Emmy Awards nominations for 2015 revealed

The HBO network and its popular medieval fantasy series Game Of Thrones lead this year’s nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Game Of Thrones has swept up a total of 24 nominations while HBO has a staggering 126 nominations under its belt, ahead of the ABC at #2 with 42 nominations.

Emmy nominations by series (top 20):
Game of Thrones – 24
American Horror Story: Freak Show – 20
Olive Kitteridge – 13
Bessie – 12
House of Cards – 11
Mad Men – 11
Transparent – 11
American Crime – 10
Boardwalk Empire –  10
Veep –  9
Dancing With the Stars – 8
Downton Abbey – 8
The Oscars –  8
Saturday Night Live – 8
So You Think You Can Dance –  8
Wolf Hall – 8
Better Call Saul – 7
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief –   7
Houdini – 7
Inside Amy Schumer –  7
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck –  7

Emmy nominations by network (top 20)
HBO –  126
ABC – 42
CBS – 41
NBC –  41
FX Networks –  38
Fox –  35
Netflix –  34
PBS – 29
Comedy Central –  25
AMC – 24
Showtime – 18
Amazon Prime Instant Video –  12
History –  11
Lifetime – 10
Discovery Channel –  7
Cinemax –  5
CNN –  5
Starz – 5
Cartoon Network –  4
Disney Channel –  4

This year, over 50% of the nominees in the four lead performer categories are either first-time nominees, or from new series. See the nominations for these categories below: