Awards Showdown!

- Judy Ewens, Richard Mcclure

NEW AWARDS

The Emmys

Tuesday, sky One HD, 10pm

Don’t miss the highlights of the 70th Emmy Awards ceremony on Sky One, plus E! HD brings us coverage of the stars arriving from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles (Live from the Red Carpet, Mon, 11pm). With most of TV&Satellite Week’s favourite shows up for gongs, we’ve picked five reasons to tune into the showbiz spectacular…

1 WIll GAME OF THRONES WIN BIG? After a great season seven, it’s no surprise that the fantasy epic leads the nominations with 22 nods across all categories.

Lena Headey bags her fourth nomination (Supporting Actress, Drama) for Cersei Lannister and there’s a first nod for Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as her brother Jaime. He’s up against Peter Dinklage, whose seventh nod as Tyrion Lannister makes him the most-nominated actor ever in the Supporting Actor (Drama) category.