtime) – “Episode Nine”, Written by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik
Louie (FX) – “Daddy’s Girlfriend, Part 1”, Written by Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K.
The Office (NBC) – “Finale”, Written by Greg Daniels

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Homeland (Showtime) – “Q&A”, Written by Henry Bromell
Breaking Bad (AMC)
“Dead Freight”, Written by George Mastras
“Say My Name”, Written by Thomas Schnauz
Downton Abbey (PBS) – “Episode Four”, Written by Julian Fellowes
Game of Thrones (HBO) – “The Rains of Castamere”, Written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Portlandia (IFC)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special
The Hour (BBC America), Written by Abi Morgan
Behind the Candelabra (HBO), Written by Richard LaGravenese
Parade’s End (HBO), Written by Tom Stoppard
Phil Spector (HBO), Written by David Mamet
Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel), Written by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee

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