Game Of Thrones Lead Emmy Nominations

FAST FACTS:

• Handmaid’s Tale and Orange Is the New Black‘s Samira Wiley joined Blacklist alum Ryan Eggold to announce the 2018 Emmy Award nominations Thursday morning.
• Anthony Bourdain received six posthumous nominations for his hit CNN show Parts Unknown.
• Sandra Oh made history, becoming the first Asian woman to earn a Best Actress nod.
• Laurie Metcalf snagged a nomination for her role in ABC‘s Roseanne, despite its cancellation. She has been nominated for an Emmy five times, and won three.
• John Legend was nominated for his first Emmy for Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his starring role in NBC‘s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. If he wins, he will be one of 13 people to achieve EGOT status, as the recipient of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
• Last year, GOT was not eligible for any Emmy nominations.
• Netflix broke HBO‘s streak of being the most-nominated network for 17 years running, earning an eye-popping 112 nominations. HBO earned 108.

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