Emmy Nominations 2015: TVLine Staff's Favorite Nods

By Kimberly Roots July 16, 2015 1:54 pm EST

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HOUSE OF CARDS' RACHEL BROSNAHAN "For three seasons she's been Cards' most underrated performer, injecting the icy political drama with some much needed heart and soul." — Michael Ausiello

"For three seasons she's been Cards' most underrated performer, injecting the icy political drama with some much needed heart and soul."

— Michael Ausiello

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AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW'S SARAH PAULSON ”While Freak Show was not among the franchise’s best chapters, Paulson was given (and compellingly handled) the tricky and almost unenviable task of making real the unreal existence of a two-headed woman — all the more impressive when one factors in the CGI involved and lack of a scene partner for the ladies’ exchanges." — Matt Webb Mitovich

"While Freak Show was not among the franchise's best chapters, Paulson was given (and compellingly handled) the tricky and almost unenviable task of making real the unreal existence of a two-headed woman — all the more impressive when one factors in the CGI involved and lack of a scene partner for the ladies' exchanges."

— Matt Webb Mitovich

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GETTING ON'S NIECY NASH "Now that Nash's fearless, funny work on HBO's waaaay-under-the-radar comedy has been recognized with an Emmy nod, the forecast calls for 20 percent fewer instances of me yelling, 'Seriously! Getting On is the funniest thing on TV! You have to go home and binge-watch it!'" — Michael Slezak

"Now that Nash's fearless, funny work on HBO's waaaay-under-the-radar comedy has been recognized with an Emmy nod, the forecast calls for 20 percent fewer instances of me yelling, 'Seriously! Getting On is the funniest thing on TV! You have to go home and binge-watch it!'"

— Michael Slezak

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INSIDE AMY SCHUMER'S AMY SCHUMER "Milk, milk, lemonade, with her nom, my day was made." — Kimberly Roots

"Milk, milk, lemonade, with her nom, my day was made."

— Kimberly Roots

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UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT'S JANE KRAKOWSKI " Playing much more than merely an upper-class version of her 30 Rock character, as some critics initially asserted, Krakowski used the role of Jacqueline to defend her title as the queen of one-liners — seated atop a throne of discarded water bottles, of course." — Andy Swift

" Playing much more than merely an upper-class version of her 30 Rock character, as some critics initially asserted, Krakowski used the role of Jacqueline to defend her title as the queen of one-liners — seated atop a throne of discarded water bottles, of course."

— Andy Swift

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ORPHAN BLACK'S TATIANA MASLANY "I admit it: Given that the buzz around the show isn't what it used to be, I fully expected the mightily deserving Maslany to get overlooked; props to the Television Academy for finally getting this one right." — Vlada Gelman

"I admit it: Given that the buzz around the show isn't what it used to be, I fully expected the mightily deserving Maslany to get overlooked; props to the Television Academy for finally getting this one right."

— Vlada Gelman

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UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT'S TITUSS BURGESS "Even if this nomination is for 'Pinot Noir' alone, a snub for Burgess would have been worthy of an auto-tuned viral video meltdown." — Rebecca Iannucci

"Even if this nomination is for 'Pinot Noir' alone, a snub for Burgess would have been worthy of an auto-tuned viral video meltdown."

— Rebecca Iannucci