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2015 Emmy Nominations Highlight Game Of Thrones, Orphan Black (!!!)

This morning, Orange is the New Black's Uzo Aduba and So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley came together to announce the nominations for the 67th annual Emmy Awards. And now that the dust has settled on the lucky shows, actors, directors and writers, it's clear that Emmy voters are starting to adjust to the times but still have a while to go before they're as on the money as the competing Critics' Choice Awards.

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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:
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

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:
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

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie:
Adrien Brody, Houdini
Ricky Gervais, Derek Special
Timothy Hutton, American Crime
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie:
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Live From Lincoln Center)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Louis C.K., Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:
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

Outstanding Reality – Competition Program:
The Amazing Race
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice

Outstanding Variety Talk Series:
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Show with David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Limited Series:
American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Olive Kitteridge
The Honorable Woman
Wolf Hall

Outstanding Comedy Series:
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Outstanding Drama Series:
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men
Orange Is the New Black

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:

Richard Cabral, American Crime
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Denis O’Hare, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie
Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie:
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge
Regina King, American Crime
Mo’Nique, Bessie
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Adam Driver, Girls
Tony Hale, Veep
Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
Allison Janney, Mom
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Niecy Nash, Getting On

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

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series:
Khandi Alexander, Scandal
Rachel Brosnahan, House of Cards
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Margo Martindale, The Americans
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away With Murder

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:
Mel Brooks, The Comedians
Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
Paul Giamatti, Inside Amy Schumer
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Bradley Whitford, Transparent

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:
Pamela Adlon, Louie
Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Gaby Hoffmann, Girls

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program:
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Anthony Bourdain, The Taste
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn, Project Runway
Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series:
Drunk History
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Television Movie:
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case
Bessie
Grace of Monaco
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Killing Jesus
Nightingale

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland – “From A to B and Back Again”
David Nutter, Game of Thrones – “Mother’s Mercy”
Jeremy Podeswa, Game of Thrones – “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”
Tim Van Patten, Boardwalk Empire – “Eldorado”
Steven Soderbergh, The Knick – “Method and Madness”

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Louis C.K., Louie – “Sleepover”
Armando Iannucci, Veep – “Testimony”
Mike Judge, Silicon Valley – “Sand Hill Shuffle”
Phil Lord & Chris Miller, The Last Man on Earth – “Alive in Tucson”
Jill Soloway, Transparent – “Best New Girl”

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie
Hugo Blick, The Honorable Woman
Lisa Cholodenko, Olive Kitteridge
Uli Edel, Houdini
Peter Kosminsky, Wolf Hall
Ryan Murphy, American Horror Story: Freak Show – “Monsters Among Us”
Dee Rees, Bessie
Tom Shankland, The Missing

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones – “Mother’s Mercy”
Joshua Brand, The Americans – “Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?”
Semi Chellas & Matthew Weiner, Mad Men – “Lost Horizon”
Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul – “Five-O”
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men – “Person to Person”

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Alec Berg, Silicon Valley – “Two Days of the Condor”
Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche, Veep – “Election Night”
Louis C.K., Louie – “Bobby’s House”
David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik, Episodes – “Episode 409”
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth – “Alive in Tucson”
Jill Soloway, Transparent – “Pilot”

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie
Jane Anderson, Olive Kitteridge
Hugo Blick, The Honorable Woman
Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg, Hello Ladies: The Movie
Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois & Horton Foote, Bessie
John Ridley, American Crime – “Episode One”
Peter Straughan, Wolf Hall