<p>It was no surprise that Vince Gilligan&#8217;s <em><strong>Breaking Bad</strong></em> was the top dog at this year&#8217;s Emmy awards. Just about every nomination for the AMC drama was a win from Best Actor (<strong>Bryan Cranston</strong>) to Best Supporting Actor (<strong>Aaron Paul</strong>) to Best Drama Series. The only show that was a match for it was in Best Direction which went deserved to HBO&#8217;s <em><strong>True Detective</strong></em>. FX&#8217;s <em><strong>Fargo</strong> </em>was also no surprise winning Best Miniseries. <em><strong>Sherlock</strong> </em>managed to nab a few wins as well as Netflix&#8217;s prison comedy <em><strong>Orange is the New Black</strong></em> picking a handful of awards.</p>
<p>Here is the full list of nominations and winners.</p>
<p><strong>OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES</strong><br />
<em><strong>Breaking Bad • AMC</strong></em><br />
Downton Abbey • PBS<br />
Game Of Thrones • HBO<br />
House Of Cards • Netflix<br />
Mad Men • AMC<br />
True Detective • HBO</p>
<p><strong>OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES</strong><br />
The Big Bang Theory • CBS<br />
Louie • FX<br />
<em><strong>Modern Family • ABC</strong></em><br />
Orange Is The New Black • Netflix<br />
Silicon Valley • HBO<br />
Veep • HBO<br />
<strong>OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES</strong><br />
Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle<br />
True Detective • HBO<br />
<em><strong>Bryan Cranston as Walter White</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Breaking Bad • AMC</strong></em><br />
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy<br />
The Newsroom • HBO<br />
Jon Hamm as Don Draper<br />
Mad Men • AMC<br />
Woody Harrelson as Martin Hart<br />
True Detective • HBO<br />
Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood<br />
House of Cards • Netflix</p>
<p><strong>OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES</strong><br />
Lizzy Caplan as Virginia Johnson<br />
Masters of Sex • Showtime<br />
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison<br />
Homeland • Showtime<br />
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley<br />
Downton Abbey • PBS<br />
<em><strong>Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> The Good Wife • CBS</strong></em><br />
Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope<br />
Scandal • ABC<br />
Robin Wright as Claire Underwood<br />
House of Cards • Netflix</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES</strong><br />
Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad • AMC<br />
<em><strong>Moira Walley-Beckett, Breaking Bad • AMC</strong></em><br />
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones • HBO<br />
Beau Willimon, House of Cards • Netflix<br />
Nic Pizzolatto, True Detective • HBO</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES</strong><br />
<em><strong>Anna Gunn as Skyler White</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> Breaking Bad • AMC</strong></em><br />
Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates<br />
Downton Abbey • PBS<br />
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris<br />
Mad Men • AMC<br />
Maggie Smith as Dowager Countess of Grantham<br />
Downton Abbey • PBS<br />
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister<br />
Game of Thrones • HBO<br />
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart<br />
The Good Wife • CBS</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES</strong><br />
Tim Van Patten, Boardwalk Empire • HBO<br />
Vince GIlligan, Breaking Bad • AMC<br />
David Evans, Downton Abbey • PBS<br />
Neil Marshall, Game of Thrones • HBO<br />
Carl Franklin, House of Cards • Netflix<br />
<em><strong>Cary Joji Fukunaga, True Detective • HBO</strong></em></p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> Breaking Bad • AMC</strong></em><br />
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister<br />
Game of Thrones • HBO<br />
Jon Voight Mickey Donovan<br />
Ray Donovan • Showtime<br />
Jim Carter as Mr. Carson<br />
Downton Abbey • PBS<br />
Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson<br />
Homeland • Showtime<br />
Josh Charles as Will Gardner<br />
The Good Wife • CBS</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL</strong><br />
“The Beatles: The Night That Changed America”<br />
“Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays”<br />
The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards<br />
<em><strong>“Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles”</strong></em><br />
67th Annual Tony Awards</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE</strong><br />
