GAME OF THRONES Final Season Scores A Record 32 Primetime Emmy Nominations; Check Out The Full List Here

GAME OF THRONES Final Season Scores A Record 32 Primetime Emmy Nominations; Check Out The Full List Here

The eighth and final season of HBO's blockbuster fantasy drama series Game of Thrones has earned a record-breaking 32 nominations at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series!

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By RohanPatel - Jul 17, 2019 09:07 PM EST
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As expected, the eighth and final season of HBO's blockbuster fantasy drama, Game of Thrones, absolutely dominated this year's Primetime Emmy nominations, scoring a record-shattering 32 nominations for any series in a single calendar year, topping the 26 nominations NYPD Blue earned in 1994.

Despite a divisive reception to the final batch of episodes, the three-time Outstanding Drama Series champion is the favorite to win the biggest award of the night yet again and is also expected to take home a number of other awards as well, including trophies for acting, directing, writing, editing, production design, makeup, and more. (Click VIEW LIST below to see all the nominations)

With a much-needed boost from their flagship series, HBO led all networks with 137 total nominations, followed by Netflix at a distant second with 117 nominations. 

The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on September 22, 2019.

To check out every award the series was nominated for, simply click on the VIEW LIST (ONE PAGE) button below!
 

Outstanding Drama Series - Game of Thrones


Game of Thrones ends its storied run with its eighth consecutive nomination for Outstanding Drama Series and looks for its fourth win after taking home the gold in 2015, 2016 and 2018. 

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series - Kit Harington as Jon Snow


Kit Harington earns his second Primetime Emmy nomination - first for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series - Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen


Emilia Clarke's Daenerys Targaryen may not have ended up on the Iron Throne, but her excellent performance this season gives Clarke her fourth Primetime Emmy nomination - first for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. 

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series - Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy


After being put through the ringer for eight straight seasons, Theon Greyjoy managed to go out a hero and it looks like the Academy took notice as they awarded Alfie Allen with his first career Primetime Emmy nomination. 

Allen was also one of three cast members along with Gwendoline Christie and Carice Van Houten that submitted their own names for consideration and were rewarded for their efforts. 

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister


After being nominated for season seven last year, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has earned his second career Primetime Emmy nomination for his performance this year. 

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series - Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister


Peter Dinklage has secured his eighth consecutive Primetime Emmy nomination - the most of any cast member - and seeks his fourth win this year after earning trophies in 2011, 2015 and 2018. 

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series - Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth


Sometimes betting on yourself can pay off in awesome ways, which is something Gwendoline Christie found out today as she earned her first career Primetime Emmy nomination after submitting her own name for consideration. 

She was one of three cast members to submit their own names joining Alfie Allen and Carice Van Houten. 

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series - Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister


While Cersei Lannister may have gone out with more of a whimper than expected, Lena Headey's performance was more than good enough to secure the actress her fifth career Primetime Emmy nomination. 

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series - Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark


The Queen in the North, Sophie Turner, has earned her first career Primetime Emmy nomination for her performance. 

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series - Maisie Williams as Arya Stark


In arguably the day's most pleasant surprise, Maisie Williams earned her first career Primetime Emmy nomination for her portrayal of the fan-favorite Arya Stark - or shall we say, the Night King Slayer. 

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series - David Nutter ("The Last of the Starks")


David Nutter earned his sixth career Primetime Emmy nomination for helming episode four, "The Last of the Starks," and seeks his third win. 

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series - Miguel Sapochnik ("The Long Night")


Miguel Sapochnik earns his second career Primetime Emmy nomination for helming episode three, "The Long Night," and seeks his second win after taking home gold in 2016 for season six's "Battle of the Bastards."

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series - David Benioff & D.B. Weiss ("The Iron Throne")


Showrunners David Benioff & D.B. Weiss earn their fifteenth career Primetime Emmy nomination - first for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series - and seek their sixth win overall. 

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - David Benioff & D.B. Weiss ("The Iron Throne")


Showrunners David Benioff & D.B. Weiss earn their fifteenth career Primetime Emmy nomination - seventh for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - and seek their sixth win overall. 

Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series


Nina Gold, Robert Sterne, and Carla Stronge are nominated for the award.

