Breaking Bad, Homeland, Game of Thrones & More 2012 Emmy Nominees

Kerry Washington and Jimmy Kimmel (clad in button-down P.J.'s) joined the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman to announce the nominees for the Emmy Awards earlier this year. Among the shows nominated for their excellence were Breaking Bad, Homeland, Mad Men, Girls, and Veep. Check out the rest of the actors and shows acknowledged this year.

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Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

Breaking Bad (AMC)

Homeland (pictured) (Showtime)

Downton Abbey (PBS)

Game Of Thrones (HBO)

Mad Men (AMC)

Showtime

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Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

Bryan Cranston (pictured), Breaking Bad (AMC)

Michael C. Hall, Dexter (Showtime)

Damien Lewis, Homeland (Showtime)

Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)

Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey (PBS)

Frank Ockenfels / AMC

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Glenn Close, Damages (DirecTV)

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey (PBS)

Claire Danes (pictured), Homeland (Showtime)

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (CBS)

Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law (NBC)

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men (AMC)

Kent Smith / Showtime

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Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad (AMC)

Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad (AMC)

Peter Dinklage (pictured), Game Of Thrones (HBO)

Jim Carter, Downton Abbey (PBS)

Jared Harris, Mad Men (AMC)

Brendan Coyle, Downton Abbey (PBS)

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Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley in 'Downton Abbey.' Nick briggs

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Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Girls (HBO)

Modern Family (pictured) (ABC)

30 Rock (NBC)

Veep (HBO)

Peter "Hopper" Stone / ABC

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Jon Cryer, Two and A Half Men (CBS)

Jim Parsons (pictured), The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)

Louis C.K., Louie (FX)

Don Cheadle, House of Lies (Showtime)

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (NBC)

Monty Brinton / CBS

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Lena Dunham, Girls (HBO)

Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly (CBS)

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl (Fox)

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie (Showtime)

Amy Poehler (pictured), Parks and Recreation (NBC)

Tina Fey, 30 Rock (NBC)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO)

Tyler Golden / NBC

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Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family (ABC)

Ed O’Neill, Modern Family (ABC)

Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family (ABC)

Ty Burrell (pictured), Modern Family (ABC)

Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Max Greenfield, New Girl (Fox)

Peter "Hopper" Stone / ABC

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Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie (Showtime)

Julie Bowen (pictured), Modern Family (ABC)

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family (ABC)

Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives (ABC)

Peter "Hopper" Stone / ABC

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So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)

The Amazing Race (pictured) (CBS)

Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

Top Chef (Bravo)

Project Runway (Lifetime)

The Voice (NBC)

CBS

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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)

Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (pictured) (NBC)

Virginia Sherwood / NBC

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Game Change (pictured) (HBO)

American Horror Story (FX Networks)

Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)

Sherlock (PBS)

Luther (BBC America)

Hatfields & McCoys (History)

HBO

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Julianne Moore (pictured), Game Change (HBO)

Connie Britton, American Horror Story (FX)

Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)

Emma Thompson, The Song of Lunch (PBS)

Ashley Judd, Missing (ABC)

HBO

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Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)

Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race (CBS)\

Ryan Seacrest (pictured), American Idol (FOX)

Betty White, Betty White’s Off Their Rocker (NBC)

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

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Breaking Bad, Homeland, Game of Thrones & More 2012 Emmy Nominees

The names are in! See which of your favorite shows made the cut for this year's Emmy nominations.