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2015 Emmy Award Nominees

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Yes, this is award nonsense. There will be snubs; there will be undeserving nominees. Still, it's nice to see good work get rewarded occasionally.

These are being announced right now. Live streams are available on Deadline and EW.

List is more or less complete aside from some of the secondary categories. If there are errors, please let me know. Full list here. Also, here's an exhaustive press release with all sorts of facts and figures regarding this years noms.


Outstanding Drama Series
"Better Call Saul" (2015)
"Downton Abbey" (2011)
“Game of Thrones” (2011)
"House of Cards" (2013)
"Homeland" (2011)
"Mad Men" (2007)
"Orange Is the New Black" (2013)

Outstanding Comedy Series
"Louie" (2010)
"Modern Family" (2009)
"Silicon Valley" (2014)
"Veep" (2012)
"Transparent" (2014)
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (2015)
"Parks and Recreation" (2009)

Outstanding Miniseries
"American Horror Story" (2011)
"American Crime" (2015)
"The Honourable Woman" (2014)
"Olive Kitteridge" (2014)
"Wolf Hall" (2015)

Outstanding Television Movie
Bessie (2015) (TV)
Nightingale (2014/II)
Killing Jesus (2015) (TV)
"Agatha Christie's Poirot: Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (#13.5)" (2013)
Grace of Monaco (2014)
Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014) (TV)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Kevin Spacey for "House of Cards" (2013)
Bob Odenkirk for "Better Call Saul" (2015)
Kyle Chandler for "Bloodline" (2015)
Jeff Daniels for "The Newsroom" (2012)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)
Liev Schreiber for "Ray Donovan" (2013)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Danes for "Homeland" (2011)
Viola Davis for "How to Get Away with Murder" (2014)
Taraji P. Henson for "Empire" (2015)
Elisabeth Moss for "Mad Men" (2007)
Tatiana Maslany for "Orphan Black" (2013)
Robin Wright for “House of Cards” (2013)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jim Carter for "Downton Abbey" (2010)
Peter Dinklage for "Game of Thrones" (2011)
Ben Mendelsohn for "Bloodline" (2015)
Jonathan Banks for "Better Call Saul" (2015)
Michael Kelly for "House of Cards" (2013)
Alan Cumming for "The Good Wife" (2009)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Christine Baranski for "The Good Wife" (2009)
Joanne Froggatt for "Downton Abbey" (2010)
Lena Headey for "Game of Thrones" (2011)
Christina Hendricks for "Mad Men" (2007)
Uzo Aduba for "Orange Is the New Black" (2013)
Emilia Clarke for "Game of Thrones" (2011)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Rachel Brosnahan for "House of Cards" (2013)
Diana Rigg for "Game of Thrones" (2011)
Margo Martindale for "The Americans" (2013)
Allison Janney for "Masters of Sex" (2013)
Cicely Tyson for "How to Get Away with Murder" (2014)
Khandi Alexander for "Scandal" (2012)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Reg E. Cathey for "House of Cards" (2013)
Beau Bridges for "Masters of Sex" (2013)
Alan Alda for "The Blacklist" (2013)
F. Murray Abraham for "Homeland" (2011)
Pablo Schreiber for "Orange Is the New Black" (2013)
Michael J. Fox for "The Good Wife" (2009)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
David Oyelowo for Nightingale (2014/II)
Mark Rylance for "Wolf Hall" (2015)
Richard Jenkins for "Olive Kitteridge" (2014)
Ricky Gervais for "Derek" (2012)
Adrien Brody for "Houdini" (2014)
Timothy Hutton for "American Crime" (2015)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Jessica Lange for "American Horror Story" (2011)
Frances McDormand for "Olive Kitteridge" (2014)
Felicity Huffman for "American Crime" (2015)
Queen Latifah for Bessie (2015) (TV)
Maggie Gyllenhaal for "The Honourable Woman" (2014)
Emma Thompson for "Live from Lincoln Center: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - In Concert with the New York Philharmonic (#40.1)" (2014)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Don Cheadle for "House of Lies" (2012)
Louis C.K. for "Louie" (2010)
Matt LeBlanc for "Episodes" (2011)
William H. Macy for "Shameless" (2011)
Anthony Anderson for "Black-ish" (2014)
Jeffrey Tambor for "Transparent" (2014)
Will Forte for "The Last Man on Earth" (2015)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" (2009)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "Veep" (2012)
Amy Poehler for "Parks and Recreation" (2009)
Lily Tomlin for "Grace and Frankie" (2015)
Lisa Kudrow for "The Comeback" (2005)
Amy Schumer for "Inside Amy Schumer" (2013)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007)
Julie Bowen for "Modern Family" (2009)
Anna Chlumsky for "Veep" (2012)
Allison Janney for "Mom" (2013)
Kate McKinnon for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)
Jane Krakowski for "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (2015)
Niecy Nash for "Getting On" (2013)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Joan Cusack for "Shameless" (2011)
Gaby Hoffmann for "Girls" (2012)
Christine Baranski for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007)
Pamela Adlon for "Louie" (2010)
Elizabeth Banks for "Modern Family" (2009)
Tina Fey for "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (2015)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher for "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (2013)
Ty Burrell for "Modern Family" (2009)
Adam Driver for "Girls" (2012)
Tony Hale for "Veep" (2012)
Tituss Burgess for "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (2015)
Keegan-Michael Key for "Key and Peele" (2012)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Bill Hader for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)
Louis C.K. for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)
Mel Brooks for "The Comedians" (2015)
Paul Giamatti for "Inside Amy Schumer" (2013)
Bradley Whitford for "Transparent" (2014)
Jon Hamm for "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (2015)

