2014 Emmy Power Rankings (Drama)

Last Monday, the Emmy's released their nomination ballot for their voters to vote on. It's a comprehensive list of every single person and show that is eligible in each particular category. This list right here is a Power Rankings of the top contenders in each particular category and how I believe the nominations will play out in a month. Who do I think will get a nomination? Who do I think is in the running but will come up just short? How many major nominations will your favorite show get? Find out when you check out our 2014 Emmy Power Rankings for Drama Series:


OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

1) Breaking Bad (AMC)
2) True Detective (HBO)
3) Mad Men (AMC)
4) Downton Abbey (PBS)
5) Game of Thrones (HBO)
6) House of Cards (Netflix)
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7) Masters of Sex (Showtime)
8) The Good Wife (CBS)
9) Homeland (Showtime)
10) Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR

1) Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
2) Matthew McConaughey (True Detective)
3) Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom)
4) Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
5) Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey)
6) Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
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7) Woody Harrelson (True Detective)
8) Martin Sheen (Masters of Sex)
9) Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)
10) James Spader (The Blacklist)
11) Damien Lewis (Homeland)


OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS

1) Claire Danes (Homeland)
2) Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men)
3) Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey)
4) Connie Britton (Nashville)
5) Kerry Washington (Scandal)
6) Robin Wright (House of Cards)
7) Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex)
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8) Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
9) Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel)
10) Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)



OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR

1) Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
2) Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
3) Jim Carter (Downton Abbey)
4) Dean Norris (Breaking Bad)
5) Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
6) Jeffrey Wright (Boardwalk Empire)
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7) Jon Voight (Ray Donavan)
8) Josh Charles (The Good Wife)


OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad)
2) Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
3) Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
4) Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
5) Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey)
6) Michelle Monaghan (True Detective)
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7) Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
8) Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING

1) Vince Gillian for "Felina" (Breaking Bad)
2) Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" (True Detective)
3) Tim Van Patten for "Farewell Daddy Blues" (Boardwalk Empire)
4) Rian Johnson for "Ozymandias" (Breaking Bad)
5) Alex Graves for "The Children" (Game of Thrones)
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6) Lesli Linka Glatter for "The Star" (Homeland)
7) Michelle MacLaren for "To'hajiilee" (Breaking Bad)
8) John Madden for "Pilot" (Masters of Sex)
9) Bryan Cranston for "Blood Money" (Breaking Bad)

OUTSTANDING WRITING

1) Vince Gilligan for "Felina" (Breaking Bad)
2) Nick Pizzolatto for "The Secret Fate of All Life" (True Detective)
3) George Mastras for "To'hajiilee" (Breaking Bad)
4) Erin Levy for "The Monolith" (Mad Men)
5) Matthew Weiner for "Waterloo" (Mad Men)
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6) Alex Gansa & Meredith Stiehm for "The Star" (Homeland)
7) David Benioff & D.B. Weiss for "The Children" (Game of Thrones)
8) Julian Fellows for "Episode 1" (Downton Abbey)
9) Michelle Ashford for "Pilot" (Masters of Sex)

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