Nominations for the 66th Annual Primetime Emmys were announced on Thursday, July 10. HBO took a chance on submitting "True Detective" as a drama rather than miniseries, and it's paid off. The show's first season, which starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, gets a nod for Outstanding Drama Series alongside "Breaking Bad,""Downton Abbey," "Game of Thrones," "House of Cards" and "Mad Men."Read on for more nominations in the top categories. 
An Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series nomination went to Tyrion Lannister, aka Peter Dinklage of "Game of Thrones." He will compete against Jim Carter ("Downton Abbey"), Josh Charles ("The Good Wife"), Mandy Patinkin ("Homeland"), Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad") and Jon Voight ("Ray Donovan"). 
No surprise here: "The Big Bang Theory" was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series with some new contenders, like "Silicon Valley" and "Orange is the New Black." "Louie," "Veep" and Emmy favorite "Modern Family" round out the nominees in the category. 
For Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Bryan Cranston is the fan favorite as Walter White in "Breaking Bad." Now that the series is over, this is its last chance to take home an award. Also nominated: Jeff Daniels for "The Newsroom; Jon Hamm for "Mad Men," both Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey for "True Detective" and Kevin Spacey for "House of Cards." 
For Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Lizzy Caplan broke into an extremely competitive category as Virginia Johnson on "Masters of Sex." She goes up against: Claire Danes of "Homeland," Michelle Dockery of "Downton Abbey," Julianna Margulies of "The Good Wife," Kerry Washington of "Scandal" and Robin Wright of "House of Cards." 
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series nominees are Louis C.K. of "Louie," Don Cheadle of "House of Lies," Ricky Gervais of "Derek," Matt LeBlanc of "Episodes," William H. Macy of "Shameless" and Jim Parsons of "The Big Bang Theory." 
For Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Emmys newcomer Taylor Schilling earned a nomination for her role in Netflix's standout series "Orange is the New Black." She goes up against Lena Dunham ("Girls"), Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie"), Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Veep"), Melissa McCarthy ("Mike & Molly") and the oft-nominated but yet-to-win Amy Poehler ("Parks and Recreation"). 
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Christina Hendricks, who plays Joan Harris in "Mad Men" was nominated, along with Anna Gunn ("Breaking Bad"), Maggie Smith ("Downton Abbey"), Joanne Froggatt ("Downton Abbey"), Lena Headey ("Game of Thrones"), Christine Baranski ("The Good Wife"). 
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie: Idris Elba scores a nod for his portrayal of John Luther on "Luther." He goes up against Chiwetel Ejiofor ("Dancing on the Edge"), Martin Freeman ("Fargo"), Billy Bob Thornton ("Fargo"), Mark Ruffalo ("The Normal Heart") and Benedict Cumberbatch ("Sherlock: His Last Vow"). 
Kristen Wiig was nominated for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her role in the IFC spoof, "The Spoils of Babylon." Joining her were Jessica Lange and Sarah Paulson, both in "American Horror Story: Coven," Helena Bonham Carter ("Burton and Taylor"), Minnie Driver ("Return to Zero"), and Cicely Tyson ("The Trip To Bountiful"). 
Outstanding Variety Series nominations went to "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," the first time that program has been recognized by the Academy in years. It competes with "America's Got Talent," "Dancing with the Stars," many of this year's nominees' old stomping ground, "Saturday Night Live," and "The Voice." 
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program nominations went to "The Amazing Race" (pictured), "Dancing with the Stars", "Project Runway", "So You Think You Can Dance," "Top Chef" and "The Voice." 
An Outstanding Television Movie nod went to "The Normal Heart," which also is widely expected to win the category on Emmys night. "Killing Kennedy," "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight," "Sherlock: His Last Vow" and "The Trip to Bountiful" also were nominated. 
The Outstanding Miniseries category is one of multiple nominations for newcomer "Fargo." It competes against "American Horror Story: Coven," "Bonnie & Clyde," "Luther," "The White Queen" and "Treme. 
The documentary "Brave Miss World" was nominated for Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking along with The Amish: Shunned (American Experience), Hillsborough (30 For 30 Soccer Stories) and Life According to Sam.
- Uzo Aduba of "Orange Is the New Black" wins Emmy
- Harry Shearer of "The Simpsons" wins for voice-over work
- "Bob's Burgers" takes home animated series Emmy
- "True Detective," "Cosmos" and "Saturday Night Live" are big winners
(CNN) -- "Orange Is the New Black," "True Detective" and "Cosmos" picked up Emmys as TV's awards season began, while -- appropriately -- "Saturday Night Live" added to its four-decade-long haul with five more honors at the Creative Arts Emmys.
HBO won the most awards of any network, with 15. The cable channel is a division of Time Warner, as is CNN.
