2016 Emmy Award Nominations

The 68th Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced on Thursday, July 14, by Gilmore Girls‘ Lauren Graham and black-ish‘s Anthony Anderson. The clear and anticipated lead is, of course, Game of Thrones with a total of 23 nominations. The next highest receiver, at 22 nominations, is The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, followed by Fargo with 18. Some critic and fan faves also made the list this year, including The Americans, Mr. Robot, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Master of None, and Better Call Saul. Did your favorite shows and stars get nods? Check the major highlights below and for the full list of nominees, visit emmys.com.

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Outstanding Comedy Series

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Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

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Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

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Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

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Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

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Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series

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Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

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Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series

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Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

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Outstanding Drama Series

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Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

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Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

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Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

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Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

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Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

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Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

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Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series

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Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

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Outstanding Limited Series

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Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie

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Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie

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Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie

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Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie

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Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special

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Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special

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Outstanding Television Movie

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Outstanding Animated Program

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Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)

• American Horror Story: Hotel
• Game of Thrones
• House of Cards
• The Man in the High Castle
• Penny Dreadful

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Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Program (One Hour Or More)

• Downton Abbey
• Fargo
• The Knick
• Masters of Sex
• Outlander

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Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour Or Less)

• The Big Bang Theory
• The Muppets
• Silicon Valley
• Transparent
• Veep

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Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Nonfiction, Reality Or Reality-Competition Series

• Drunk History
• Key & Peele
• Portlandia
• Saturday Night Live
• The Voice

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Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Nonfiction, Event Or Award Special

• Grease: Live
• He Named Me Malala
• Lemonade
• The Oscars
• The Wiz Live!

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Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series

• Modern Family
• Silicon Valley
• Transparent
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Veep

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Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series

• Downton Abbey
• Game of Thrones
• House of Cards
• Mr. Robot
• Orange Is The New Black

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Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special

• Fargo
• Grease: Live
• The Night Manager
• The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
• Roots

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Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series

• The Big Bang Theory, “The Convergence Convergence”
• Mom, “Sticky Hands And A Walk on The Wild Side”
• Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, “Go Hollywood”
• The Soul Man, “White Trash”

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Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series

• Bates Motel, “A Danger To Himself And Others”
• Downton Abbey, “Episode 9”
• Game of Thrones, “Home”
• Gotham, “Azrael”
• Homeland, “The Tradition of Hospitality”
• House of Cards, “Chapter 45”
• The Man in the High Castle, “The New World”

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Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Series Or Movie

• Fargo, “Waiting For Dutch”
• Luther
• The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “From The Ashes of Tragedy”
• Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

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Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program

• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, “Cuba”
• Cartel Land
• He Named Me Malala
• Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures
• What Happened, Miss Simone?

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Outstanding Cinematography For A Reality Program

• The Amazing Race
• Deadliest Catch
• Intervention
• Life Below Zero
• Project Runway
• Survivor

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Outstanding Costumes For A Period/Fantasy Series, “Limited Series Or Movie

• Downton Abbey, “Episode 8”
• Game of Thrones, “The Winds of Winter”
• Outlander, “Not In Scotland Anymore”
• The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia”
• Roots, “Night One”

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Outstanding Costumes For A Contemporary Series, “Limited Series Or Movie

• American Horror Story: Hotel, “Chutes And Ladders”
• Empire, “Past Is Prologue”
• The Good Wife, “End”
• Grace And Frankie, “The Party”
• Transparent, “Kina Hora”

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Outstanding Costumes For A Variety, “Nonfiction Or Reality Program

• Dancing With The Stars, “Disney Night”
• Grease: Live
• RuPaul’s Drag Race, “Keeping It 100!”
• Saturday Night Live, “Host: Ryan Gosling”
• The Wiz Live!“

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Outstanding Directing For A Nonfiction Program

• Cartel Land, Matthew Heineman
• Chef’s Table, Gaggan Anand, David Gelb
• He Named Me Malala, Davis Guggenheim
• Making A Murderer, “Fighting For Their Lives”, Laura Ricciardi, Moira Demos
• What Happened, Miss Simone?, Liz Garbus

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Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series

• Better Call Saul, “Nailed”
• Better Call Saul, “Rebecca”
• Game of Thrones, “Battle of The Bastards”
• Game of Thrones, “Oathbreaker”
• Narcos, “Descenso”

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Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series

• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, “Josh Just Happens To Live Here!”
• Silicon Valley, “Daily Active Users”
• Silicon Valley, “The Uptick”
• Veep, “Inauguration”
• Veep, “Mother”