Killing Kennedy • National Geographic Channel<br />
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight • HBO<br />
<em><strong>The Normal Heart • HBO</strong></em><br />
Sherlock: His Last Vow (Masterpiece) • PBS<br />
The Trip To Bountiful • Lifetime</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING MINISERIES</strong><br />
American Horror Story: Coven • FX<br />
Bonnie &; Clyde • Lifetime<br />
<em><strong>Fargo • FX</strong></em><br />
Luther • BBC<br />
Treme • HBO<br />
The White Queen • Starz</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE</strong></p>
<p>Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor<br />
Burton and Taylor • BBC America<br />
Minnie Driver as Maggie Royal<br />
Return to Zero • Lifetime<br />
<em><strong>Jessica Lange as Fiona Goode</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> American Horror Story: Coven • FX</strong></em><br />
Sarah Paulson as Cordelia Goode Foxx<br />
American Horror Story: Coven • FX<br />
Cicely Tyson as Carrie Watts<br />
The Trip to Bountiful • Lifetime<br />
Kristen Wiig as Cynthia Morehouse<br />
The Spoils of Babylon • IFC</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> Sherlock • PBS</strong></em><br />
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Louis Lester<br />
Dancing on the Edge • Starz<br />
Idris Elba as John Luther<br />
Luther • BBC America<br />
Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard<br />
Fargo • FX<br />
Mark Ruffalo as Ned Weeks<br />
The Normal Heart • HBO<br />
Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo<br />
Fargo • FX</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE</strong></p>
<p>Colin Hanks as Gus Grimly<br />
Fargo • FX<br />
Jim Parsons as Tommy Boatwright<br />
The Normal Heart • HBO<br />
Alfred Molina as Ben Weeks<br />
The Normal Heart • HBO<br />
<em><strong>Martin Freeman as John Watson</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> Sherlock • PBS</strong></em><br />
Joe Mantello as Mickey Marcus<br />
The Normal Heart • HBO<br />
Matt Bomer as Felix Turner<br />
The Normal Heart • HBO</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE</strong></p>
<p>Frances Conroy as Myrtle Snow<br />
American Horror Story: Coven • FX<br />
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Coven • FX<br />
Ellen Burstyn as Olivia<br />
Flowers in the Attic • HBO<br />
<em><strong>Kathy Bates as Madame Delphine LaLaurie</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> American Horror Story: Coven • FX</strong></em><br />
Allison Tolman as Molly Solverson<br />
Fargo • HBO<br />
Julia Roberts as Dr. Emma Brookner<br />
The Normal Heart • HBO</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL</strong><br />
Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, American Horror Story: Coven • FX<br />
Noah Hawley, Fargo • FX<br />
Neil Cross, Luther • BBC America<br />
Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart • HBO<br />
<em><strong>Steven Moffat, Sherlock: His Last Vow • PBS</strong></em><br />
David Simon, Eric Overmyer, Treme • HBO</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>The Amazing Race • CBS</strong></em><br />
Dancing With the Stars • ABC<br />
Project Runway • Bravo<br />
So You Think You Can Dance • Fox<br />
Top Chef • Bravo<br />
The Voice • NBC</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES</strong></p>
<p>Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath<br />
Girls • HBO<br />
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton<br />
Nurse Jackie • Showtime<br />
<em><strong>Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President Selina Meyer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> Veep • HBO</strong></em><br />
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn<br />
Mike &; Molly • CBS<br />
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope<br />
Parks and Recreation • NBC<br />
Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman<br />
Orange Is the New Black • Netflix</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES</strong><br />
Louis CK as Louie<br />
Louie • FX<br />
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan<br />
House of Lies • Showtime<br />
Ricky Gervais as Derek<br />
Derek • Netflix<br />
Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc<br />
Episodes • Showtime<br />
William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher<br />
Shameless • Showtime<br />
<em><strong>Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> The Big Bang Theory • CBS</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES</strong></p>
<p>Iain B. McDonald, Episodes • Showtime<br />
Paris Barclay, Glee • Fox<br />
Louis C.K., Louie • FX<br />
<em><strong>Gail Mancuso, Modern Family • ABC</strong></em><br />
