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Outstanding Drama Series

• Boardwalk Empire
• Breaking Bad
• Downton Abbey
• Game Of Thrones 
• Homeland
• Mad Men 

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Girls Bitch, please.
• Modern Family
• 30 Rock
• Veep

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

• Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath
• Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn
• Zooey Deschanel as Jess Day
• Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton
• Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope
• Tina Fey as Liz Lemon
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

• Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
• Larry David as Himself
• Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan
• Louis C.K. as Louie
• Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy
• Jon Cryer as Alan Harper

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

• Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler
• Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey
• Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
• Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
• Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow
• Kristen Wiig as various characters

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

• Ed O’Neill as Jay Pritchett
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett
• Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
• Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker
• Max Greenfield as Schmidt
• Bill Hader as various characters

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

• Dot-Marie Jones as Coach Shannon Beiste
• Maya Rudolph, Host
• Melissa McCarthy, Host
• Elizabeth Banks as Avery Jessup
• Margaret Cho as Kim Jong-il
• Kathy Bates as Charlie Harper

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series

• Michael J. Fox as Himself
• Greg Kinnear as Tad
• Bobby Cannavale as Dr. Mike Cruz
• Jimmy Fallon, Host
• Will Arnett as Devon Banks
• Jon Hamm as Abner and David Brinkley

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

• Robert B. Weide, Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Lena Dunham, Girls
• Louis C.K., Louie
• Jason Winer, Modern Family
• Steven Levitan, Modern Family
• Jake Kasdan, New Girl

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

• Community • Remedial Chaos Theory Chris McKenna, Written by
• Girls • Pilot Lena Dunham, Written by
• Louie • Pregnant • Louis C.K., Written by
• Parks And Recreation • The Debate • Amy Poehler, Written by
• Parks And Recreation • Win, Lose, Or Draw  Michael Schur, Written by

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

• Glenn Close as Patty Hewes
• Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley
• Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick
• Kathy Bates as Harriet Korn
• Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison
• Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

• Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson
• Bryan Cranston as Walter White
• Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
• Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham
• Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody
• Jon Hamm as Don Draper

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

• Anna Gunn as Skyler White
• Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
• Joanne Froggatt as Anna
• Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma
• Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart
• Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway Harris

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

• Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman
• Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo ‘Gus’ Fring
• Brendan Coyle as John Bates
• Jim Carter as Mr. Carson
• Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
• Jared Harris as Lane Pryce

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

• Martha Plimpton as Patti Nyholm
• Loretta Devine as Adele Webber
• Jean Smart as D.A. Roseanna Remmick
• Julia Ormond as Marie Calvet
• Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson
• Uma Thurman as Rebecca Duvall

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

• Mark Margolis as Tio Salamanca
• Dylan Baker as Colin Sweeney
• Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning
• Jeremy Davies as Dickie Bennett
• Ben Feldman as Michael Ginsberg
• Jason Ritter as Mark Cyr

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

• Boardwalk Empire • To The Lost Tim Van Patten, Director
• Breaking Bad • Face Off • Vince Gilligan, Director
• Downton Abbey • Episode 7 • Brian Percival, Director
• Homeland • Pilot • Michael Cuesta, Director
• Mad Men • The Other Woman • Phil Abraham, Director

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

• Downton Abbey • Episode 7 Julian Fellowes, Written by
• Homeland • Pilot • Alex Gansa, Written by Howard Gordon, Written by Gideon Raff, Written by
• Mad Men • The Other Woman • Semi Chellas, Written by Matthew Weiner, Written by
• Mad Men • Commissions And Fees • Andre Jacquemetton, Written byMaria Jacquemetton, Written by
• Mad Men • Far Away Places Erin Levy, Written by Matthew Weiner, Written by

Outstanding Miniseries or Movie

• American Horror Story • FX Networks
• Game Change • HBO 
• Hatfields & McCoys • HISTORY 
• Hemingway & Gellhorn • HBO
• Luther • BBC America
• Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia (Masterpiece) • PBS 

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

• Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon
• Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin
• Nicole Kidman as Martha Gellhorn
• Ashley Judd as Rebecca Winstone, Missing
• Emma Thompson as She

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

• Woody Harrelson as Steve Schmidt
• Kevin Costner as ‘Devil’ Anse Hatfield
• Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy
• Clive Owen as Ernest Hemingway
• Idris Elba as John Luther
• Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or A Movie

• Frances Conroy as Moira
• Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon
• Sarah Paulson as Nicolle Wallace
• Mare Winningham as Sally McCoy
• Judy Davis as Jill Tankard

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or A Movie

• Denis O’Hare as Larry Harvey
• Ed Harris as John McCain
• Tom Berenger as Jim Vance
• David Strathairn as John Dos Passos
• Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson

Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special

• Game Change Jay Roach, Director
• Hatfields & McCoys • Kevin Reynolds, Director
• Hemingway & Gellhorn • Philip Kaufman, Director
• Luther • Sam Miller, Director
• Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia (Masterpiece) • Paul McGuigan, Director

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

• Game Change • Danny Strong, Written by
• Hatfields & McCoys • Ted Mann, Story and Teleplay by Ronald Parker, Teleplay by Bill Kerby, Story by
• The Hour • Abi Morgan, Written by
• Luther • Neil Cross, Written by
• Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia (Masterpiece) • Steven Moffat, Written by

Outstanding Variety Series

• The Colbert Repor
• The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
• Jimmy Kimmel Live
• Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
• Real Time With Bill Maher
• Saturday Night Live 

Outstanding Special Class Programs

• 84th Annual Academy Awards
• The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards
• The 54th Annual Grammy Awards
• Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel And The LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin (Great Performances)
• Louis C.K. Live At The Beacon Theatre
• 65th Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series

• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
• Portlandia
• Real Time With Bill Maher
• Saturday Night Live

Full list of nominees at Emmys.com