The 69th annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning and, capping off a huge year for the veteran variety show, Saturday Night Live led in mentions. It tied HBO drama Westworld with 22 nominations.
Veep's Anna Chlumsky and S.W.A.T.'s Shemar Moore were on hand at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre in Los Angeles, where there was also good news for Hulu newcomer The Handmaid's Tale, Netflix's Stranger Things, FX's Feud and HBO mainstay Veep. Click here to find out what the nominees are saying upon learning the news.
See the list of major categories below and for all nominees, including below-the-line categories, click here.
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Best Drama Series
Image Credit: Getty Images The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) (WINNER)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Crown (Netflix)
House of Cards (Netflix)
This Is Us (NBC)
Stranger Things (Netflix)?
Westworld (HBO)
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Best Comedy Series
Image Credit: Getty Images Veep (HBO) (WINNER)
Atlanta (FX)
Black-ish (ABC)
Master of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
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Best Limited Series
Image Credit: Getty Images Big Little Lies (HBO) (WINNER)
Fargo (FX)
Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Genius (National Geographic)
The Night Of (HBO)
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Best Television Movie
Image Credit: Getty Images Black Mirror (Netflix) (WINNER)
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (NBC)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)
Sherlock: The Lying Detective (PBS)
The Wizard of Lies (HBO)
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Best Variety Talk Series
Image Credit: Getty Images Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) (WINNER)
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS)
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Best Actress in a Drama Series
Image Credit: Getty Images Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale) (WINNER)
Claire Foy (The Crown)
Robin Wright (House of Cards)
Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
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Best Actor in a Drama Series
Image Credit: Getty Images Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) (WINNER)
Anthony Hopkins (Westworld)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)
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Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Image Credit: Getty Images Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) (WINNER)
Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)
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Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Image Credit: Getty Images Donald Glover (Atlanta) (WINNER)
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
Zach Galifianakis (Baskets)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
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Best Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Image Credit: Getty Images Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) (WINNER)
Jessica Lange (Feud)
Susan Sarandon (Feud)
Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)
Carrie Coon (Fargo)
Felicity Huffman (American Crime)
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Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Image Credit: Getty Images Riz Ahmed (The Night Of) (WINNER)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: The Lying Detective)
Robert De Niro (The Wizard of Lies)
Ewan McGregor (Fargo)
Geoffrey Rush (Genius)
John Turturro (The Night Of)
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Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Image Credit: Getty Images Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale) (WINNER)
Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Samira Wiley (The Handmaid's Tale)
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Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Image Credit: Getty Images John Lithgow (The Crown) (WINNER)
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
David Harbour (Strangers Things)
Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)
Michael Kelly (House of Cards)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
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Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Image Credit: Getty Images Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) (WINNER)
Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live)
Anna Chlumsky (Veep)
Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live)
Judith Light (Transparent)
Kathryn Hahn (Transparent)
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Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Image Credit: Getty Images Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live) (WINNER)
Louie Anderson (Baskets)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Tony Hale (Veep)
Matt Walsh (Veep)
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Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Image Credit: Getty Images Laura Dern (Big Little Lies) (WINNER)
Judy Davis (Feud)
Jackie Hoffman (Feud)
Regina King (American Crime)
Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies)
Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)
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Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
Image Credit: Getty Images Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies) (WINNER)
Bill Camp (The Night Of)
Alfred Molina (Feud)
David Thewlis (Fargo)
Stanley Tucci (Feud)
Michael K. Williams (The Night Of)
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Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Image Credit: Netflix Alison Wright (The Americans)
Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid's Tale)
Cicely Tyson (How to Get Away With Murder)
Ann Dowd (The Leftovers)
Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black)
Shannon Purser (Stranger Things)
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Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline)
B.D. Wong (Mr. Robot)
Hank Azaria (Ray Donovan)
Denis O'Hare (This Is Us)
Brian Tyree Henry (This Is Us)
Gerald McRaney (This Is Us)
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Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Image Credit: Courtesy of Amazon Becky Ann Baker (Girls)
Angela Bassett (Master of None)
Melissa McCarthy (Saturday Night Live)
Carrie Fisher (Catastrophe)
Wanda Sykes (Black-ish)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
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Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Image Credit: Courtesy of HBO Riz Ahmed (Girls)
Matthew Rhys (Girls)
Dave Chappelle (Saturday Night Live)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Saturday Night Live)
Tom Hanks (Saturday Night Live)
Hugh Laurie (Veep)
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Best Writing for a Drama Series
Image Credit: Getty Images "Offred (Pilot)," The Handmaid's Tale (Bruce Miller) (WINNER)
"The Soviet Division," The Americans (Joel Fields, Joe Weisberg)
"Chicanery," Better Call Saul (Gordon Smith)
"Assassins," The Crown (Peter Morgan)
"Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers," Stranger Things (The Duffer Brothers)
"The Bicameral Mind," Westworld (Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan)
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Best Writing for a Comedy Series
Image Credit: Getty Images "Thanksgiving," Master of None (Aziz Ansari, Lena Waithe) (WINNER)
"B.A.N.," Atlanta (Donald Glover)
"Streets on Lock," Atlanta (Stephen Glover)
"Success Failure," Silicon Valley (Alec Berg)
"Georgia," Veep (Billy Kimball)
"Groundbreaking," Veep (David Mandel)
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Best Variety Sketch Series
Image Credit: Getty Images Saturday Night Live (NBC) (WINNER)
Billy On The Street (truTV)
Documentary Now! (IFC)
Drunk History (Comedy Central)
Portlandia (IFC)
Tracey Ullman's Show (HBO)
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Best Variety Special
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special (CBS)
Full Front al With Samantha Bee Presents Not The White House Correspondents' Dinner (TBS)
Louis C.K. 2017 (Netflix)
Sarah Silverman: A Speck Of Dust (Netflix)
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale: Who's Going To Clean Up This Sh*t? (Showtime)
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Best Special Class Program
Image Credit: Screengrab/Courtesy of Fox Sports and Pepsi Hairspray Live! (NBC)
The Oscars (ABC)
Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga (FOX)
70th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
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Best Documentary or Non-Fiction Series
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix American Masters (PBS)
Chef's Table (Netflix)
The Keepers (Netflix)
Planet Earth II (BBC America)
30 for 30 (ESPN)
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Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Amanda Knox (Netflix)
A House Divided (Vice Special Report)
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later (A&E)
13th (Netflix)
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Best Informational Series or Special
Image Credit: Miller Mobley Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN)
Inside The Actors Studio (Bravo)
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E)
StarTalk With Neil deGrasse Tyson (National Geographic)
Vice (HBO)
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Best Reality-Competition Program
Image Credit: Courtesy of VH1 The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)
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Best Unstructured Reality Program
Image Credit: Courtesy of CNN Born This Way (A&E)
Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)
Gaycation With Ellen Page (Viceland)
Intervention (A&E)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (YouTube)
United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell (CNN)
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Best Structured Reality Program
Image Credit: Citizen Pictures/Food Network Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)
Fixer Upper (HGTV)
Lip Sync Battle (Spike TV)
Shark Tank (ABC)
