"Game of Thrones", encabeza la lista de nominaciones para el Emmy

WEST HOLLYWOOD, California, EE.UU. (AP) -- La saga de fantasía "Game of Thrones" ("Juego de tronos") encabezó con 24 candidaturas la lista de nominados a los Premios Emmy el jueves.

El drama no se vio afectado en las votaciones por la controversia que generó su representación de la violación de uno de sus personajes femeninos: consiguió cinco postulaciones más que el año pasado. Nuevamente compite por el premio a la mejor serie de drama, un premio que no ha ganado.

La academia de la TV dio un paso adelante para reconocer el talento cada vez más diverso de la TV, al nominar a las actrices negras Taraji P. Henson por "Empire" y Viola Davis por "How to Get Away with Murder".

De ganar alguna de ellas se haría historia en los Emmy, pues nunca se alzado con el premio a la actriz dramática una actriz afroamericana.

"¡Tengo que ganar! ¡Tengo que ganar para la historia!", dijo una exuberante Henson cuando se le preguntó sobre el prospecto durante una conferencia de "Empire" en mayo.

Sin embargo, la dos veces nominada Kerry Washington, de "Scandal", no figura en la lista este año.

También fueron desairados "Empire", que no fue incluida en el rubro de mejor serie de drama, y el astro de la serie Terrence Howard.

Los votantes favorecieron en vez a favoritos como el astro de "Mad Men" Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey de "House of Cards" y el debutante Bob Odenkirk de "Better Call Saul", la precuela de la ya concluida "Breaking Bad".

Gina Rodríguez, la destacada estrella latina de "Jane the Virgin", no fue postulada pese a haber ganado un Globo de Oro por si actuación.

Entre los programas que tendrán una última oportunidad en los Emmy están la serie de drama "Mad Men", nominada por cuarta ocasión y que sería la más premiada en su categoría de llevarse una quinta estatuilla. Para su estelar papel de Don Draper, Hamm regresa tras siete candidaturas previas.

David Letterman, quien se retire de "Late Show", y Stephen Colbert, quien dejó "The Colbert Report" para suceder a Letterman a partir de septiembre, recibieron ambos candidaturas como anfitriones de sus antiguos de programas de tertulia.

La ceremonia de los Emmy se transmitirá en vivo por la cadena Fox el 20 de septiembre. Andy Samberg fungirá como anfitrión.

Lista Completa de Nominados

Outstanding Drama Series

Nominees:

"Better Call Saul" (2015)

"Downton Abbey" (2010)

"Game of Thrones" (2011)

"Homeland" (2011)

"House of Cards" (2013)

"Mad Men" (2007)

"Orange Is the New Black" (2013)

Outstanding Comedy Series

Nominees:

"Louie" (2010)

"Modern Family" (2009)

"Silicon Valley" (2014)

"Veep" (2012)

"Transparent" (2014)

"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (2015)

"Parks and Recreation" (2009)

Outstanding Miniseries

Nominees:

"American Horror Story" (2011)

"American Crime" (2015)

"The Honourable Woman" (2014)

"Olive Kitteridge" (2014)

"Wolf Hall" (2015)

Outstanding Television Movie

Nominees:

Bessie (2015) (TV)

Nightingale (2014/II)

Killing Jesus (2015) (TV)

"Agatha Christie's Poirot: Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (#13.5)" (2013)

Grace of Monaco (2014)

Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014) (TV)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Nominees:

Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)

Kevin Spacey for "House of Cards" (2013)

Bob Odenkirk for "Better Call Saul" (2015)

Kyle Chandler for "Bloodline" (2015)

Jeff Daniels for "The Newsroom" (2012)

Liev Schreiber for "Ray Donovan" (2013)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

Don Cheadle for "House of Lies" (2012)

Louis C.K. for "Louie" (2010)

Matt LeBlanc for "Episodes" (2011)

William H. Macy for "Shameless" (2011)

Anthony Anderson for "Black-ish" (2014)

Jeffrey Tambor for "Transparent" (2014)

Will Forte for "The Last Man on Earth" (2015)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Nominees:

David Oyelowo for Nightingale (2014/II)

Mark Rylance for "Wolf Hall" (2015)

Richard Jenkins for "Olive Kitteridge" (2014)

Ricky Gervais for "Derek" (2012)

Adrien Brody for "Houdini" (2014)

Timothy Hutton for "American Crime" (2015)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Nominees:

Claire Danes for "Homeland" (2011)

Viola Davis for "How to Get Away with Murder" (2014)

Taraji P. Henson for "Empire" (2015)

Elisabeth Moss for "Mad Men" (2007)

Robin Wright for "House of Cards" (2013)

Tatiana Maslany for "Orphan Black" (2013)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" (2009)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "Veep" (2012)

Amy Poehler for "Parks and Recreation" (2009)

Lily Tomlin for "Grace and Frankie" (2015)

Lisa Kudrow for "The Comeback" (2005)

Amy Schumer for "Inside Amy Schumer" (2013)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Nominees:

Jessica Lange for "American Horror Story" (2011)

Frances McDormand for "Olive Kitteridge" (2014)

Felicity Huffman for "American Crime" (2015)

Queen Latifah for Bessie (2015) (TV)

Maggie Gyllenhaal for "The Honourable Woman" (2014)

Emma Thompson for "Live from Lincoln Center: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - In Concert with the New York Philharmonic (#40.1)" (2014)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

Andre Braugher for "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (2013)

Ty Burrell for "Modern Family" (2009)

Adam Driver for "Girls" (2012)

Tony Hale for "Veep" (2012)

Tituss Burgess for "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (2015)

Keegan-Michael Key for "Key and Peele" (2012)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Nominees:

Jim Carter for "Downton Abbey" (2010)

Peter Dinklage for "Game of Thrones" (2011)

Ben Mendelsohn for "Bloodline" (2015)

Jonathan Banks for "Better Call Saul" (2015)

Michael Kelly for "House of Cards" (2013)

Alan Cumming for "The Good Wife" (2009)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Nominees:

Bill Murray for "Olive Kitteridge" (2014)

Michael Kenneth Williams for Bessie (2015) (TV)

Finn Wittrock for "American Horror Story" (2011)

Denis O'Hare for "American Horror Story" (2011)

Richard Cabral for "American Crime" (2015)

Damian Lewis for "Wolf Hall" (2015)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

Mayim Bialik for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007)

Julie Bowen for "Modern Family" (2009)

Anna Chlumsky for "Veep" (2012)

Allison Janney for "Mom" (2013)

Kate McKinnon for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Jane Krakowski for "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (2015)

Niecy Nash for "Getting On" (2013)

Gaby Hoffmann for "Transparent" (2014)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Nominees:

Christine Baranski for "The Good Wife" (2009)

Joanne Froggatt for "Downton Abbey" (2010)

Lena Headey for "Game of Thrones" (2011)

Christina Hendricks for "Mad Men" (2007)

Uzo Aduba for "Orange Is the New Black" (2013)

Emilia Clarke for "Game of Thrones" (2011)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Nominees:

Angela Bassett for "American Horror Story" (2011)

Kathy Bates for "American Horror Story" (2011)

Mo'Nique for Bessie (2015) (TV)

Zoe Kazan for "Olive Kitteridge" (2014)

Sarah Paulson for "American Horror Story" (2011)

Regina King for "American Crime" (2015)

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

Nominees:

"The Colbert Report" (2005)

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003)

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" (2014)

"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)

"The Daily Show" (1996)

"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (2014)

Outstanding Reality Competition Program

Nominees:

"The Amazing Race" (2001)

"Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)

"Project Runway" (2004)

"So You Think You Can Dance" (2005)

"Top Chef" (2006)

"The Voice" (2011)

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Nominees:

Tom Bergeron for "Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)

Anthony Bourdain for "The Taste" (2013/I)

Cat Deeley for "So You Think You Can Dance" (2005)

Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn for "Project Runway" (2004)

Jane Lynch for "Hollywood Game Night" (2013)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Nominees:

"Louie" (2010): Louis C.K.("Sleepover")

"Silicon Valley" (2014): Mike Judge("Sand Hill Shuffle")

"The Last Man on Earth" (2015): Phil Lord, Christopher Miller("Alive in Houston")

"Transparent" (2014): Jill Soloway("Best New Girl")

"Veep" (2012): Armando Iannucci("Testimony")

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Nominees:

"Boardwalk Empire" (2010): Timothy Van Patten("Eldorado")

"Homeland" (2011): Lesli Linka Glatter("From A To B And Back Again")

"Game of Thrones" (2011): Jeremy Podeswa("Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken")

"Game of Thrones" (2011): David Nutter("Mother's Mercy")

"The Knick" (2014): Steven Soderbergh("Method and Madness")

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

Nominees:

"American Horror Story" (2011): Ryan Murphy

Bessie (2015) (TV): Dee Rees

"The Honourable Woman" (2014): Hugo Blick

"Houdini" (2014): Uli Edel

"Olive Kitteridge" (2014): Lisa Cholodenko

"Wolf Hall" (2015): Peter Kosminsky

"The Missing" (2014): Tom Shankland

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

Nominees:

"The Colbert Report" (2005): Jim Hoskinson

"The Daily Show" (1996): Chuck O'Neil

"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993): Jerry Foley

"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" (2014): Dave Diomedi

"Inside Amy Schumer" (2013): Amy Schumer, Ryan McFaul

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Nominees:

"Louie" (2010): Louis C.K.(Bobby's House)

"Episodes: Episode Nine (#4.9)" (2015): David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik("Episode 409")

"Veep" (2012): Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche, Armando Iannucci("Election Night")

"Silicon Valley" (2014): Alec Berg("Two Days of Candor")

"The Last Man on Earth" (2015): Will Forte( "Alive In Tucson (Pilot)")

"Transparent" (2014): Jill Soloway("Pilot")

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Nominees:

"Game of Thrones" (2011): David Benioff, D.B. Weiss("Mother's Mercy")

"The Americans" (2013): Joshua Brand("Do Mail Robots Dream Of Electric Sheep")

"Better Call Saul" (2015): Gordon Smith("Five-O")

"Mad Men" (2007): Matthew Weiner("Person to Person")

"Mad Men" (2007): Matthew Weiner, Semi Chellas

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

Nominees:

"The Colbert Report" (2005)

"The Daily Show" (1996)

"Inside Amy Schumer" (2013)

"Key and Peele" (2012)

"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (2014)

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

Nominees:

"American Crime" (2015): John Ridley

Bessie (2015) (TV): Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, Horton Foote

Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014) (TV): Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg

"The Honourable Woman" (2014): Hugo Blick

"Olive Kitteridge" (2014): Jane Anderson

"Wolf Hall" (2015): Peter Straughan

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Nominees:

Rachel Brosnahan for "House of Cards" (2013)

Diana Rigg for "Game of Thrones" (2011)

Margo Martindale for "The Americans" (2013)

Allison Janney for "Masters of Sex" (2013)

Cicely Tyson for "How to Get Away with Murder" (2014)

Khandi Alexander for "Scandal" (2012)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Nominees:

Reg E. Cathey for "House of Cards" (2013)

Beau Bridges for "Masters of Sex" (2013)

Alan Alda for "The Blacklist" (2013)

F. Murray Abraham for "Homeland" (2011)

Pablo Schreiber for "Orange Is the New Black" (2013)

Michael J. Fox for "The Good Wife" (2009)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

Joan Cusack for "Shameless" (2011)

Gaby Hoffmann for "Girls" (2012)

Christine Baranski for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007)

Pamela Adlon for "Louie" (2010)

Elizabeth Banks for "Modern Family" (2009)

Tina Fey for "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (2015)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

Bill Hader for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Louis C.K. for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Mel Brooks for "The Comedians" (2015)

Paul Giamatti for "Inside Amy Schumer" (2013)

Bradley Whitford for "Transparent" (2014)

Jon Hamm for "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (2015)

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

Nominees:

72nd Golden Globe Awards (2015) (TV): Barry Adelman

"Key and Peele: Super Bowl Special" (2015): Brendan Hunt, Keegan-Michael Key,Jordan Peele, Rich Talarico

Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store (2015) (V): Louis C.K.

Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen (2015) (TV): Mel Brooks

Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015) (TV)

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special

Nominees:

Glenn Weiss for The 68th Annual Tony Awards (2014) (TV)

Louis J. Horvitz for The Kennedy Center Honors (2014) (TV)

Hamish Hamilton for The Oscars (2015) (TV)

Natalie Johns for "Great Performances: Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert" (2015)

Don Roy King for Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015) (TV)

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

Nominees:

"Drunk History" (2013)

"Inside Amy Schumer" (2013)

"Key and Peele" (2012)

"Portlandia" (2011)

"Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Outstanding Structured Reality Program

Nominees:

"Antiques Roadshow" (1997)

"Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" (2006)

"MythBusters" (2003)

"Property Brothers" (2011)

"Shark Tank" (2009)

"Undercover Boss" (2010)

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program

Nominees:

"Alaska: The Last Frontier" (2011)

"Deadliest Catch" (2005)

"Intervention" (2005)

"Million Dollar Listing NY" (2012)

"Naked and Afraid" (2013)

"Wahlburgers" (2014)

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

Nominees:

The Case Against 8 (2014)

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)

Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)

"Sinatra: All or Nothing at All" (2015)

Virunga (2014)

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series

Nominees:

"American Masters" (1985)

"Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies" (2015)

"The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst" (2015)

"The Roosevelts: An Intimate History" (2014)

"The Sixties" (2013)

Outstanding Informational Series or Special

Nominees:

"Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" (2013)

"Sonic Highways" (2014)

"Inside the Actors Studio" (1994)

"StarTalk" (2015)

"Vice" (2013)

Outstanding Special Class Program

Nominees:

On the Run Tour: Beyonce and Jay Z (2014) (TV)

72nd Golden Globe Awards (2015) (TV)

The Oscars (2015) (TV)

"Live from Lincoln Center: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - In Concert with the New York Philharmonic (#40.1)" (2014)

The 68th Annual Tony Awards (2014) (TV)

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