What To Look Out For When Watching The Emmys

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Hollywood's A-listers will don their black-tie best on Monday for the 70th Emmy Awards, which honour the best in television.

After a year off, HBO's wildly popular fantasy epic "Game of Thrones" -- which earned a whopping 22 nominations -- is expected to make a big comeback. It already won seven Emmys in technical categories.

But evergreen NBC sketch show "Saturday Night Live" is close behind with 21 nominations, and it too scooped up seven awards ahead of the main ceremony.

And "The Handmaid's Tale," Hulu's flagship drama based on Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel of the same name and last year's best drama winner, is certainly in the hunt for more statuettes, with 20 nominations and three awards so far.

Here are five things to watch for:

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