Television's night of nights, the honour roll of the very best television has to offer, or simply a crapshoot that the studios, this year in particular, have started to cynically "game"? Depending on your perspective, the 66th annual Emmy Awards could be one of those, or all three.
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With the lion's share of the awards shovelled into the grasping hands of Hollywood's best and brightest last week at the Creative Arts Emmys - a motherlode of almost 80 statuettes were handed out in four hours - all that remains are the 26 most hotly contested categories.
Tune in from early Tuesday to catch the red carpet action and find out who and what will be crowned the best of the best. Read more.
Outstanding Drama
Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, Mad Men, True Detective.
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Woody Harrelson (True Detective), Matthew McConaughey (True Detective), Kevin Spacey (House of Cards).
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex), Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Claire Danes (Homeland), Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Kerry Washington (Scandal), Robin Wright (House of Cards).
Outstanding Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory, Louie, Modern Family, Orange is the New Black, Silicon Valley, Veep.
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Louis C.K. (Louie), Don Cheadle (House of Lies), Ricky Gervais (Derek), Matt LeBlanc (Episodes), William H. Macy (Shameless), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory).
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Lena Dunham (Girls), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep), Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black).
Outstanding Miniseries
American Horror Story: Coven, Bonnie & Clyde, Fargo, Luther, Treme, The White Queen.
Outstanding Television Movie
Killing Kennedy, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, The Normal Heart, Sherlock: His Last Vow, The Trip to Bountiful.
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Dancing on the Edge), Martin Freeman (Fargo), Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo), Idris Elba (Luther), Mark Ruffalo (The Normal Heart), Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock).
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Jessica Lange (American Horror Story), Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story), Helena Bonham Carter (Burton and Taylor), Minnie Driver (Return to Zero), Kristen Wiig (The Spoils of Babylon), Cicely Tyson (The Trip To Bountiful).