20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations

20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations, and this is an awards show you don't want to miss!

Courtesy of the Hollywood Reporter

The SAG awards are considered "one of the industry's most prized honors." They are so important because they recognize the efforts of individual actors and actresses, as well as ensembles, in film and television.

12 Years a Slave has the most nominations in film with four. Breaking Bad, which recently ended its five-year run, leads the television nominations, also with four. Right behind that, all with three nominations, are 30 Rock, The Big Bang Theory, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Homeland, and Modern Family.

Here are the the main nomination highlights for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:

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Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels' The Butler

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Dallas Buyers Club
Lee Daniels' The Butler

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

30 Rock
Arrested Development
The Big Bang Theory
Veep
Modern Family

For a complete list of nominations, you can visit the SAG Awards website. There were also a few surprise nominations - the late James Gandolfini for his role in the movie Enough Said and Oprah Winfrey for her role in Lee Daniels' The Butler.

The 20th Annual SAG Awards will be simulcast live on TBS and TNT on Saturday, January 18, 2014.