2015 Emmys: ‘Better Call Saul,’ ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ ‘Silicon Valley’ among nominees
Early this morning (but not nearly as early as in some past years), the Emmy nominations were announced, and we are preparing to cover it from almost every angle as possible. Today, this includes doing the nominations. We’re not going to get into much in the way of analysis within this article, if for no other reason than that we’d be here all day, and we also have a good two months until the show actually airs on Fox Sunday, September 20. That will yield plenty of opportunities to discuss most of this.
We’re not going to waste too much time here on introductions. Let’s get right to the nods!
Drama Series
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Orange Is the New Black
Drama Actor
Kyle Chandler, “Bloodline”
Jeff Daniels, “The Newsroom”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”
Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards”
Drama Actress
Claire Danes, “Homeland”
Viola Davis, “How to Get Away with Murder”
Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”
Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”
Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”
Robin Wright, “House of Cards”
Supporting Actor
Jonathan Banks, “Better Call Saul”
Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”
Jim Carter, “Downton Abbey”
Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”
Michael Kelly, “House of Cards”
Alan Cumming, “The Good Wife”
Supporting Actress
Emilia Clarke, “Game of Thrones”
Lena Headey, “Game of Thrones”
Joanne Froggatt, “Downton Abbey”
Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”
Uzo Aduba, “Orange Is the New Black”
Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife”
Comedy Series
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
Comedy Actor
Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”
Louis CK, “Louie”
Don Cheadle, “House of Lies”
Will Forte, “Last Man on Earth”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”
Comedy Actress
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”
Amy Schumer, “Inside Amy Schumer”
Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”
Comedy Supporting Actor
Andre Braugher, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
Adam Driver, “Girls”
Keegan Michael-Key, “Key & Peele”
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Tony Hale, “Veep”
Comedy Supporting Actress
Niecy Nash, “Getting On”
Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”
Allison Janney, “Mom”
Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”
Mayim Bialik, “The Big Bang Theory”
Gaby Hoffman, “Transparent”
Jane Krakowski, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Anna Chlumsky, “Veep”
Limited Series
American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Olive Kitteridge
The Honorable Woman
Wolf Hall
Actor, Limited Series / Movie
Adrien Brody, “Houdini”
Ricky Gervais, “Derek: The Special”
Timothy Hutton, “American Crime”
Richard Jenkins, “Olive Kitteridge”
Dave Oyelowo, “Nightingale”
Mark Rylance, “Wolf Hall”
Limited Series / Movie Actress
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Honorable Woman”
Felicity Huffman, “American Crime”
Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
Queen Latifah, “Bessie”
France McDormand, “Olive Kitteridge”
Emma Thompson, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Supporting Actor, Limited Series / Movie
Richard Cabal, “American Crime”
Denis O’Hare, “American Horror Story”
Finn Wittrock, “American Horror Story”
Michael Kenneth Williams, “Bessie”
Bill Murray, “Olive Kitteridge”
Damien Lewis, “Wolf Hall”
Supporting Actress, Limited Series / Movie
Regina King, “American Crime”
Sarah Paulson, “American Horror Story”
Angela Bassett, “American Horror Story”
Kathy Bates, “American Horror Story”
Mo’Nique, “Bessie”
Zoe Kazan, “Olive Kitteridge”
Reality
The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice
Variety
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Show with David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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