2012 Emmys: Complete List of Nominations

American Horror Story and Mad Men lead the nominated pack, scoring 17 nods apiece; Downton Abbey, Hatfields & McCoys next with 16 nods

By EOL Staff Jul 19, 2012 2:08 PMTags

The nominations for the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were unveiled in Los Angeles this morning, with American Horror Story and Mad Men leading the way, scoring a whopping 17 nods apiece.

Hot on their heels were PBS Masterpiece's Downton Abbey and Hatfields & McCoys, which each took home 16 nominations, and the A-list-studded Hemigway & Gellhorn, which earned 15 noms, including one apiece for stars Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen.

Other double-digit nominees included Modern Family and Saturday Night Live with 14, Breaking Bad, 30 Rock and Masterpiece's Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia pocketing 13, Boardwalk Empire and Game Change each notching 12, and Game of Thrones earning 11.

HBO dominated the network haul, nabbing 81 nominations. The closest competition came from CBS (60), PBS (58) and NBC (51).

Here's the complete list of nominees for the 2012 Emmys, taking place Sept. 15:

Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Mad Men

Drama Series, Actor
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Drama Series, Actress
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Supporting Actor, Drama
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad
Brendan Coyle, Downton Abbey
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Jared Harris, Mad Men

Supporting Actress, Drama
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Girls
Modern Family
30 Rock
Veep

Actor, Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis C.K., Louie
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Supporting Actor, Comedy
Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Max Greenfield, New Girl

Actress, Comedy Series
Lena Dunham, Girls
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Tine Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Supporting Actress, Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Merrit Wever, Nurse Jackie
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live

Peter Hopper Stone/ABC

Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gelhorn
Luther
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Actor, Miniseries or Movie
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Bill Paxton, Hatfields & McCoys
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gelhorn
Idris Elba, Luther
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Actress, Miniseries or Movie
Connie Britton, American Horror Story
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gelhorn
Ashley Judd, Missing
Emma Thompson, The Song of Lunch

Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie
Denis O'Hare, American Horror Story
Ed Harris, Game Change
Tom Berenger, Hatfields & McCoys
David Strathairn, Hemingway & Gelhorn
Martin Freeman, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Stuart Wilson/Getty Images

Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie
Frances Conroy, American Horror Story
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Sarah Paulson, Game Change
Mare Winningham, Hatfields & McCoys
Judy Davis, Page Eight 

Guest Actor, Comedy
Michael J. Fox, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Greg Kinnear, Modern Family
Bobby Cannavale, Nurse Jackie
Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live
Will Arnett, 30 Rock
Jon Hamm, 30 Rock

Guest Actor, Drama
Mark Margolis, Breaking Bad
Dylan Baker, The Good Wife
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
Jeremy Davis, Justified
Ben Feldman, Mad Men
Jason Ritter, Parenthood

Guest Actress, Comedy
Dot-Marie Jones, Glee
Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live
Elizabeth Banks, 30 Rock
Margaret Cho, 30 Rock
Kathy Bates, Two and a Half Men


Richard Cartwright/CBS

Guest Actress, Drama
Martha Plimpton, The Good Wife
Loretta Devine, Grey's Anatomy
Jena Smart, Harry's Law
Julia Ormond, Mad Men
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Uma Thurman, Smash

Host, Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Betty White, Betty White's Off Their Rockers

Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
Dancing WIth the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice

Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
MythBusters
Shark Tank
Undercover Boss
Who Do You Think You Are?

Variety, Comedy or Musical Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

Variety, Comedy, or Music Special
Betty White' 90th Birthday
Kathy Griffin: Tired Hooker
The Kennedy Center Honors
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
Tony Bennett: Duets II

Special Class
84th Annual Academy Awards
69th Annual Golden Globe Awards
54th Annual Grammy Awards
Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Phil Celebrate Gershwin
Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theatre
65th Annual Tony Awards

Special Class, Short-Format, Live-Action
Childrens Hospital
The Daily Show Correspondents Explain
Parks and Recreation: April and Andy's Road Trip
30 Rock: The Webisodes
Web Therapy

Children's Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition
It Gets Better
Sesame Street: Growing Hope Against Hunger
The Weight of the Nation for Kids

Children's Program
Degrassi
Good Luck Charlie
iCarly
Victorious
Wizards of Waverly Place

Voice-Over Performance
Brenda Strong, Desperate Housewives
Dan Povenmire, Phineas and Ferb
Rob Riggle, Prep & Landing
Maurice LaMarche, Futurama
Kristen Wiig, The Looney Tunes Show
Hank Azaria, The Simpsons

Animated Program
American Dad
Bob's Burgers
Futurama
The Penguins of Madagascar: The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole
The Simpsons

Short-Format Animated Program
Adventure Time
Phineas and Ferb
MAD
Regular Show
Robot Chicken

