The nominations for the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were unveiled Wednesday morning.

Netflix got the most SAG nominations in TV with 17, topping HBO, which collected 13. That topped last year’s total of 10 noms for Netflix, according to Variety.

Netflix’s impressive haul was spread across both new series — like period drama The Crown and breakout hit Stranger Things, which earned three nods each — and returning “classics” like House of Cards, which earned two for its lead actors, Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright.

Also in the TV world, five programs landed three noms each: The Crown, Game of Thrones, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Stranger Things and Westworld (including for star Thandie Newton and drama ensemble).

NBC’s This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown is a double nominee for his role in the NBC series and FX’s The People V. O.J. Simpson.

The drama ensemble race features three new series: Along with Westworld, The Crown and Stranger Things will compete against Game of Thrones and last year’s winner, Downton Abbey.

The wave of new series meant that the female actor in a drama race got an overhaul: two Stranger Things stars — Winona Ryder and Millie Bobby Brown — along with The Crown’s Claire Foy all received nods.

Co-stars will also vie in the best female actor in a comedy race, where Grace and Frankie’s Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda will go up against last year’s winner, Uzo Aduba, Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and long-time reigning Emmy champ Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

There was more stability in the male actor in a drama race, where Spacey (last year’s winner) will compete again against Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones). New additions include Sterling K. Brown as well as The Crown’s John Lithgow, while Bob Odenkirk, recognized Monday by the Globes and nommed last year, didn’t make the cut this time around.

Similarly, the male actor in a comedy race features three returning nominees — Ty Burrell (Modern Family), William H. Macy (Shameless), and last year’s winner Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent) — as voters added Anthony Anderson (Blackish) and Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), another Netflix star.

Black-ish also earned a nod for best ensemble in a comedy — another mostly stable category, save for the head-scratching omission of Transparent, which rules over at the TV Academy.

As for limited series, FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson continues its unstoppable awards steamroll, adding three more noms — for Emmy winner Sarah Paulson and Courtney B. Vance, along with Brown. And HBO’s crime drama The Night Of racked up two noms for its stars, Riz Ahmed and John Turturro.

The SAG Awards will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29. Lily Tomlin will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award at the ceremony.

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