67th primetime Emmy awards

once again, the Emmys are here an here are the nominations. My predictions will be posted later. Stay tuned. See also: 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners, when announced on September 20, will be listed first and highlighted in bold. Programs Outstanding Comedy Series Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO) OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES Better Call Saul (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) Homeland (Showtime) House of Cards (Netflix) Mad Men (AMC) Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) Outstanding Variety Talk Series The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES Drunk History (Comedy Central) Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central) Key & Peele (Comedy Central) Portlandia (IFC) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Outstanding Limited Series American Crime (ABC) American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) The Honorable Woman (SundanceTV) Olive Kitteridge (HBO) Wolf Hall (PBS) OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case (Acorn TV) Bessie (HBO) Grace of Monaco (Lifetime) Hello Ladies: The Movie (HBO) Killing Jesus (Nat Geo) Nightingale (HBO) 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 Anthony Anderson as Andre “Dre” Johnson, Sr. on blackish (Episode: "Sex, Lies, and Vasectomies") (ABC) Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan on House of Lies (Episode: "It’s a Box Inside a Box Inside a Box, Dipshit") (Showtime) Louis C.K. as Louie on Louie (Episode: "Bobby’s House") (FX) Will Forte as Phil “Tandy” Miller on The Last Man on Earth (Episode: "") (Fox) Matt LeBlanc as Himself on Episodes (Episode: "Episode Five") (Showtime) William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher on Shameless (Episode: "A Night to Remem... Wait, What?") (Showtime) Jeffrey Tambor as Morton “Maura” Pfefferman on Transparent (Episode: "") (Amazon) OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton on Nurse Jackie (Episode: "I Say a Little Prayer") (Showtime) Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish on The Comeback (Episode: "Valerie Is Taken Seriously") (HBO) Julia Louis-Dreyfus as President Selina Meyer on Veep (Episode: "Election Night") (HBO) Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation (Episode: "One Last Ride") (NBC) Amy Schumer as Amy on Inside Amy Schumer (Episode: "") (Comedy Central) Lily Tomlin as Frankie Bergstein on Grace and Frankie (Episode: "") (Netflix) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Kyle Chandler as John Rayburn on Bloodline (Episode: "") (Netflix) Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy on The Newsroom (Episode: "What Kind of Day Has It Been") (HBO) Jon Hamm as Don Draper on Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person") (AMC) Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill on Better Call Saul (Episode: "Pimento") (AMC) Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan on Ray Donovan (Episode: "Walk This Way") (Showtime) Kevin Spacey as President Frank Underwood on House of Cards (Episode: "") (Netflix) OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison on Homeland (Episode: "From A to B and Back Again") (Showtime) Viola Davis as Annalise Keating on How to Get Away with Murder (Episode: "Freakin’ Whack-a-Mole") (ABC) Taraji P. Henson as Loretha “Cookie” Lyon on Empire (Episode: "Unto the Breach") (Fox) Tatiana Maslany as Various Characters on Orphan Black (Episode: "Certain Agony of the Battlefield") (BBC America) Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson on Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person") (AMC) Robin Wright as First Lady Claire Underwood on House of Cards (Episode: "") (Netflix) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Adrien Brody as Harry Houdini on Houdini (History Ricky Gervais as Derek Noakes on Derek: The Special (Netflix) Timothy Hutton as Russ Skokie on American Crime (ABC) Richard Jenkins as Henry Kitteridge on Olive Kitteridge (HBO) David Oyelowo as Peter Snowden on Nightingale (HBO) Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell on Wolf Hall (PBS) OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Maggie Gyllenhaal as Nessa Stein on The Honorable Woman (SundanceTV) Felicity Huffman as Barbara “Barb” Hanlon on American Crime (ABC) Jessica Lange as Elsa Mars on American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Queen Latifah as Bessie Smith on Bessie (HBO) Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge on Olive Kitteridge (HBO) Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett on Sweeney Todd: Live at the Lincoln Center (PBS) Supporting performances Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SerIES Andre Braugher as Captain Ray Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Episode: "The Jimmy Jab Games") (Fox) Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Goes to School!") (Netflix) Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy on Modern Family (Episode: "") (ABC) Adam Driver as Adam Sackler on Girls (Episode: "Close-Up") (HBO) Tony Hale as Gary Walsh on Veep (Episode: "East Wing") (HBO) Keegan-Michael Key as Various Characters on Key & Peele (Episode: "Sex Detective") (Comedy Central) OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Prom Equivalency") (CBS) Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy on Modern Family (Episode: "Connection Lost") (ABC) Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer on Veep (Episode: "Convention") (HBO) Gaby Hoffmann as Ali Pfefferman on Transparent (Episode: "") (Amazon) Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett on Mom (Episode: "Dropped Soap and a Big Guy on a Throne") (CBS) Jane Krakowski as Jacqueline Voorhees on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Gets a Job") (Netflix) Kate McKinnon as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "") (NBC) Niecy Nash as Denise “DiDi” Ortley on Getting On (Episode: "The 7th Annual Christmas Card Competition") (HBO) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut on Better Call Saul (Episode: "Five-O") (AMC) Jim Carter as Charles Carson on Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Nine") (PBS) Alan Cumming as Eli Gold on The Good Wife (Episode: "Undisclosed Recipients") (CBS) Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome") (HBO) Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper on House of Cards (Episode: "") (Netflix) Ben Mendelsohn as Danny Rayburn on Bloodline (Episode: "") (Netflix) Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series Uzo Aduba as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren on Orange Is the New Black (Episode: "Hugs Can Be Deceiving") (Netflix) Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife (Episode: "Loser Edit") (CBS) Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons") (HBO) Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates on Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Eight") (PBS) Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister on Game of Thrones (Episode: "Mother’s Mercy") (HBO) Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris on Mad Men (Episode: "Lost Horizon") (AMC) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Richard Cabral as Hector Tonz on American Crime (ABC) Damian Lewis as Henry VIII of England on Wolf Hall (PBS) Bill Murray as Jack Kennison on Olive Kitteridge (HBO) Denis O’Hare as Stanley Oats on American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Michael Kenneth Williams as Jack Gee on Bessie (HBO) Finn Wittrock as Daniel “Dandy” Mott on American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or a movie Angela Bassett as Desiree Dupree on American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Kathy Bates as Ethel Darling on American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Zoe Kazan as Denise Thibodeau on Olive Kitteridge (HBO) Regina King as Aliyah Shadeed on American Crime (ABC) Mo’Nique as Ma Rainey on Bessie (HBO) Sarah Paulson as Bette and Dot Tattler on American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) Directing Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series The Last Man on Earth (Episode: "Alive in Tucson"), Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Fox) Louie (Episode: "Sleepover"), Directed by Louis C.K. (FX) Silicon Valley (Episode: "Sand Hill Shuffle"), Directed by Mike Judge (HBO) Transparent (Episode: "Best New Girl"), Directed by Jill Soloway (Amazon) Veep (Episode: "Testimony"), Directed by Armando Iannucci (HBO) Outstanding directing for a drama series B oardwalk Empire (Episode: "Eldorado"), Directed by Tim Van Patten (HBO) Game of Thrones (Episode: "Mother’s Mercy"), Directed by David Nutter (HBO) Game of Thrones (Episode: "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"), Directed by Jeremy Podeswa (HBO) Homeland (Episode: "From A to B and Back Again"), Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter (Showtime) The Knick (Episode: "Method and Madness"), Directed by Steven Soderbergh (Cinema Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special Hamish Hamilton for The 87th Academy Awards (ABC) Louis J. Horvitz for The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Natalie Johns for Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert (PBS) Don Roy King for Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC) Glenn Weiss for The 68th Tony Awards (CBS) Outstanding directing for a limited series, movie or dramatic special American Horror Story: Freak Show (Episode: "Monsters Among Us"), Directed by Ryan Murphy (FX) Bessie, Directed by Dee Rees (HBO) The Honorable Woman, Directed by Hugo Blick (SundanceTV) Houdini, Directed by Uli Edel (History) The Missing, Directed by Tom Shankland (Starz) Olive Kitteridge, Directed by Lisa Cholodenko (HBO) Wolf Hall, Directed by Peter Kosminsky (PBS) Writing Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Episodes (Episode: "Episode Nine"), Written by David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik (Showtime) The Last Man on Earth (Episode: "Alive in Tucson"), Written by Will Forte (Fox) Louie (Episode: "Bobby’s House"), Written by Louis C.K. (FX) Silicon Valley (Episode: "Two Days of the Condor"), Written by Alec Berg (HBO) Transparent (Episode: "Pilot"), Written by Jill Soloway (Amazon) Veep (Episode: "Election Night"), Written by Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche (HBO) Outstanding writing for a drama series The Americans (Episode: "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?"), Written by Joshua Brand (FX) Better Call Saul (Episode: "Five-O"), Written by Gordon Smith (AMC) Game of Thrones (Episode: "Mother’s Mercy"), Written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss (HBO) Mad Men (Episode: "Lost Horizon"), Written by Matthew Weiner & Semi Chellas (AMC) Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person"), Written by Matthew Weiner (AMC) Outstanding Writing for a Variety special The 72nd Golden Globe Awards (NBC) Key & Peele’s Super Bowl Special, Written by Brendan Hunt, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, and Rich Talarico (Comedy Central) Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store, Written by Louis C.K. (LouisCK.net) Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen, Written by Mel Brooks (HBO) Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC) Outstanding writing for a limited series, movie or dramatic special American Crime (Episode: "Episode One"), Written by John Ridley (ABC) Bessie, Written by Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, and Horton Foote (HBO) Hello Ladies: The Movie, Written by Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupnitsky, and Lee Eisenberg (HBO) The Honorable Woman, Written by Hugo Blick (SundanceTV) Olive Kitteridge, Written by Jane Anderson (HBO) Wolf Hall, Written by Peter Straughan (PBS)