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series


Jonathan Freeman (for "The Iron Throne") is nominated for the award.

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program


"Fight for the Living: Beyond the Wall Virtual Reality Experience" is nominated for the award.

Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes


Michele Clapton, Emma O'Loughlin, and Kate O'Farrell (for "The Bells") are nominated for the award.

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Carice van Houten (for "The Long Night")


Along with Alfie Allen and Gwendoline Christie, the Red Woman Carice van Houten also submitted her own name for consideration and was rewarded with her first career Primetime Emmy nomination for her timely guest appearance in "The Long Night."

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series


Kevin Alexander, Candice Banks, Nicola Mount, and Rosalia Culora (for "The Long Night") are nominated for the award.

Outstanding Main Title Design


Angus Wall, Kirk Shintani, Shahana Khan, Ian Ruhfass, and Rustam Hasanov are nominated for the award.

Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)


Jane Walker, Kay Bilk, Marianna Kyriacou, Nicola Mathews, and Pamela Smyth (for "The Long Night") are nominated for the award.

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)


Ramin Djawadi earns his seventh career Primetime Emmy nomination for his haunting score for "The Long Night."

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)


Deborah Riley, Paul Ghirardani, and Rob Cameron (for "The Bells") are nominated for the award.

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special


Emma Faulkes, Paul Spateri, Chloe Muton-Phillips, Duncan Jarman, Patt Foad, John Eldred-Tooby, Barrie Gower, and Sarah Gower (for "The Long Night") are nominated for the award.

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series


Katie Weiland (for "The Iron Throne") is nominated for the award.

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series


Tim Porter (for "The Long Night") is nominated for the award.

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series


Crispin Green (for "Winterfell") is nominated for the award.

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)


Tim Kimmel, Tim Hands, Paula Fairfield, Bradley C. Katona, Paul Bercovitch, John Matter, David Klotz, Brett Voss, Jeffrey Wilhoit, and Dylan T. Wilhoit (for "The Long Night") are nominated for the award.

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)


Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, Simon Kerr, Danny Crowley, and Ronan Hill (for "The Long Night") are nominated for the award.

Outstanding Special Visual Effects


Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Adam Chazen, Sam Conway, Mohsen Mousavi, Martin Hill, Ted Rae, Patrick Tiberius Gehlen, and Thomas Schelesny (for "The Bells") are nominated for the award.

Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie


Rowley Irlam is nominated for the award.

In Season 7, Daenerys Targaryen has finally set sail for Westeros with her armies, dragons and new Hand of the Queen, Tyrion Lannister. Jon Snow has been named King in the North after defeating Ramsay Bolton in the Battle of the Bastards and returning Winterfell to House Stark. In King's Landing, Cersei Lannister has seized the Iron Throne by incinerating the High Sparrow, his followers and her rivals in the Sept of Baelor. But as old alliances fracture and new ones emerge, an army of dead men marches on the Wall, threatening to end the game of thrones forever.

Our watch has ended.
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tmp3
tmp3 - 7/17/2019, 9:04 PM
GoT s8 was a disaster, but these nominations were to be expected.
Cool to see PEN15 get a nomination for writing, really dug that show but it went under the radar. Of course kudos to Barry and Chernobyl, my two favorite seasons of TV this year, so I hope they win big. NoHo Hank got an emmy nom! [frick] yeah!
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 7/17/2019, 9:05 PM
Off-topic: this is pretty cool.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 7/17/2019, 9:28 PM
@MUTO123 - I didn't know they actually strapped someone to a bluescreen pole and flipped her around like that (assumed it was all CG). Yowzers that looks fun and excruciating.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/17/2019, 10:03 PM
@MUTO123 -

The "Marvel Formula" for all the world to see how they do it.



Quick someone send this to WB, especially the part about screening the film for internal company members who are honest and not "yes men/women".
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 7/18/2019, 3:33 AM
Clicking through the related videos took me to a Capt. Marvel press video with Larson and Gemma Chan taking a 90's quiz, and watching Brie gush about Spencer's Gifts, All That, and pizza rolls may have pushed me into full-blown crush territory.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 7/18/2019, 5:32 AM
@LongMayHeReign - Yeah...Capt Marvel may not be the best example for showing the "Marvel Formula" Infinity War and Endgame would be better Capt Marvel is..a mess.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/18/2019, 5:40 AM
@nikgrid - Actually, it's a great example because all MCU films take the same approach. And regardless of how the minority feels about it, the film made over a billion and has a higher rating than every DCEU film not named Wonder Woman.

