With a 126 total Emmy nominations, HBO programming is well ahead in this year’s running.
The 67th television awards nominees are a mixture of strong technical incumbents and fresh faces for performance awards.
But it seems the cable network has too tight a hold for any competitors.
With only a few nods, Boardwalk Empire is expected to take five straight for art direction in a period show, but Tim Van Patten may also win another for outstanding directing.
He last received the award in 2012.
However, Game of Thrones is clearly the flagship for the network in wake of Boardwalk’s end.
It also received the highest number of nominations this season for a show, tallied at 24.
