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Nominations for the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, to be held on September 22 in Los Angeles and hosted by How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris, have been announced.
Hit horror TV show American Horror Story and fantasy drama Game of Thrones lead this year's Primetime Emmy Awards nominations with 17 and 16 nods respectively.
Meanwhile, hit sitcoms The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family are strong favourites to win the Outstanding Comedy Series category, nominated alongside Louie, Girls, 30 Rock and Veep.
Here's a look at nominees in the top categories:
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad -- Bryan Cranston as Walter White
Downton Abbey -- Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham
Homeland -- Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody
House Of Cards -- Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood
Mad Men -- Jon Hamm as Don Draper
The Newsroom -- Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Bates Motel -- Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates
Downton Abbey -- Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley
Homeland -- Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison
House Of Cards -- Robin Wright as Claire Underwood
Mad Men -- Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson
Nashville -- Connie Britton as Rayna James
Scandal -- Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Behind The Candelabra -- Michael Douglas as Liberace
Behind The Candelabra -- Matt Damon as Scott Thorson
The Girl -- Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock
Parade's End -- Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens
Phil Spector -- Al Pacino as Phil Spector
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
American Horror Story -- Jessica Lange as Sister Jude Martin
The Big C -- Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison
Phil Spector -- Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney-Baden
Political Animals -- Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond
Top Of The Lake -- Elisabeth Moss as Robin
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Arrested Development -- Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth
The Big Bang Theory -- Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
Episodes -- Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc
House Of Lies -- Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan
Louie -- Louis CK as Louie
30 Rock -- Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Enlightened -- Laura Dern as Amy
Girls -- Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath
Nurse Jackie -- Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton
Parks And Recreation -- Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope
30 Rock -- Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
Veep -- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer
Outstanding Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Louie
Modern Family
30 Rock
Veep
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game Of Thrones
Homeland
House Of Cards
Mad Men
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire -- Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti
Breaking Bad -- Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut
Breaking Bad -- Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman
Downton Abbey -- Jim Carter as Mr Carson
Game Of Thrones -- Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
Homeland -- Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Breaking Bad -- Anna Gunn as Skyler White
Downton Abbey --
Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Game Of Thrones --Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
The Good Wife -- Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart
Homeland -- Morena Baccarin as Jessica Brody
Mad Men -- Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris
Mad Men -- Harry Hamlin as Jim Cutler
Scandal -- Dan Bucatinsky as James Novack
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Girls -- Adam Driver as Adam Sackler
Modern Family -- Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett
Modern Family -- Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett
Modern Family -- Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
Saturday Night Live -- Bill Hader as Various characters
Veep -- Tony Hale as Gary Walsh
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory -- Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler
Glee -- Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester
Modern Family -- Sofia Vergara as Gloria Pritchett
Modern Family -- Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
Nurse Jackie -- Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow
30 Rock -- Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney
Veep -- Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer