The nominees for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced! Honoring the best shows and performances on television, this year’s award ceremony will be presented September 18 and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC.

Announced by Black-ish actor Anthony Anderson and Gilmore Girls' Lauren Graham this morning at 11:30 a.m., this year's nominations heavily favored critical and audience hits including Mr. Robot, Veep and American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson. Anderson was overjoyed to learn he'd received another nomination for his role on Black-ish, as did his onscreen wife Tracee Ellis Ross.

See below for the list of major-category 2016 Emmy Award nominations, visit the official Emmys site for more and leave your predictions in the comments!

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

Outstanding Lead 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

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
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 Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Lili Taylor, American Crime
Kerry Washington, Confirmation

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

Outstanding Comedy Series
black-ish
Master of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

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

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

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Ben Mendelsohn, Better Call Saul
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly, House Of Cards
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Maura Tierney, The Affair
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Lena Headey, Game Of Thrones
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones 
Constance Zimmer, UnREAL

 

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

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

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

Outstanding reality-competition program
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior 
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef
The Voice

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