LOS ANGELES — Netflix’s “House of Cards” made Emmy history this morning with a top drama series nomination, the first time that television’s leading awards have recognized a program delivered online as equal in quality to the best that TV has to offer.

The nomination, one of nine nods earned by the political thriller, is a marker in the unfolding revolution in how we get and watch video entertainment.

“It’s really groundbreaking,” said Ted Sarandos, chief content officer for Netflix. “It’s beyond our most bold expectations. We were thinking a single nomination would be a win... It’s as much a win for Internet television as it is for the content creators.”

The most Emmy nominations, 17, went to “American Horror Story: Asylum.” Close behind was “Game of Thrones” with 16 nods, while “Saturday Night Live” and the Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra” earned 15 nominations each, including nods for stars Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.

Here is the list of Emmy nominees

DRAMA SERIES

“Breaking Bad” (AMC)

“Downton Abbey” (PBS)

“Game of Thrones” (HBO)

“Homeland” (DirecTV)

“House of Cards” (Netflix)

“Mad Men” (AMC)

DRAMA ACTOR

Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey”)

Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”)

Jeff Daniels (“Newsroom”)

Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”)

Damien Lewis (“Homeland”)

Kevin Spacey (“House of Cards”)

DRAMA ACTRESS

Claire Danes(“Homeland”)

Vera Farmiga (“Bates Motel”)

Michelle Dockery (“Downton Abbey”)

Robin Wright (“House of Cards”)

Elisabeth Moss (“Mad Men”)

Connie Britton (“Nashville”)

Kerry Washington (“Scandal”)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Bobby Cannavale (“Boardwalk Empire”)

Jonathan Banks(“Breaking Bad”)

Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad”)

Jim Carter (“Downton Abbey”)

Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”)

Many Patinkin (“Homeland”)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”)

Maggie Smith (“Downtown Abbey”)

Emilia Clark (“Game of Thrones”)

Christine Baranski (“The Good Wife”)

Morena Baccarin (“Homeland”)

Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”)

COMEDY SERIES

“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)

“Girls” (HBO)

“Louie” (FX)

“Modern Family” (ABC)

“30 Rock” (NBC)

“Veep” (HBO)

COMEDY ACTOR

Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”)

Jason Bateman (“Arrested Development”)

Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”)

Matt LeBlanc (“Episodes”)

Louie C.K (“Louie”)

Don Cheadle (“House of Lies”)

COMEDY ACTRESS

Tina Fey (“30 Rock”)

Laura Dern (“Enlightened”)

Lena Dunham (“Girls”)

Edie Falco (“Nurse Jackie”)

Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Adam Driver (“Girls”)

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family”)

Ed O’Neill (“Modern Family”)

Ty Burrell (“Modern Family”)

Bill Hader (“SNL”)

Tony Hale (“Veep”)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Mayim Bialik (“The Big Bang Theory”)

Jane Lynch (“Glee”)

Sofia Vergara (“Modern Family”)

Julie Bowen (“Modern Family”)

Merritt Wever (“Nurse Jackie”)

Jane Krakowski (“30 Rock”)

Anna Chlumsky (“Veep”)

MINISERIES OR MOVIE

“American Horror Story: Asylum” (FX)

“Behind the Candelabra” (HBO)

“The Bible” (History)

“Phil Spector” (HBO)

“Political Animals” (USA)

“Top of the Lake” (Sundance Channel)

REALITY COMPETITION

“The Amazing Race” (CBS)

“Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)

“Project Runway” (Lifetime)

“So You Think You Can Dance” (FOX)

“Top Chef” (Bravo)

“The Voice” (NBC)