Emmy Awards 2015: Nomination List Announced, 'Game of Thrones' Leads With 24 Nods

"Game of Thrones" and HBO dominated this year's list of Emmy nominations. But there were also some surprising changes, with shows and actors' names emerging on the list for the first time, CBS News reports.

According the official nominees list released by the Emmys website, the fantasy epic series led the honors in the drama series category with 24 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting acting nominations for Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke. Directors David Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa were nominated for the directing category for the episodes "Mother's Mercy" and "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" respectively. Writers for "Game of Thrones," David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, were also nominated in their category, while Diana Rigg received an Outstanding Guest Actress nomination.

"It's amazing and so deserved. It makes me so incredibly proud because there's so much hard work that goes into this show, the amount of effort and love that people put into it. And when I say people, I mean thousands of people working on this show," said Clarke upon learning of the nominations, according to L.A. Times.

Meanwhile, sixth-time Outstanding Comedy series winner "Modern Family" is on the list again this year, but newcomers like "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "Transparent" and "Parks and Recreation" are giving the race a good run. The latter show aired their final season last spring and will no longer be in the race next year.

"Amy's in London doing press for Inside Out, but we've been texting back and forth. I've heard from Nick Offerman and a lot of the producers and Adam Scott. It was a real flurry of, "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God," said Mike Schur, "Parks and Recreation's" showrunner about the nomination surprise, according to TV Line.

The big news for the Emmy's, however, is in the number of new names in the acting categories such as Tatiana Maslany of "Orphan Black," Taraji P. Henson of "Empire," Viola Davis of "How To Get Away With Murder, Will Forte of "The Last Man on Earth" and Anthony Anderson of "Black-ish."

"It’s super nice, and it feels like a nice thing for the show to get that kind of recognition, and for the fans — they’ve been so supportive and protective of us; it feels like a communal thing," said fan favorite Maslany of her nomination, according to Variety.

The nominations were announced by Uzo Aduba of "Orange is the New Black" and Cat Deeley of "So You Think You Can Dance" while the actual ceremonies will be hosted by Andy Samberg of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" on September 20.

Below is the list of nominees for the 67th Emmy Awards.

Drama Series
Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men
Orange Is The New Black

Comedy Series
Louie
Modern Family
Parks & Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Limited Series
American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Olive Kitteridge
The Honorable Woman
Wolf Hall

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Adrien Brody, Houdini
Ricky Gervais, Derek
Timothy Hutton, American Crime
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Lead Actor in a Comedy
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Louis C.K., Louie
Don Cheadle, House Of Lies
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Julia Louis Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice

Structured Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
MythBusters
Property Brothers
Shark Tank
Undercover Boss

Unstructured Reality Program
Alaska: The Last Frontier
Deadliest Catch
Intervention
Million Dollar Listing New York
Naked And Afraid
Wahlburgers

Variety Talk Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Late Show With David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Variety Sketch Series
Drunk History
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

Variety Special
Bill Maher: Live From D.C.
The Kennedy Center Honors
Louis C.K.: Live At The Comedy Store
Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE!

Television Movie
Agatha Christie's Poirot: Curtain, Poirot's Last Case
Bessie
Grace Of Monaco
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Killing Jesus
Nightingale

Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Michael Kelly, House of Cards

Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Lena Headey, Game Of Thrones
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black

Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver, Girls
Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale, Veep

Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Niecy Nash, Getting On
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Anna Chlumsky, Veep

Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or A Movie
Richard Cabral, American Crime
Denis O'Hare, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Michael Kenneth, Bessie
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall

Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or A Movie
Regina King, American Crime
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Mo'Nique, Bessie
Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge

Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Alan Alda, The Blacklist
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
F. Murray Abraham, Homeland
Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards
Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex
Pablo Schreiber, Orange Is The New Black

Guest Actress In A Drama Series
Margo Martindale, The Americans
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Rachel Brosnahan, House of Cards
Cicely Tyson, How To Get Away With Murder
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Khandi Alexander, Scandal

Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Mel Brooks, The Comedians
Paul Giamatti, Inside Amy Schumer
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Louis C.K. , Saturday Night Live
Bradley Whitford, Transparent
Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Gaby Hoffmann, Girls
Pamela Adlon, Louie
Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

The rest of the list nominees are on the official site.