‘Game Of Thrones’ and ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ lead Emmy nominations

The nominations for the 68^th annual Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday and HBO and FX shows have emerged as this year's favorites.

The popular HBO fantasy drama Game Of Thrones and the FX hit miniseries The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story led with more than 20 nominations each.

TV Line noted that GOT lead all the other-nominated shows with 23 nods and The People vs. O.J. Simpson was right behind with a total of 22 nominations. The FX series Fargo and HBO’s Veep also racked up a good number of nods with 18 and 17 respectively.

Here is a list of some of the nominations and categories in which they were recognized:

OUTSTANDING DRAMA

The Americans

Better Call Saul

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Homeland

House of Cards

Mr Robot

OUTSTANDING COMEDY

black-ish

Master of None

Modern Family

Silicon Valley

Transparent

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Veep

TV MOVIE

A Very Murray Christmas

All the Way

Confirmation

Luther

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

LIMITED SERIES

American Crime

Fargo

The Night Manager

The People v. OJ Simpson

Roots