Emmy Nominations 2013: Horror Story, Thrones, Liberace And 30 Rock Lead Pack; House Of Cards, Scandal And Political Animals Score Nods

Emmy NominationsNominations for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday morning by Breaking Bad boy Aaron Paul and three-time Emmy winner/How I Met Your Mother star/2013 Emmys host Neil Patrick Harris.

American Horror Story: Asylum scared up the most nods of anyone, amassing 17 total (including for Outstanding Miniseries and frontwoman Jessica Lange), while Game of Thrones followed closely with 16.

On the comedy front, 30 Rock's farewell run netted 13 total noms, followed by Modern Family's 12 and The Big Bang Theory's eight.

By network, HBO dominated with 108 total nominations, followed — distantly — by CBS and NBC, which each tallied 53.

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Of note, Lead Comedy Actress contender Julia Louis-Dreyfus made Emmy history by besting Lucille Ball's mark of 13 career noms; Scandal converted its buzz into possible bling, with a pair of nods (including for Kerry Washington); and both Netflix's House of Cards and USA Network's passed-on Political Animals reaped votes.

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Here is the list of the major nominees. Your job, as fellow TV enthusiasts, is to hit the comments with utter euphoria... or over-expressed outrage. (It's the Internet, so we're conservatively predicting 60 percent "outrage.")

OUTSTANDING DRAMABreaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Homeland (2012 WINNER)

House of Cards

Mad Men

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Connie Britton, Nashville

Claire Danes, Homeland (2012 WINNER)

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey

Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Kerry Washington, Scandal

Robin Wright, House of Cards

...BUT NO TATIANA MASLANY?!

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Damian Lewis, Homeland (2012 WINNER)

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (2012 WINNER)

Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Morena Baccarin, Homeland

Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire

Jonathan Banks, Breaking Bad

Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad (2012 WINNER)

Jim Carter, Downton Abbey

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Margo Martindale, The Americans

Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones

Carrie Preston, The Good Wife

Linda Cardellini, Mad Men

Jane Fonda, The Newsroom

Joan Cusack, Shameless

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Nathan Lane, The Good Wife

Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife

Rupert Friend, Homeland

Robert Morse, Mad Men

Harry Hamlin, Mad Men

Dan Bucatinsky, Scandal

OUTSTANDING COMEDY30 Rock The Big Bang Theory Girls Louie

Modern Family (2012 WINNER)

VeepOUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Laura Dern, Enlightened

Lena Dunham, Girls

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (2012 WINNER)

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Jason Bateman, Arrested Development

Louis CK, Louie

Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory

Jane Lynch, Glee

Julie Bowen, Modern Family (2012 WINNER)

Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie

Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Anna Chlumsky, Veep

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Adam Driver, Girls

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family

Ed O'Neill, Modern Family

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live

Tony Hale, Veep

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Molly Shannon, Enlightened

Dot-Marie Jones, Glee

Melissa Leo, Louie

Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live

Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live

Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory

Nathan Lane, Modern Family

Bobby Cannavale, Nurse Jackie

Louis CK, Saturday Night Live

Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live

Will Forte, 30 Rock

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW HOST

Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

Betty White, Betty White's Off Their Rockers

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars (2012 WINNER)

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway

Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance

Anthony Bourdain, The Taste

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITION

The Amazing Race (2012 WINNER)

Dancing With the Stars Project Runway So You Think You Can Dance Top Chef The VoiceOUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIESThe Colbert Report

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (2012 WINNER)

Jimmy Kimmel Live Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Real Time With Bill Maher Saturday Night LiveOUTSTANDING TV MINISERIES OR MOVIEAmerican Horror Story: Asylum Behind the Candelabra The Bible Phil Spector Political Animals Top of the LakeLEAD ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum (2012 WINNER in Supporting category)

Laura Linney, The Big C: hereafter

Helen Mirren, Phil Spector

Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake

LEAD ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra

Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra

Toby Jones, The Girl

Benedict Cumberbatch, Parade's End

Al Pacino, Phil Spector

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Asylum

Imelda Staunton, The Girl

Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals

Charlotte Rampling, Restless

Alfre Woodard, Steel Magnolias

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE

James Cromwell, American Horror Story: Asylum

Zachary Quinto, American Horror Story: Asylum

Scott Bakula, Behind The Candelabra

John Benjamin Hickey, The Big C: hereafter

Peter Mullan, Top of the Lake

The Emmys will be held Sunday, Sept. 22, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. CBS is broadcasting this year's show, with How I Met Your Mother's Neil Patrick Harris serving as host. Visit Deadline for the complete list of nominations.

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