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Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series

• The Big Bang Theory, “The Opening Night Excitation”
• Horace And Pete, “Episode 103”
• Last Man Standing, “The Road Less Driven”
• Mike & Molly, “I See Love”
• Mom, “Atticus Finch And The Downtrodden”
• 2 Broke Girls, “And The Sax Problem”

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Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Limited Series Or Movie

• Fargo, “Did You Do This? No, You Did It!”
• Fargo, “Waiting for Dutch”
• The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “From The Ashes of Tragedy”
• The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “The Race Card”
• The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “The Verdict”

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Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming

• Conan, “Conan In Korea”
• Drunk History, “Inventors”
• Key & Peele, “The End”
• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, “Public Defenders” (segment)
• Lemonade

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Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program

• Cartel Land
• He Named Me Malala
• Making A Murderer, “Indefensible”
• Vice, “Fighting Isis”
• What Happened, Miss Simone?

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Outstanding Picture Editing For A Structured Or Competition Reality Program

• The Amazing Race, “We’re Only Doing Freaky Stuff Today”
• Shark Tank, “Episode 702”
• Survivor, “Signed, “Sealed And Delivered”
• The Voice, “Episode 1005”
• Who Do You Think You Are?, “Bryan Cranston”

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Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program

• Born This Way, “Don’t Limit Me”
• Born This Way, “Up Syndrome”
• Deadliest Catch, “Carpe Diem”
• Naked And Afraid XL, “40 Days Jungle Rich”
• Project Greenlight, “Accident Waiting To Happen”

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Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series

• Downton Abbey, “Episode 9”
• Game of Thrones, “The Door”
• The Knick, “Williams And Walker”
• Masters of Sex, “Matters of Gravity”
• Penny Dreadful, “Glorious Horrors”

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Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special

• Dancing With The Stars, “The Finals (Part 1)”
• Grease: Live
• Key & Peele, “Y’all Ready For This”
• Saturday Night Live, “Host: Fred Armisen”
• The Wiz Live!

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Outstanding Hairstyling For A Limited Series Or Movie

• All The Way
• American Horror Story: Hotel
• Fargo
• The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
• Roots, “Night One”

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Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance

• Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy
• Trey Parker, South Park
• Matt Stone, South Park
• Keegan-Michael Key, SuperMansion
• Chris Pine, SuperMansion

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Outstanding Short Form Animated Program

• Adventure Time
• The Powerpuff Girls
• Robot Chicken
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Steven Universe

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Outstanding Choreography

• Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew, routines: “Runaway Baby”/”Take U There”/”Summer Thing”
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, routines: “I’m So Good at Yoga”/”A Boy Band Made Up of Four Joshes”/”Settle For Me”
• Dancing With The Stars, routines: “Footprints In The Sand/Grace Kelly”/”Cry Little Sister”
• So You Think You Can Dance, routine: “Dibidy Dop”
• So You Think You Can Dance, routines: “Beautiful Friends”/”November”/”Gimme All Your Love”

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Outstanding Interactive Program

• Conan
• Game of Thrones Main Titles 360 Experience
• The Late Late Show With James Corden
• Saturday Night Live Interactive Experience
• Talking Dead Interactive Experience

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Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series

• American Idol, “Finale”
• Dancing With The Stars, The Finals (Part 2)”
• Saturday Night Live, “Hosts: Tina Fey & Amy Poehler”
• So You Think You Can Dance, “Season 12 Finale”
• The Voice, “Episode 917A”

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Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special

• Adele Live In New York City
• Grease: Live
• The Oscars
• Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show
• The Wiz Live!

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Outstanding Main Title Design

• The Man in the High Castle
• Marvel’s Jessica Jones
• Narcos
• The Night Manager
• Vinyl

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Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)

• Game of Thrones, “Battle of The Bastards”
• The Knick, “Whiplash”
• Penny Dreadful, “Glorious Horrors”
• Vikings, “Yol”
• Vinyl, “Pilot”

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Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic)

• Dancing With The Stars, “Halloween Night”
• Grease: Live
• Key & Peele, “Y’all Ready For This?”
• Saturday Night Live, “Host: Ryan Gosling”
• The Wiz Live!

