The Awardist Emmys Emmys 2013: And the nominees are... By Lynette Rice Lynette Rice Editor at Large for Entertainment Weekly, host of Outlander Live! on EW Radio, and Mark Harmon enthusiast. Yes, I know the guacamole is extra. EW's editorial guidelines Published on July 18, 2013 12:24PM EDT Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank Nominations were announced this morning in Los Angeles for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 22 on CBS. And they are: OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES The Big Bang Theory • CBS Girls • HBO Louie • FX Networks Modern Family • ABC 30 Rock • NBC Veep • HBO OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES Breaking Bad • AMC Downton Abbey • PBS Game Of Thrones • HBO Homeland • Showtime House Of Cards • Netflix Mad Men • AMC • OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA Bryan Cranston as Walter White Breaking Bad • AMC Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham Downton Abbey • PBS Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody Homeland • Showtime Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood House Of Cards • Netflix Jon Hamm as Don Draper Mad Men • AMC Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy The Newsroom • HBO OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates Bates Motel • A&E Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley Downton Abbey • PBS Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison Homeland • Showtime Robin Wright as Claire Underwood House Of Cards • Netflix Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson Mad Men • AMC Connie Britton as Rayna James Nashville • ABC Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope Scandal • ABC OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth Arrested Development • Netflix Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper The Big Bang Theory • CBS Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc Episodes • Showtime Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan House Of Lies • Showtime Louis C.K. as Louie Louie • FX Networks Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy 30 Rock • NBC OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Laura Dern as Amy Enlightened • HBO Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath Girls • HBO Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton Nurse Jackie • Showtime Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope Parks And Recreation • NBC Tina Fey as Liz Lemon 30 Rock • NBC Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer Veep • HBO OUTSTANDING MINISERIES American Horror Story: Asylum • FX Networks Behind The Candelabra • HBO The Bible • HISTORY Phil Spector • HBO Political Animals • USA Top Of The Lake • Sundance Channel OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE Behind The Candelabra • HBO Michael Douglas as Liberace Behind The Candelabra • HBO Matt Damon as Scott Thorson The Girl • HBO Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock Parade’s End • HBO Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens Phil Spector • HBO Al Pacino as Phil Spector OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN MINISERIES OR MOVIE American Horror Story: Asylum • FX Networks Jessica Lange as Sister Jude Martin The Big C: Hereafter • Showtime Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison Phil Spector • HBO Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney-Baden Political Animals • USA Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond Top Of The Lake • Sundance Channel Elisabeth Moss as Robin SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti Boardwalk Empire • HBO Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut Breaking Bad • AMC Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman Breaking Bad • AMC Jim Carter as Mr. Carson Downton Abbey • PBS Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister Game Of Thrones • HBO Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson Homeland • Showtime OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Anna Gunn as Skyler White Breaking Bad • AMC Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham Downton Abbey • PBS Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen Game Of Thrones • HBO Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart The Good Wife • CBS Morena Baccarin as Jessica Brody Homeland • Showtime Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris Mad Men • AMC OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY Adam Driver as Adam Sackler Girls • HBO Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett Modern Family • ABC Ed O’Neill as Jay Pritchett Modern Family • ABC Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy Modern Family • ABC Bill Hader as Various characters Saturday Night Live • NBC Tony Hale as Gary Walsh Veep • HBO OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler The Big Bang Theory • CBS Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester Glee • FOX Sofia Vergara as Gloria Pritchett Modern Family • ABC Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy Modern Family • ABC Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow Nurse Jackie • Showtime Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney 30 Rock • NBC Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer Veep • HBO OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden American Horror Story: Asylum • FX Networks Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson American Horror Story: Asylum • FX Networks Scott Bakula as Bob Black Behind The Candelabra • HBO John Benjamin Hickey as Sean The Big C: Hereafter • Showtime Peter Mullan as Matt Top Of The Lake • Sundance Channel OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters American Horror Story: Asylum • FX Networks Imelda Staunton as Alma Hitchcock The Girl • HBO Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish Worthington Political Animals • USA Charlotte Rampling as Sally Gilmartin Restless • Sundance Channel Alfre Woodard as Ouiser Steel Magnolias • Lifetime OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW HOST Ryan Seacrest American Idol • FOX Betty White Betty White’s Off Their Rockers • NBC Tom Bergeron Dancing With The Stars • ABC Heidi Klum Tim Gunn Project Runway • Lifetime Cat Deeley So You Think You Can Dance • FOX Anthony Bourdain The Taste • ABC OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION 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 REALITY PROGRAM Antiques Roadshow • PBS Deadliest Catch • Discovery Channel Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives • Food Network MythBusters • Discovery Channel Shark Tank • ABC Undercover Boss • CBS OUTSTANDING VARIETY SERIES The Colbert Report • Comedy Central The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central Jimmy Kimmel Live • ABC Late Night With Jimmy Fallon • NBC Real Time With Bill Maher • HBO Saturday Night Live • NBC OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA Nathan Lane as Clarke Hayden The Good Wife • CBS Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning The Good Wife • CBS Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn Homeland • Showtime Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper Mad Men • AMC Harry Hamlin as Jim Cutler Mad Men • AMC Dan Bucatinsky as James Novack Scandal • ABC OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN DRAMA SERIES Margo Martindale as Claudia The Americans • FX Networks Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell Game Of Thrones • HBO Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni The Good Wife • CBS Linda Cardellini as Sylvia Rosen Mad Men • AMC Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing The Newsroom • HBO Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson Shameless • Showtime OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Bob Newhart as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton The Big Bang Theory • CBS Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman Modern Family • ABC Bobby Cannavale as Dr. Mike Cruz Nurse Jackie • Showtime Louis C.K., Host Saturday Night Live • NBC Justin Timberlake, Host Saturday Night Live • NBC Will Forte as Paul 30 Rock • NBC OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Molly Shannon as Eileen Foliente Enlightened • HBO Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste Glee • FOX Melissa Leo as Laurie Louie • FX Networks Melissa McCarthy, Host Saturday Night Live • NBC Kristen Wiig, Host Saturday Night Live • NBC Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy 30 Rock • NBC OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM Bob’s Burgers • O.T.: The Outside Toilet • FOX Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness: Enter The Dragon • Nickelodeon Regular Show: The Christmas Special • Cartoon Network The Simpsons • Treehouse Of Horror XXIII • FOX South Park • Raising The Bar • Comedy Central Emmy Nominations 2013: The biggest snubs