2013’s 65th primetime Emmy Award nominations took place earlier this morning and there were a lot of surprises and things that made us extremely happy.
One of them is our girl Kerry Washington getting a nod for her role as Olivia Pope in Scandal! Props to Kerry.
The awards will be presented Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. on CBS and honor the very best in television.
Here are the nominees…
Outstanding Drama Series:
AMC’s Breaking Bad
PBS’s Downton Abbey
HBO’s Game Of Thrones
Showtime”s Homeland
Netflix’s House Of Cards
AMC’s Mad Men
Outstanding Lead actress in drama series:
Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates in Bates Motel
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley in Downtown Abbey
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in Homeland
Robin Wright as Claire Underwood in House Of Cards
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson in Mad Men
Connie Britton as Rayna James in Nashville
Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope in Scandal
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series:
Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad
Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham in Downtown Abbey
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in Homeland
Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood in House Of Cards
Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy in The Newsroom
Outstanding Comedy Series:
CBS’s The Big Bang Theory
HBO’s Girls
FX Networks’ Louie
ABC’s Modern Family
NBC’s 30 Rock
HBO’s Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series:
Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth in Arrested Development
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc in Episodes
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan in House Of Lies
Louis C.K. as Louie in Louie
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy in 30 Rock
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series:
Laura Dern as Amy in Enlightened
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath in Girls
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton in Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope in Parks And Recreation
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon in 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer Veep
Outstanding Miniseries Or Movie:
FX Networks’ American Horror Story: Asylum
HISTORY’S The Bible
HBO’s Phil Spector
USA’s Political Animals
Sundance Channel’s Top Of The Lake
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie:
Michael Douglas as Liberace & Matt Damon as Scott Thorson in Behind The Candelabra
Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl
Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens in Parade’s End
Al Pacino as Phil Spector in Phil Spector
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie:
Jessica Lange as Sister Jude Martin in American Horror Story: Asylum
Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison in The Big C: Hereafter
Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney-Baden in Phil Spector
Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond in Political Animals
Elisabeth Moss as Robin in Top Of The Lake
