Nominees in major categories for the 2013 Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Drama Series: Breaking Bad, AMC; Downton Abbey, PBS; Game of Thrones, HBO; Homeland, Showtime; House of Cards, Netflix; Mad Men, AMC.
Comedy Series: The Big Bang Theory, CBS; Girls, HBO; Louie, FX Networks; Modern Family, ABC; 30 Rock, NBC; Veep, HBO.
Miniseries or Made-for-TV Movie: 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.
Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad, AMC; Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey, PBS; Damian Lewis, Homeland, Showtime; Kevin Spacey, House of Cards, Netflix; Jon Hamm, Mad Men, AMC; Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom, HBO.
Actress, Drama Series: Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel, A&E; Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey, PBS; Claire Danes, Homeland, Showtime; Robin Wright, House of Cards, Netflix; Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men, AMC; Connie Britton, Nashville, ABC; Kerry Washington, Scandal, ABC.
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire, HBO; Jonathan Banks, Breaking Bad, AMC; Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad, AMC; Jim Carter, Downton Abbey, PBS; Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones, HBO; Mandy Patinkin, Homeland, Showtime.
Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad, AMC; Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey, PBS; Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones, HBO; Christine Baranski, The Good Wife, CBS; Morena Baccarin, Homeland, Showtime; Christina Hendricks, Mad Men, AMC.
Actor, Comedy Series: Jason Bateman, Arrested Development, Netflix; Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory, CBS; Matt LeBlanc, Episodes, Showtime; Don Cheadle, House of Lies, Showtime; Louis C.K., Louie, FX Networks; Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock, NBC.
Actress, Comedy Series: Laura Dern, Enlightened, HBO; Lena Dunham, Girls, HBO; Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie, Showtime; Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation, NBC; Tina Fey, 30 Rock, NBC; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep, HBO.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Adam Driver, Girls, HBO; Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family, ABC; Ed O’Neill, Modern Family, ABC; Ty Burrell, Modern Family, ABC; Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live, NBC; Tony Hale, Veep, HBO.
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory, CBS; Jane Lynch, Glee, Fox; Sofia Vergara, Modern Family, ABC; Julie Bowen, Modern Family, ABC; Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie, Showtime; Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock, NBC; Anna Chlumsky, Veep, HBO.
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra, HBO; Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra, HBO; Toby Jones, The Girl, HBO; Benedict Cumberbatch, Parade’s End, HBO; Al Pacino, Phil Spector, HBO.
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum, FX Networks; Laura Linney, The Big C: Hereafter, Showtime; Helen Mirren, Phil Spector, HBO; Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals, USA; Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake, Sundance Channel.
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: James Cromwell, American Horror Story: Asylum, FX Networks; Zachary Quinto, American Horror Story: Asylum, FX Networks; Scott Bakula, Behind the Candelabra, HBO; John Benjamin Hickey, The Big C: Hereafter, Showtime; Peter Mullan, Top of the Lake, Sundance Channel.
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Asylum, FX Networks; Imelda Staunton, The Girl, HBO; Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals, USA; Charlotte Rampling, Restless, Sundance Channel; Alfre Woodard, Steel Magnolias, Lifetime.
Reality Program: Antiques Roadshow, PBS; Deadliest Catch, Discovery Channel; Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Food Network; Myth Busters, Discovery Channel; Shark Tank, ABC; Undercover Boss, CBS.
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.
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.
Children’s Program: Good Luck Charlie, Disney Channel; iCarly, Nickelodeon; Nick News With Linda Ellerbee - Forgotten But Not Gone: Kids, HIV & AIDS, Nickelodeon; The Weight of the Nation for Kids: Quiz Ed!, HBO; A Young Arts Masterclass, HBO.
Front Section, Pages 2 on 07/19/2013