The 2015 Emmy Awards take place at the Microsoft Theater in Hollywood tonight, with Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg making his debut as the host.
It's the biggest night of the year for US television - their Oscars - and RTÉ TEN will be live all night to make sure you're fully informed about the big winners and the shock losers.
So, who are the main contenders and who's likely to win? Here are the ten key categories:
Best Drama Series
And the nominees are . . .
Better Call Saul
Game of Thrones
Orange is the New Black
Mad Men
Homeland
Downton Abbey
House of Cards
TEN favours: Better Call Saul
TEN tips: Better Call Saul
The critically-adored Mad Men may get a farewell Emmy to acknowledge its special place in TV history, but it seems odds-on that Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul will be the winner if quality rather than sentiment is the deciding factor.
Best Comedy Series
And the nominees are . . .
Parks and Recreation
Transparent
Louie
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Veep
TEN favours: Veep
TEN tips: Veep
American comedy is quite strong these days, but there's no denying that Veep is on a roll. It may lack the vicious satire of The Thick of It - its British inspiration - but there's no questioning its comedy credentials. Only Silicon Valley come close.
Best Actress in a Drama Series
And the nominees are . . .
Taraji P Henson as Cookie Lyon in Empire
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in Homeland
Robin Wright as Claire Underwood House of Cards
Viola Davis as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away With Murder
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson in Mad Men
Tatiana Maslany as Alison/ Cosima/ Helena/ Rachel and Krystal/ Sarah in Orphan Black
TEN favours: Viola Davis
TEN tips: Viola Davis
Taraji P Henson was born for the role of Cookie in Empire and will win another year, but I'd question the sanity of the electorate if Viola Davis doesn't get gold for her jaw-dropping turn in Shonda Rhimes' wilfully confusing whodunit.
Best Actor in a Drama Series
And the nominees are . . .
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill in Better Call Saul
Kyle Chandler as John Rayburn in Bloodline
Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood in House of Cards
Jon Hamm as Don Draper Mad Men
Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan in Ray Donovan
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy in The Newsroom
TEN favours: Jeff Daniels
TEN tips: John Hamm
This one could go anywhere as all are genuine contenders. And while Jeff Daniels stormed a singular path through The Newsroom, John Hamm might just wing it with his final run on Mad Men as ambiguous everyman Don Draper.
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
And the nominees are . . .
Uzo Aduba as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren in Orange Is the New Black
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart in The Good Wife
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones
Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates in Downton Abbey
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris in Mad Men
TEN favours: Christine Baranski
TEN tips: Christina Hendricks
Like a lot of this year's awards, Mad Men may get something here on the back of a sympathy vote. Christine Baranski's been in career-defining form for years on The Good Wife, but no one would deny the wonderful Christina Hendricks for her outstanding work as Mad Men's pivotal Joan Harris.
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
And the nominees are . . .
Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut on Better Call Saul
Jim Carter as Charles Carson on Downton Abbey
Alan Cumming as Eli Gold on The Good Wife
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper on House of Cards
Ben Mendelsohn as Danny Rayburn on Bloodline
TEN favours: Jonathan Banks
TEN tips: Peter Dinklage
Game of Thrones got several nominations and here's where they stand the best chance of a win. But if Peter Dinklage does win, he's going to do it the hard way by beating an irresistible Jonathan Banks in Better Call Saul.
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
And the nominees are . . .
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton on Nurse Jackie
Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish on The Comeback
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as President Selina Meyer on Veep
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation
Amy Schumer as Amy/Various Characters on Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin as Frankie Bergstein on Grace and Frankie
TEN favours: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
TEN tips: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
There's something unconvincing about flavour of the minute Amy Schumer, but the rest of the nominations here would all be very credible winners. But Julia Louis-Dreyfus is on a different planet as Selena Meyer and is even better than when she played Elaine Bennis in Seinfeld. There is no higher praise.
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
And the nominees are . . .
Anthony Anderson as Andre 'Dre' Johnson Sr in Black-ish
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan in House of Lies
Louis CK as Louie in Louie
Will Forte as Phil 'Tandy' Miller in The Last Man on Earth
Matt LeBlanc as Himself in Episodes
William H Macy as Frank Gallagher in Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor as Morton 'Maura' Pfefferman in Transparent
TEN favours: Louis CK
TEN tips: Jeffrey Tambor
Have to admit that I've yet to see Transparent, but by all accounts Jefferey Tambor is a cert here. From what I have seen Louise CK deserves to finally land an acting Emmy as he's improved immeasurably in that regard since Louie began.
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
And the nominees are . . .
Mayim Bialik as Dr Amy Farrah Fowler in The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy in Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer in Veep
Gaby Hoffmann as Alexandria “Ali” Pfefferman in Transparent
Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett in Mom
Jane Krakowski as Jacqueline Voorhees in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Kate McKinnon as Various Characters in Saturday Night Live
Niecy Nash as Denise 'DiDi' Ortley in Getting On
TEN favours: Anna Chlumsky
TEN tips: Allison Janney
Veep is up for several awards and can't win them all, so despite a superb performance as the career woman who self-combusts, Anna Chlumsky may lose out. The effortlessly amazing Allison Janney nailed it from day one on Mom, but she's wasted on this otherwise tame comedy.
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
And the nominees are . . .
Andre Braugher as Captain Ray Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy in Modern Family
Adam Driver as Adam Sackler in Girls
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh in Veep
Keegan-Michael Key as Various Characters in Key & Peele
TEN favours: Andre Braugher
TEN tips: Tituss Burgess
Andre Braugher is quite possibly the most underrated TV actor of his generation. He was superb as Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life on the Street and then Owen Thoreau Jr on Men of a Certain Age. Third time around he's the straight gay man delivering laughs on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. And remember, fellow BNN star Andy Samberg is hosting this year's Emmys. So Burgess is a shoo-in.