There's a lot in that video that other studios can learn from.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 7/18/2019, 8:35 AM
@LongMayHeReign - "And regardless of how the minority feels about it, the film made over a billion"

Boxoffice doesn't = quality
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/18/2019, 9:09 AM
@nikgrid - Of course not, and I never said it did. But that doesn't change the fact that a significant amount of people found the film enjoyable enough to watch multiple times.

Aquaman is literally in the same boat (pun intended). I found that film to be terrible personally but it doesn't matter what I think, it found an audience and a big one at that.

Also I find it funny how you only mention the part of my comment that mentions the box office but not the part that mentions the well above average RT score. Which again beats every DCEU film except WW, and Shazam (I admittedly forgot to include Shazam).

When the MCU has a streak of 23 straight fresh films I think lessons can be learned from the overall process regardless of what you think of the finished product.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 7/18/2019, 1:20 PM
@LongMayHeReign - "Also I find it funny how you only mention the part of my comment that mentions the box office but not the part that mentions the well above average RT score."

Because RT means nothing really. Anyway this isn't an "MCU sucks" kind of thing it's a Captain Marvel sucks kind of thing, at least Aquaman had character growth even though it was a mediocre film. Carol was the same at the end as she was at the start except she could melt spaceships, and the final showdown was ridiculous Yon Rog was NO threat to her at all.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/18/2019, 1:58 PM
@nikgrid - Captain America has been the same character throughout the entirety of the MCU. And of course Yon-Rogg is no match for her, that's he was mentally manipulating her the whole film. The whole point of her blasting him like he was nothing was to show she didn't need his approval anymore, they gave us her display of power that ending was closure for her character.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 7/19/2019, 12:53 AM
@LongMayHeReign - "they gave us her display of power that ending was closure for her character"

That's it? so you didn't disprove anything I said, Carol is the same at the start as she is at the end, except she can melt spaceships.

"Captain America has been the same character throughout the entirety of the MCU"

Cap's character changed SO much through the MCU if you never saw that you weren't really watching.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/19/2019, 5:50 AM
@nikgrid - Let's look at TFA, how did Cap change in his origin? The whole theme of that was that he needed to stay just as he was before he got jacked and he did. Cap was the same core character thru that whole movie and just like Carol only gained more physical power in the end.

Cap does not change as a character at all in TFA the world changes around him reacting to how/who he is. How do you not see that?
nikgrid
nikgrid - 7/19/2019, 6:43 PM
@LongMayHeReign - "Cap does not change as a character at all in TFA"

Nope YOU said Cap doesn't change character through the whole MCU. which is bollocks.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/19/2019, 8:07 PM
@nikgrid - Oh really so how has Cap changed as a character? He's always trusted his beliefs and has been unwavering in his loyalty to his companions. Civil War LITERALLY highlights the continued theme that he has to remain the same good man with rock solid moral core that he was before he got the juice.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/19/2019, 8:09 PM
@nikgrid - Go ahead and tell me what Cap's arc is and how he changes as a character. Don't worry I'll wait.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 7/20/2019, 2:00 AM
@LongMayHeReign - In the Winter Soldier he very clearly doubts the US government is doing the right thing, whereas when he was a WWII solder he just followed orders, he also thought that he could live in the modern world by endgame we discover he can't.

You do realise a character is a good thing in cinema..right? By saying Cap has no character arc your essentially saying his character is poorly written....like Captain Marvel.

There's my response.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/20/2019, 5:56 AM
@nikgrid - So in essence you're saying Cap disobeyed orders and went against the established rules right? Well guess what he's been doing that since day 1, he tried to cheat his military acceptance exam and kept applying even though he was repeatedly turned away. He then disobeyed direct orders and went to save Bucky and the entire regiment.

