Grab your popcorn, friends, and cozy blankets. The weather is beginning to get chilly, the leaves are starting to turn, which can only mean one thing: award season has commenced.
The 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards leads the way of the many award shows to come this Sunday. Glitz and glamour, comedies and drama, not to mention TV’s hottest men and women, make for one electrifying evening in.
Late night’s funny man, Jimmy Kimmel, will play emcee. Kimmel’s hosting gig can almost guarantee snickers from the most solemn of spectators. Although Kimmel is no stranger to the hosting realm, this is his first time hosting the Primetime Emmy’s.
Kimmel sat down for an interview with Huffington Post about Sunday night. When asked about his nerves, he replied, “There’s no way getting around it. You should be a little bit nervous. It makes you sharper.”
Drama, Comedy, and Miniseries are all stirring quite a buzz as to who is going to take home the esteemed award in each category.
Mad Men is the leader of the pack with a whopping 17 nods apiece. Not too far behind their tail were Downton Abbey and Hatfields & McCoys with a notable 16 nominations. Coming in with 15 nods, is star-studded Hemingway & Gellhorn, starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen, who are both nominated.
In an Emmy’s first, all the nominees residing in the Drama Series category do not stem from any of the Big Four broadcasts ABC, NBC, CBS, or Fox.
Veterans 30 Rock, Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, and Curb Your Enthusiasm are nominated for Best Comedy Series. Newcomers Veep and Girls, wiggle their way in this sidesplitting and competitive group.
Listed below are the nominees for Sunday’s show. Check out each category to see if your favorite show has a change of nabbing the prize.
Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones Homeland Mad Men
Drama Series, Actor
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Drama Series, Actress
Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Supporting Actor, Drama
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad
Brendan Coyle, Downton Abbey
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Jared Harris, Mad Men
Supporting Actress, Drama
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Girls
Modern Family
30 Rock
Veep
Actor, Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis C.K., Louie
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Supporting Actor, Comedy
Ed O’Neill, Modern Family
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Actress, Comedy Series
Lena Dunham, Girls
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Tine Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Merrit Wever, Nurse Jackie
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gelhorn
Luther Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
Host, Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Betty White, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers
Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
Dancing WIth the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice
Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
MythBusters
Shark Tank
Undercover Boss
Who Do You Think You Are?
Variety, Comedy or Musical Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
For a complete list of the nominations, go to http://www.emmys.tv/awards/primetime-emmy-awards. The Emmy’s air this Sunday, 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC. Make sure to stop back once the Emmy’s are over to see if your favorite television shows won. Leave a comment below telling us who you think will be victorious.
