Emmys 2016 Nominations: 12 Major Shocks & Snubs

It's time for TV awards season. While the movies get their turn at the start of the year, the handing out of statues now turns to the small screen, with the nominees revealed for the 68th Emmy Awards.

Like the Oscars, the Emmys only tend to recognise a particular type of show. This is where you come for those prestige series to be recognised, with the major dramas and acclaimed comedies leading the way, while more mid-level and populist TV shows (think the likes of The Walking Dead, although that's not a suggestion it should be nominated) get overlooked.

Game of Thrones, which set a new record with 12 wins last year, is once again leading the pack with 23 nominations to its name. However, while it can often be tough for other shows - whether they're newcomers or long-running series that constantly miss out - to break into the conversation and pick up nominations, that's not the case this year. Sometimes it's justifiable, and richly deserved, and others will undeniably cause a sense of outrage and a series of angry tweets (1 like, 2 retweets).

There are a number of shocks, surprises, and snubs - for better and for worse - that make this year's Emmys particularly interesting.

Although The CW is known for a number of shows that are heavy on the soap opera writing and casting a bunch of pretty young things - and added to that mix now, its ever-growing universe of DC TV series - it was still expected to pick up some nominations, with sitcoms Jane The Virgin and, more like, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend both proving to be hits with critics.

Rachel Bloom, who co-created and stars in the latter, won the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Comedy or Musical earlier in the year, which had went to Jane The Virgin's Gina Rodriguez the year before, and both shows were campaigning for nods. However, with both shows shut-out, it seems like The CW still can't change the perception of itself from Emmy voters.