Lane, Canavale, Weaver Among Nominees of the 65th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS

The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations were announced this morning at 8:40 AM ET. This year's Emmy Award host Neil Patrick Harris joined Aaron Paul and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum for the announcement at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood.

For the complete list of nominations, please visit Emmys.com.

The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards telecast will air live coast-to-coast on Sunday, September 22nd (8 PM ET/5 PM PT) on CBS from the NOKIA Theater L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.

Broadway was well represented among the list of nominees including the following:

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens in HBO's Parade's End.
Al Pacino as Phil Spector in HBO's Phil Spector

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy in HBO's The Newsroom

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Claire Danes as CIA officer Carrie Mathison in Showtime's Homeland

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney-Baden in HBO's Phil Spector

Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond USA's Political Animals

Laura Linney - Cathy Jamison The Big C - Showtime

Jessica Lange - Sister Jude Martin - FX American Horror Story

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper in CBS's Big Band Theory

Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy in NBC's 30 Rock

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton in Showtime's Nurse Jackie

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti in Boardwalk Empire

Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson Showtime's Homeland

Peter Dinklage, HBO's Game of Thrones

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey

Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart in CBS's The Good Wife

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in HBO' s Game of Thrones

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Nathan Lane as Clarke Hayden in CBS's The Good Wife

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy in NBC's 30 Rock

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett in ABC's Modern Family

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester in Fox's GLEE

Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney in NBC's 30 Rock

Sofia Vergara, ABC's Modern Family

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series

Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman in ABC's Modern Family

Bobby Cannavale as Dr. Mike Cruz in Showtime's Nurse Jackie

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
John Benjamin Hickey as Sean in The Big C: Hereafter - Showtime

Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson in FX's AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish Worthington in USA's Political Animals

Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special

Richard LaGravenese, HBO's Behind the Candelabra

David Mamet, Written by HBO's Phil Spector

Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special

David Mamet, Directed by HBO's Phil Spector

Outstanding Variety Special

Mel Brooks Strikes Back! With Mel Brooks And Alan Yentob • HBO • Brooksfilms in association with HBO Entertainment

Outstanding Choreography

Warren Carlyle - "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (Live from Lincoln Center)

Outstanding Original Song

Alan Menken, Glenn Slater - "More Or Less The Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" from ABC's 'The Neighbors'

NBC's SMASH received two Emmy nominations for OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)

Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman - "Hang the Moon"

Andrew McMahon - "I Hear Your Voice in a Dream'

A special congratulations to the 66th Annual Tony Awards for their 5 nominations including: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special, Outstanding Special Class Program, Outstanding Music Direction, Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics and Outstanding Technical Direction, Camarawork, Video Control For a Miniseries Movie or Special.

For the complete list of nominations, please visit Emmys.com.

Photo Credit: Monica Simoes

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