2013 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations Announced

Nominations for the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards have been out and it was a decidedly mixed morning, as there were surprise nominees (Laura Dern, Emilia Clarke, Jane Lynch) and even more surprising omissions (Monica Potter, The Americans, Arrested Development) among the newest batch of honorees. Those who picked up their first nominations include Vera Farmiga, Kerry Washington, and Anna Chlumsky, while Lynch completed the difficult task of climbing back into the nominations after being left out last year. While Outstanding Drama Series swapped HBO Prohibition drama Boardwalk Empire for Netflix flagship House of Cards, Outstanding Comedy Series subbed in Louie for Curb Your Enthusiasm, which didn’t air new episodes during the eligibility period. Series and major acting nominations are listed below.

The 2013 Primetime Emmys will air Sunday, September 22nd at 8:00 on CBS. You can check out a full list of nominees here.

What do you think about the nominations this year? Which series will most likely walk away with the most awards? Is there a particularly surprising nominee that you weren’t expecting to see?

Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men 

Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Louie
Modern Family
Veep

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama
Hugh Bonneville – Downton Abbey
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom
Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Damian Lewis – Homeland
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama
Connie Britton – Nashville
Claire Danes – Homeland
Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey
Vera Farmiga – Bates Motel
Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men
Kerry Washington – Scandal
Robin Wright – House of Cards

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
Bobby Cannavale – Boardwalk Empire
Jonathan Banks – Breaking Bad
Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad
Jim Carter – Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin – Homeland

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama
Anna Gunn – Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones
Morena Baccarin – Homeland
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
Jason Bateman – Arrested Development
Louis C.K. – Louie
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy
Laura Dern – Enlightened
Lena Dunham – Girls
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey – 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Adam Driver – Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Modern Family
Ed O’Neill – Modern Family
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Bill Hader – Saturday Night Live
Tony Hale – Veep

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Jane Krakowski – 30 Rock
Jane Lynch – Glee
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family
Julie Bowen – Modern Family
Merritt Wever – Nurse Jackie
Mayim Biyalik – The Big Bang Theory
Anna Chlumsky – Veep