David Farnor | On 10, Jul 2014

Orange Is the New Black leads the comedy category in the 2014 Emmy nominations.

Jeji Kohan’s Netflix Original prison series has received 12 nominations in this year’s award race, including Best Comedy Series and three separate actress awards. Taylor Schilling is up for Best Actress, while Kate Mulgrew is in the running for Best Supporting Actress. Uzo Aduba and Laverne Cox are both competing for Best Guest Actress.

It’s a sign of just how rounded the programme’s ensemble cast is – not to mention the clout that Netflix’s show now have. This is only the second year that Netflix has entered heavy-weights into the race, but its online-only productions are at the top table once more, with House of Cards as well as Breaking Bad up for Outstanding Drama Series.

Game of Thrones and Fargo lead the pack overall, with 19 and 18 nominations respectively, including a nod for Martin Freeman as Lead Actor in a TV Miniseries or Movie. To win that, he’d have to beat Benedict Cumberbatch, who is also up for his role in Sherlock: His Last Vow, not to mention Fargo co-star Billy Bob Thornton.

The True Detective duo of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are also squaring off against each other for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, against Mad Men’s Jon Hamm, The Newsroom’s Jeff Daniels, Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston and, yes, House of Cards’ Kevin Spacey.

Fans will be disappointed at the lack of Hannibal and Penny Dreadful – although worry not, Eva Green fans, the show isn’t eligible for this year’s Emmys – but the Orange Is the New Black cast will be smiling all the way to the stage. You can imagine Netflix doing the same. Netflix notched up 31 nominations this year, more than double its 14 earned last year. With the Internet TV service lining up a whole host of original shows for the coming 12 months, you wonder how much higher that figure will climb in 2015.

The winners will be announced on 25th August 2014. Full the full list of Emmy nominees, read on:

Oustanding Drama Series

Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mad Men
True Detective

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom
Woody Harrelson – True Detective
Matthew McConaughey – True Detective
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
Jon Hamm – Mad Men

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Lizzy Caplan – Masters of Sex
Claire Danes – Homeland
Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey
Julianna Marguiles – The Good Wife
Kerry Washington – Scandal
Robin Wright – House of Cards

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad
Jim Carter – Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
Josh Charles – The Good Wife
Mandy Patinkin – Homeland
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Anna Gunn – Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey
Lena Headey – Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Paul Giamatti – Downton Abbey
Dylan Baker – The Good Wife
Reg E. Cathey – House of Cards
Robert Morse – Mad Men
Beau Bridges – Masters of Sex
Joe Morton – Scandal

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Margo Martindale – The Americans
Diana Rigg – Game of Thrones
Kate Mara – Zoe Barnes
Allison Janney – Masters of Sex
Jane Fonda – The Newsroom
Kate Burton – Scandal

Outstanding Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory
Louie
Modern Family
Veep
Orange Is The New Black
Silicon Valley

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Louis C.K. – Louie
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Ricky Gervais – Derek
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
William H Macy – Shameless (US)
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler – Parks and recreation
Lena Dunham – Girls
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Taylor Schilling – Orange is the new black

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver – Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Modern Family
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Fred Armisen – Portlandia
Tony Hale – Veep

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen – Modern Family
Allison Janney – Mom
Kate Mulgrew – Orange Is The New Black
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Anna Chlumsky – Veep

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Bob Newhart – The Big Bang Theory
Nathan Lane – Modern Family
Steve Buscemi – Portlandia
Jimmy Fallon – Saturday Night Live
Louis C.K. – Saturday Night Live
Gary Cole – Veep

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Natasha Lyonne – Orange Is The New Black
Uzo Aduba – Orange Is The New Black
Laverne Cox – Orange Is The New Black
Tina Fey – Saturday Night Live
Melissa McCarthy – Saturday Night Live
Joan Cusack – Shameless (US)

Outstanding Miniseries

American Horror Story: Coven
Fargo
The White Queen
Bonnie and Clyde
Treme

Outstanding Television Movie

The Normal Heart
The Trip to Bountiful
Killing Kennedy
Sherlock: His Last Vow
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dancing on the Edge
Martin Freeman – Fargo
Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock: His Last Vow
Idris Elba – Luther
Mark Ruffalo – The Normal Heart

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Cicely Tyson – The Trip to Bountiful
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Coven
Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Coven
Kristen Wiig – Spoils of Babylon
Helena Bonham Carter – Burton and Taylor
Minnie Driver – Return to Zero

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Colin Hanks – Fargo
Jim Parsons – The Normal Heart
Joe Mantello – The Normal Heart
Alfred Molina – The Normal Heart
Matt Bomer – The Normal Heart
Martin Freeman – Sherlock: His Last Vow

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Coven
Frances Conroy – American Horror Story: Cove
Angela Bassett – American Horror Story: Coven
Allison Tolman – Fargo
Ellen Burstyn – Flowers in the Attic
Julia Roberts – The Normal Heart

Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series

American Masters
COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey
Pioneers of Television
The World Wars
Years of Living Dangerously

Outstanding Reality-Competition Programme

Amazing Race
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice

Outstanding Variety Series

The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Real Time with BIll Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon

Photo: Ali Goldstein for Netflix

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