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
"The Colbert Report" (2005)
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003)
"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" (2014)
"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (1996)
"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (2014)

Outstanding Reality Competition Program
"The Amazing Race" (2001)
"Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)
"Project Runway" (2004)
"So You Think You Can Dance" (2005)
"Top Chef" (2006)
"The Voice" (2011)

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
"Drunk History" (2013)
"Inside Amy Schumer" (2013)
"Key and Peele" (2012)
"Portlandia" (2011)
"Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
The Americans, “Do Mail Robots Dream Of Electric Sheep?”
Better Call Saul, “Five-O”
Game of Thrones, “Mother’s Mercy”
Mad Men, “Lost Horizon”
Mad Men, “Person to Person”

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Episodes, “Episode 409″
The Last Man On Earth, “Alive In Tucson (Pilot)”
Louie, “Bobby’s House”
Silicon Valley, “Two Days of the Condor”
Transparent, “Pilot”
Veep, “Election Night”

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire, “Eldorado”
Game of Thrones, “Mother’s Mercy”
Game of Thrones, “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”
Homeland, “From A to B and Back Again”
The Knick, “Method and Madness”

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
The Last Man On Earth, “Alive In Tucson (Pilot)”
Louie, “Sleepover”
Silicon Valley, “Sand Hill Shuffle”
Transparent, “Best New Girl”
Veep, “Testimony”

EDIT: Note that Hannibal wasn't eligible this year due to the schedule. S3 will be eligible next year.
 
#Emmy nominees for best drama:
Better Call Saul, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Homeland, House of Cards, Mad Men, Orange Is the New Black
#Emmy nominees for best comedy:
Louie, Modern Family, Parks & Rec, Silicon Valley, Transparent, Ubreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Veep
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How the fuck is downton Abbey on that list. House of Cards also was mediocre this year

The Americans The Knick and rectify are all better choices
 

strafer

member
TV is pretty terrible nowadays.

All the good shows have either ended or got cancelled.

:(

i want a time machine
 

ghstwrld

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homeland is trash
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JCX

Member
Comedy categories don't matter since Modern Family will keep winning anyway. Wish Jane the Virgin could sweep, though. Is it still eligible since it's an hour long?
 

Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State
Game of Thrones, Sherlock, and Doctor Who better be in these lists. Also Daredevil and House of Cards.

Also how do Archer and Always Sunny never get anything...
 
"There will be snubs."

First thing posted - no Hannibal, no Justified.

The only thing not disappointing is how swiftly the disappointments began.
 

Nibel

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TV is pretty terrible nowadays.

All the good shows have either ended or got cancelled.

:(

i want a time machine

Every time a good show ends I think the same, but then dozens of other new good shows pop up

We are in the golden age
 

Altazor

Member
sorry Better Call Saul and Bob Odenkirk, but I want Mad Men and Jon Hamm to win in those categories.

Then again, the mere fact that Bob got nominated speaks volumes - he fucking killed it in BCS. Absolutely deserved nomination.
 

HK-47

Oh, bitch bitch bitch.
Why are Downton Abbey, House of Cards and Homeland in over stuff like Justified, The Knick or Rectify?
 

JCX

Member
Surprised by Kimmy, even though it's really good. Another year of Archer, Broad City, and Always Sunny being snubbed.

Jane the Virgin best get some acting nods.
 
Orange Is the New Black moved from comedy series last year to drama this year? Interesting.

Game of Thrones, Sherlock, and Doctor Who better be in these lists. Also Daredevil and House of Cards.

Also how do Archer and Always Sunny never get anything...

Honestly it doesn't deserve it this year.
 
If Kyle Chandler got a nomination for Bloodline, then there's no way Mendelssohn doesn't flat out win in a supporting role. He is 85-90% of the reason that show is worth the time.

Also, yeah, where's Olyphant or Goggins? Or hell, fuckin JERE BURNS?
 

ivysaur12

Banned
Surprised by Kimmy, even though it's really good. Another year of Archer, Broad City, and Always Sunny being snubbed.

Jane the Virgin best get some acting nods.

Jane was shut out. Or, at least Gina didn't get nominated. I'm assuming she'd be the only one who would.
 
Also Clive Owen at least deserved a best actor nod. Jon Hamm better get it this year not that I think this season was the best he's done
 

Mudcrab

Member
It was an improvement over seasons 2 and 3, which is saying virtually nothing.

Entertaining but unremarkable. Certainly not one of the best 7 dramas on TV.

Not disagreeing, I just don't think trash is the right word for the last season.

No Knick is criminal though.
 
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