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Netflix's Emmy attention comes 20 years after the first cable show earned Emmy attention with HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show." That was a landmark for the rise of cable programming and HBO in particular.
While today's nominations mark the rise of premium digital content, Netflix still has a ways to go to catch up with HBO—the most-nominated network, with 108 nods. And Netflix's success didn't hurt HBO one bit. HBO drew 27 more nominations than last year, its highest number of nominations in nearly a decade.
The awards will be given Sept. 22. And we'll be watching to see how many statuettes Netflix brings home.
Here are some of the highlights.
Outstanding comedy series:
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Modern Family"
"Girls"
"30 Rock"
"Veep"
Lead actress in a comedy series:
Lena Dunham, "Girls"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
Laura Dern, "Enlightened"
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"
Lead actor in a comedy series:
Jim Parsons, "Big Bang Theory"
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Louis C.K., "Louie"
Jason Bateman, "Arrested Development"
Don Cheadle, "House of Cards"
Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes"
Supporting actress in a comedy series:
Mayim Bialik, "Big Bang Theory"
Jane Lynch, "Glee"
Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"
Julie Bowen, "Modern Family"
Merritt Wever, "Nurse Jackie"
Jane Krakowski, "30 Rock"
Anna Chlumsky, "Veep"
Supporting actor in a comedy series:
Adam Driver, "Girls"
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, "Modern Family"
Ed O'Neill, "Modern Family"
Ty Burrell, "Modern Family"
Bill Hader, "Saturday Night Live"
Tony Hale, "Veep"
Outstanding drama series:
"Breaking Bad"
"Game of Thrones"
"Homeland"
"Downton Abbey"
"House of Cards"
"Mad Men"
Lead actress in a drama series:
Claire Danes, "Homeland"
Connie Britton, "Nashville"
Kerry Washington, "Scandal"
Michelle Dockery, "Downton Abbey"
Vera Farmiga, "Bates Motel"
Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"
Robin Wright, "House of Cards"
Lead actor in a drama series:
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Hugh Bonneville, "Downton Abbey"
Damian Lewis, "Homeland"
Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom"
Supporting actress in a drama series:
Anna Gunn, "Breaking Bad"
Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey"
Emilia Clarke, "Game of Thrones"
Christine Baranski, "The Good Wife"
Morena Baccarin, "Homeland"
Christina Hendricks, "Mad Men"
Supporting actor in a drama series:
Bobby Cannavale, "Boardwalk Empire"
Jonathan Banks, "Breaking Bad"
Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"
Jim Carter, "Downton Abbey"
Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones"
Mandy Patinkin, "Homeland"
Outstanding reality—competition program:
"The Amazing Race"
"Dancing With the Stars"
"Project Runway"
"So You Think You Can Dance"
"Top Chef"
"The Voice"
Outstanding variety series:
"The Colbert Report"
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart"
"Jimmy Kimmel Live"
"Late Night With Jimmy Fallon"
"Real Time With Bill Maher"
"Saturday Night Live"
Outstanding miniseries or movie:
"American Horror Story"
"Behind the Candelabra"
"The Bible"
"Phil Spector"
"Political Animals"
"Top of the Lake"
The full list of Emmy nominations is available on the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences website.
—By CNBC's Julia Boorstin. Follow her on Twitter: @JBoorstin
—CNBC's Jeff Kagan and TODAY's Anna Chen contributed to this story.