WATCH at 11:30 AM: Emmy Nominations to be Announced

“I gotta win! I gotta win for history!” an exuberant Henson said when asked about the prospect during an “Empire” panel in May.

Last year, Amazon received no Primetime Emmy nominations, but its expected to be a strong contender this year with creator Jill Soloway’s series “Transparent”, which won Golden Globe Awards for Best Comedy and Best Actor in a Comedy (Jeffrey Tambor) back in January.

Will Jon Hamm get a chance to win for Mad Men’s last season after losing out seven years in a row?

Head over to the Emmy Awards web site for the live stream, or tune into Yahoo TV, which will also have a short pre-show handicapping the nominations. “Empire” and “Mad Men” are among th… NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” has only been nominated for comedy series once in its previous six years of eligibility, but the slam dunk final season was one of the show’s best. “Game of Thrones” and “Mad Men” are nominated in both categories. On the down side, the Academy has also narrowed its definition of comedy, leaving the category open only to 30-minute shows, forcing the hour-long dramedy “Orange is the New Black” to compete in the Best Drama category. In defence against this angelic viewership, we’d like to come out and say that the people we saw in the show felt very real to those we’ve known and those we’ve encountered, from all walks – in ways both whimsical and miserable.

Fragile egos being the rule in this town, I’m guessing there will be more tears than laughter Thursday if for no other reason, simple math. There’s still a limited number of slots and an exceptional group of shows. In both situations, it’s a question of whether or not an actor will finally receive an Emmy for a show that’s no longer on air. Last month, USA TODAY Television Critic Robert Bianco noted other shows that might get nods: Masters of Sex, The Americans, The Good Wife, Justified, Better Call Saul and How to Get Away With Murder. Inertia and the Emmys go hand in hand. Breaking Bad, which signed off in 2013, was named best drama a year ago. This year, though, the Television Academy decided that it’s not a comedy after all, but a drama, even though Netflix petitioned to keep it positioned with alongside the likes of “Modern Family” and “The Big Bang Theory”.

Will popular Fox hip-hop music drama Empire make the cut?

All references to mini-series have been changed to limited series, which is now defined as a program with two or more episodes with a total running time of at least 150 minutes, that tells a complete, non-recurring story and does not have an on-going storyline and/or main characters in subsequent seasons.

So, with this rule change, who will be the guests of honor? Nominees in the top 67th Emmy Awards categories will be announced at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 16, 2015, in West Hollywood, Calif., by Aduba, an Emmy victor previous year for her “Orange is the New Black” role as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren, and “So You Think You Can Dance” host Cat Deeley, a four-time Emmy nominee. Of the trio, only Janney remains eligible, as she turned up in just one episode of “Masters” last season. “What makes the show so good to watch, curses it at these snobbish entertainment awards”.