For the first time in what seems like a long time, this year's Primetime Emmy Award nominees are a lot newer than usual. On Thursday morning, Lauren Graham of "Gilmore Girls" and Anthony Anderson of ABC's "Black-ish" announced the full list of nominees. Even though HBO's "Game of Thrones" and "Veep" still managed to take two of the largest numbers of nominations this year (nine and 10, respectively), FX's first-year program "The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story" took home the most with 13.

The ceremony isn't until Sunday, Sept. 18, but excitement for the show has already reached new heights due to the number of first- and second-year programs honored with nominations. In the past, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has failed to recognize new shows, typically giving longer-running shows more nominations instead. Shows like CBS's "The Big Bang Theory," ABC's "Modern Family" and FX's "American Horror Story" have been known to sweep all categories, but most were greatly reduced this year in exchange for newer shows like Netflix's "Master of None," AMC's "Better Call Saul," and USA's "Mr. Robot." Other shows like FX's "The Americans," Lifetime's "UnREAL," and Louis C.K.'s online series "Horace & Pete" all received nominations as well, despite being relatively small shows. Other small favorites like IFC's "Portlandia," FX's "Fargo," and Netflix's "Bloodline" took home some much-deserved recognition, too.

Even though we still have a few months until the winners are announced, and the bigger, older shows could end up taking home most of the awards, there's just a certain satisfaction that comes with the nominations themselves. This year's host Jimmy Kimmel is undoubtedly going to put on a good show, but there's something about newer, smaller shows being recognized that will make the ceremony even better.