Story highlights The Emmy nominations happened Thursday morning

Some new shows received love

(CNN) The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations were announced Thursday morning and it looks to be the year of the freshman in one of the biggest categories.

Five new shows, including "This Is Us," "Westworld," "The Handmaid's Tale," "The Crown" and "Stranger Things," will compete with returning nominees "Better Call Saul" and "House of Cards" for best drama.

"Stranger Things," which has been a breakout hit for Netflix, scored 19 nominations.

The comedy sketch series "Saturday Night Live" and the HBO drama "Westworld" both earned the most Emmy nominations for individual shows with 22. "SNL" is now the most Emmy nominated series of all time with a total of 231 over the history of the show.

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