{"id":6425,"date":"2015-07-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2015\/07\/16\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/"},"modified":"2015-07-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T00:00:00","slug":"game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLOS ANGELES: For the second year in a row, HBO&#039;s <em>Game of Thrones <\/em>has garnered the most Emmy nominations, with 24 nods, followed by <em>American Horror Story: Freak Show. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n\tBy network, HBO scored a whopping 126 nominations, with ABC at a distant second with 42, followed by CBS and NBC with 41 each.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Game of Thrones <\/em>is facing off in the drama series category with <em>Better Call Saul<\/em>, <em>Downton Abbey<\/em>, <em>Homeland<\/em>, <em>House of Cards<\/em>, <em>Mad Men<\/em> and <em>Orange Is the New Black<\/em>. In the category for comedy series, the contenders are <em>Louie<\/em>, <em>Modern Family<\/em>,<em> Parks &amp; Recreation<\/em>, <em>Silicon Valley<\/em>, <em>Transparent<\/em>, <em>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt <\/em>and <em>Veep<\/em>. The nominees for outstanding limited series are <em>American Crime<\/em>, <em>American Horror Story: Freak Show<\/em>, <em>Olive Kitteridge<\/em>, <em>The Honorable Woman<\/em> and <em>Wolf Hall<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe male nominees for best actor in a TV drama are Bob Odenkirk (<em>Better Call Saul<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/30774\">Jon Hamm<\/a> (<em>Mad Men<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/46870\">Kevin Spacey<\/a> (<em>House of Cards<\/em>), Jeff Daniels (<em>The Newsroom<\/em>), Kyle Chandler (<em>Bloodline<\/em>) and Liev Schreiber (<em>Ray Donovan<\/em>). The best actress nominees for drama are Taraji P. Henson (<em>Empire<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/49610\">Viola Davis<\/a> (<em>How to Get Away With Murder<\/em>), Robin Wright (<em>House of Cards<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/27449\">Elisabeth Moss<\/a> (<em>Mad Men<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/40935\">Claire Danes<\/a> (<em>Homeland<\/em>) and Tatiana Maslany (<em>Orphan Black<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFor comedy, the best actor nominees are Jeffrey Tambor (<em>Transparent<\/em>), Louis C.K. (<em>Louie<\/em>), Anthony Anderson (<em>black-ish<\/em>), William H. Macy (<em>Shameless<\/em>), Matt LeBlanc (<em>Episodes<\/em>), Don Cheadle (<em>House of Lies<\/em>) and Will Forte (<em>Last Man on Earth<\/em>). The nominees for best female comedic performance are Julia Louis-Dreyfus (<em>Veep<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/44595\">Amy Poehler<\/a> (<em>Parks and Recreation<\/em>), Lily Tomlin (<em>Grace and Frankie<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/37210\">Edie Falco<\/a> (<em>Nurse Jackie<\/em>), Amy Schumer (<em>Inside Amy Schumer<\/em>) and Lisa Kudrow (<em>The&nbsp;<\/em><em>Comeback<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFor best actress in a limited series or movie, the nominees are Felicity Huffman (<em>American Crime<\/em>), Frances McDormand (<em>Olive Kitteridge<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/45098\">Maggie Gyllenhaal<\/a> (<em>The Honorable Woman<\/em>),<em> <\/em>Queen Latifah (<em>Bessie<\/em>), Jessica Lange (<em>American Horror Story: Freak Show<\/em>) and Emma Thompson (<em>Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street<\/em>). The best actor contenders in the same category are David Oyelowo (<em>Nightingale<\/em>), Richard Jenkins (<em>Olive Kitteridge<\/em>), Timothy Hutton (<em>American Crime<\/em>), Mark Rylance (<em>Wolf Hall<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/articles\/display\/35790\">Ricky Gervais<\/a> (<em>Derek: The Final Chapter<\/em>) and Adrien Brody (<em>Houdini<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe shows up for best variety talk series are <em>The Colbert Report<\/em>, <em>The Daily Show with Jon Stewart<\/em>, <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em>, <em>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver<\/em>, <em>Late Show with David Letterman<\/em> and <em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. <\/em>In the category for reality-competition program, <em>The Amazing Race <\/em>is up against <em>The Voice<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Dancing with the Stars<\/em>, <em>Project Runway<\/em>, <em>So You Think You Can Dance <\/em>and <em>Top Chef<\/em>. The variety sketch series nominees are <em>Drunk History<\/em>, <em>Inside Amy Schumer<\/em>, <em>Key &amp; Peele<\/em>, <em>Portlandia <\/em>and <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>. The TV movie contenders are <em>Agatha Christie&rsquo;s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot&rsquo;s Last Case<\/em>, <em>Bessie<\/em>, <em>Grace of Monaco<\/em>, <em>Hello Ladies: The Movie<\/em>, <em>Killing Jesus<\/em> and <em>Nightingale<\/em>.<em> <\/em><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe 67th Primetime&nbsp;Emmy Awards will be held on September 20 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Andy Samberg will host the live telecast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: For the second year in a row, HBO&#039;s Game of Thrones has garnered the most Emmy nominations, with 24 nods, followed by American Horror Story: Freak Show. By network, HBO scored a whopping 126 nominations, with ABC at a distant second with 42, followed by CBS and NBC with 41 each. Game of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms. LOS ANGELES, July 16: For the second year in a row, HBO&#039;s Game of Thrones has garnered the most Emmy nominations, with 24 nods, followed by American Horror Story: Freak Show.. Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms. LOS ANGELES, July 16: For the second year in a row, HBO&#039;s Game of Thrones has garnered the most Emmy nominations, with 24 nods, followed by American Horror Story: Freak Show.. Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVUSA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-16T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"World Screen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"World Screen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/\",\"name\":\"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-07-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7\"},\"description\":\"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms. LOS ANGELES, July 16: For the second year in a row, HBO's Game of Thrones has garnered the most Emmy nominations, with 24 nods, followed by American Horror Story: Freak Show.. Author - Kristin Brzoznowski\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/\",\"name\":\"TVUSA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7\",\"name\":\"World Screen\",\"description\":\"The leading source of information for the international media business.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms","description":"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms. LOS ANGELES, July 16: For the second year in a row, HBO's Game of Thrones has garnered the most Emmy nominations, with 24 nods, followed by American Horror Story: Freak Show.. Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms","og_description":"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms. LOS ANGELES, July 16: For the second year in a row, HBO's Game of Thrones has garnered the most Emmy nominations, with 24 nods, followed by American Horror Story: Freak Show.. Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/","og_site_name":"TVUSA","article_published_time":"2015-07-16T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg"}],"author":"World Screen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"World Screen","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/","name":"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-07-16T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-07-16T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7"},"description":"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms. LOS ANGELES, July 16: For the second year in a row, HBO's Game of Thrones has garnered the most Emmy nominations, with 24 nods, followed by American Horror Story: Freak Show.. Author - Kristin Brzoznowski","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/game-of-thrones-leads-emmy-noms\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Game of Thrones Leads Emmy Noms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/","name":"TVUSA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7","name":"World Screen","description":"The leading source of information for the international media business.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}