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Entertainment
Nigel M Smith

Emmy awards nominations 2015: full list

Mad Men
The cast of Mad Men. Photograph: HBO

The nominations for the 67th annual primetime Emmy awards were announced on Thursday morning in Los Angeles.

The award winners will be announced at the 20 September ceremony, broadcast on Fox in the US. Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg is set to host.

The full list of nominees is below:

Drama, actor: 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

Drama, actress: Claire Danes, Homeland; Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder; Taraji P Henson, Empire; Tatiana Maslany, Ophan Black; Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men; Robin Wright, House of Cards

Lead actor in a miniseries or movie: Adrien Brody, Houdini; Ricky Gervais, Derek; Timothy Hutton, American Crime; Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge; David Oyelowo, Nightingale; Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall

Lead actress in a miniseries or movie: Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman; Felicity Huffman, American Crime; Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show; Queen Latifa, Bessie; Frances McDormand, Olive Kitterige; Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Live from Lincoln Center

Comedy, actor: Anthony Anderson, Black-ish; Louis CK, Louie; Don Cheadle, House of Lies; Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth; Matt LeBlanc, Episodes; William H Macy, Shameless; Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

The Comeback
Lisa Kudrow in The Comeback. Photograph: Public domain

Comedy, actress: 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

Best reality show: The Amazing Race; Dancing With the Stars; Project Runway; So You Think You Can Dance; Top Chef; The Voice

Best variety series: The Colbert Report; The Daily Show; Jimmy Kimmel Live!; Last Week Tonight; Late Show with David Letterman; The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding miniseries: American Crime; American Horror Story: Freak Show; Olive Kitteridge; The Honorable Woman; Wolf Hall

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

Crazy Eyes from Orange Is The New Black
Crazy Eyes from Orange Is The New Black. Photograph: PR

Comedy series: Louie; Modern Family; Parks and Recreation; Silicon Valley; Transparent; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Veep

Drama series: Better Call Saul; Downton Abbey; Game of Thrones; Homeland; House of Cards; Mad Men; Orange is the New Black

Supporting actor in a drama series: Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul; Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline; Jim Carter, Downton Abbey; Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones; Alan Cumming, The Good Wife; Michael Kelly, House of Cards

Supporting actress in a drama series: Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey; Lena Headley, Game of Thrones; Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones; Christine Baranski, The Good Wife; Christina Hendricks, Mad Men; Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black

Tituss Burgess and Ellie Kemper in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Tituss Burgess and Ellie Kemper in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Photograph: Eric Liebowitz

Supporting actor in comedy series: Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Adam Driver, Girls; Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele; Ty Burrell, Modern Family; Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Tony Hale, Veep

Supporting actress in comedy series: Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory; Niecy Nash, Getting On; Julie Bowen, Modern Family; Allison Janney, Mom; Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live; Gabby Hoffmann, Transparent; Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Anna Chlumsky, Veep

Supporting actor in a limited series or movie: Richard Cabral, American Crime; Denis O’Hare, American Horror Story; Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show; Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie; Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge; Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall

Jessica Lange as Elsa Mars in American Horror Story: Freak Show
Jessica Lange as Elsa Mars in American Horror Story: Freak Show. Photograph: Imagenet

Supporting actress in a limited series or movie: Regina King, American Crime; Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show; Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show; Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show; Mo’Nique, Bessie; Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge

Guest actor in a drama series: Alan Alda, The Blacklist; Michael J Fox, The Good Wife; F Murray Abraham, Homeland; Reg E Cathey, House of Cards; Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex; Pablo Schreiber, Orange is the New Black

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

Guest actor in a comedy series: Mel Brooks, The Comedians; Paul Giamatti, Inside Amy Schumer; Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live; Louis CK, Saturday Night Live; Bradley Whitford, Transparent; Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Guest actress in a comedy series: Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory; Gaby Hoffmann, Girls; Pamela Adlon, Louie; Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family; Joan Cusack, Shameless; Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding variety special: Bill Maher: Live From DC; The Kennedy Center Honors; Louis CK: Live At The Comedy Store; Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen; The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special; Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE!

Eric Cartman from South Park
Eric Cartman from South Park. Photograph: PR

Outstanding animated program: Archer; Bob’s Burgers; Over The Garden Wall; The Simpsons; South Park

Outstanding variety sketch series: Drunk History; Inside Amy Schumer; Key & Peele; Portlandia; Saturday Night Live

Writing for a drama series: Joshua Brand; The Americans (Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep); Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul (Five-O); David Denioff and DB Weiss, Game of Thrones (Mother’s Mercy); Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner, Mad Men (Lost Horizon); Matthew Weiner, Mad Men (Person to Person)

Directing for a drama series: Tim Van Patten, Boardwalk Empire (Eldorado); David Nutter, Game of Thrones (Mother’s Mercy), Jeremy Podeswa, Game of Thrones (Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken); Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland (From A to B and Back Again); Steven Soderbergh, The Knick (Method and Madness)

Will Forte in The Last Man on Earth
Will Forte in The Last Man on Earth Photograph: Fox Broadcasting Co

Writing for a comedy series: David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik, Episodes (409); Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth (Alive in Tucson); Louis CK, Louie (Bobby’s House); Alec Berg, Silicon Valley (Two Days of the Condor); Jill Soloway, Transparent (Pilot); Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, Veep (Election Night)

Directing for a comedy series: Christopher Miller, The Last Man on Earth (Alive in Tucson); Louis CK, Louie (Sleepover); Mike Judge, Silicon Valley (Sand Hill Shuffle); Jill Soloway, Transparent (Best New Girl); Armando Iannucci, Veep (Testimony)

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