The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards - 'True Detective,' 'The Normal Heart' & 'American Horror Story: Coven' Lead Nominations

This morning at 7:15AM P.T. in Los Angeles the nominations for The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced by The Mindy Project star Mindy Kaling and The Voice host Carson Daly. The award ceremony hosted by Late Night host Seth Meyers will air on Monday, August 25 on NBC from the Nokia Theater.

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

        Breaking Bad (AMC)
        Downton Abbey (PBS)
        Game of Thrones (HBO)
        House of Cards (Netflix)
        Mad Men (AMC)
        True Detective (HBO)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

        Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
        Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom (HBO)
        Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
        Woody Harrelson, True Detective (HBO)
        Matthew McConaughey, True Detective (HBO)
        Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

        Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
        Claire Danes, Homeland (Showtime)
        Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey (PBS)
        Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (CBS)
        Kerry Washington, Scandal (ABC)
        Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

        Jim Carter, Downton Abbey (PBS)
        Josh Charles, The Good Wife (CBS)
        Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (HBO)
        Mandy Patinkin, Homeland (Showtime)
        Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad (AMC)
        Jon Voight, Ray Donovan (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

        Christine Baranski, The Good Wife (CBS)
        Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey (PBS)
        Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad (AMC)
        Lena Headey, Game of Thrones (HBO)
        Christina Hendricks, Mad Men (AMC)
        Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (PBS)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

        Dylan Baker, The Good Wife (CBS)
        Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
        Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards (Netflix)
        Paul Giamatti, Downton Abbey (PBS)
        Robert Morse, Mad Men (AMC)
        Joe Morton, Scandal (ABC)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

        Kate Burton, Scandal (ABC)
        Jane Fonda, The Newsroom (HBO)
        Allison Janney, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
        Kate Mara, House of Cards (Netflix)
        Margo Martindale, The Americans (FX)
        Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones (HBO)

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

        David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones - Episode "The Children" (HBO)
        Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad - Episode "Felina" (AMC)
        Nic Pizzolatto, True Detective - Episode "The Secret Fate of All Life" (HBO)
        Moira Walley-Beckett, Breaking Bad - Episode "Ozymandias" (AMC)
        Beau Willimon, House of Cards - Episode "Chapter 14"(Netflix)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

        David Evans, Downton Abbey - Episode "Episode One" (PBS)
        Carl Franklin, House of Cards - Episode "Chapter 14" (Netflix)
        Cary Joji Fukunaga, True Detective - Episode"Who Goes There" (HBO)
        Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad - Episode "Felina" (AMC)
        Neil Marshall, Game of Thrones - Episode "The Watchers on the Wall" (HBO)
        Tim Van Patten, Boardwalk Empire - Episode "Farewell Daddy Blues" (HBO)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

        The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
        Louie (FX)
        Modern Family (ABC)
        Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
        Silicon Valley (HBO)
        Veep (HBO)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

        Louis C.K., Louie (FX)
        Don Cheadle, House of Lies (Showtime)
        Ricky Gervais, Derek (Netflix)
        Matt LeBlanc, Episodes (Showtime)
        William H. Macy, Shameless (Showtime)
        Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

        Lena Dunham, Girls (HBO)
        Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
        Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO)
        Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly (CBS)
        Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation (NBC)
        Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

        Fred Armisen, Portlandia (IFC)
        Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)
        Ty Burrell, Modern Family (ABC)
        Adam Driver, Girls (HBO)
        Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family (ABC)
        Tony Hale, Veep (HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

        Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
        Julie Bowen, Modern Family (ABC)
        Anna Chlumsky, Veep (HBO)
        Allison Janney, Mom (CBS)
        Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
        Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

        Steve Buscemi, Portlandia (IFC)
        Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live (NBC)
        Gary Cole, Veep (HBO)
        Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
        Nathan Lane, Modern Family (ABC)
        Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

        Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
        Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
        Joan Cusack, Shameless (Showtime)
        Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
        Natasha Lyonne, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
        Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

