And the nominees are ... If you didn?t already know, the 68th Emmy Awards are this Sunday! To get you primed for our favorite category?production design, naturally?we?re taking a quick look at the contenders vying for the top honors in narrative contemporary fantasy programming, narrative period shows, and narrative half-hour series. Did your favorite show make the cut"
From creating opulent hotels, to period sets, to stages shared by muppets and humans alike, production designers, art directors, and set decorators work together to build worlds that take us out of our everyday lives and thrust us into parallel universes that are fantastical, frightening, or altogether familiar.
Don?t forget to tune in to ABC on Sunday evening. And without further ado, here are the nominees. Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)
American Horror Story: Hotel, FX Networks
Mark Worthington, Production Designer
Denise Hudson, Art Director
Ellen Brill, Set Decorator

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Game Of Thrones, HBO
"Blood Of My Blood," "The Broken Man," "No One"
Deborah Riley, Production Designer
Paul Ghirardani, Art Director
Rob Cameron, Set Decorator

Photo by Helen Sloan/HBO
The design of Meereen was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's Mayan Period.

House of Cards, Netflix
"Chapter 41," "Chapter 47," "Chapter 48"
Steve Ar...