Art Direction for Multi-Camera Series
Hell's Kitchen
How I Met Your Mother
Mike & Moly
30 Rock
2 Broke Girls

Art Direction for Single-Camera Series
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Justified
Mad Men

Art Direction for Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story
American Horror Story
Great Expectations (Masterpiece)
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemignway & Gellhorn
Sherlock: A Scanda in Belgravia

Art Direction for Variety, Music or Nonfiction Programming
84th Annual Academy Awards
54th Annual Grammy Awards
Saturday Night Live, host: Jimmy Fallon
65th Annual Tony Awards
The Voice

Casting for a Comedy Series
The Big C
Girls
Modern Family
New Girl
Nurse Jackie
Veep

Casting for a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Homeland
Mad Men

Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
American Horror Story
Five
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Choreography
Dancing With the Stars, "Without You"
Smash, "National Pastime/Let's Be Bad/Never Met a Wolf"
So You Think You Can Dance, "In This Shirt/Turning Tables/Heart Asks for Pleasure First"
So You Think You Can Dance, "Misty Blue/Velocity"
So You Think You Can Dance, "Whatever Lola Wants/Please Mr. Jailor/Where Do I Begin"

Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series
How I Met Your Mother
Mike & Molly
Pair of Kings
Two and a Half Men
2 Broke Girls

Cinematography for Single Camera Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Glee
Mad Men
Pan Am

Cinematography for Miniseries or Movie
Game Change
Great Expectations
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
Treasure Island: Part 1

Cinematography for Nonfiction Progamming
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Frozen Planet: Ends of the Earth
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Prohibition: A Nation of Drunkards
Whale Wars: Race to Save Lives

Cinematography for Reality Programming
The Amazing Race
Deadliest Catch
Project Runway
Survivor
Top Chef

Commercial
"The Bark Side," Volkswagen
"Best Job," Procter & Gamble
"Color Changes Everything," Target
"The Dog Strikes Back," Volkswagen
"It's Halftime in America," Chrysler Brand

Costume for a Series
Boardwalk Empire
The Borgias
Downtown Abbey
Game of Thrones
Once Upon a Time

Costumes for Miniseries, Movie or Special
American Horror Story
Great Expectations
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
Treasure Island

Directing, Comedy Series
Robert B. Weide, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Lena Dunham, Girls
Louis CK, Louie
Jason Winer, Modern Family
Steve Levitan, Modern Family
Jake Kasdan, New Girl

Directing, Drama Series
Tim Van Patten, Boardwalk Empire
Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad
Brian Percival, Downton Abbey
Michael Cuesta, Homeland
Phil Abraham, Mad Men

Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Jay Roach, Game Change
Kevin Reynolds, Hatfields & McCoys
Philip Kaufman, Hemingway & Gellhorn
Sam Miller, Luther
Paul McGuigan, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Paul Schiraldi/HBO

Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Robert B. Weide, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Lena Dunham, Girls
Louis C.K., Louie
Jason Winer, Modern Family
Steven Levitan, Modern Family
Jake Kasdan, New Girl

Directing for Variety Series
James Hoskinson, The Colbert Report
Chuck O'Neil, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jerry Foley, Late Show WIth David Letterman
Jonathan Krisel, Portlandia
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live

Directing for a Variety Special
84th Annual Academy Awards, Don Mischer
54th Annual Grammy Awards, Louis J. Horvitz
Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theatre, Louis C.K.
New York City Ballet George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, Alan Skog
65th Annual Tony Awards, Glenn Weiss

Directing, Nonfiction Programming
The Amazing Race, Bertram van Munster
American Masters: Woody Allen, Robert B. Weide
George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Martin Scorsese
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Project Runway, Craig Spirko

Single-Camera Picture Editing, Drama
Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Homeland
Mad Men

Picture Editing, Comedy
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Modern Family
30 Rock
30 Rock

Multi-Camera Picture Editing, Comedy
The Big Bang Theory
Hot in Cleveland
How I Met Your Mother
Two and a Half Men
2 Broke Girls

Single-Camera Picture Editing, Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Short-Form Picture Editing
84th Annual Academy Awards
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theatre
2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Picture Editing, Nonfiction Programming
American Masters: Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Beyond Scared Straight
Frozen Planet: Ends of the Earth
George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Picture Editing, Reality Programming
The Amazing Race
Deadliest Catch
Project Runway
Survivor
Top Chef

Hairstyling, Single-Camera Series
Boardwalk Empire
The Borgias
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Mad Men

Hairstyling, Multi-Camera Series or Special
Dancing With the Stars
Saturday Night Live
Victorious
The Voice

Hairstyling, Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gellhorn

Creative Achievement in Interactive Media
Bravo's Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen
Game of Thrones Season Two Enhanced Digital Experience
The Team Coco Sync App

