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The popular young-adult romantic comedy "Jane the Virgin" was
also snubbed while Amazon's transgender comedy "Transparent,"
and AMC's "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" were among
the newcomers making the grade.
Despite attracting some 17 million viewers for its season finale
in March, Empire's tale of a family in the cutthroat world of
the recording and entertainment industry was left out of the
prestigious best drama series category.
Taraji P. Henson did get an acting nod for her role as a
matriarch with a drug-dealing past in "Empire," but Terrence
Howard as a hip-hop mogul failed to make the cut.
AMC's zombie show "The Walking Dead" again failed to get a nod
in the best drama category.
"Big Bang Theory," the most-watched comedy on U.S. television
and a perennial Emmy favorite, missed out on a best series
nomination this year, while four-time Emmy winner Jim Parsons,
who plays a geeky scientist on the CBS show, slipped off the
list for consideration.
Julianna Margulies, the star of legal drama "The Good Wife," is
out of the running after taking home two Emmys in the past four
years. The series itself also failed to gain a nomination in the
prestigious drama category.
The CW's "Jane the Virgin," which delivered a Golden Globe for
lead actress Gina Rodriguez in January, was also snubbed in the
key categories.
Others that were expected to feature in Thursday's nominations
but which did not make the grade include Showtime's Golden
Globe-winning "The Affair," and Ellie Kemper, lead actress in
Netflix's best comedy series nominee "Unbreakable Kimmy
Schmidt."
The Television Academy will hand out the Emmys at a ceremony in
Los Angeles on Sept. 20. [ID:nL2N0ZW1FO]
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant, editing by G Crosse)
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