Emmys 2015: Start time, schedule, and what to expect
The 67th Annual Emmy Awards are Sunday, September 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern on Fox. Brooklyn Nine-Nine star and former Saturday Night Live cast member Andy Samberg will be hosting (a.k.a. delivering a short monologue and quipping as quickly as possible between awards).
As with any awards show, there is no shortage of pre-show coverage, whether that's backstage on the Emmys website starting at 6 p.m. Eastern, or E!'s Countdown to the Red Carpet starting at 4:30 p.m. Eastern.
What to look out for at the 67th Annual Emmy Awards
While technical and guest-actor awards were handed out last weekend at the Creative Arts Emmys, there are plenty of categories to get through on Sunday. One of the most notable aspects of the 2015 Emmy Awards is that this year marks the last time Mad Men is eligible. While the series has won Best Drama Series four times, none of its actors (including Jon Hamm) have ever won an Emmy.
There is also the new addition of a Variety Sketch Series category. The separation from the existing Variety Series category allowed more scripted sketch shows like Inside Amy Schumer and Key and Peele to get nominated, where they were previously crowded out by late-night shows. In fact, the separate Variety Talk Series category this year is particularly stacked, thanks to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and the final seasons of The Colbert Report and Late Show with David Letterman.
While this year's Emmys certainly caused the requisite awards-show snub outrage with their choices (like omitting Jane the Virgin's brilliant star and Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez), the 2015 field is generally more diverse and surprising than years past. There could be a number of upsets, especially after the Emmys adjusted some voting rules.
But yes, awards shows are generally predictable, and any attempt at true spontaneity usually falls flat when celebrities are forced to banter at Teleprompters through gritted teeth. This year, though, the entire writing team behind IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang!, which routinely finds new and demented ways to poke fun at existing comedy structure. With any luck, this team and some unexpected wins could make for a more memorable night at the Emmys than usual.
Sunday's Emmy Nominees go as such:
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game Of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
House Of Cards (Netflix)
Mad Men (AMC)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Outstanding Comedy Series
Louie (FX)
Modern Family (ABC)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Transparent (Amazon)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Veep (HBO)
Lead Actor, Drama
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Lead Actress, Drama
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Lead Actor, Comedy
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Will Forte, The Last Man On Earth
Louis C.K., Louie
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Lead Actress, Comedy
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Lily Tomlin, Grace And Frankie
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks And Recreation
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Supporting Actor, Drama
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, Drama
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, Comedy
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, Comedy
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
Lead Actor, Limited Series or Movie
Timothy Hutton, American Crime
Ricky Gervais, Derek Special
Adrien Brody, Houdini
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Lead Actress, Limited Series or Movie
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Reality-Competition Series
The Amazing Race
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice
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
Limited Series
American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
The Honorable Woman
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall
Television Movie
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case
Bessie
Grace of Monaco
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Killing Jesus
Nightingale
Corrected to reflect that The Emmy Awards are on the 20th, not the 21st.