Game of Thrones dominates Emmy awards with 23 nominations

July 15, 2016 01:24

Power-and-blood fantasy saga "Game of Thrones" ruled the Emmy Award nominations on Thursday with leading 23 bids, including best drama, while a real-life epic of murder and celebrity, "The People v OJ Simpson," was close behind with 22 nods.

"Game of Thrones" gets the chance to win its second top Emmy, while "Veep," last year's top comedy winner, also will get another shot at holding office and with 17 nominations was the comedy leader.

Breakthrough nominations include a best comedy series nod for sophomore "black-ish," which brought the African-American family sitcom back to network TV, with bids as well for its stars, Anthony Anderson who announced the awards today and read his own name with glee and his co-star Tracee Ellis Ross.

They were among a number of black actors recognized by TV academy voters, who have started to keep pace with TV's growing diversity in sharp contrast to moviedom's Academy Awards, which were slammed as "Oscars So White" this year.

Viola Davis, the "How to Get Away with Murder" star who last year became the first woman of color to win a best drama actress trophy, was nominated again. So was "Empire" star Taraji P Henson.

Aziz Ansari received a lead comedy acting bid for his series "Master of None," a first for an Indian-American actor. Rami Malek, of Egyptian descent, earned a top drama acting nomination for his role as a renegade hacker in freshman "Mr. Robot," which got a best drama nod.

The award ceremony will be held on September 18.

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