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The Emmy nominations are full of predictability (‘Game of Thrones’) and shockers (‘The Americans’)

See the list of noms here.

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Emmy nominations were announced live from the Wolf Theatre in Hollywood Thursday morning by Black-ish‘s Anthony Anderson and Gilmore Girls‘s Lauren Graham — and boy, is this year’s pool of noms a doozy.

Though HBO leads the pack for the 16th year with the most nominations out of any network (this year it scored 94 nominations; last year it received a record-breaking 126), the TV Academy gave lots of nominations to FX (56 noms), Netflix (54), AMC (24), Showtime (22), Amazon (16), and USA (six). The wide swath of networks —AMC, FX, HBO, PBS, Netflix, Showtime, USA—included in the Outstanding Drama Series category alone is pretty impressive.

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Game of Thrones scored the most nominations of any series with 23. (Last year it received 24.) The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story came in a close second with 22, and Fargo wasn’t too far behind with 18.

The 68th Emmy Awards air September 18 at 7 p.m. on ABC. Below, see a list of nominees:

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Liev Schrieber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Keri Russell, The Americans
Robin Wright, House of Cards

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Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Idris Elba, Luther
Cuba Gooding Jr., The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager 
Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Masters of None
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
William H. Macy, Shameless
Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Laurie Metcalf, Getting On

Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Kerry Washington, Confirmation
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Lili Taylor, American Crime

Outstanding Comedy Series
Black-ish
Masters of None
Modern Family

Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Outstanding Drama Series
The Americans
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mr. Robot

Outstanding Miniseries
American Crime
The Night Manager
Fargo
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Roots

Outstanding TV Movie
A Very Murray Christmas
All the Way
Confirmation
Luther
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Outstanding Reality Competition Program
The Voice
Top Chef
Dancing with the Stars
The Amazing Race
Project Runway
American Ninja Warrior

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Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

See the complete nominations list here.

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