2014 Emmy Nominations Announced; TRUE DETECTIVE, FARGO, AMERICAN HORROR STORY Among Top Nominees

The nominations for the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Many of the year's acclaimed series have received several noms, including HBO's "True Detective", AMC's "Breaking Bad", Netflix's "House of Cards" and FX's "Fargo", to name but a few. The highest number of nominations this year were scored by "Game of Thrones", with no less than 19 nods, and HBO also leads among networks. The Emmy Awards will air live on NBC, Monday, August 25th at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT and the show will be hosted by "Saturday Night" alum Seth Meyers.

Read the full list of nominations after the jump.

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Breaking Bad - AMC - Sony Pictures Television
Bryan Cranston as Walter White

House Of Cards - Netflix
Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood

Mad Men - AMC - Lionsgate Television
Jon Hamm as Don Draper

The Newsroom - HBO - HBO Entertainment
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy

True Detective - HBO - HBO Entertainment
Woody Harrelson as Martin Hart

True Detective - HBO - HBO Entertainment
Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Downton Abbey - PBS
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley

The Good Wife - CBS
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick

Homeland - Showtime
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison

House Of Cards - Netflix
Robin Wright as Claire Underwood

Masters of Sex - Showtime
Lizzy Caplan as Virginia Johnson

Scandal - ABC - ABC Studios
Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Dancing On The Edge - Starz
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Louis Lester

Fargo - FX Networks
Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard

Fargo - FX Networks
Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo

Luther - BBC America
Idris Elba as John Luther

The Normal Heart - HBO
Mark Ruffalo as Ned Weeks

Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece) - PBS
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

American Horror Story: Coven - FX Networks
Jessica Lange as Fiona Goode

American Horror Story: Coven - FX Networks
Sarah Paulson as Cordelia Goode Foxx

Burton And Taylor - BBC America
Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor

Return To Zero - Lifetime - Cannonball Productions
Minnie Driver as Maggie Royal

The Spoils Of Babylon - IFC - Funny or Die for IFC
Kristen Wiig as Cynthia Morehouse

The Trip To Bountiful - Lifetime - Ostar Productions
Cicely Tyson as Carrie Watts

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory - CBS
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper

Derek - Netflix
Ricky Gervais as Derek

Episodes - Showtime
Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc

House Of Lies - Showtime
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan

Louie - FX Networks
Louis C.K. as Louie

Shameless - Showtime
William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Girls - HBO
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath

Mike & Molly - CBS
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn

Nurse Jackie - Showtime
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton

Orange Is The New Black - Netflix
Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman

Parks and Recreation - NBC
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope

Veep - HBO
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President Selina Meyer

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

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 Miniseries

American Horror Story: Coven - FX Networks

Bonnie & Clyde - Lifetime - Sony Pictures Television

Fargo - FX Networks - MGM and FX Productions

Luther - BBC America - A BBC and BBC America

Treme - HBO

The White Queen - Starz

Outstanding Television Movie

Killing Kennedy - National Geographic Channel

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight - HBO

The Normal Heart - HBO

Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece) - PBS

The Trip To Bountiful - 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 Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory - CBS

Louie - FX Networks

Modern Family - ABC

Orange Is The New Black - Netflix

Silicon Valley - HBO

Veep - HBO

Outstanding Drama Series

Breaking Bad - AMC

Downton Abbey - PBS

Game Of Thrones - HBO

House Of Cards - Netflix

Mad Men - AMC

True Detective - HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Breaking Bad - AMC - Sony Pictures Television
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman

Downton Abbey - PBS - A Carnival Films/Masterpiece Co-Production in association with NBC Universal
Jim Carter as Mr. Carson

Game Of Thrones - HBO - HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister

The Good Wife - CBS - Eye Productions in association with Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions
Josh Charles as Will Gardner

Homeland - Showtime - Showtime Presents, Fox 21, Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet
Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson

Ray Donovan - Showtime - Showtime Presents, The Mark Gordon Company, Bider Sweet
Jon Voight as Mickey Donovan

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Breaking Bad - AMC
Anna Gunn as Skyler White

Downton Abbey - PBS
Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Downton Abbey - PBS
Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates

Game Of Thrones - HBO
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister

The Good Wife - CBS
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart

Mad Men - AMC
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

Downton Abbey - PBS
Paul Giamatti as Harold Levinson

The Good Wife - CBS
Dylan Baker as Colin Sweeney

House Of Cards - Netflix
Reg E. Cathey as Freddy

Mad Men - AMC
Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper

Masters of Sex - Showtime
Beau Bridges as Barton Scully

Scandal - ABC
Joe Morton as Rowan Pope

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

The Americans - FX Networks
Margo Martindale as Claudia

Game Of Thrones - HBO
Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell

House Of Cards - Netflix
Kate Mara as Zoe Barnes

Masters of Sex - Showtime
Allison Janney as Margaret Scully

The Newsroom - HBO
Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing

Scandal - ABC
Kate Burton as Sally Langston

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series

Breaking Bad - Ozymandias - AMC
Moira Walley-Beckett, Written by

Breaking Bad - Felina - AMC
Vince Gilligan, Written by

Game Of Thrones - The Children - HBO
David Benioff, Written by
D.B. Weiss, Written by

