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and very much look forward

As for who’s up for what, it’s a long list — especially since the Television Academy split the “Outstanding Miniseries or Movie” category into separate entities and added two new categories (“Outstanding Structured Reality Program” and “Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program”).

Leading the pack with 19 total nominations — even if Jon Snow knows nothing — is HBO’s superpower TV show “Game of Thrones,” including nods for “Outstanding Drama Series,” “Outstanding Supporting Actor” for Peter Dinklage and “Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series” for Neil Marshall’s work on the episode “The Watchers on the Wall.”

Nipping at “Thrones’” heels is the new series “Fargo” on FX, notching 18 total nominations, including “Outstanding Miniseries” and “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie” for Colin Hanks’ performance as Officer Gus Grimly.

“It’s an awesome feeling,” Hanks said in an interview with “Variety” after his nomination was announced. “This [show] is on par with so many of these shows that I admire — that someone would think of ‘Fargo’ in the same breath is sort of surreal.”

What’s intriguing about this round of award nominations is the fact that a new television-viewing platform is pushing the envelope and scoring a ton of nods. On-demand Internet streaming service Netflix has produced a comedy that’s getting some well-deserved recognition.

“Orange is the New Black” is a prison-based comedy that features a strong cast of female leads, and they took home a whopping 12 nominations — the most for any comedy series. It’s revolutionizing for television, especially since another Netflix original, “House of Cards,” also notched multiple nominations.

All eyes will be on Los Angeles when TV’s biggest stars touch down at the Nokia Theatre for the “66th Primetime Emmy Awards.” Who will be the big winners of the night, and who will go home empty-handed? It’s bound to be a night of excitement and laughs when the awards show airs Monday, Aug. 25, on NBC.

ACROSS

1 Stand-up’s gift

4 What an all-in-one printer can do

8 Cisterns

12 “All Those Years __” by George Harrison

13 Comic strip, __ and Janis

14 Prefix meaning ‘Thought’

15 “Anchorman: The Legend of __ Burgundy” (2004)

16 Cheese variety

17 Mend a sock

18 Monday, August 25th... 66th __ __ Awards, on NBC 21 “__ you kidding me?”

22 Bad TV reception stuff

23 “It’s cooold!” 26 __-3 fatty acids

29 Watch brand

31 Madonna movie, “Desperately Seeking __” (1985)

32 Jennifer Hudson’s

“Dreamgirls” (2006) Oscar-winning role, __ White

33 Financial acct. summary

34 Contact __ (One-oftwo, instead of glasses)

36 Org. on CBS’ “Criminal Minds”

38 “__ __ __’”: 1973

Eddie Kendricks hit (Also a recent country song of the same title by Tim McGraw)

44 Jules Verne’s captain

45 Newspaper piece, __-__

46 Filmmaker Ms. Lupino

47 Historic times

48 Shakespeare, for one

49 Gun the engine

50 “I __ Back Down” by Tom Petty

51 Chop __

52 John __ (Steppenwolf’s lead singer)

DOWN

1 “Star Trek” speed

2 Composer Mr. Stravinsky

3 Author Ms. Morrison

4 “60 Minutes” journalist Morley

5 Island of Greece

6 Prefix meaning ‘High’

7 Linguist Mr.

Chomsky’s

8 Sunday, August 24th... 2014 MTV __ __ Awards

9 Title role star of ‘60s series “Batman”: 2 wds.

10 Presidential four years

11 Electronics company

19 Actress who starred on ‘80s/’90s sitcom “Night Court”: 2 wds.

20 Grandson of Adam and Eve