WHEN: Sept. 20, 2020.
WHERE: We don't yet know. It'll likely be remote, but nobody's saying yet.
THE HOST: Jimmy Kimmel has the gig again.
ON TV: Watch it on ABC.
The nominees for the 72nd annual Emmy Awards have been announced. Some very familiar names have found themselves in the running this year, as well as some newcomers. Shops like HBO and Netflix are battling it out once again for bragging rights, and some very good movies and shows are getting their time in the sun.
This year's show obviously will be a little ... different. For one thing, nominations were delayed, even though the full show remains on track. But what we don't yet know is whether there will be an in-person event, or if the whole thing will be done remotely. (Chances are it'll be the latter.)
Jimmy Kimmel is still on to host for the third time (he previously did the deed in 2016 and 2012).
For the networks, NBC led the way with 47 nominations. (It led in 2019 as well with 58 nominations and garnered seven wins.) ABC was second this year with 36 nominations, followed by CBS with 23.
On the cable side of things, HBO lapped the field several times over with a total of 107 nominations. (It had 137 in 2019, with 34 wins.) FX Networks has the second-most nominations at 33. (It had 32 noms and five wins in 2019.)
For the online platforms, Netflix led the way with 160 nominations, up from 118 in 2019 when it came away with 27 wins. Amazon Prime Video had the second-most number of nominations with 30, down from 47 the year before, when it had 15 wins. Apple TV+ in its first year garnered 19 nominations, as did newcomer Quibi (which has only been around for a few months.)
For individual shows, HBO's Watchmen led the way with a total 26 nominations. (It's already won a Peabody Award this year.)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from Amazon Prime Video has the second-highest number nominations at 20, followed by Ozark (Netflix) and Succession (HBO) with 18. The Mandalorian — the standout original show for Disney+ since it launched in November 2019 — had 15 nominations, as did Saturday Night Live and Schitt's Creek.
Here's the full list of nominees:
Best Comedy
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Dead to Me (Netflix)
The Good Place (NBC)
Insecure (HBO)
The Komisky Method (Netflix)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Schitt's Creek (Pop)
What We Do In The Shadows (FX)
Best Drama
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Crown (Netflix)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu
Killing Eve (BBC America)
The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Ozark (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Succession (HBO)
Best Limited Series
Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
Mrs. America (Hulu)
Unbelievable (Netflix)
Unorthodox (Netflix)
Watchmen (HBO)
Best Actress (Comedy)
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
Issa Rae, Insecure
Best Actor (Comedy)
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
Best Actress (Drama)
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Zendaya, Euphoria
Best Actor (Drama)
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Steve Carell, The Morning Show
Brian Cox, Succession
Billy Porter, Pose
Jeremy Strong, Succession
Best Actress (Limited Series or TV Movie)
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Regina King, Watchmen
Octavia Spencer, Self Made
Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere
Best Actor (Limited Series or TV Movie)
Jeremy Irons, Watchmen
Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
Paul Mescal, Normal People
Jeremy Pope, Hollywood
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True
Supporting Actress (Comedy)
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
D’Arcy Carden, The Good Place
Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek
Yvonne Orji, Insecure
Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live
Supporting Actor (Comedy)
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 (Drama)
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Julia Garner, Ozark
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Sarah Snook, Succession
Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale
Supporting Actor (Drama)
Nicholas Braun, Succession
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid’s Tale
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
Supporting Actress (Limited Series or a Movie)
Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America
Toni Collette, Unbelievable
Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
Jean Smart, Watchmen
Holland Taylor, Hollywood
Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America
Supporting Actor (Limited Series or Movie)
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen
Jovan Adepo, Watchmen
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
Louis Gossett Jr., Watchmen
Dylan McDermott, Hollywood
Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Television Movie
American Son (Netflix)
Bad Education (HBO)
Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings (Netflix)
El Camino (Netflix)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend (Netflix)
Variety Sketch Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
Drunk History (Comedy Central)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Reality Competition Program
The Masked Singer (Fox)
Nailed It! (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)
Reality Host
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye
Nicole Byer, Nailed It!
Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Daymond John, Robert Herjavec and Kevin O’Leary, Shark Tank
Padma Lakshmi, and Tom Colicchio, Top Chef
Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, Making It
RuPaul, Drag Race
Structured Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Love Is Blind (Netflix)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Shark Tank (ABC)
A Very Brady Renovation (HGTV)
Unstructured Reality Program
Amy Schumer Learns To Cook: Lunch Break And Pasta Night (Food Network)
Cheer (Netflix)
Kevin Hart: Don’t Fuck This Up (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (VH1)
We’re Here (HBO)
Guest Actress (Comedy)
Angela Bassett, A Black Lady Sketch Show
Bette Midler, The Politician
Maya Rudolph, The Good Place
Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live
Wanda Sykes, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Saturday Night Live
Guest Actor (Comedy)
Brad Pitt, Saturday Night Live
Adam Driver, Saturday Night Live
Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Eddie Murphy, Saturday Night Live
Dev Patel, Modern Love
Fred Willard, Modern Family
Guest Actress (Drama)
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
Laverne Cox, Orange Is The New Black
Cherry Jones, Succession
Phylicia Rashad, This Is Us
Cicely Tyson, How To Get Away With Murder
Harriet Walter, Succession
Guest Actor (Drama)
Jason Bateman, The Outsider
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us
James Cromwell, Succession
Giancarlo Esposito, The Mandalorian
Andrew Scott, Black Mirror
Martin Short, The Morning Show
Documentary or Nonfiction Series
The Apollo (HBO)
Beastie Boys Story (Apple TV Plus)
Becoming (Netflix)
The Great Hack (Netflix)
Laurel Canyon: A Place In Time (EPIX)
Animated Program
Big Mouth (Netflix)
Bob’s Burgers" (Fox)
BoJack Horseman (Netflix)
Rick And Morty (Adult Swim)
The Simpsons (Fox)
Writing for a Comedy Series
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Happy Ending)
Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil, What We Do In The Shadows (Collaboration)
Tony McNamara, The Great (The Great)
Stefani Robinson, What We Do In The Shadows (On The Run)
Michael Shur, The Good Place (Whenever You’re Ready)
Paul Simms, What We Do In The Shadows (Ghosts)
David West Read, Schitt’s Creek (The Presidential Suite)
Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama
Jesse Armstrong, Succession (This Is Not For Tears)
Miki Johnson, Ozark (Fire Pink)
Peter Morgan, The Crown (Aberfan)
Chris Mundy, Ozark (All In)
Thomas Schnauz, Better Call Saul (Bad Choice Road)
John Shiban, Ozark (Boss Fight)
Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul (Bagman)
Directing for a Comedy Series
James Burrows, Will & Grace (We Love Lucy)
Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Happy Ending)
Gail Mancuso, Modern Family (Finale Part 2)
Daniel Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Marvelous Radio)
Matt Shakman, The Great (The Great)
Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (It’s Comedy Or Cabbage)
Ramy Youssef, Ramy (Miakhalifa.mov)
Directing for a Drama Series
Benjamin Caron, The Crown (Aberfan)
Jessica Hobbs, The Crown (Cri de Coeur)
Mimi Leder, The Morning Show (The Interview)
Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland (Prisoners Of War)
Mark Mylod, Succession (This Is Not For Tears)
Andrij Parekh, Succession (Hunting)
Alik Sakharov, Ozark (Fire Pink)
Ben Semanoff, Ozark (Su Casa Es Mi Casa)
Directing for a Limited Series
Lenny Abrahamson, Normal People (Episode 5)
Steph Green, Watchmen Little Fear Of Lightning)
Nicole Kassell, Watchmen (It’s Summer And We’re Running Out Of Ice)
Lynn Shelton, Little Fires Everywhere (Find A Way)
Stephen Williams, Watchmen (This Extraordinary Being)
Directing for a Variety Series
Dime Davis, A Black Lady Sketch Show, (Born At Night, But Not Last Night)
Jim Hoskinson, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (Live Show; Chris Christie; Nathaniel Rateliff)
Linda Mendoza, Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready (Flame Monroe)
David Paul Meyer, The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Dr. Fauci Answers Trevor’s Questions About Coronavirus)
Paul Pennolino and Christopher Werner, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (Episode 629)
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live (Host: Eddie Murphy)
