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And the 2014 Emmy nominees are...

Los Angeles - The nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday by The Mindy Project star Mindy Kaling and talk show host Carson Daly.

The Emmys celebrates the best in television entertainment over the past year, covering drama and comedy series, reality and variety shows, and mini-series and made for TV movies.

This year's Emmy Awards will be held on Monday, 25 August at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

Here is a full list of 2014 Emmy nominations:

DRAMA CATEGORIES

OUTSTANDING DRAMA
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mad Men
True Detective

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey
Claire Danes - Homeland
Robin Wright - House of Cards
Kerry Washington - Scandal
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Lizzy Caplan - Masters of Sex

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

COMEDY CATEGORIES

OUTSTANDING COMEDY
The 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
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Melissa McCarthy - Mike & Molly

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

REALITY/VARIETY CATEGORIES

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW HOST
Betty White - Betty White’s Off Their Rockers
Tom Bergeron - Dancing With the Stars
Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum - Project Runway
Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can DanCe
Anthony Bourdain - The Taste
Jane Lynch - Hollywood Game Night

OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITION
The Amazing Race
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The 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

OUTSTANDING TV MINISERIES
American Horror Story: Coven
Fargo
The White Queen
Bonnie and Clyde
Treme

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE
The Normal Heart
The Trip to Bountiful
Killing Kennedy
Sherlock: His Last Vow
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight

LEAD ACTOR IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Dancing on the Edge
Mark Ruffalo - The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo
Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock: His Last Vow
Idris Elba - Luther

LEAD ACTRESS IN A TV MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Cicely Tyson - The Trip to Bountiful
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Coven
Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Coven
Kristen Wiig - Spoils of Babylon
Helena Bonham Carter - Burton and Taylor
Minnie Driver - Return to Zero

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