“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” also picked up two nominations, including Outstanding Variety Talk Series.
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The most star-studded category was perhaps lead actor in a limited series or TV movie which included six-time Emmy victor Bryan Cranston, who has received rave reviews for anchoring HBO s Lyndon B. Johnson biopic “All the Way”.
It’s the most-nominated first season of a show since ER earned 23 nominations in 1995.
Compared to previous year, when Amazon and Netflix topped a small list of online programs recognized by the Television Academy, the category grew in 2016 to include more websites and subscription services, including Crackle (3), amusing or Die (2), Hulu (2), and Vimeo (1). On Thursday, July 14, 2016, Dinklage was nominated for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his role as Tyrion Lannister. T.
Kit Harrington, who stars as Jon Snow, also received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Drama category, as the New York Times reported.
The show, which raked in a record-breaking 12 awards past year, faces competition from “House of Cards“, “Better Call Saul”, “Mr. Robot”, “Downton Abbey”, “The Americans” and “Homeland”.
But Emmy voters appear to have ignored his failure to truly inhabit the role of O.J. Simpson and have given him a surprise Lead Actor in a Limited Series nod alongside his co-star and potential victor Courtney B. Vance.
Game of Thrones has earned the most nominations for this year’s Emmys, as a host of British talent competes for awards on USA television’s biggest night.
Lady Gaga won a Golden Globe and was considered a potential nominee for her role in the limited series “American Horror Story: Hotel”, but she’ll have to settle for competing for Grammys.
Additionally, both “Veep” and “Game of Thrones” return to vie for their second Emmy in Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Drama Series respectively. In fact, having shown and proven their individual talents, GoT casts and directors are going against each other for the awards they’re nominated in.
“Black-ish” star Anthony Anderson and “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” actress Lauren Graham revealed the names at a live stream event, which saw HBO’s hit “Veep” lead the comedy nominations with 17 nods. So tell me how many Academy members watched enough of them – let alone hundreds and hundreds of hours of reality shows, documentaries and news programs – to make truly informed decisions?
Indian-origin actor Aziz Ansari has bagged his maiden Emmy nomination for lead actor in a comedy category for Master of None.
The 68th Annual Emmy Awards will air September 18 on ABC and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
Regina King, who won last year for supporting actress in a limited series for American Crime, was nominated again in the same category for playing a different character in this year’s instalment.
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Williams then sent a statement to Entertainment Weekly, expressing what she feels about scoring her first Emmy nomination.
