The verdict is in! The 2016 Emmy Awards nominations were announced on Thursday, July 14, and Us Weekly covered the minute-by-minute updates on which shows are contending in all the key drama and comedy categories! Some of the shows to receive big nominations were Game of Thrones, The People v. O.J. Simpson and Veep.
Game of Thrones led the way with 23 nominations, followed by People v. O.J.’s 22. HBO garnered 94 nominations, the most of any network.
Black-ish star Anthony Anderson and Gilmore Girls‘ Lauren Graham announced the nominees from the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center at 11:30 a.m. ET on ABC Thursday, and the presentation can be seen in the video above.
Check out the list of notable nominations below! (The complete list of winners is here.)
11:42 a.m. ET: Drama series
The Americans
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mr. Robot
11:41 a.m. ET: Comedy series
black-ish
Master of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
11:40 a.m. ET: Limited series
American Crime
Fargo
The Night Manager
The People v. O.J. Simpson
Roots
11:40 a.m. ET: Variety talk series
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Late Show With James Corden
Real Time With Bill Maher
The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon
11:39 a.m. ET: Reality-competition program
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef
The Voice
11:38 a.m. ET: Lead actress in a limited series or movie
Kirsten Dunst — Fargo
Felicity Huffman — American Crime
Audra McDonald — Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Sarah Paulson — The People v. O.J. Simpson
Lili Taylor — American Crime
Kerry Washington — Confirmation
11:37 a.m. ET: Lead actress in a comedy series
Ellie Kemper — Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Veep
Tracee Ellis Ross — Black-ish
Laurie Metcalf — Getting On
Amy Schumer — Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin — Grace and Frankie
11:37 a.m. ET: Lead actor in a comedy series
Anthony Anderson — Black-ish
Aziz Ansari — Master of None
Will Forte — The Last Man on Earth
William H. Macy — Shameless
Thomas Middleditch — Silicon Valley
Jeffrey Tambor — Transparent
11:36 a.m. ET: Lead actor in a limited series or movie
Bryan Cranston — All the Way
Benedict Cumberbatch — Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Idris Elba — Luther
Cuba Gooding Jr. — The People v. O.J. Simpson
Tom Hiddleston — The Night Manager
Courtney B. Vance — The People v. O.J. Simpson
11:35 a.m. ET: Lead actress in a drama
Claire Danes — Homeland (Showtime)
Viola Davis — How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)
Tatiana Maslany — Orphan Black (BBC America)
Taraji P. Henson — Empire (Fox)
Keri Russell — The Americans (FX)
Robin Wright — House of Cards (Netflix)
11:34 a.m. ET: Lead actor in a drama
Kyle Chandler — Bloodline
Rami Malek — Mr. Robot
Bob Odenkirk — Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys — The Americans
Liev Schreiber — Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey — House of Cards
Supporting actor in a drama series (not announced in presentation)
Jonathan Banks — Better Call Saul
Peter Dinklage — Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly — House of Cards
Ben Mendelsohn — Bloodline
Kit Harington — Game of Thrones
Jon Voight — Ray Donovan
Supporting actor in a comedy series (not announced in presentation)
Louie Anderson — Baskets
Andre Braugher — Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess — Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell — Modern Family
Tony Hale — Veep
Keegan-Michael Key — Key and Peele
T.J. Miller — Silicon Valley
Supporting actress in a drama series (not announced in presentation)
Emilia Clarke — Game of Thrones
Lena Headey — Game of Thrones
Maggie Smith — Downton Abbey
Maura Tierney — The Affair
Maisie Williams — Game of Thrones
Constance Zimmer — UnReal
Supporting actress in a comedy series (not announced in presentation)
Anna Chlumsky — Veep
Gaby Hoffmann — Transparent
Allison Janney — Mom
Judith Light — Transparent
Kate McKinnon — Saturday Night Live
Niecy Nash — Getting On
Television movie (not announced in presentation)
A Very Murray Christmas
All the Way
Confirmation
Luther
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
11:33 a.m. ET: Lauren Graham and Anthony Anderson take the stage! The Black-ish star said about his nom last year, “Everybody knew about my nomination before I did.”
Among this year’s most heralded shows include such dramas as Game of Thrones, The Americans and Orange Is the New Black; comedies Veep, Master of None and Transparent; and limited series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and Fargo.
The networks and platforms that are primed to score a litany of noms include HBO, with such contenders as Thrones, Veep and Girls; FX, which boasts The Americans, People v. O.J. and Fargo; and Netflix, with House of Cards, Master of None, Orange and Grace and Frankie.
Don’t forget to check out Us Weekly TV critic John Griffiths’ predictions for which shows will land nominations.
The 2016 Emmy Awards airs on ABC Sunday, September 18, with Jimmy Kimmel returning as host of the ceremony. The talk show host previously led the 2012 Emmys telecast.
“I am excited to be hosting the Emmys again,” Kimmel said in a statement in March.
The 2015 Emmy Awards ceremony was hosted by Andy Samberg. Game of Thrones led the way with a whopping 12 wins, including best drama, while Veep prevailed as best comedy.
Be sure to refresh this page throughout the presentation for continuous updates. Watch the presentation in the video above.
The 2016 Emmy Awards airs on ABC Sunday, September 18, at 8 p.m. ET.
