The 2013 Emmy nominations were announced this morning and surprisingly did not completely suck donkey dicks for horror. While “The Walking Dead” was inexplicably snubbed, Ryan Murphy’s FX series “American Horror Story: Asylum” and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” got some proper recognition.

AMC’s “Bates Motel” also scored a very much deserved nom for Vera Farmiga in the Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Norma Bates, mom to serial killer in-the-making Norman Bates, played by Freddie Highmore, who also should have been up for an award.

Anyhow, the nominees (and their competition) are:

Drama Series: Breaking Bad, Downtown Abby, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, Homeland, Mad Men.

Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Connie Britton (Nashville), Claire Danes (Homeland), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel), Kerry Washington (Scandal), Robin Wright (House of Cards).

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire), Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Jim Carter (Downton Abbey), Peter Dinklage (Game Of Thrones), Mandy Patinkin (Homeland).

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey), Emilia Clarke (Game Of Thrones), Christine Baranski (The Good Wife), Morena Baccarin (Homeland), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men).

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Margo Martindale (The Americans), Diana Rigg (Game Of Thrones), Carrie Preston (The Good Wife), Linda Cardellini (Mad Men), Jane Fonda (The Newsroom), Joan Cusack (Shameless).

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: Breaking Bad (Dead Freight), Breaking Bad (Say My Name), Downtown Abby (Episode 4), Game of Thrones (The Rains of Castamere), Homeland (Q&A).

Miniseries or Movie: American Horror Story: Asylum, Behind the Candelabra, The Bible, Phil Spector, Political Animals, Top of the Lake.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: Benedict Cumberbatch (Parade’s End), Michael Douglas (Behind The Candelabra), Matt Damon (Behind The Candelabra), Toby Jones (The Girl), Al Pacino (Phil Spector).

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Asylum), Laura Linney (The Big C: Hereafter), Helen Mirren (Phil Spector), Elisabeth Moss (Top of the Lake), Sigourney Weaver (Political Animals).

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: James Cromwell (American Horror Story: Asylum), Zachary Quinto (American Horror Story: Asylum), Scott Bakula (Behind The Candelabra), John Benjamin (The Big C: Hereafter), Peter Mullan (Top Of The Lake).

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Asylum), Imelda Staunton (The Girl), Ellen Burstyn (Political Animals), Charlotte Rampling (Restless), Alfre Woodard (Steel Magnolias).

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie: Steven Soderbergh (Behind The Candelabra), Julian Jarrold (The Girl), David Mamet (Phil Spector), Allison Anders (Ring Of Fire), Garth Davis and Jane Campion (Top Of The Lake • Part 5).

Why do I get the nasty feeling that “Downtown Abby” is going to win all?