FANTASY saga Game Of Thrones has emerged as the show with the most Emmy nominations with 19 nods, including best drama series.
The television series, which is partly filmed in Northern Ireland, is one of the most successful shows ever made.
Drugs drama Breaking Bad was next in line with 16 nominations for its final season, including best drama and a best actor nod for star Bryan Cranston.
Other top nominees included a pair of ambitious miniseries - Fargo garnered 18 nominations and American Horror Story: Coven has 17.
Aids drama The Normal Heart received 16 nominations, including best TV movie.
The 66th prime-time Emmy Awards ceremony will have big-screen star power to spare.
This year's Academy Awards best-actor winner Matthew McConaughey and nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor are both nominees for TV projects, as is past Oscar winner Julia Roberts.
In the competitive best-drama series category, Game Of Thrones will compete with Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, House Of Cards, Mad Men and True Detective.
Netflix's House Of Cards, which made a breakthrough last year as the first online series nominated for a major award, has the chance again to grab Emmy gold.
True Detective, a dark drama that starred McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, was entered in the series category although it had a close-ended story and its stars have indicated they do not plan on returning.