drama series   Breaking Bad (AMC) Nominees The Americans (FX) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) Homeland (Showtime) House of Cards (Netflix)

comedy series   Veep (HBO) Nominees The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Episodes (Showtime) Girls (HBO) Louie (FX) Nurse Jackie (Showtime)

tv movie/mini-series   American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) Nominees Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome (Syfy) Behind the Candelabra (HBO) The Big C: Hereafter (Showtime) Political Animals (USA) Top of the Lake (Sundance)

new series   Orphan Black (BBC America) Nominees Bates Motel (A&E) Elementary (CBS) Hannibal (NBC) The Newsroom (HBO) Vikings (History)

reality/non-fiction program   Survivor (CBS) Nominees Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Inside the Actor’s Studio (Bravo) The Voice (NBC) Vice (HBO)

variety program   Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Nominees 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards (NBC) Inside Comedy (Showtime) Louis CK: Oh My God (HBO) Saturday Night Live (HBO)

youth performance   Kiernan Shipka Mad Men Nominees Max Burkholder Parenthood Maisie Williams Game of Thrones

variety/non-fiction performer   Tina Fey & Amy Poehler 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominees Seth MacFarlane The Oscars Bill Maher Real Time with Bill Maher Justin Timberlake Saturday Night Live Kristin Wiig Saturday Night Live

lead actor, drama series   Damian Lewis Homeland Nominees Matthew Rhys The Americans Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad Hugh Dancy Hannibal Kevin Spacey House of Cards Jon Hamm Mad Men

lead actress, drama series   Tatiana Maslany Orphan Black Nominees Keri Russell The Americans Julianna Margulies The Good Wife Claire Danes Homeland Robin Wright House of Cards Kerry Washington Scandal

supporting actor, drama series   Bobby Cannavale Boardwalk Empire Nominees Noah Emmerich The Americans Jonathan Banks Breaking Bad Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Game of Thrones Laurence Fishburne Hannibal Corey Stoll House of Cards

supporting actress, drama series   Anna Gunn Breaking Bad Nominees Morena Baccarin Homeland Christina Hendricks Mad Men Lauren Graham Parenthood Monica Potter Parenthood Bellamy Young Scandal

guest actor, drama series   Matt Lauria Parenthood Nominees Derek Luke The Americans Nathan Lane The Good Wife Conleth HillGame of Thrones Eddie Izzard Hannibal Rupert Friend Homeland

guest actress, drama series   Laura Fraser Breaking Bad Nominees Margo Martindale The Americans Shirley MacLaine Downton Abbey Diana Rigg Game of Thrones Stockard Channing The Good Wife Jane Fonda The Newsroom

directing, drama series   David Fincher House of Cards "Chapter 1" Nominees Tim Van Patten Boardwalk Empire "Margate Sands" Michelle MacLaren Breaking Bad "Madrigal" George Mastras Breaking Bad "Dead Freight" Michelle MacLaren Game of Thrones "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" Lesli Linka Glatter Homeland "Q&A"

writing, drama series   George Mastras Breaking Bad "Dead Freight" Nominees Joel Fields & Joe Wesiberg The Americans "The Colonel" Thomas Schnauz Breaking Bad "Say My Name" Robert King & Michelle King The Good Wife "Red Team/Blue Team" Meredith Stiehm Homeland "New Car Smell" Aaron Sorkin The Newsroom "Bullies"

lead actor, comedy series   Louis CK Louie Nominees Jason Bateman Arrested Development Matt LeBlanc Epiosdes Stephen Mangan Episodes Don Cheadle House of Lies Jake Johnson New Girl

lead actress, comedy series   Julia Louis-Dreyfus Veep Nominees Tamsin Greig Episodes Lena Dunham Girls Melissa McCarthy Mike and Molly Edie Falco Nurse Jackie Amy Poehler Parks and Recreation

supporting actor, comedy series   Tony Hale Veep Nominees David Cross Arrested Development Simon Helberg The Big Bang Theory Ed O'Neill Modern Family Eric Stonestreet Modern Family Max Greenfield New Girl

supporting actress, comedy series   Kathleen Rose Perkins Episodes Nominees Jessica Walter Arrested Development Kaley Cuoco The Big Bang Theory Allison Williams Girls Merritt Wever Nurse Jackie Anna Chlumsky Veep

guest actor, comedy series   Adam Ferrera Nurse Jsckie Nominees Bob Newhart The Big Bang Theory Patrick Wilson Girls Morris Chestnut Nurse Jackie Gary Cole Veep

guest actress, comedy series   Parker Posey Louie Nominees Melissa Leo Louie Chloe Sevigny Louie Elaine Stritch 30 Rock Allison Janney Veep Sally Phillips Veep

