“Game of Thrones” leads 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards noms

PanARMENIAN.Net - The nominees competing for the 68th annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced. "Black-ish" star Anthony Anderson and "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" actress Lauren Graham help reveal the names at a live stream event, AceShowbiz said.

"Game of Thrones" leads the pack with a total of 23 nods including for Outstanding Drama. The HBO series is facing off FX's "The Americans", AMC's "Better Call Saul", PBS' "Downton Abbey", Showtime's "Homeland", Netflix's "House of Cards" and USA's "Mr. Robot".

FX adds many more nominations with "American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson". The true-story series follows "Game of Thrones" domination with 22 nods including for Outstanding Limited Series that also has ABC's "American Crime", fellow FX series "Fargo", AMC's "The Night Manager" and History's "Roots" as contenders.

Meanwhile, the nominees for Outstanding Comedy are ABC's "Black-ish" and "Modern Family", Netflix's "Master of None" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt", HBO's "Silicon Valley" and Amazon's "Transparent". The reigning champ "Veep" from HBO is also back in this year's contention.

Overall, HBO still dominates the pack with 94 nominations after grabbing a record 126 last year. FX follows with 56 bids, Netflix with 54, NBC with 41 and ABC with 35. The winners will be feted at a live ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles on September 18.