Last year's biggest winner is set to dominate the Emmy Awards once again as the sixth season of the popular fantasy drama TV series Game of Thrones received 23 nominations this year.
Game of Thrones set a record at the Emmys last year with 12 awards and 24 nominations, including Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series which was won by Peter Dinklage in his role as Tyrion Lannister.
This year's nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards include the top honor, Outstanding Drama Series, which the epic swords-and-sorcery series won last year.
Coming second with the most nominations is the acclaimed show The People v OJ Simpson, a dramatization of the notorious trial, with 22 nominations. These include acting nomination for Sarah Paulson, who played prosecutor Marcia Clarck. This makes it the first series since 1990 to pick up more than 20 nominations in its first season. The last show to do so was ER in 1995.
Other shows that received multiple nominations include Fargo with 18, Veep with 17, Saturday Night Live with 16 and The Americans with five.
Below is the full list of Game of Thrones nominations.
√ Outstanding Drama Series
√√ Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - two nominations: for Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) and Kit Harington (Jon Snow)
√√√ Outstanding Suporting Actress in a Drama Series - three nominations: for Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) and Maisie Williams (Arya Stark)
√ Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series - Max Von Sydow
√ Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - David Benioff, D.B. Weiss for "Battle of the Bastards" episode
√ Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program
√ 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 - two nominations: for Miguel Spochnik and Jack Bender
√√ Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series - two nominations: for Tim Porter and Katie Weiland
√ Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series
√ Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)
√ Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
√ Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series
√ Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special
√ Outstanding Special Visual Effects
√ Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie
For the full list of nominees, click here.
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Sources: LA Times | The Guardian
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