House Of Cards - Chapter 14 - Netflix
Beau Willimon, Written by

True Detective - The Secret Fate Of All Of Life
Nic Pizzolatto, Written by

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire - Farewell Daddy Blues - HBO
Tim Van Patten, Directed by

Breaking Bad - Felina - AMC
Vince Gilligan, Directed by

Downton Abbey - Episode 1 - PBS
David Evans, Directed by

Game Of Thrones - The Watchers On The Wall
Neil Marshall, Directed by

House Of Cards - Chapter 14 - Netflix
Carl Franklin, Directed by

True Detective - Who Goes There - HBO
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Directed by

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Brooklyn Nine-Nine - FOX
Andre Braugher as Captain Ray Holt

Girls - HBO
Adam Driver as Adam Sackler

Modern Family - ABC
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett

Modern Family - ABC
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy

Portlandia - IFC
Fred Armisen as Various characters

Veep - HBO
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory - CBS
Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler

Modern Family - ABC
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy

Mom - CBS
Allison Janney as Bonnie

Orange Is The New Black - Netflix
Kate Mulgrew as Galina "Red" Reznikov

Saturday Night Live - NBC
Kate McKinnon as Various characters

Veep - HBO
Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory - CBS
Bob Newhart as Arthur

Modern Family - ABC
Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman

Portlandia - IFC
Steve Buscemi as Marty

Saturday Night Live - NBC
Jimmy Fallon as Host

Saturday Night Live - NBC
Louis C.K. as Host

Veep - HBO
Gary Cole as Kent Davison

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

Orange Is The New Black - Netflix
Natasha Lyonne as Nicky Nichols

Orange Is The New Black - Netflix
Uzo Aduba as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren

Orange Is The New Black - Netflix
Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset

Saturday Night Live - NBC
Tina Fey as Host

Saturday Night Live - NBC
Melissa McCarthy as Host

Shameless - Showtime
Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series

Episodes - Episode 305 - Showtime
David Crane, Written by
Jeffrey Klarik, Written by

Louie - So Did The Fat Lady - FX Networks
Louis C.K., Written by

Orange Is The New Black - I Wasn't Ready (Pilot) - Netflix
Liz Friedman, Written by Jenji Kohan, Written by

Silicon Valley - Optimal Tip-To-Tip Efficiency - HBO
Alec Berg, Written by

Veep - Special Relationship - HBO
Simon Blackwell, Story and Teleplay by Tony Roche, Story and Teleplay by Armando Iannucci, Story by

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

Episodes - Episode 309 - Showtime
Iain B. MacDonald, Directed by

Glee - 100 - FOX
Paris Barclay, Directed by

Louie - Elevator, Part 6 - FX Networks
Louis C.K., Directed by

Modern Family - Vegas - ABC
Gail Mancuso, Directed by

Orange Is The New Black
Jodie Foster, Directed by

Silicon Valley - Minimum Viable Product - HBO
Mike Judge, Directed by

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Fargo - FX Networks
Colin Hanks as Deputy Gus Grimly

The Normal Heart - HBO
Jim Parsons as Tommy Boatwright

The Normal Heart
Joe Mantello as Mickey Marcus

The Normal Heart
Alfred Molina as Ben Weeks

The Normal Heart
Matt Bomer as Felix Turner

Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece) - PBS
Martin Freeman as John Watson

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

American Horror Story: Coven - FX Networks
Frances Conroy as Myrtle Snow

American Horror Story: Coven - FX Networks
Kathy Bates as Madame Delphine LaLaurie

American Horror Story: Coven - FX Networks
Angela Bassett as Marie Laveau

Fargo - FX Networks - MGM and FX Productions
Allison Tolman as Molly Solverson

Flowers In The Attic - Lifetime - Cue The Dog Productions
Ellen Burstyn as Olivia

The Normal Heart - HBO
Julia Roberts as Dr. Emma Brookner

Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special

American Horror Story: Coven - Bitchcraft
Ryan Murphy, Written by
Brad Falchuk, Written by

Fargo - The Crocodile's Dilemma - FX Networks
Noah Hawley, Written by

Luther - BBC America
Neil Cross, Written by

The Normal Heart - HBO
Larry Kramer, Screenplay by

Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece) - PBS
Steven Moffat, Written by

Treme - ...To Miss New Orleans - HBO
David Simon, Written by Eric Overmyer, Written by

Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special

American Horror Story: Coven - Bitchcraft
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Directed by

Fargo - The Crocodile's Dilemma - FX Networks
Adam Bernstein, Directed by

Fargo - Buridan's Ass - FX Networks
Colin Bucksey, Directed by

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight - HBO
Stephen Frears, Directed by

The Normal Heart - HBO
Ryan Murphy, Directed by

Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece) - PBS
Nick Hurran, Directed by

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