Emmy nominations: 'Game of Thrones' tops

Los Angeles, July 10 (IANS) Nominations for the 66th Emmy awards were announced Thursday and HBO leads the pack with 99 nominations, including 19 for "Game of Thrones".

Netflix closely follows with 31 nods, of which 13 are for the political drama "House of Cards" and 12 for the prison comedy "Orange Is The New Black", reports variety.com.

Among mini series, there are six nominations - "American Horror Story: Coven", "Bonnie and Clyde", "Fargo", "Luther", "Treme" and "The White Queen".

The winners will be announced at the award ceremony scheduled to take place Aug 25.

The nomination list:

Outstanding Comedy Series

"Big Bang Theory"

"Louie"

"Modern Family"

"Orange"

"Silicon Valley"

"Veep"Outstanding Drama Series

"Breaking Bad"

"Downton Abbey"

"Game of Thrones"

"House of Cards"

"Mad Men"

"True Detective"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Lena Dunham, "Girls"

Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"

Julia Louis Dreyfuss, "Veep"

Melissa McCarthy, "Mike and Molly"

Amy Poehler, "Parks and Rec"

Taylor Schilling, "Orange Is The New Black"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Louis C.K., "Louis"

Don Cheadle, "House of Lies"

Ricky Gervais, "Derek"

Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes"

William H. Macy, "Shameless"

Jim Parsons, "Big Bang Theory"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Lizzie Caplan, "Masters of Sex"

Claire Danes, "Homeland"

Michelle Dockery, "Downton Abbey"

Juliana Marguiles, "The Good Wife"

Kerry Washington, "Scandal"

Robin Wright, "House of Cards"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

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 Comedy Series

Julie Bowen, "Modern Family"

Allison Janney, "Mom"

Kate Mulgrew, "Orange Is the New Black"

Kate Mckinnon, "SNL"

Mayim Bialik, "Big Bang Theory"

Anna Chlumsky, "Veep"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Fred Armisen, "Portlandia"

Andre Braugher, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Adam Driver, "Girls"

Tony Hale, "Veep"

Ty Burrell, "Modern Family"

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, "Modern Family"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Anna Gunn, "Breaking Bad"

Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey"

Joanne Froggatt, "Downton Abbey"

Lena Headley, "Game of Thrones"

Christina Hendricks, "Mad Men"

Christine Baranski, "The Good Wife"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"

Jim Carter, "Downton Abbey"

Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones"

Mandy Patinkin, "Homeland"

John Voight, "Ray Donovan"

Josh Charles, "The Good Wife"

Outstanding Miniseries

"American Horror Story: Coven"

"Bonnie and Clyde"

"Fargo"

"Luther"

"Treme"

"The White Queen"