Game of Thrones earned a record 32 Emmy nominations for its eighth and final season on Tuesday.
The HBO saga's total eclipsed the all-time series record of 27 nods earned by NYPD Blue in 1994.
The Emmy voters' acclaim stands in sharp contrast to fan reaction to the show's final season, which was labelled "rushed" by some who demanded it be remade. But the show's ratings never faltered for the series, based on George R R Martin's novels, setting new highs for HBO.
A slew of acting nominations for the cast and guest stars, including the show's sole previous winner, Peter Dinklage, helped boost Game of Thrones to a new record of 160 total nominations — breaking its own previous record of 128.
The series dominated in the Supporting actor and actress categories, making up seven of the 13 nominations with the women of the series — including Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Gwendoline Christie, Maisie Williams — earning the lions share of the nominations.
Stars Emilia Clarke and Kit Harrington each earned nominations for Best Lead Actor or Actress in a drama series. Clarke will be competing in a category that is notable for its diversity this year and includes past winner Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder and repeat nominee Sandra Oh for Killing Eve. Oh will have another chance to become the first actress of Asian descent to win the trophy after losing to Claire Foy last year for Netflix's The Crown.
Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs Maisel was a distant second behind Game of Thrones, with 20 nominations in the comedy categories.
Other top nominees include the nuclear disaster mini-series Chernobyl with 19 nominations and Saturday Night Live with 18. When They See Us, the mini-series that dramatised the Central Park Five case and its aftermath, received 16 bids.
The 71st Emmy Awards will air September 22 on Fox, with the host yet to be announced. Here are the rest of the nominees in key categories:
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
Bodyguard
Game of Thrones
Killing Eve
Ozark
Pose
Succession
This Is Us
Outstanding Comedy Series
Barry
Fleabag
The Good Place
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Russian Doll
Schitt's Creek
Veep
Lead Actor, Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Billy Porter, Pose
Milo Ventimiglia, This is Us
Lead Actress, Drama
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder
Laura Linney, Ozark
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Robin Wright, House Of Cards
Lead Actor, Comedy
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader, Barry
Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek
Lead Actress, Comedy
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Supporting Actor, Drama
Alfie Allen, Game of Thrones
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
Michael Kelly, House Of Cards
Chris Sullivan, This Is Us
Supporting Actress, Drama
Gwendoline Christie, Game of Thrones
Julia Garner, Ozark
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones
Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones
Supporting Actor, Comedy
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Anthony Carrigan, Barry
Tony Hale, Veep
Stephen Root, Barry
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Henry Winkler, Barry
Supporting Actress, Comedy
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Sian Clifford, Fleabag
Olivia Colman, Fleabag
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Sarah Goldberg, Barry
Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Limited Series
Chernobyl
Escape at Dannemora
Fosse/Verdon
Sharp Objects
When They See Us
Outstanding Television Movie
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Brexit
Deadwood: The Movie
King Lear
My Dinner with Herve
Lead Actor, Limited Series or Movie
Mahershala Ali, True Detective
Benicio Del Toro, Escape at Dannemora
Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
Jared Harris, Chernobyl
Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon
Lead Actress, Limited Series or Movie
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
Aunjanue Ellis, When They See Us
Joey King, The Act
Niecy Nash, When They See Us
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
Top five programmes with most overall
Game of Thrones — 32
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel — 20
Chernobyl — 19
Saturday Night Live — 18
Barry — 17
Top five platforms with most overall nominations
HBO: 137
Netflix: 117
NBC: 58
Amazon Prime Video: 47
CBS: 43
