Game of Thrones, The People Vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story and Fargo received multiple nominations in major categories for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards. Other notable nods include Mr. Robot‘s for Outstanding Drama Series and for actor Rami Malek, The People Vs. OJ Simpson for Outstanding Limited Series and recognitions for Cuba Gooding Jr., Courtney B. Vance and Sarah Paulson; The Americans for Outstanding Drama Series and for Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell; and Veep for Outstanding Comedy Series and for Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The awards ceremony, which Jimmy Kimmel will host, will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on ABC at 7 p.m. EST on September 18th.
Game of Thrones earned 23 nominations this year, one shy of its record-breaking year last year with 24. The People Vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story received the second most nominations (22), followed by Fargo (18).
Interesting snubs in major categories this year include ratings favorite The Big Bang Theory, Empire (save a nod for Taraji P. Henson), Orange Is the New Black, Lady Dynamite and Broad City. Also notable is the absence of Horace and Pete, Louis C.K.’s revolutionary website-only pay-per-view series; it received only a nomination for Laurie Metcalf’s guest appearance and one for editing.
As with recent years, the nominations reflect the changing television landscape. Premium cable channels and streaming services with buzzed-about prestige programming imbued many of the categories, while traditional over-the-air networks were comparatively hardly represented. In the Outstanding Comedy Series category, only Black-ish and Modern Family represented traditional networks. Meanwhile, only PBS was represented in drama for Downton Abbey.
Also notable is the number of high-quality shows nominated in the limited-series categories, making them some of the tightest competitions. Critical and popular favorites that cross genres, like The People Vs. OJ Simpson, Fargo, The Night Manager and the Roots revival, will all have to compete with one another.
The Television Academy named its nominations today at an event in Los Angeles. Black-ish star Anthony Anderson (who screamed when his nomination and co-star Tracee Ellis Ross’ nominations were announced) and Gilmore Girls alumna Lauren Graham announced nominations in each of the categories. This year’s nods cover shows that aired between June 1st, 2015 through May 31st of this year.
This year will mark the second time Jimmy Kimmel serves as the Emmys master of ceremonies, following his 2012 turn at the mic. “I am excited to be hosting the Emmys again,” he said in a statement. “I have a feeling I’m going to be great.”
Here are the nominations for the major categories of the 2016 Emmys:
The Nominees:
Outstanding Comedy Series
Black-ish
Master of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Outstanding Drama Series
Homeland
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mr. Robot
The Americans
Better Call Saul
Outstanding Miniseries
The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
American Crime
Roots
Fargo
The Night Manager
Outstanding Television Movie
All the Way
A Very Murray Christmas
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Luther
Confirmation
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
William H. Macy, Shameless
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Laurie Metcalf, Getting On
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Tracce Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Claire Danes, Homeland
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Keri Russell, The Americans
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Courtney B. Vance, The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Idris Elba, Luther
Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager
Cuba Gooding Jr., The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Bendict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Sarah Paulson, The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Kerry Washington, Confirmation
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Lili Taylor, American Crime
Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grille
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Kit Harrington, Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Maura Tienery, The Affair
Constance Zimmer, UnREAL
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Louis Anderson, Baskets
Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Matt Walsh, Veep
Tony Hale, Veep
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Niecy Nash, Getting On
Judith Light, Transparent
Allison Janney, Mom
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Variety Talk Show
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Real Time With Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late, Late Show With James Corden
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
The Amazing Race
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
American Ninja Warrior
Top Chef
The Voice