directing, comedy series   Armando Ianucci Veep "First Response" Nominees Jim Field Smith Episodes "The Affair" Lena Dunham Girls "On All Fours" Louis CK Louie "New Years Eve" Steven Levitan Modern Family "Goodnight Gracie" Tim Kirby Veep "Running"

writing, comedy series   David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik Episodes "The Guest Star" Nominees Louis CK & Pamela Adlon Louie "Daddy's Girlfriend, Part 1" Louis CK Louie "New Years Eve" Abe Sylvia, Clyde Phillips & Tom Straw Nurse Jackie "Soul" Armando Ianucci Veep "D.C." Roger Drew & Armando Ianucci Veep "First Response"

actor, tv movie/mini-series   Michel Douglas Behind the Candelabra Nominees Evan Peters American Horror Story: Asylum Zachary Quinto American Horror Story: Asylum Matt Damon Behind the Candelabra Peter Mullan Top of the Lake

actress, tv movie/mini-series   Elisabeth Moss Top of the Lake Nominees Jessica Lange American Horror Story: Asylum Sarah Paulson American Horror Story: Asylum Laura Linney The Big C: Hereafter Sigourney Weaver Political Animals

directing, movie/mini-series   American Horror Story: Asylum Nominees Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome Behind the Candelabra Political Animals Top of the Lake

writing, movie/mini-series   Top of the Lake Nominees American Horror Story: Asylum Behind the Candelabra The Hour Political Animals

dramatic ensemble   Parenthood Nominees American Horror Story: Asylum The Americans Breaking Bad Suits Top of the Lake

comedic ensemble   Veep Nominees Arrested Development Episodes Girls Nurse Jackie Saturday Night Live

animated program   Family Guy (Fox) Nominees Futurama (Fox) The Simpsons (Fox)Saturday Night Live

music composition/score   House of Cards "Chapter 1" (Netflix) Nominees Downton Abbey "Part 4" (PBS) Game of Thrones "Myhsa" (HBO) Hunted "Mort" (Cinemax) Last Resort "Captain" (ABC)

main title theme music   House of Cards (Netflix) Nominees The Americans (FX) Hemlock Grove (Netflix) Orphan Black (BBC America) Vikings (History)

main title design   American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) Nominees The Americans (FX) Defiance (Syfy) Elementary (CBS) Orphan Black (BBC America)

film editing   Breaking Bad "Dead Freight" (AMC) Nominees House of Cards "Chapter 11” (Netflix) Louie "New Years Eve” (FX) Southland "Bleed Out” (TNT) Top of the Lake "Part 5” (Sundance)

cinematography   The Americans "The Colonel" (FX) Nominees Game of Thrones "Myhsa” (HBO) Hannibal "Entree” (NBC) House of Cards "Chapter 1” (Netflix) Mad Men "In Care Of” (AMC) Top of the Lake "Part 5” (Sundance)

production design   The Americans "Pilot" (FX) Nominees American Horror Story: Asylum "Welcome to Briarcliff” (FX) Mad Men "In Care Of” (AMC) The Newsroom "We Just Decided To” (HBO) Vikings "Dispossessed” (History)

costume design   The Americans "Pilot" (ABC) Nominees American Horror Story: Asylum "Madness Ends” (FX) Downton Abbey "Episode 5” (PBS) Game of Thrones "Walk of Punishment” (HBO) Once Upon a Time "Queen of Hearts” (ABC)

makeup/hairstyling   Orphan Black "Unnatural Selection" (BBC America) Nominees American Horror Story: Asylum "I Am Anne Frank, Part 1” (FX) Behind the Candelabra (HBO) Once Upon a Time "The Evil Queen” (ABC) The Walking Dead "This Sorrowful Life” (AMC)

casting   Homeland (Showtime) Nominees Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good Wife (CBS) House of Cards (Netflix) Veep (HBO)

sound   American Horror Story: Asylum "Welcome to Briarcliff" (FX) Nominees Breaking Bad "Dead Freight” (AMC) Game of Thrones "And Now His Watch is Ended” (HBO) Homeland "Beirut is Back” (Showtime) Hunted "Mort” (Cinemax)

visual effects   Orphan Black "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (BBC America) Nominees Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome (Syfy) Defiance "Pilot” (Syfy) Game of Thrones "And Now His Watch is Ended” (Fox) Last Resort "Captain” (ABC)

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top 6 scenes of the 2012-2013 television season
(alphabetical order)

Breaking Bad "Dead Freight" The Boy

Game of Thrones "The Rains of Castamere" Massacre

Louie "New Years Eve" The Doll

House of Cards "Chapter 11" Garage Murder

The Newsroom "Bullies" Santorum Aide Interview

Veep "The Vic Allen Dinner" Selina Sings