IN PHOTO: Actress Uzo Aduba poses backstage with the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series "Orange Is The New Black"
IN PHOTO: Actress Uzo Aduba poses backstage with the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series "Orange Is The New Black" at the 2014 Creative Arts Emmys Awards in Los Angeles, California August 16, 2014. Reuters

Emmy nominations for 2015 have been announced and “Game of Thrones” has bagged 24 nominations. “American Horror: Freak Show” and “Oliver Kitteridge” were placed at second and third positions in terms of nominations.

List of Emmy 2015 Nominees

Drama – Outstanding Lead Actor

Kyle Chandler – “Bloodline”

Jon Hamm – “Mad Men”

Bob Odenkirk – “Better Call Saul”

Kevin Spacey – “House of Cards”

Jeff Daniels – “The Newsroom”

Liev Schreiber – “Ray Donovan”

Drama – Outstanding Lead Actress

Claire Danes – “Homeland”

Taraji P. Henson – “Empire”

Viola Davis – “How to Get Away With Murder”

Tatiana Maslany – “Orphan Black”

Robin Wright – “House of Cards”

Elisabeth Moss – “Mad Men”

Comedy – Outstanding Lead Actor

Louis CK – “Louie”

Anthony Anderson – “Black-ish”

Don Cheadle – “House of Lies”

William H. Marcy – “Shameless”

Matt LeBlanc – “Episodes”

Jeffrey Tambor – “Transparent”

Will Forte - “The Last Man on Earth”

Comedy – Outstanding Lead Actress

Lisa Kudrow – “The Comeback”

Eddie Falco – “Nurse Betty”

Amy Schumer – “Inside Amy Schumer”

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - “Veep”

Amy Poehler – “Parks and Recreation”

Lily Tomlin – “Grace and Frankie”

Best Variety Series

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”

“The Colbert Report”

“The Daily Show”

“Late Show with David Letterman”

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

“Last Week Tonight”

Best Reality Show

“Dancing With the Stars”

“Project Runway”

“The Amazing Race”

“Top Chef”

“So You Think You Can Dance”

Outstanding Drama Series

“Homeland”

“House of Cards”

“Mad Men”

“Orange is the New Black”

“Better Call Saul”

“Downton Abbey”

“Game of Thrones”

Lead Actor – Limited Series or Movie

Adrien Brody - “Houdini”

David Oyelowo - “Nightingale”

Richard Jenkins - “Olive Kitteridge”

Mark Rylance, “Wolf Hall”

Timothy Hutton - “American Crime”

Ricky Gervais - “Derek Special”

Lead Actress - Limited Series or Movie

Maggie Gyllenhaal - “The Honorable Woman”

Frances McDormand - “Olive Kitteridge”

Emma Thompson - “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street”

Felicity Huffman - “American Crime”

Jessica Lange - “American Horror Story”

Queen Latifah - “Bessie”

Limited Series

“The Honorable Woman”

“Olive Kitteridge”

“Wolf Hall”

“American Crime”

“American Horror Story: Freak Show”

Variety Sketch Series

“Key & Peele”

“Portlandia”

“Saturday Night Live”

“Drunk History”

“Inside Amy Schumer”

Television Movie

“Hello Ladies: The Movie”

“Killing Jesus”

“Nightingale”

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case”

“Bessie”

“Grace of Monaco”

Drama – Outstanding Guest Actress

Cicely Tyson - “How To Get Away With Murder”

Allison Janney - “Masters Of Sex”

Khandi Alexander - “Scandal”

Margo Martindale - “The Americans”

Diana Rigg - “Game of Thrones”

Rachel Brosnahan - “House Of Cards”

Drama – Outstanding Guest Actor

Reg E. Cathey - “House of Cards”

Beau Bridges - “Masters Of Sex”

Pablo Schreiber - “Orange Is The New Black”

Alan Alda, “The Blacklist”

Michael J. Fox - “The Good Wife”

F. Murray Abraham - “Homeland”

Drama - Outstanding Supporting Actress

Christine Baranski - “The Good Wife”

Christina Hendricks - “Man Men”

Uzo Aduba - “Orange Is The New Black”

Joanne Froggatt - “Downton Abbey”

Lena Headey - “Game Of Thrones”

Emilia Clarke - “Game Of Thrones”

Drama – Outstanding Supporting Actor

Peter Dinklage - “Game Of Thrones”

Alan Cumming - “The Good Wife”

Michael Kelly - “House Of Cards”

Jonathan Banks - “Better Call Saul”

Ben Mendelsohn - “Bloodline”

Jim Carter - “Downton Abbey”

Comedy – Outstanding Guest Actress

Pamela Adlon - “Louie”

Elizabeth Banks - “Modern Family”

Joan Cusack - “Shameless”

Tina Fey - “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

Christine Baranski - “The Big Bang Theory”

Gaby Hoffmann - “Girls”

Comedy – Outstanding Guest Actor

Louis C.K. - “Saturday Night Live”

Bradley Whitford - “Transparent”

Jon Hamm - “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

Mel Brooks - “The Comedians”

Paul Giamatti - “Inside Amy Schumer”

Bill Hader - “Saturday Night Live”

Comedy - Outstanding Supporting Actress

Allison Janney - “Mom”

Kate McKinnon - “Saturday Night Live”

Gaby Hoffmann - “Transparent”

Jane Krakowski - “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

Anna Chlumsky - “Veep”

Mayim Bialik - “The Big Bang Theory”

Niecy Nash - “Getting On”

Julie Bowen - “Modern Family”

Comedy - Outstanding Supporting Actor

Keegan-Michael Key - “Key & Peele”

Ty Burrell - “Modern Family”

Tituss Burgess - “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

Tony Hale - “Veep”

Andre Braugher - “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

Adam Driver - “Girls”

Limited Series or Movie Outstanding Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett - “American Horror Story: Freak Show”

Kathy Bates - “American Horror Story: Freak Show”

Mo’Nique - “Bessie”

Zoe Kazan - “Olive Kitteridge”

Regina King - “American Crime”

Sarah Paulson - “American Horror Story: Freak Show”

Limited Series or Movie Outstanding Supporting Actor

Michael Kenneth Williams - “Bessie”

Bill Murray - “Olive Kitteridge”

Damian Lewis - “Wolf Hall”

Richard Cabral - “American Crime”

Denis O’Hare - “American Horror Story: Freak Show”

Finn Wittrock - “American Horror Story: Freak Show”

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

“Game Of Thrones” “Mother’s Mercy” HBO

David Nutter, Directed by

“Game Of Thrones” "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" HBO

Jeremy Podeswa, Directed by

“Homeland” “From A To B And Back Again” Showtime

Lesli Linka Glatter, Directed by

“The Knick” “Method And Madness” Cinemax

Steven Soderbergh, Directed by

“Boardwalk Empire” “Eldorado” HBO

Stay tuned for the complete list.

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