"Game of Thrones" roared back onto the Emmy battlefield, topping Thursday's nominations with 22 bids.

HBO's fantasy saga is a two-time best drama winner that sat out the last year's awards.

It's returning to face formidable competition: "The Handmaid's Tale," the dystopian sci-fi series that claimed top drama honors last year, drew 20 bids, with "Westworld" close by with 21.

Donald Glover's "Atlanta" is the top comedy with 16 bids. It will face newcomers including "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and "Barry," starring Bill Hader.

The revival of "Roseanne," canceled because of star Roseanne Barr's racist tweet, drew only one major nomination, a supporting actress nod for Laurie Metcalf.

"Saturday Night Live," riding high with its relentless pillorying of the Trump administration, was rewarded with 21 nods.

The previous high for "Game of Thrones" was 24 nominations in 2015. It got 23 nods in 2016 but wasn't eligible last year.

The Emmys ceremony airs Sept. 17 on NBC with Colin Jost and Michael Che of "Saturday Night Live" as hosts.

The list of nominees includes the following.

Drama series: “The Americans,” “The Crown,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Stranger Things,” “This Is Us,” “Westworld”

Comedy series: “Atlanta,” “Barry,” “black-ish,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Glow,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Silicon Valley,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

Limited series: “The Alienist,” “Assassination of Gianni Versace,” “Genius: Picasso,” “Godless,” “Patrick Melrose”

Lead actress, drama: Claire Foy, “The Crown”; Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”; Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”; Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”; Keri Russell, “The Americans”; Evan Rachel Wood, “Westworld”

Lead actor, drama: Jason Bateman, “Ozark”; Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”; Ed Harris, “Westworld”; Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”; Milo Ventimiglia, “This Is Us”; Jeffrey Wright, “Westworld”

Lead actress, comedy: Pamela Adlon, “Better Things”; Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”; Tracee Ellis Ross, “black-ish”; Allison Janney, “Mom”; Issa Rae, “Insecure”; Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”

Lead actor, comedy: Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”; Ted Danson, “The Good Place”; Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”; Donald Glover, “Atlanta”; Bill Hader, “Barry”; William H. Macy, “Shameless”

Lead actress, limited series/movie: Jessica Biel, “The Sinner”; Laura Dern, “The Tale”; Michelle Dockery, “Godless”; Edie Falco, “The Menendez Murders”; Regina King, “Seven Seconds”; Sarah Paulson, “American Horror Story: Cult”

Lead actor, limited series/movie: Antonio Banderas, “Genius: Picasso”; Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”; Benedict Cumberbatch, “Patrick Melrose”; Jeff Daniels, “The Looming Tower”; John Legend, “Jesus Christ Superstar”; Jesse Plemons, “Black Mirror: USS Callister”

Variety sketch series: “At Home With Amy Sedaris,” “Drunk History,” ”I Love You America,” “Portlandia,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Tracey Ullman’s Show”

Reality competition program: “The Amazing Race,” “American Ninja Warrior,” “Project Runway,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Top Chef,” “The Voice”

Variety talk series: “The Daily Show,” “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Late Late Show with James Corden”