Mad Men, the sharply observed drama of a changing 1960s America, captured 19 Emmy nominations this morning to lead the series pack, with the melodramatic miniseries Mildred Pierce starring Kate Winslet grabbing a top 21 bids.
Mad Men has a chance to repeat for a fourth consecutive year as best drama.
Modern Family, last year's top comedy series, was the most-nominated sitcom with 17 bids.
Leader of the pack: Mad Men, which stars Christina Hendricks, January Jones and Jon Hamm, earned 19 nominations today
Other leading nominees include the Prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire with 18 nominations, Saturday Night Live with 16 and 13 bids each for the sex-and-swords fantasy Game of Thrones and the sitcom 30 Rock.
'OK, keep it together,' a surprised nominations co-announcer Melissa McCarthy said when she realized she was a nominee for her sitcom Mike & Molly.
The controversial sitcom The Kennedys, which was dropped by the History channel and given a second chance by the lesser-known ReelzChannel, received 10 nominations, including best miniseries.
Surprise: The Kennedys mini-series starring Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear earned 10 nods
Familiar faces have a chance to claim - or reclaim - Emmys, including last year's lead comedy actress winner Edie Falco of Nurse Jackie and Jim Parsons, best actor for a comedy for The Big Bang Theory. Both were nominated this year.
Jon Hamm received his fourth lead acting bid for Mad Men, and this time the competitor who denied him the award three times before isn't in the category.
Bryan Cranston and Breaking Bad weren't eligible for this year's awards because the series took a break between seasons.
Excited: Melissa McCarthy and Joshua Jackson made the nominations announcement in Los Angeles today
Steve Carell earned a best comedy actor for his final season of The Office, his last chance to win an Emmy statuette for his role as TV's most clueless boss.
Matt LeBlanc, best known for his role as Joey in Friends, received a lead comedy actor bid for playing a screen version of himself in the satiric show business series Episodes.
There were fresh faces as well, including best drama actress nominee Mireille Enos of The Killing and best drama actor Timothy Olyphant of Justified.
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