Nominees in Emmy Awards main categories

A scene from UK drama “Downton Abbey”. AFP FILE PHOTO/LEON NEAL

LOS ANGELES – The list of nominees announced on Thursday in the main categories for the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, to be handed out on September 22:

Drama series: “Breaking Bad”; “Downton Abbey”; “Game of Thrones”; “Homeland”; “House of Cards”; “Mad Men”

Drama actor:    Hugh Bonneville, “Downton…”; Bryan Cranston, “Breaking…”; Jeff Daniels, “Newsroom”; Jon Hamm, “Mad…”; Damien Lewis, “Homeland”; Kevin Spacey, “House…”

Drama actress: Claire Danes, “Homeland”; Vera Farmiga, “Bates Motel”; Michelle Dockery, “Downton…”; Robin Wright, “House…”; Elisabeth Moss, “Mad…”; Connie Britton, “Nashville”; Kerry Washington, “Scandal”

Supporting actor (drama):    Bobby Cannavale, “Boardwalk Empire”; Jonathan Banks and Aaron Paul, “Breaking…”; Jim Carter, “Downton…”; Peter Dinklage, “Game…”; Mandy Patinkin, “Homeland”

Supporting actress (drama): Anna Gunn, “Breaking…”; Maggie Smith, “Downtown…”; Emilia Clark, “Game…”; Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife”; Morena Baccarin, “Homeland”; Christina Hendricks, “Mad…”

Comedy series: “The Big Bang Theory”; “Girls”; “Louie”; “Veep”; “Modern Family”; “30 Rock”

Comedy actor: Alec Baldwin, “30…”; Jason Bateman, “Arrested Development”; Jim Parsons, “Big Bang…”; Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes”; Louis C.K., “Louie”; Don Cheadle, “House…”

Comedy actress: Tina Fey, “30…”; Laura Dern, “Enlightened”; Lena Dunham, “Girls”; Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”; Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”

Comedy supporting actor: Adam Driver, “Girls”; Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ed O’Neill and Ty Burrell, “Modern…”; Bill Hader, “Saturday Night Live”; Tony Hale, “Veep”

Comedy supporting actress: Mayim Bialik, “Big Bang…”; Jane Lynch, “Glee”; Sofia Vergara and Julie Bowen, “Modern…”; Jane Krakowski, “30…”; Merritt Wever, “Nurse…”; Anna Chlumsky, “Veep”

Miniseries or movie:    “American Horror Story: Asylum”; “Behind the Candelabra”; “The Bible”; “Phil Spector”; “Political Animals”; “Top of the Lake”

Actor in miniseries or movie: Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, “Candelabra”; Toby Jones, “The Girl”; Benedict Cumberbatch, “Parade’s End”; Al Pacino, “Spector”

Actress in miniseries or movie: Jessica Lange, “American…”; Laura Linney, “The Big C”; Helen Mirren, “Spector”; Sigourney Weaver, “Political…”; Elisabeth Moss, “Top…” AFP

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