Design/Lighting Direction, Variety, Music or Comedy Special
84th Annual Academy Awards
Andrea Boceli Live in Central Park
54th Annual Grammy Awards
Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011

Lighting Design/Direction, Variety, Music or Comedy Series
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Saturday Night Live
So You Think You Can Dance
The Voice

Main Title Design
American Horror Story
Great Expectations
Magic City
New Girl
Strike Back

Makeup, Single-Camera Series
Boardwalk Empire
Game of Thrones
Glee
Mad Men
The Middle

Makeup, Multi-Camera Series
Dancing With the Stars
Hot in Cleveland
How I Met Your Mother
Saturday Night Live
Victorious

Joan Wakeham/Rex / Rex USA

Makeup, Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gellhorn

Prosthetic Makeup for Series, Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Game of Thrones
Once Upon a Time
The Walking Dead

Music Composition, Series
The Borgias
Downton Abbey
Pan Am
Smash
30 Rock

Music Composition, Miniseries, Movie or Special
Prep & Landing
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Missing
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Music Direction
Christmas in Washington
Country Music (in Performance at the White House)
The Kennedy Center Honors
Michael Feinstein: The Sinatra Legacy
Seth MacFarlane: Swingin' in Concert
The Thomashefskys

Original Music & Lyrics
The Heart of Christmas, "The Heart of Christmas"
Raising Hope, "Welcome Back to Hope"
Saturday Night Live, "I Can't Believe I'm Hosting"
Smash, "Let Me Be Your Star"
65th Annual Tony Awards, "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore"

Original Main Title Theme Music
Great Expectations
Hell on Wheels
Homeland
Page Eight
Touch

Short-Format Nonfiction
Bravo's Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen
DGA Moments in Time
Jay Leno's Garage
Thank a Vet
30 Rock: Ask Tina

Nonfiction Special
Bobby Fischer Against the World
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies
6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park

Nonfiction Series
American Masters
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Frozen Planet
Inside the Actors Studio
The Weight of the Nation

Sound Editing, Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
CSI: Miami
Game of Thrones
The Walking Dead

Sound Editing, Miniseries, Movie or Special
American Horror Story
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gellhorn
The River
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Sound Editing, Nonfiction Program
The Amazing Race
Frozen Planet
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Paul Simon's Graceland Journey
Prohibition: A Nation of Hypocrites

Sound Mixing, Series
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Person of Interest

Sound Mixing, Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia

Sound Mixing, Half-Hour Series
Entourage
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
Parks and Recreation
30 Rock

Sound Mixing, Variety or Music Series or Special
84th Annual Academy Awards
ACM Presents: Lionel Riche and Friends in Concert
American Idol
54th Annual Grammy Awards

Sound Mixing, Nonfiction Programming
The Amazing Race
Deadliest Catch
Frozen Planet
George Harrison: Living in a Material World
Paul Simon's Graceland Journey

Special Visual Effects, Series
Falling Skies
Game of Thrones
Inside the Human Body
Once Upon a Time
Pan Am
The Walking Dead

Special Visual Effects, Miniseries, Movie or Special
Boardwalk Empire
Bones
The Borgias
Breaking Bad
Hemigway & Gellhorn
Touch

Stunt Coordination
American Horror Story
Criminal Minds
Grimm
Hawaii Five-0
NCIS: Los Angeles
Southland

Technical Direction, Series
The Big Bang Theory
Dancing With the Stars
Late Show With David Letterman
Saturday Night Live
30 Rock

Technical Direction, Miniseries, Movie or Special
84th Annual Academy Awards
54th Annual Grammy Awards
The Kenndy Center Honors
Memphis

Documentary Filmmaking
The Amish Experience
Have You Heard From Johannesbur
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Writing, Comedy Series
Chris McKenna, Community
Lena Dunham, Girls
Louis C.K., Louie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Michael Schur, Parks and Recreation

Writing, Drama
Downton Abbey: Julian Fellowes
Homeland: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Gideon Raff
Mad Men: Semi Chellas, Matthew Weiner
Mad Men: Andre Jacquemetton
Mad Men: Erin Levy, Matthew Weiner

Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Special
Game Change: Danny Strong
Hatfields & McCoys: Ted Mann, Ronald Parker, Bill Kerby
The Hour: Abi Morgan
Luther: Neil Cross
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia: Steven Moffatt

Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Portlandia
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Special
84th Annual Academy Awards
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
The Kennedy Center Honors
Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theatre
65th Annual Tony Awards

Writing, Nonfiction Programming
American Experience: Clinton, Barak Goodman
American Masters: Johnny Carson, King of Late Night, Peter Jones
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain
Prohibition: A Nation of Hypocrites, Geoffery C. Ward
Sesame Street: Growing Hope Against Hunger, Christine Ferraro