The awards, held Saturday night at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre, were mainly dedicated to technical categories, though there were several given out for acting, writing and performing.
Uzo Aduba, who plays "Crazy Eyes" Warren in "Orange Is the New Black," won for guest actress in a comedy series.
"Orange is the New Black" returned for Season 2 on Netflix in June, and the series is just days away from seeing whether they'll take home any of the 10 Emmys they're up for. It's just been announced that comedian Mike Birbiglia will join the cast in Season 3. If you are new to the show, allow us to catch you up on who's who in Litchfield Correctional Facility. Piper Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling), an entrepreneur who lands in jail for drug offenses she committed years earlier. 
Alex Vause (Laura Prepon) was Piper's former lover who causes her to go to jail because of Alex's involvement in drug smuggling when the two were a couple. The pair meet again in prison. 
Sam Healy (Michael Harney) is a counselor and corrections officer at Litchfield Penitentiary in upstate New York. He has issues with lesbians and causes problems for Piper. 
Miss Claudette Pelage (Michelle Hurst) is one of the oldest inmates at the prison. She ends up there after killing a client who abused an employee at her cleaning company. Other prisoners fear her. 
Galina "Red" Reznikov (Kate Mulgrew) runs the prison kitchen and is a force to be reckoned with. Red, right, and Gloria Mendoza (Selenis Leyva), left, will probably butt heads in season two as Mendoza takes over Red's territory. 
Nicky Nichols (Natasha Lyonne), left, is a recovering drug addict and Lorna Morello (Yael Stone) a kitchen worker who, in season one, were friends with benefits. 
Lorna, left, with Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren (Uzo Aduba), a disruptive inmate who takes a special liking to her "Dandelion," Chapman. Her more sensitive side is revealed later in season one. 
Sophia Burset (Laverne Cox) is transgender and serves as the prison's hairdresser. Her sexual identity causes her to sometimes be bullied by some of the other inmates. 
Prison guard John Bennett (Matt McGorry) and inmate Dayanara 'Daya' Diaz (Dascha Polanco) begin an illicit prison love affair that puts his job at risk. 
Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett (Taryn Manning) is a meth-addicted, born-again Christian who is not above attacking fellow inmates, including Piper. 
Aleida Diaz (Elizabeth Rodriguez) is Daya's mother. Doing time for drug charges, she appears to not love her daughter initially, but is later revealed to be protective of her. 
Jason Biggs plays Larry Bloom, a journalist and Chapman's (formerly) doting fiancé. He stood by her in season one even when the more sordid details of her past were revealed, but becomes increasingly disenchanted and eventually exploits her prison sentence to bolster his career. 
Pablo Schreiber plays corrupt prison guard George Mendez, better known as Pornstache (one guess why). He breaks all the rules, from smuggling drugs into the prison to having sex with inmates. In season one, he is suspended without pay for his actions. 
Lorraine Toussaint joins the cast in season two as Yvonne "Vee" Parker, shown here with Gloria. Former drug runner Vee clashes with the other inmates, including Red. 'Orange is the New Black': Get to know the cast
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Photos: 'Orange Is the New Black' cast One of her thank-yous went to her mother, who "came here from Nigeria to make a better life for her family."
Allison Janney of "Masters of Sex" won for guest actress in a drama series. Janney previously won four Emmys for "The West Wing."
After serving as a voice of all trades on "The Simpsons" for more than two decades, the versatile Harry Shearer finally won an Emmy for his performance(s) on the show for character voice-over. He voices such figures as Principal Skinner, the Rev. Lovejoy and the nefarious Montgomery Burns. Shearer couldn't attend, however: He's currently appearing in a play in London.
"The Simpsons" won three Emmys, but not the big prize for best animated series. That honor went to another Fox show, "Bob's Burgers" -- its first win in that category.
Among the wins for "SNL," which will begin its 40th season next month, was one for a former cast member who's gone on to bigger things: Jimmy Fallon picked up an Emmy for guest actor in a comedy series. Comic actor Joel McHale accepted for Fallon, who wasn't there.
"Fallon was unable to be here tonight, 'cause he was arrested," said McHale puckishly. "But we are happy to accept this award and will keep it forever."
HBO's "True Detective," which earned eight nominations, received four awards, including wins for makeup and credit design.
"Cosmos," the new version of the science series featuring astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, also earned four Emmys. Two of the awards went to Alan Silvestri, who composed the music for the show. He didn't forget its host.
"I have two special thanks left," Silvestri said, according to Deadline.com. "Neil deGrasse Tyson" and "the voice of Neil DeGrasse Tyson."
CNN's "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" won for informational series or special.
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards are scheduled for August 25. The show will air on NBC.
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