The nominees for the 2016 Emmy Awards have just been announced and the phenomenal series The People v. OJ Simpson has received the credit it so highly deserves with a total of 22 nods, one less than Game of Thrones.
The series, which aired on FOX earlier this year, gives a mindblowing true account of OJ Simpson's trial and has to go down as one of
the most brilliant series of all time.
TVSA has been pestering FOX with queries about when it will air again - we've been pestering them from before FOX was added to Compact and we've continued pestering them afterwards but there's no sign of it. We'll keep going and won't stop until it airs again.
The hugely problematic downside of its nomination is that its up against the equally superb Roots - in the very same Limited Series category, which means that the two have to go up against each other and it's impossible to choose which is best.
Another massive issue with this is that Roots has only received
seven nominations when it deserves a whammy of them too. It received nominations in arbitary categories like Sound and Hair and Make-up and Outstanding Casting but not a single nod for any of the actors!
So many of the actors deserve to be nominated and yet they're nowhere to be seen. Those who deserved nominations include Malachi Kirby as Kunte Kinta, Jonathan Rhys Myers as
Tom Lea, Forest Whitaker as The Fiddler, Tony Curran as Connelly and Anika Noni Rose as Kizzy. Where are they?!
Also notable among the nominees: someone who didn't a deserve a nomination who
didn't get it. Lady Gaga hasn't received any notice as Best Actress for Hotel. She's been deservedly snubbed.
Others have been nominated but not her.
Here's an overview of the headline categories with a link to the full list at the end:
Best Drama Series
The Americans
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mr. Robot
Best Comedy Series
Black-ish
Master of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Veep
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Best Limited Series
American Crime
Fargo
The Night Manager
The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Roots
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Danes in Homeland
Viola Davis in How to Get Away With Murder
Taraji P Henson in Empire
Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black
Keri Russell in The Americans
Robin Wright in House of Cards
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Kyle Chandler in Bloodline
Rami Malek in Mr. Robot
Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys in The Americans
Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey in House of Cards
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Ellie Kemper in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep
Laurie Metcalf in Getting On
Tracee Ellis Ross in Blackish
Amy Schumer in Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin in Grace and Frankie
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson in Black-ish
Aziz Ansari in Master of None
Will Forte in Last Man on Earth
William H. Macy in Shameless
Thomas Middleditch in Silicon Valley
Jeffrey Tambor in Transparent
Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Kirsten Dunst in Fargo
Felicity Huffman in American Crime
Audra McDonald in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Sarah Paulson in The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Lili Taylor in American Crime
Kerry Washington in Confirmation
Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Bryan Cranston in All the Way
Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock
Idris Elba in Luther
Cuba Gooding Jr. in The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Tom Hiddleston in The Night Manager
Courtney B. Vance in The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey
Lena Headey in Game of Thrones
Emilia Clarke in Game of Thrones
Maisie Williams in Game of Thrones
Maura Tierney in The Affair
Constance Zimmer in UnREAL
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks in Better Call Saul
Ben Mendelsohn in Bloodline
Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones
Kit Harington in Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly in House of Cards
Jon Voight in Ray Donovan
Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Niecy Nash in Getting On
Allison Janney in Mom
Kate McKinnon in Saturday Night Live
Judith Light in Transparent
Gaby Hoffmann in Transparent
Anna Chlumsky in Veep
Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Louie Anderson in Baskets
Keegan-Michael Key in Key & Peele
Andre Braugher in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Ty Burrell in Modern Family
Tituss Burgess in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Matt Walsh in Veep
Tony Hale in Veep
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Melissa Leo in All the Way
Regina King in American Crime
Sarah Paulson in American Horror Story: Hotel
Kathy Bates in American Horror Story: Hotel
Jean Smart in Fargo
Olivia Colman in The Night Manager
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Jesse Plemons in Fargo
Bokeem Woodbine in Fargo
Hugh Laurie in The Night Manager
Sterling K. Brown in People v. O.J. Simpson
David Schwimmer in People v. O.J. Simpson
John Travolta in People v. O.J. Simpson
Variety Talk Series
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Late Show With James Cordon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon
Reality Competition Series
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef
The Voice
This is a wrap of the total number of noms for shows that received more than five nods:
For the full nominee list, please see:
2016 Emmys - Complete list
The ceremony takes place on 18 September.