Jodie Foster, Orange Is the New Black • Netflix<br />
Mike Judge, Silicon Valley • HBO</p>
<p><strong>OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES</strong><br />
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy<br />
Modern Family • ABC<br />
Kate Mulgrew as Galina “Red” Reznikov<br />
Orange Is the New Black • Netflix<br />
Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler<br />
The Big Bang Theory • CBS<br />
<em><strong>Allison Janney as Bonnie</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Mom • CBS</strong></em><br />
Kate McKinnon as Various character<br />
Saturday Night Live • NBC<br />
Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer<br />
Veep • HBO</p>
<p><strong> OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES</strong><br />
David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik, Episodes • Showtime<br />
<em><strong>Louis C.K., Louie • FX</strong></em><br />
Liz Friedman, Jenji Kohan, Orange Is the New Black • Netflix<br />
Alec Berg, Silicon Valley • HBO<br />
Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche, Armando Iannucci, Veep • HBO</p>
<p><strong>OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES</strong></p>
<p>Andre Braugher as Ray Holt<br />
Brooklyn Nine-Nine • Fox<br />
<em><strong>Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> Modern Family • ABC</strong></em><br />
Fred Armisen as Various characters<br />
Portlandia • IFC<br />
Adam Driver as Adam Sackler<br />
Girls • HBO<br />
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett<br />
Modern Family • ABC<br />
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh<br />
Veep • HBO</p>
<p><strong>OUTSTANDING VARIETY SERIES</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>The Colbert Report • Comedy Central</strong></em></p>
<p>The Daily Show • Comedy Central</p>
<p>Jimmy Kimmel Live • ABC</p>
<p>Real Time with Bill Maher • HBO</p>
<p>Saturday Night Live • NBC</p>
<p>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon • NBC</p>
<p><strong>OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL</strong><br />
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, American Horror Story • FX<br />
<em><strong>Colin Bucksey, Fargo • FX</strong></em><br />
Adam Bernstein, Fargo • FX<br />
Stephen Frears, Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight • HBO<br />
Ryan Murphy, The Normal Heart • HBO<br />
Nick Hurran, Sherlock: His Last Vow • PBS</p>
<p><strong> Outstanding Special Class Program:</strong> 67th Annual Tony Awards • CBS<br />
<strong>Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program:</strong> Between Two Ferns, featuring President Barack Obama (FunnyOrDie.com)<br />
<strong>Outstanding Short-Format Nonfiction Program</strong>: 30 for 30 Shorts • ESPN<br />
<strong>Outstanding Interactive Program:</strong> The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience • NBC<br />
<strong>Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series</strong>: The writers of The Colbert Report • Comedy Central<br />
<strong>Outstanding Directing for a Directing Series:</strong> Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live • NBC<br />
<strong>Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming:</strong> Ann Druyan and Steven Soter for Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey • Fox/National Geographic<br />
<strong>Outstanding Variety Special:</strong> AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks • TNT<br />
<strong>Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program:</strong> Deadliest Catch • Discovery<br />
<strong>Outstanding Structured Reality Program</strong>: Shark Tank • ABC<br />
<strong>Outstanding Choreography</strong>: Tabitha Dumo, Napoleon Dumo, So You Think You Can Dance • Fox<br />
<strong>Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program</strong>: Jane Lynch; Host, Hollywood Game Night • NBC<br />
<strong>Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series</strong>: Uzo Aduba as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren, Orange Is the New Black • Netflix<br />
<strong>Outstanding Animated Program</strong>: Bob’s Burgers • Fox<br />
<strong>Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program</strong>: Mickey Mouse, “‘O Sole Minnie” • Disney<br />
<strong>Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance</strong>: Harry Shearer as Kent Brockman / Mr. Burns / Younger Burns / Smithers, The Simpsons • Fox<br />
<strong>Outstanding Narrator</strong>: Jeremy Irons; Narrator, Game of Lions • National Geographic</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/25/emmys-2014-winners-list/">EW</a></p>

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