The Television Academy has announced the nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards with Jimmy Kimmel set to host the ceremony on ABC on September 20th – the first major Hollywood awards ceremony of the coronavirus pandemic era.
Three-time Emmy nominee Leslie Jones was joined by actors Laverne Cox, Josh Gad and Tatiana Maslany to reveal the list of nominees. Kimmel, who is also producing the 72nd annual broadcast, says: “I don’t know where we will do this or how we will do this or even why we are doing this, but we are doing it and I am hosting it.”
HBO’s celebrated “Watchmen” mini-series scored the most nominations with 26, ahead of Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” with 20; “Ozark” and “Succession” with 18 each; and “The Mandalorian,” SNL and “Schitt’s Creek” with 15 each. Others who also scored fire or more nominations includes “The Crown,” “Hollywood,” “Westworld,” “Mrs. America,” “Killing Eve,” “Stranger Things,” “Better Call Saul,” “Big Little Lies” and “Star Trek: Picard”.
Netflix had the most nominations with 160 in all, HBO coming in second with 107 followed far behind by NBC with 47 in third. The nominations come as the entertainment industry is just beginning to reboot production following several months of shutdowns. Here’s the full list:
Outstanding Drama Series
“Better Call Saul”
“The Crown”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Killing Eve”
“The Mandalorian”
“Ozark”
“Succession”
“Stranger Things”
Outstanding Comedy Series
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
“Dead to Me”
“The Good Place”
“Insecure”
“The Kominsky Method”
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
“Schitt’s Creek”
“What We Do in the Shadows”
Outstanding Limited Series
“Little Fires Everywhere”
“Mrs. America”
“Unbelievable”
“Unorthodox”
“Watchmen”
Outstanding TV Movie
“American Son”
“Bad Education”
“Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings”
“El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie”
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend”
Lead Actor (Drama Series)
Brian Cox, “Succession”
Jeremy Strong, “Succession”
Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
Billy Porter, “Pose”
Sterling K. Brown, “This is Us”
Steve Carrell, “The Morning Show”
Lead Actress (Drama Series)
Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve”
Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”
Laura Linney, “Ozark”
Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”
Olivia Colman, “The Crown”
Zandaya, “Euphoria”
Lead Actor (Comedy Series)
Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”
Don Cheadle, “Black Monday”
Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Ted Danson, “The Good Place”
Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”
Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Ramy Youssef, “Ramy”
Lead Actress (Comedy Series)
Tracee Ellis Ross, “Black-ish”
Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”
Linda Cardellini, “Dead to Me”
Issa Rae, “Insecure”
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek”
Lead Actor (Limited Series/TV Movie)
Jeremy Irons, “Watchmen”
Hugh Jackman, “Bad Education”
Paul Mescal, “Normal People”
Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much is True”
Jeremy Pope, “Hollywood”
Lead Actress (Limited Series/TV Movie)
Cate Blanchett, “Mrs. America”
Shira Haas, “Unorthodox”
Regina King, “Watchmen”
Kerry Washington, “Little Fires Everywhere”
Octavia Spencer, “Self Made”
Supporting Actor (Drama Series)
Giancarlo Esposito, “Better Call Saul”
Bradley Whitford, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
Mark Duplass, “The Morning Show”
Nicholas Braun, “Succession”
Kieran Culkin, “Succession”
Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”
Jeffrey Wright, “Westworld”
Supporting Actress (Drama Series)
Laura Dern, “Big Little Lies”
Meryl Streep, “Big Little Lies”
Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown”
Samara Wiley, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Fiona Shaw, “Killing Eve”
Julia Garner, “Ozark”
Sarah Snook, “Succession”
Thandie Newton, “Westworld”
Supporting Actor (Comedy Series)
Mahershala Ali, “Ramy”
Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method”
Andre Braugher, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
Sterling K. Brown, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
William Jackson Harper, “The Good Place”
Dan Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Kenan Thompson, “Saturday Night Live”
Supporting Actress (Comedy Series)
Betty Gilpin, “GLOW”
D’Arcy Carden, “The Good Place”
Yvonne Orji, “Insecure”
Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Marin Hinkle, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Kate McKinnon, “SNL”
Cecily Strong, “SNL”
Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Supporting Actress (Limited Series/TV Movie)
Holland Taylor, “Hollywood”
Uzo Aduba, “Mrs. America”
Margo Martindale, “Mrs. America”
Tracey Ullman, “Mrs. America”
Toni Collette, “Unbelievable”
Jean Smart, “Watchmen”
Supporting Actor (Limited Series/TV Movie)
Dylan McDermott, “Hollywood”
Jim Parsons, “Hollywood”
Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend”
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Watchmen”
Jovan Adepo, “Watchmen”
Louis Gossett Jr., “Watchmen”
Outstanding Competition Series
“The Masked Singer”
“Nailed It”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
“Top Chef”
“The Voice”
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
“A Black Lady Sketch Show”
“Drunk History”
“SNL”
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
