Stranger Things, Atlanta and The People Vs OJ Simpson duke it out in Directors Guild TV nominations while HBO dominates remaining main slots
HBO nabbed more than half of the top slots in the Director's Guild TV nominations unveiled on Thursday.
Episodes of Game Of Thrones, Westworld, Silicon Valley and Veep took up eight of the 15 main category nods.
The epic penultimate episode of GOT which saw the resurrected Jon Snow take on Ramsay Bolton for control of Winterfell - The Battle Of The Bastards - was named for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Drama Series.
Battle of the Bastards: HBO accounted for more than half of the top slots in the Director's Guild TV nominations unveiled on Thursday, including Game Of Thrones for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
HBO also scored a slot for its introductory episode - The Original - to Westworld.
The Duffer brothers also scored a nom for Netflix, for Chapter One of Stranger Things: The Vanishing of Will Byers.
FX and The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story meanwhile has two cracks at the Drama Series title; for its opening episode (From the Ashes of Tragedy) and episode five (The Race Card).
HBO meanwhile owned all but on slot in the Comedy Series category, with two episodes each of Veep and Silicon Valley slurping up four nominations.
Duel: HBO also scored a slot for its introductory episode - The Original - to Westworld
Retro: The Duffer brothers also scored a nom for Netflix, for Chapter One of Stranger Things: The Vanishing of Will Byers
FX's Atlanta grabbed the remaining slot for creator, executive producer and star Donald Glover, for one of the just two episodes he also directed.
HBO also snagged two of the five slots in Movies For Television and Mini Series: for the first episode of The Night Of; and for All The Way - which saw Bryan Cranston play Lyndon B. Johnson in his tumultuous first year as president.
They run against ABC's Madoff, Fox's Grease Live! and NBC's Hairspray Live!
Twofer: FX and The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story meanwhile has two cracks at the Drama Series title; for its opening episode (From the Ashes of Tragedy) and episode five (The Race Card)
Busy: FX's Atlanta grabbed the remaining slot for creator, executive producer and star Donald Glover, for one of the just two episodes he also directed
NBC also received a nod in the Regularly Scheduled Programming category for Dave Chappelle's long-awaited return to TV when he hosted Saturday Night Live's post-election show.
While in the Specials, James Corden's Late Late Show Karaoke Primetime Special was also named.
Amazon managed to wrap up three of the five nominations in the Children's Programming section; while The Eagle Huntress, Weiner and OJ: Made In America were among the Documentaries named.
Owned it: HBO meanwhile owned all but on slot in the Comedy Series category, with two episodes each of Veep and Silicon Valley slurping up four nominations.
On a roll: Veep also won Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Drama Series last year
Last year HBO swept all three main awards with Game Of Thrones, Veep and the TV movie Bessie.
The 69th annual DGA Awards take place on February 4 at the Beverly Hilton, where Alien, Gladiator and Blade Runner director Ridley Scott will be presented with the lifetime achievement award.
The Director's Guild will unveil its movie nominations on Friday.
Honoured: The 69th annual DGA Awards take place on February 4 at the Beverly Hilton, where Alien, Gladiator and Blade Runner director Ridley Scott will be presented with the lifetime achievement award
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