Game of Thrones earns a whopping 23 Emmy Award nominationsHBO Watch the preview for the final episode of season 6 - Game of Thrones: The Winds of Winter. HBO HBO's fantasy drama Game of Thrones topped the Emmy nominations with 23. Supplied Julia Louis-Dreyfus will have the chance to win her fifth best actress in a comedy as Veep earned 17 Emmy nominations. Power-and-blood fantasy saga Game of Thrones ruled the Emmy Award nominations on Thursday (Friday NZ Time) with a leading 23 bids, including best drama, while a real-life epic of murder and celebrity, The People v OJ Simpson, was close behind with 22 nods. Aziz Ansari received a lead comedy acting bid for his series Master of None, a first for an Indian-American actor, and the show received a best comedy series nomination.

Source: Stuff July 14, 2016 17:03 UTC