        Alec Berg, Silicon Valley - Episode "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency" (HBO)
        Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche, Veep - Episode "Special Relationship" (HBO)
        Louis C.K., Louie - Episode "So Did the Fat Lady" (FX)
        David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik, Episodes - Episode "Episode Five" (Showtime)
        Liz Friedman & Jenji Kohan, Orange Is the New Black - Episode "I Wasn't Ready" (Netlfix)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

        Paris Barclay, Glee - Episode "100" (FOX)
        Louis C.K., Louie - Episode "Elevator, Part 6" (FX)
        Jodie Foster, Orange Is the New Black - Episode "Lesbian Request Denied" (Netflix)
        Mike Judge, Silicon Valley - Episode "Minimum Viable Product" (HBO)
        Iain B. MacDonald, Episodes - Episode "Episode Nine" (Showtime)
        Gail Mancuso, Modern Family - Episode "Las Vegas" (ABC)

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE 

        Killing Kennedy (National Geographic Channel)
        Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (HBO)
        The Normal Heart (HBO)
        Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS)
        The Trip To Bountiful (Lifetime)

OUTSTANDING MINISERIES

        American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
        Bonnie & Clyde (Lifetime)
        Fargo (FX)
        Luther (BBC America)
        Treme (HBO)
        The White Queen (Starz)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES

        Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS)
        Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge (Starz)
        Idris Elba, Luther (BBC America)
        Martin Freeman, Fargo (FX)
        Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart (HBO)
        Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo (FX)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES

        Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor (BBC America)
        Minnie Driver, Return to Zero (Lifetime)
        Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
        Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
        Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime)
        Kristen Wiig, The Spoils of Babylon (IFC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES

        Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart (HBO)
        Martin Freeman, Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS)
        Colin Hanks, Fargo (FX)
        Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart (HBO)
        Alfred Molina, The Normal Heart (HBO)
        Jim Parsons, The Normal Heart (HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES

        Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
        Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
        Ellen Burstyn, Flowers in the Attic (Lifetime)
        Frances Conroy, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
        Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart (HBO)
        Allison Tolman, Fargo (FX)

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES

        Neil Cross, Luther (BBC America)
        Noah Hawley, Fargo - Episode "The Crocodile's Dilemma" (FX)
        Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart (HBO)
        Steven Moffat, Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS)
        Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk, American Horror Story: Coven - Episode "Bitchcraft" (FX)
        David Simon & Eric Overmyer, Treme (HBO)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES

        Adam Bernstein, Fargo - Episode "The Crocodile's Dilemma" (FX)
        Colin Bucksey, Fargo - Episode "Buridan's Ass" (FX)
        Stephen Frears, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (HBO)
        Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, American Horror Story: Coven - Episode "Bitchcraft" (FX)
        Nick Hurran, Sherlock: His Law Vow (PBS)
        Ryan Murphy, The Normal Heart (HBO)

OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION SERIES

        The Amazing Race (CBS)
        Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
        Project Runway (Lifetime)
        So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
        Top Chef (Bravo)
        The Voice (NBC)

OUTSTANDING STRUCTURED REALITY SERIES

        Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
        Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food)
        MythBusters (Discovery)
        Shark Tank (ABC)
        Undercover Boss (CBS)
        Who Do You Think You Are? (TLC)

OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY SERIES

        Alaska: The Last Frontier (Discovery)
        Deadliest Catch (Discovery)
        Flipping Out (Bravo)
        Million Dollar Listing New York (Bravo)
        Wahlburgers (A&E)
        Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (BBC America)

OUTSTANDING HOST IN A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM

        Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
        Anthony Bourdain, The Taste (ABC)
        Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
        Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn, Project Runway (Lifetime)
        Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night (NBC)
        Betty White, Betty White's Off Their Rockers (Lifetime)

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SERIES

        The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
        The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
        Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
        Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
        Saturday Night Live (NBC)
        The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES

        The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
        The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
        Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
        Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
        Portlandia (IFC)
        The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES

        Dave Diomedi, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
        James Hoskinson, The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
        Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
        Jonathan Krisel, Portlandia (IFC)
        Chuck O'Neil, Saturday Night Live (Comedy Central)

A full list of this year's nominees in all categories can be found here.