The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 64th annual Emmy Awards (for excellence in television) early this morning (the eligibility years is 1 June 2011 to 31 May 2012). The Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out Sunday 23 September, in a ceremony in the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
We’ve dropped “Outstanding,” which precedes the names of all the awards (rather than “best”) in this list. Genre nominees (by show) include:
Adventure Time
     * Short-format Animated Program (“Too Young”)
American Dad!
     * Animated Program
American Horror Story
     * Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon)
     * Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Frances Conroy as Moira)
     * Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a movie (Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon)
     * Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Denis O’Hare as Larry Harvey)
     * Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie (“Open House” [Part 7])
     * Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie (Part 1)
     * Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
     * Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
     * Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie
     * Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie
     * Main Title Design
     * Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
     * Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special
     * Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (“Piggy, Piggy”)
     * Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie (“Piggy, Piggy”)
     * Stunt Coordination
The Big Bang Theory
     * Comedy Series
     * Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper)
     * Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler)
     * Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series
     * Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series (“The Countdown Reflection”)
Disney Prep & Landing
     * Voice-Over Performance (Rob Riggle as Noel in “Naughty Vs. Nice”)
     * Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) (“Naughty Vs. Nice”)
Falling Skies
     * Special Visual Effects (“Live and Learn”)
Futurama
     * Animated Program
     * Voice-Over Performance (Maurice LaMarche as Clamps, Donbot, Hyperchicken, Calculon, Hedonismbot, Morbo in “The Silence of the Clamps”)
Game of Thrones:
     * Drama Series
     * Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister)
     * Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series (“Garden of Bones”, “The Ghost of Harrenhal”, and “A Man Without Honor”)
     * Casting for a Drama Series
     * Costumes for a Series
     * Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series (“The Old Gods and the New”)
     * Creative Achievement in Interactive Media—Enhancement to a Television Program or Series
     * Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) (“The Old Gods and the New”)
     * Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special (“Valar Morghulis”)
     * Sound Editing for a Series (“Blackwater”)
     * Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (“Blackwater”)
     * Special Visual Effects (“Valar Morghulis”)
Grimm
     * Stunt Coordination (“The Woman in Black”)
The Looney Tunes Show
     * Voice-Over Performance (Kristen Wiig as Lola in “Double Date”)
Once Upon a Time
     * Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special (“Dreamy”)
     * Special Visual Effects (“The Stranger”)
Phineas and Ferb
     * Short-format Animated Program (“The Doonkleberry Imperative”)
     * Voice-Over Performance (Dan Povenmire as Doctor Doofenshmirtz in “Across the 2nd Dimension”)
Robot Chicken
     * Short-format Animated Program (“Fight Club Paradise”)
The Walking Dead
     * Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie, or a Special (“What Lies Ahead”)
     * Sound Editing for a Series (“Beside the Dying Fire”)
     * Special Visual Effects (“Beside the Dying Fire”)
Wizards of Waverly Place
     * Children’s Program
American Horror Story‘s 17 nominations this year tie it for the most of the year (with drama series Mad Men). The Big Bang Theory‘s five nominations bring it to 18 total in five years. Game of Thrones‘ 11 nominations bring it to 24 total in two years. The Walking Dead‘s three nomination bring it to six total in two years. To compare these numbers to last year’s nominations, see this article.
The complete list of nominees is available, in a variety of formats, from this page