Emmys 2014: Thrones, Fargo, Coven Lead Nominations; Lizzy Caplan, Matt Bomer, Joe Morton Among First-Timers

Nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday by The Mindy Project's Mindy Kaling and The Voice host Carson Daly.

HBO's Game of Thrones ruled with 19 total nominations, followed closely by FX's Fargo (18) and American Horror Story: Coven (17), AMC's Breaking Bad (16) and HBO's The Normal Heart (16).

Amongst broadcast fare, NBC's Saturday Night Live did best with 14 total nods, while ABC's Modern Family and NBC's The Voice netted 10 each.

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Going network-by-network, HBO amassed 99 (!) total nods, with CBS placing a distant second with 47. NBC (46), FX (45) and ABC (37) round out the Top 5. Streaming service Netflix scored 31 nominations.

This year's first-time Emmy contenders include (but are by no means limited to!) Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex), Lena Headey (Thrones), Matt Bomer (Normal Heart), Gary Cole (Veep), Colin Hanks (Fargo), Allison Tolman (Fargo), Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is the New Black) and Joe Morton (Scandal).

Besides Fargo, other freshman programs that fared well include Fox's Cosmos, Netflix's Orange Is the New Black and HBO's True Detective, each totaling 10 nods.

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TVLine has detailed the major nominees below; our sister siteDeadline has a complete list. Your job, as fellow TV enthusiasts, is to hit the comments with unbridled euphoria... or disproportionate outrage. (It's the Internet, so we're conservatively predicting 60 percent "outrage.")

OUTSTANDING DRAMABreaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

House of Cards

Mad Men

True Detective

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex

Kerry Washington, Scandal

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Claire Danes, Homeland

Robin Wright, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Woody Harrelson, True Detective

Matthew McConaughey, True Detective

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

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 SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

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 GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Margo Martindale, The Americans

Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones

Kate Mara, House of Cards

Allison Janney, Masters of Sex

Jane Fonda, The Newsroom

Kate Burton, Scandal

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA

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

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OUTSTANDING COMEDYThe Big Bang Theory

Louie

Modern Family

Orange Is the New Black

Silicon Valley

Veep

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Lena Dunham, Girls

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Louis CK, Louie

Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Ricky Gervais, Derek

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

William H Macy, Shameless

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

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 SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Adam Driver, Girls

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Fred Armisen, Portlandia

Tony Hale, Veep

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

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

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

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

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OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW HOST

Betty White, Betty White's Off Their Rockers

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars

Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night

Heidi Klum/Tim Gunn, Project Runway

Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance

Anthony Bourdain, The Taste

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITIONThe Amazing Race

Dancing With the Stars

Project Runway

So You Think You Can Dance

Top Chef

The Voice

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIESThe 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

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OUTSTANDING TV MINISERIESAmerican Horror Story: Coven

Bonnie & Clyde

Fargo

Luther

Treme

The White Queen

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIEKilling Kennedy

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

The Normal Heart

Sherlock: His Last Vow

The Trip to Bountiful

LEAD ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven

Minnie Driver, Return to Zero

Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Coven

Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful

Kristen Wiig, The Spoils of Babylon

LEAD ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow

Idris Elba, Luther

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing On the Edge

Martin Freeman, Fargo

Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo

Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Frances Conroy, American Horror Story: Coven

Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Coven

Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Coven

Allison Tolman, Fargo

Ellen Burstyn, Flowers in the Attic

Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR 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

The Emmys will be held Monday, Aug. 25 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. NBC is broadcasting this year's show, with Late Night's Seth Meyers serving as host.

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