Game Of Thrones Dominates Directors Guild TV Nominations, Scoring 3 Nods

Like an army of hapless humans facing down a fire-breathing dragon, the rest of TV was no match for Game of Thrones in this year's Directors Guild nominations.

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The hit HBO fantasy scorched the competition when the 2017 DGA Award nominations were announced on Wednesday, landing three of the possible five nominations in the drama-series category. Jeremy Podeswa ("The Dragon and the Wolf"), Matt Shakman ("The Spoils of War") and Alan Taylor ("Beyond the Wall") scored nods for their episodes — meaning that nearly half of Season 7's seven installments were honored by the DGA.

Rounding out the DGA drama nominees were the Duffer Brothers, for Stranger Things' Season 2 finale "The Gate," and Reed Morano, for The Handmaid's Tale's pilot "Offred." (Watch out, Game of Thrones helmers: Morano took home the Emmy in this category back in September.)

As for the DGA's comedy-series nominees, Netflix's Master of None earned a pair of nominations for star Aziz Ansari ("The Thief") and Melina Matsoukas ("Thanksgiving"). The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Amy Sherman-Palladino ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"), Silicon Valley's Mike Judge ("Server Error") and Veep's Beth McCarthy-Miller ("Chicklet") round out the category.

Big Little Lies director Jean-Marc Vallée, who also took home an Emmy this past year, leads the TV movie/miniseries category, with additional nods going to Scott Frank (Godless), Barry Levinson (The Wizard of Lies), Kyra Sedgwick (Story of a Girl) and George C. Wolfe (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks).