Mildred Pierce leads the way in the Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
The HBO mini-series scored an astonishing 21 nods when the nominees were announced this morning (July 14) by Melissa McCarthy and Joshua Jackson—Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Kate Winslet, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Mini-series or Movie for both Tom Wilkinson and Guy Pierce, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Evan Rachel Wood, Melissa Leo and Dame Maggie Smith, and Outstanding Miniseries or Movie.
Elsewhere, Mad Men—which received 19 nominations—has the chance to take Outstanding Drama for the fourth year in a row, while Modern Family could again scoop Outstanding Comedy, with the category among the 17 nods the sitcom earned.
John Hamm received his fourth nomination in a row for Outstanding Actor in a Drama and could receive his first win in the category as Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston—who has taken home the honor at the previous three ceremonies—was not eligible to win this year as the show took a break between seasons.
Other leading nominations included Prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire with 18, Game of Thrones and 30 Rock with 13 each, and 16 for Saturday Night Live.
Despite being dropped by the History Channel and subsequently picked up by the lesser known ReelzChannel, The Kennedys scored an impressive 10 nominations, including Outstanding Miniseries or Movie.
The 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards will take place on September 18 and will be hosted by Jane Lynch.
List of main Primetime Emmy Award nominations:
Best Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Friday Night Lights
Dexter
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men
Best Comedy Series
Modern Family
30 Rock
Glee
The Office
The Big Bang Theory
Parks and Recreation
Drama Actress
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Comedy Actor
Steve Carell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Jim Parsons, Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Louis C.K., Louie
Johnny Galecki, Big Bang Theory
Drama Actor
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Hugh Laurie, House
Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Comedy Actress
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Laura Linney, The Big C
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Supporting Drama Actor
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
John Slattery, Mad Men
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Walton Goggins, Justified
Supporting Comedy Actor
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Chris Colfer, Glee
Supporting Comedy Actress
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Supporting Drama Actress
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Margo Martindale, Justified
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Movie or Miniseries
Mildred Pierce, HBO
Downtown Abbey, PBS
The Kennedys, ReelzChannel
Cinema Verite, HBO
Too Big To Fail, HBO
Pillars of the Earth, Starz
Reality Competition
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
Reality Host
Jeff Probst, Survivor
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Phil Keoghan, Amazing Race
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Saturday Night Live
Conan
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
Downtown Abbey
The Kennedys
Cinema Verite
Mildred Pierce
Pillars of the Earth
Too Big To Fail
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Taraji P. Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs
Elizabeth McGovern, Downtown Abbey
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Idris Elba, Luther
William Hurt, Too Big To Fail
Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
Barry Pepper, The Kennedys
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood