The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Amazon's story of a 1950s housewife-turned-stand up comic -- was a distant second on 20 nominations
So far, the race is neck and neck after dozens of this year's Emmys were handed out at events in Los Angeles earlier this month
Awards will be presented on September 17
It was business as usual in the two major categories at the Emmys on Sunday night, as HBO's Game of Thrones and Veep repeated as winners for best drama and comedy. But for a ceremony that can be numbingly predictable, the Emmys were energised by a slew of first-time winners in the acting categories and a tour de force in the limited series category by FX's The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story. The success of the OJ series set the theme for the evening as Sarah Paulson, Courtney B Vance and Sterling K Brown all scored their first Emmy victories.