The 2012 Primetime Emmy Nominations! Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey Score Big 2

The 64th Annual Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning at the Academy of Television of Arts & Sciences’ North Hollywood, Calif., offices.

The nominees in the comedy and drama categories:

Outstanding Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Girls

Modern Family

30 Rock

Veep

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Girls – Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath

Mike & Molly – Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn

New Girl – Zooey Deschanel as Jess Day

Nurse Jackie – Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton

Parks And Recreation – Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope

30 Rock – Tina Fey as Liz Lemon

Veep – Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory – Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper

Curb Your Enthusiasm – Larry David as Himself

House Of Lies – Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan

Louie – Louis C.K. as Louie

30 Rock – Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy

Two And A Half Men – Jon Cryer as Alan Harper

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory – Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler

Desperate Housewives – Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey

Modern Family – Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy

Modern Family – Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett

Nurse Jackie – Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow

Saturday Night Live – Kristen Wiig as various characters

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Modern Family – Ed O’Neill as Jay Pritchett

Modern Family – Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett

Modern Family – Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy

Modern Family – Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker

New Girl – Max Greenfield as Schmidt

Saturday Night Live – Bill Hader as various characters

Outstanding Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire

Breaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Game Of Thrones

Homeland

Mad Men

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Damages – Glenn Close as Patty Hewes

Downton Abbey – Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley

The Good Wife – Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick

Harry’s Law – Kathy Bates as Harriet Korn

Homeland – Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison

Mad Men – Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire – Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson

Breaking Bad – Bryan Cranston as Walter White

Dexter – Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan

Downton Abbey – Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham

Homeland – Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody

Mad Men – Jon Hamm as Don Draper

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Breaking Bad – Anna Gunn as Skyler White

Downton Abbey – Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Downton Abbey – Joanne Froggatt as Anna

The Good Wife – Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma

The Good Wife – Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart

Mad Men – Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway Harris

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Breaking Bad – Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman

Breaking Bad – Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo ‘Gus’ Fring

Downton Abbey – Brendan Coyle as John Bates

Downton Abbey – Jim Carter as Mr. Carson

Game Of Thrones – Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister

Mad Men – Jared Harris as Lane Pryce