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Outstanding Makeup For A Limited Series Or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)

• All The Way
• American Horror Story: Hotel
• Fargo
• The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
• Roots, “Night One”

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Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special

• All The Way
• American Horror Story: Hotel
• Game of Thrones, “The Door”
• Penny Dreadful, “And Hell Itself My Only Foe”
• The Walking Dead, “No Way Out”

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Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score)

• Bates Motel, “Forever”
• Chef’s Table, “Grant Achatz”
• Limitless, “Pilot”
• Minority Report, “Pilot”
• Mr. Robot, “eps1.0_ hellofriend. mov”
• Penny Dreadful, “And They Were Enemies”

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Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

• All The Way
• Descendants
• Fargo, “Loplop”
• Jesse Stone: Lost In Paradise, “Hallmark Channel”
• The Night Manager, “Episode 2”
• War & Peace, “Part 1”

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Outstanding Music Direction

• Danny Elfman’s Music From The Films of Tim Burton (Live From Lincoln Center)
• Jazz At The White House
• Sinatra: Voice For A Century (Live From Lincoln Center)
• Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Performance At The White House
• A Very Murray Christmas

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Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics

• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, “I’m Going on a Date with Josh’s Friend!” / Song Title: “Settle For Me”
• Empire, “A Rose By Any Other Name” / Song Title: “Good People”
• Galavant, “A New Season aka Suck It Cancellation Bear” / Song Title: “A New Season”
• Garfunkel and Oates: Trying To Be Special, Song Title: Frozen Lullaby”
• The Hunting Ground, Song Title: “‘Til It Happens To You”

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Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• Marvel’s Jessica Jones
• Narcos
• The Night Manager
• Sense8
• The Whispers

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Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series

• Rob Corddry, Children’s Hospital
• Rob Huebel, Children’s Hospital
• Lou Diamond, The Crossroads of History
• Oscar Nuñez, The Crossroads of History
• Jack McBrayer, Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell

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Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series

• Patrika Darbo, Acting Dead
• Erinn Hayes, Children’s Hospital
• Janet Varney, Everyone’s Crazy But Us
• Michelle, Fear The Walking Dead: Flight 462
• Tracie Thoms as Gwen, Send Me: an original web series

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Outstanding Narrator

• Adrien Brody, Breakthrough, “Decoding the Brain”
• Keith David, Jackie Robinson
• Anthony Mendez, Jane The Virgin, “Chapter Thirty-Four”
• David Attenborough, Life Story, “First Steps”
• Laurence Fishburne, Roots

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Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program

• Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
• Tom Bergeron, Dancing With The Stars
• Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night
• Steve Harvey, Little Big Shots starring Steve Harvey
• Heidi Klum, Project Runway
• RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race

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Outstanding Variety Talk Series

• Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee
• Jimmy Kimmel Live
• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
• The Late Late Show With James Corden
• Real Time With Bill Maher
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

• Documentary Now!
• Drunk History
• Inside Amy Schumer
• Key & Peele
• Portlandia
• Saturday Night Live

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Outstanding Variety Special

• Adele Live In New York City
• Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo
• The Kennedy Center Honors
• The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Prime Time Special
• Lemonade

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Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series

• Inside Amy Schumer, “Madonna/Whore”, Ryan McFaul
• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, “Episode 303”, Paul Pennolino
• The Late Late Show With James Corden, “Post-Super Bowl Episode”, Tim Mancinelli
• Saturday Night Live, “Hosts: Tina Fey & Amy Poehler”, Don Roy King
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, “Episode 325”, Dave Diomedi

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Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special

• Adele Live In New York City, Beth McCarthy-Miller
• Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo, Chris Rock
• 58th Grammy Awards- Directed by, Louis J. Horvitz
• Grease: Live, Thomas Kail
• The Kennedy Center Honors, Glenn Weiss
• Lemonade, Kahlil Joseph, Beyoncé Knowles Carter

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Outstanding Special Class Program

• The 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
• Grease: Live
• The Oscars
• Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show
• 69th Annual Tony Awards

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Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series

• Children’s Hospital
• Fear The Walking Dead: Flight 462
• Hack Into Broad City
• Her Story
• UnREAL The Auditions

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Outstanding Short Form Variety Series

• Epic Rap Battles of History
• Gay of Thrones
• Honest Trailers
• Making A Scene With James Franco
• Park Bench With Steve Buscemi

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Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction Or Reality Series

• Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
• Jay Leno’s Garage
• National Endowment For The Arts: United States of Arts
• Roots: A New Vision
• A Year In Space

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Outstanding Children’s Program

• Dog With A Blog
• Girl Meets World
• It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown!
• Nick News With Linda Ellerbee: Hello, I Must Be Going! 25 Years Of Nick News With Linda Ellerbee
• School of Rock

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Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special

• Becoming Mike Nichols
• Everything Is Copy – Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted
• Listen To Me Marlon
• Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures
• What Happened, Miss Simone?

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Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series

• American Masters
• Chef’s Table
• Making A Murderer
• The Seventies
• Woman With Gloria Steinem

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Outstanding Informational Series Or Special

• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
• Inside The Actors Studio
• Star Talk With Neil deGrasse Tyson
• The Story of God With Morgan Freeman
• Vice

Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking

• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
• Cartel Land
• The Hunting Ground
• Jim: The James Foley Story
• Racing Extinction
• Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom

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Outstanding Structured Reality Program

• Antiques Roadshow
• Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives
• Lip Sync Battle, Spike TV
• MythBusters
• Shark Tank,
• Undercover Boss

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Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program

• Born This Way
• Deadliest Catch
• Gaycation With Ellen Page
• Intervention
• Project Greenlight
• United Shades of America

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Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

• The Amazing Race
• American Ninja Warrior
• Dancing With The Stars
• Project Runway
• Top Chef
• The Voice

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Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series

• Black Sails, “XX”
• Game of Thrones, “The Door”
• Gotham, “Azrael”
• Marvel’s Daredevil, “New York’s Finest”
• Vikings, “The Last Ship”

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Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Series, “Movie Or Special

• American Horror Story: Hotel, “Checking In”
• Fargo, “The Castle”
• The Night Manager, “Episode 5”
• Roots, “Night Two”
• Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

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Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Program (Single Or Multi-Camera)

• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, “Okinawa”
• Cartel Land
• He Named Me Malala
• Making A Murderer, “Lack of Humility”
• What Happened, Miss Simone?

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Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)

• Better Call Saul, “Klick”
• Downton Abbey, “Episode 9”
• Game of Thrones, “Battle of The Bastards”
• House of Cards, “Chapter 52”
• Mr. Robot, “eps1.5_br4ve-trave1er.asf”
• Ray Donovan, “Exsuscito”

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Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Series Or Movie

• Fargo, “Gift of The Magi”
• The Night Manager, “Episode 5”
• The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, “From The Ashes of Tragedy”
• Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
• True Detective, “Down Will Come”

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Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation

• Modern Family, “The Storm”
• Mozart In The Jungle, “Nothing Resonates Like Rhinoceros Foreskin”
• Silicon Valley, “Bachmanity Insanity”
• The Simpsons, “Halloween of Horror”
• Veep, “Congressional Ball”

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Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special

• Danny Elfman’s Music From The Films of Tim Burton (Live From Lincoln Center)
• Grease: Live
• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, “Episode 225”
• The Oscars
• The Voice, “Episode 1018A”

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Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)

• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, “Ethiopia”
• Deadliest Catch, “Carpe Diem”
• Making A Murderer, “Lack of Humility”
• Vice, “Fighting Isis”
• What Happened, Miss Simone?

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Outstanding Special Visual Effects

• Black Sails, “XX”
• Game of Thrones, “Battle of The Bastards”
• The Man in the High Castle, “The New World”
• Penny Dreadful, “And They Were Enemies”
• Vikings, “The Last Ship”

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Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Supporting Role

• Better Call Saul, “Fifi”
• 11.22.63, “The Rabbit Hole”
• Hannibal, “Primavera”
• Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
• The Walking Dead, “No Way Out”

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Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Comedy Series Or Variety Program

• Angie Tribeca
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• K.C. Undercover
• Saturday Night Live
• Shameless

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Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie

• The Blacklist
• Game of Thrones
• Gotham
• Marvel’s Daredevil
• Rush Hour

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Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series

• The Big Bang Theory, “The Celebration Experimentation”
• Dancing With The Stars, “The Finals (Part 2)”
• Jimmy Kimmel Live, “In Brooklyn”
• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, “Episode 303”
• Saturday Night Live, “Host: Ariana Grande”
• The Voice, “Episode 917A”

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Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Limited Series, Movie or Special

• Adele Live In New York City
• Grease: Live
• The Oscars
• 69th Annual Tony Awards
• The Wiz Live!

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Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series

• Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
• Inside Amy Schumer
• Key & Peele
• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
• Portlandia
• Saturday Night Live

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Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special

• Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo
• John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid
• Patton Oswalt: Talking For Clapping
• Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted
• Triumph’s Election Special 2016

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Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program

• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, “Borneo”
• Everything Is Copy – Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted
• Jackie Robinson
• Making A Murderer, “Eighteen Years Lost”
• Walt Disney (American Experience)