Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom Jon Hamm, Mad Men Woody Harrelson, True Detective Matthew McConaughey, True Detective Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Outstanding Writing In A Drama Series Moira Walley-Beckett, Breaking Bad Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones Beau Willimon, House of Cards Nic Pizzolatto, True Detective
Acting: I'd have liked to seen Woody get the Supporting Actor nomination and win that. I think this is the year that McConaughey wins Emmy and Oscar, has that been done before? Unless the two lead True Detectives take votes from each other. Spacey should have won last year rather than Jeff Daniels. It also defies belief that Jon Hamm has never won as Don Draper and if he doesn't win this or next year then one of the greatest characters of all time on TV will go unrecognised at the Emmys.
The writing category for drama is just insanely good. Both Benioff and Pizzolatto have backgrounds as novelists while Willimon is a playwright. I'd go with Pizzolatto.
In addition this years output in TV far outshines the output from feature films. This is the true golden age of TV and its a pleasure to be in the moment and watch it.