The Emmy Award nominations are in!

This fine morning, Los Angeles was overwhelmed with the release of the nominees for the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, and now, you will be too.

Paving the way with the most obnoxious (we kid! But not really…) number of nominations is Mad Men and American Horror Story, with 17 nods. Other honourable mentions include Downton Abbey and Hatfields & McCoys with 16 noms, Hemingway & Gellhorn with 15, Modern Family and Saturday Night Live with 14, Breaking Bad, 30 Rock and (our secretly favourite) Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia with 13 nominations.

So without further ado, let's check 'em out, shall we? These are the 2012 Emmy Award nominees (abridged version), beginning with draaaaaama:

Best Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Homeland

Mad Men

Drama Series, Best Actor


Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire 

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Damian Lewis, Homeland

Drama Series, Best Actress


Kathy Bates, Harry's Law

Glenn Close, Damages

Claire Danes, Homeland

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Drama Series, Best Supporting Actor

Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad

Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad

Brendan Coyle, Downton Abbey

Jim Carter, Downton Abbey

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

Jared Harris, Mad Men

Drama Series, Best Supporting Actress 


Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey

Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Now, on to the funnies:

Best Comedy Series


The Big Bang Theory

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Girls

Modern Family

30 Rock

Veep

Comedy Series, Best Actor

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Louis C.K., Louie

Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Comedy Series, Best Supporting Actor 


Ed O'Neill, Modern Family

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Max Greenfield, New Girl

Comedy Series, Best Actress 


Lena Dunham, Girls

Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Comedy Series, Best Supporting Actress 


Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory

Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives

Julie Bowen, Modern Family

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Merrit Wever, Nurse Jackie

Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live

On to the fancy series with complicated plots…

Best Miniseries or Movie


American Horror Story

Game Change

Hatfields & McCoys

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Luther

Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Miniseries or Movie, Best Actor

Woody Harrelson, Game Change

Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Bill Paxton, Hatfields & McCoys

Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn

Idris Elba, Luther

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Miniseries or Movie, Best Actress


Connie Britton, American Horror Story

Julianne Moore, Game Change

Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn

Ashley Judd, Missing

Emma Thompson, The Song of Lunch

Miniseries or Movie, Best Supporting Actor


Denis O'Hare, American Horror Story

Ed Harris, Game Change

Tom Berenger, Hatfields & McCoys

David Strathairn, Hemingway & Gellhorn

Martin Freeman, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Miniseries or Movie, Best Supporting Actress

Frances Conroy, American Horror Story

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story

Sarah Paulson, Game Change

Mare Winningham, Hatfields & McCoys

Judy Davis, Page Eight

There ye have it. Some newbies to the Emmys and some old favourites. Who will you be crossing your fingers for?

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