Outstanding Drama Series
- Breaking Bad (AMC)
- Downton Abbey (PBS)
- Game of Thrones (HBO)
- Homeland (Showtime)
- House of Cards (Netflix)
- Mad Men (AMC)
Outstanding Comedy Series
- 30 Rock (NBC)
- Girls (HBO)
- Louie (FX Networks)
- Modern Family (ABC)
- The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
- Veep (HBO)
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
- American Horror Story: Asylum (FX Networks)
- Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
- Phil Spector (HBO)
- Political Animals (USA)
- The Bible (History)
- Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)
Outstanding Variety Series
- Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
- Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
- Saturday Night Live (NBC)
- The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Reality - Competition Program
- Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
- Project Runway (Lifetime)
- So you think you can dance (FOX)
- The Amazing Race (CBS)
- The Voice (NBC)
- Top Chef (Bravo)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Bryan Cranston (Walter White in "Breaking Bad"/AMC)
- Hugh Bonneville (Earl of Grantham in "Downton Abbey"/PBS)
- Damian Lewis (Nicholas Brody in "Homeland"/Showtime)
- Kevin Spacey (Francis Underwood in "House of Cards"/Netflix)
- Jon Hamm (Don Draper in "Mad Men"/AMC)
- Jeff Daniels (Will McAvoy in "The Newsroom"/HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Vera Farmigia (Norma Bates in "Bates Motel"/A&E)
- Michelle Dockery (Lady Maria Crawley in "Downton Abbey"/PBS)
- Claire Danes (Carrie Mathison in "Homeland"/Showtime)
- Robin Wright (Claire Underwood in "House of Cards"/Netflix)
- Elisabeth Moss (Peggy Olson in "Mad Men"/AMC)
- Connie Britton (Rayna James in "Nashville"/ABC)
- Kerry Washington (Olivia Pope in "Scandal"/ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Alec Baldwin (Jack Donaghy in "30 Rock"/NBC)
- Jason Bateman (Michael Bluth in "Arrested Development"/Netflix)
- Matt LeBlanc (Matt LeBlanc in "Episodes"/Showtime)
- Don Cheadle (Marty Kaan in "House of Lies"/Showtime)
- Louis C.K. (Louie in "Louie"/FX Networks)
- Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper in "The Big Bang Theory"/CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Tina Fey (Liz Lemon in "30 Rock"/NBC)
- Laura Dern (Amy in "Enlightened"/HBO)
- Lena Dunham (Hannah Horvath in "Girls"/HBO)
- Edie Falco (Jackie Peyton in "Nurse Jackie"/Showtime)
- Amy Poehler (Leslie Knope in "Parks & Recreation"/NBC)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Selina Meyer in "Veep"/HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Michael Douglas (Liberace in "Behind the Candelabra"/HBO)
- Matt Damon (Scott Thorson in "Behind the Candelabra"/HBO)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (Christopher Tietjens in "Parade's End"/HBO)
- Al Pacino (Phil Spector in "Phil Spector"/HBO)
- Toby Jones (Alfred Hitchcock in "The Girl"/HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Jessica Lange (Sister Jude Martin in "American Horror Story: Asylum"/FX Networks)
- Helen Mirren (Linda Kenney-Baden in "Phil Spector"/FX Networks)
- Sigourney Weaver (Elaine Barrish Hammond in "Political Animals"/USA)
- Laura Linney (Cathy Jamison in "The Big C: Hereafter"/Showtime)
- Elisabeth Moss (Robin in "Top of the Lake"/Sundance Channel)
Outstanding Host für a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
- Anthony Bourdain ("The Taste"/ABC)
- Betty White ("Betty White's Off Their Rockers"/NBC)
- Cat Deeley ("So you think you can dance"/FOX)
- Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn ("Project Runway"/Lifetime)
- Ryan Seacrest ("American Idol"/FOX)
- Tom Bergeron ("Dancing with the Stars"/ABC)
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