17 July,2019 02:48 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online desk
The cast and crew members accept the award for Outstanding Drama Series for Game of Thrones during the 70th Emmy Awards. Picture courtesy: @TheEmmys|Twitter
Fantasy drama Game of Thrones set a new record by earning 32 nominations for the 71st annual Primetime Emmy Awards, the most ever for a single season of a show. Nominations of the same were announced on Tuesday.
Apart from the web series, FX's Pose, AMC-BBC Americas' Killing Eve, HBO's Succession and NBC's This Is Us also garnered a handful of nominations. HBO scored 137 nominations, beating Netflix who scored 117 across the board.
In the comedy category, Amazon Prime's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel picked up 20 nominations. HBO's Barry, Amazon Primes Fleabag and Netflix's Russian Doll will be among the shows vying with Julia Louis-Dreyfus farewell to Selina Meyer in Veep.
TV stars Ken Jeong and Darcy Carden announced the nominees at the Saban Media Center in Los Angeles. The duo was joined by Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma.
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Heres the nominees' list:
Drama Series
Comedy Series
Limited Series
Television Movie
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Reality Competition
Variety Talk Show
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
This is not the first time GoT has entered the race of Emmys. Till date, the HBO series has been nominated 161 times and won 47 Emmys. After a remarkable 8-year-long journey, the show concluded earlier this year with eight and last season.
While it was mostly a pleasant and seamless run, the last season of the show received a mixed reaction from the fans. The Emmy Awards that recognises excellence in the television industry will air September 22 on Fox, and will be aired in India on Star World.
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