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.
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.
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Homeland (pictured) (Showtime)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game Of Thrones (HBO)
Mad Men (AMC)
Showtime
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
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
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)
Paul Schiraldi / HBO
Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley in 'Downton Abbey.'
Nick briggs
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Girls (HBO)
Modern Family (pictured) (ABC)
30 Rock (NBC)
Veep (HBO)
Peter "Hopper" Stone / ABC
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
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
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
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
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
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
Game Change (pictured) (HBO)
American Horror Story (FX Networks)
Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Sherlock (PBS)
Luther (BBC America)
Hatfields & McCoys (History)
HBO
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
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)
Kevin Winter / Getty Images
Woody Harrelson, Game Change (HBO)
Clive Owen (pictured), Hemingway & Gelhorn (HBO)
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (PBS)
Idris Elba, Luther (BBC America)
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys (History Channel)
Bill Paxton, Hatfields & McCoys (History Channel)
Danny Moloshok / AP Photo
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