The nominations for the 2016 Emmy Awards were announced today. The winners will be revealed at the 68th Annual Emmy Awards airing September 18 on ABC.
For the third year in a row, HBO’s Game of Thrones received the most nominations, 23.
Series of genre interest that received three or more Emmy nominations:
- Game of Thrones 23
- American Horror Story: Freak Show 20
- Houdini 7
- The Big Bang Theory 7
- Gotham 4
- The Last Man on Earth 4
- The Walking Dead 4
- Daredevil 3
- Peter Pan Live 3
Some selected nominees of genre interest are:
Outstanding Animated Program
- Archer • The Figgis Agency • FX Networks • FX Studios
- Bob’s Burgers • The Horse Rider-er • FOX • Bento Box Entertainment
- Phineas and Ferb Last Day of Summer • Disney XD • Disney Television Animation
- The Simpsons • Halloween of Horror • FOX • Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television
- South Park • You’re Not Yelping • Comedy Central • Central Productions
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
- Adventure Time • Hall of Egress • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios
- The Powerpuff Girls • Once Upon A Townsville • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios
- Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken Christmas Special: The X-Mas United • Adult Swim • Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
- SpongeBob SquarePants • Company Picnic • Nickelodeon • Nickelodeon
- Steven Universe • The Answer • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Mr. Robot
Rami Malek as Elliot
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Game Of Thrones
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
Game Of Thrones
Kit Harington as Jon Snow
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Game Of Thrones
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister
Game Of Thrones
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
Game Of Thrones
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie
American Horror Story: Hotel
Sarah Paulson as Hypodermic Sally / Billie Dean Howard
American Horror Story: Hotel
Kathy Bates as Iris
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Game Of Thrones
Max von Sydow as The Three-Eyed Raven
Outstanding Drama Series
- Game Of Thrones • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; 360 Television and Startling Television
- Mr. Robot • USA • USA Network in association with Universal Cable Productions and Anonymous Content
The Hollywood Reporter’s story about the biggest Emmy snubs named a past Hugo nominee —
Rachel Bloom, who won a Golden Globe in January for her role in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, was left out of the outstanding actress in a comedy series category.
Click this link for the complete list of 2016 Emmy nominees.
Here is a list of all the Emmy nominations received by selected shows of genre interest. (Click this link for the complete roster.)
American Horror Story: Hotel
- OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY OR FANTASY PROGRAM
- (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
- OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A CONTEMPORARY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE (NON-PROSTHETIC)
- OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
- OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Fear The Walking Dead: Flight 462
- OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Galavant
- OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
Game Of Thrones
- OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY OR FANTASY PROGRAM
- (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
- OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A PERIOD/FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (NON-PROSTHETIC)
- OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
- OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A SERIES
- OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
- OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A DRAMA SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
- OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Game Of Thrones Main Titles 360 Experience
- OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE PROGRAM
Gotham
- OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A SERIES
- OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A DRAMA SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
The Last Man On Earth
- OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Limitless
- OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
The Man In The High Castle
- OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY OR FANTASY PROGRAM
- (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
- OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN
- OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Marvel’s Daredevil
- OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A SERIES
- OUTSTANDING STUNT COORDINATION FOR A DRAMA SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Marvel’s Jessica Jones
- OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE DESIGN
- OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
Mr. Robot
- OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
- OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
- OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
The Muppets
- OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PROGRAM (HALF-HOUR OR LESS)
Orphan Black
- OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Outlander
- OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
- OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR A PERIOD/FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Penny Dreadful
- OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY OR FANTASY PROGRAM
- (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
- OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
- OUTSTANDING MAKEUP FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (NON-PROSTHETIC)
- OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
- OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
- OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Sense8
- OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
Steven Universe
- OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM
The Walking Dead
- OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
- OUTSTANDING SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
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So … who are the leads in Game of Thrones??
Tatiana Maslany finally feels the love after FOUR seasons. I wonder who would she dress as for an award show?
They were decapitated in the first season, weren’t they?
The directing and editing for the last two episodes of GoT were pretty exceptional, imho.
@ Michael J. Walsh-The Night (sic) King is the only lead in the series and he’s very upset about not getting any nominations. I believe the series finale plot will be about his reaction to that slight. :-9
Jessica Jones got robbed, in several categories. Rufus Sewell in The Man in the High Castle got robbed. I’m angry on these people’s behalf.
Sense8 has great theme music and I’m happy it’s getting some recognition.
Supporting Actress – Lena Headey was amazing, but why pick Emilia Clarke and Maisie Williams over Sophie Turner?
And I’m very miffed at the absence of David Tennant and Krysten Ritter.
(And also Michelle Gomez and Peter Capaldi, but Doctor Who’s never been nommed for an Emmy so that was a long shot.)
@Bartimaeus: Yes, Sophie Turner has really come into her own as an actor over this season. When she did her reunion scenes with Kit Harrington and it was finally time for her character to show some emotional availability, she really sold it. I would say that in terms of range, Maisie Williams had an opportunity to display more this season than Turner did – like, actually feeling like she was in a comfortable place for the first time in years during some of her interactions with the theater troupe – which is because the writers put her in those positions. Nevertheless she crushed those opportunities.
I would’ve nominated Williams and Turner and left Clarke off the shortlist. Clarke is reasonably effective in a narrow band of affect. But she’s not more than that, and I don’t think she’s expanded her toolkit since the start of the series the way Headey, Williams and Turner have. And someone is taking up Rachael Taylor’s spot. I would toss any of the three GoT nominees for Taylor’s sake. Her absence from the list is nearly as great an offense as the snub to Rufus Sewell.
Okay, that overstates. Very little in the world is as terrible as leaving Rufus Sewell off the Emmy list this year*.
[*Note: This is exaggerating for effect!]
@Bartimaeus
Dr. Who has never won an Emmy because it was never eligible until this year (through BBC America). Aside from the technical categories, only Capaldi (Lead Actor), Moffatt (writing for one episode), and Talalay (directing for one episode) were submitted, so getting any finalists was rather a longshot.
@Michael J. Walsh
Lead Actors in Game of Thrones? Through 6 seasons and 60 episodes, not one person has been on screen even 5 hours total. Peter Dinklage leads with about 294 minutes across 54 episodes, followed by Kit Harington at 268/49, Emilia Clark 222/49, Lena Headey 202/52, Sophie Turner 200/47, Maisie Williams 189/47, and NIkolaj Coster-Waldau 163/43. From there, screentime plummets. As per @Mike Glyer, Sean Bean received the highest average screen time with almost 10 minutes per episode in the first season, but even that isn’t much compared to usual lead nominees.
I believe you mean American Horror Story: Hotel — not AHS: Freak Show — in your early bullet list. In fact, several of the entries in that bullet list do not seem to track with what you show later in the post. (Check Gotham, for instance.)