It was a great day for HBO and FX, as the networks lead the TV Academy nominees, with GoT managing 23 noms against PvOJ's 22. That's an amazing haul and both shows are way out in front in their respective categories of drama and limited series. Veep leads again on the comedy side, although Silicon Valley is catching up with nominations in writing, directing and finally star Thomas Middleditch, and there were very impressive showings for newbies Master of None and Mr. Robot. But my absolute favorite thing this year was the fact that TV's best show The Americans was FINALLY NOMINATED!!! Yup, in a very rare debut that didn't happen until after its fourth season, it landed noms for writing, lead actor, lead actress and drama series! This makes today a great Emmy day, people. I'll be back with more analysis of the overall really good picks this year. For now, here's the full list:
COMEDY:
BEST COMEDY SERIES
“Black-ish”
“Master of None”
“Modern Family”
“Silicon Valley”
“Transparent”
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
“Veep”
BEST COMEDY ACTOR
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”)
BEST COMEDY ACTRESS
Ellie Kemper (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”)
Laurie Metcalf (“Getting On”)
Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”)
Amy Schumer (“Inside Amy Schumer”)
Lily Tomlin (“Grace and Frankie”)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
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”)
Matt Walsh (“Veep”)
BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Chlumsky (“Veep”)
Gaby Hoffmann (“Transparent”)
Allison Janney (“Mom”)
Judith Light (“Transparent”)
Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”)
Niecy Nash (“Getting On”)
BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTOR
Larry David (“Saturday Night Live”)
Peter MacNicol (“Veep”)
Tracy Morgan (“Saturday Night Live”)
Martin Mull (“Veep”)
Bob Newhart (“The Big Bang Theory”)
Bradley Whitford (“Transparent”)
BEST COMEDY GUEST ACTRESS
Christine Baranski (“The Big Bang Theory”)
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (“Saturday Night Live”)
Melora Hardin (“Transparent”)
Melissa McCarthy (“Saturday Night Live”)
Laurie Metcalf (“The Big Bang Theory”)
Amy Schumer (“Saturday Night Live”)
BEST COMEDY DIRECTING
“Master Of None,” “Parents”
“Silicon Valley,” “Daily Active Users”
“Silicon Valley,” “Founder Friendly”
“Transparent,” “Man On The Land”
“Veep,” “Kissing Your Sister”
“Veep,” “Morning After”
“Veep,” “Mother”
BEST COMEDY WRITING
“Catastrophe,” “Episode 1”
“Master Of None,” “Parents”
“Silicon Valley,” “Founder Friendly”
“Silicon Valley,” “The Uptick”
“Veep,” “Morning After”
“Veep,” “Mother”