Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul and How I Met Your Mother's Neil Patrick Harris revealed the nominees for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards on Thursday at Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in California. Winners will be announced Sept. 22 on CBS.
Video-streaming service Netflix's original political series House of Cards received the first nominations ever for a program hosted online and not aired on TV. It earned nine nominations in such categories as best drama, lead actor in a drama (Kevin Spacey) and lead actress in a drama (Robin Wright). The new season of Arrested Development -- streamed on Netflix -- earned three nominations, including lead actor in a comedy (Jason Bateman). Netflix's Hemlock Grove earned to nods for its title theme and special visual effects.
The viral Game Of Thrones Red Wedding episode ("The Rains Of Castamere"), which caused fans to freak out, also snagged a nod for Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series.
And the Nominees Are ...
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the Emmy nominees a live stream, on TV and in a #EmmysChat on Twitter.
NOTE: Here are nominees in the main categories; for a full list, click here.
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men
Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock
Big Bang Theory
Girls
Louie
Modern Family
Veep
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Claire Danes, Homeland
Robin Wright, House Of Cards
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks And Recreation
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Don Cheadle, House Of Lies
Louis C.K., Louie
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story: Asylum
The Big C: Hereafter
Phil Spector
Political Animals
Top Of The Lake
Neil Patrick Harris will host the Emmys -- again. Harris has won three Emmys — one for his guest starring role on Glee, and two for his performances as Tony Awards host in 2009 and 2011. He has also been nominated for his role as Barney Stinson on CBS's How I Met Your Mother. Harris previously hosted the Primetime Creative Arts Emmys in 2008, the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009, and the 63rd, 65th and 66th Tony Awards.