Cap's character is and always has stayed true to his own beliefs of right and wrong, nothing in Winter Soldier changes this aspect about his character. The only reason he distrusts the government is because he learns that they aren't doing the kind of good he believes in. Cap was never loyal to the government system, he is only loyal to the people around him who earn his trust. He only worked with the government until they deviated from his moral beliefs on what's right and wrong. Clearly you don't understand what character growth is, Cap is literally the same guy he's always been hence why he and Tony go back and forth in Civil War over the accords.

Also guess what, the example you just gave, if you deem that character growth then Carol did the same thing in her film. She was extremely loyal to the Kree as a people and her duty to serve them and prove herself to Yon-Rogg, yet she begins to doubt their motives and breaks free from their influence on her turning her back on them.

If that wack ass example of Cap's growth is all you got then it looks like Carol has more growth than him.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 7/20/2019, 7:47 AM
@LongMayHeReign - "If that wack ass example of Cap's growth is all you got then it looks like Carol has more growth than him."

If you think Capt Marvel is a better written character than Cap, Well you're wrong but hey that's cool.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/20/2019, 9:04 AM
@nikgrid - I like how you make stuff up out of thin air. Cap is an expertly written character, but that doesn't change the fact that he has no arc and doesn't change at his core. Superman is the same way in like 80% of his comic runs. He has a moral code that he never deviates from no matter what the circumstances, and that is why he is praised as a beacon of hope because he stays true to who he is and has always been. The world constantly tells Cap he has to change the way he is but he doesn't, he experiences new things but who he is never changes. Stark changes A LOT during his run from being a self centered and ego driven person who always believes he can solve anything with his mind to a true hero willing to sacrifice everything for for not just his friends and family but for the world. Thor was an arrogant warrior god who was willing to commit genocide just to establish his dominance as the eventual new King of Asgard. He then lost everything he had including his home and ENTIRE family, he lost his confidence in himself and his will to fight. But he then became a true hero not just a god and found humility and love for those around him and now his story will continue in Thor 4.

So I ask again, what is Captain America's arc and how did he grow as a character from where he began?
nikgrid
nikgrid - 7/20/2019, 9:59 PM
@LongMayHeReign - Cool story mate..didn't read it but I'm sure it's riveting with great character arcs...unlike Capt Marvel.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/20/2019, 11:32 PM
@nikgrid - I wouldn't want to read it either if I knew I was wrong. Good strategy!
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/17/2019, 9:06 PM
GoT show-runners just dropped out of SDCC btw
JustAChillFan
JustAChillFan - 7/17/2019, 9:11 PM
@tmp3 - didn't want to get booed probably
Kyos
Kyos - 7/17/2019, 9:15 PM
@tmp3 - They really chickened out then?
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/17/2019, 9:27 PM
@JustAChillFan - Booed? Nah, they didn't want to get assaulted.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 7/18/2019, 5:33 AM
@Kyos -
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 7/18/2019, 6:12 AM
@tmp3 - shocking development
JustAChillFan
JustAChillFan - 7/17/2019, 9:10 PM
How Richard Madden wasn't nominated for Bodyguard but Kit Harrington was for this is honestly disgusting. I'm not going to be one of those people who bitches out a long paragraph complaining about how bad the final season was, but these award shows are straight nonsense if this is getting this many nominations. They literally nominated an episode where most people were complaining about not being able to see anything for best directing. Bunch of BS.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 7/18/2019, 1:40 AM
@JustAChillFan - Didn't Richard Madden get nominated (and win) last year?
JustAChillFan
JustAChillFan - 7/18/2019, 7:01 AM
@DnA - you're thinking of golden globe, and of all the awards that are given out those mean the least because those are voted on by only the foreign Hollywood press.
Kyos
Kyos - 7/17/2019, 9:18 PM
A lot of the acting nominations can probably only be seen as nominations for the whole show.

But for them to get this nomination...

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - David Benioff & D.B. Weiss ("The Iron Throne")

...ahahahahahaha!!
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 7/17/2019, 9:36 PM
@Kyos -



This may be a little graphic but, when I talked to my boy about his reaction to the final 3 episodes he said (verbatim)

"I feel like my brain just got [frick]ed by a Gorilla d**k, it's the only way to explain how much my head hurts trying to make sense of this bullshit"

I'll never forget hearing him say that as long as I live!
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