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And Your Jewish Emmy Nominees Are…

The 2015 Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced on Thursday. As always, we’ve got the rundown of all the Jewish entertainers you can root for during the actual ceremony on September 20 — if you’re not too distracted by Andy Samberg, that is.

Below is a list of nominations in key categories for the Emmy Awards, the highest honors in U.S. television. The Jewish nominees are bolded. (And yes, )

BEST DRAMA SERIES “Better Call Saul”
“Downton Abbey”
“Game of Thrones”
“Homeland”
“House of Cards”
“Mad Men”
“Orange Is The New Black”

BEST COMEDY SERIES
“Louie”
“Modern Family”
“Parks and Recreation”
“Silicon Valley”
“Transparent”
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
“Veep”

ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Kyle Chandler, “Bloodline”
Jeff Daniels, “The Newsroom”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”
Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards”

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Claire Danes, “Homeland”
Viola Davis, “How To Get Away With Murder”
Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”
Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”
Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”
Robin Wright, “House of Cards”

ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”
Louis C.K., “Louie”
Don Cheadle, “House of Lies”
Will Forte, “The Last Man on Earth”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes”
Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”
Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”
Amy Schumer, “Inside Amy Schumer”

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Gaby Hoffman, Transparent
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Niecy Nash, Getting On

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES 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

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Mel Brooks, The Comedians
Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
Paul Giamatti, Inside Amy Schumer
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Bradley Whitford, Transparent

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Pamela Adlon, Louie
Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Gaby Hoffman, Girls

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOVIE
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Adrien Brody, Houdini
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Ricky Gervais, Derek

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOVIE
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Live From Lincoln Center

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