There were doubts about this edition of the Emmy, doubts related to the difficult times in which we live with the global pandemic that seems to give no respite. But the three academies at the head of the prestigious ones did not give up and announced the nominations for the 72nd edition of the Emmy Awards, the awards for television excellence made in the USA.
With 160 nominations in total, it is Netflix to lead the list of nominations while the HBO stops at 107 nominations, thanks to titles such as Succession e Watchmen (the most nominated of the miniseries). But it is the most famous streaming platform in the world to break its personal best, thanks to series such as The Crown, Hollywood e Ozark. Among the novelties of the new digital scenario, even stronger in a pandemic era, Disney Plus e Apple TV Plus, who enter the competition with The Mandalorian e The Morning Show.
Among the nominated actors, many screen veterans such as Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method), Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America), Meryl Streep and Laura Dern for Big Little Lies. Plus a lot of gender-ethnic “quotas” and several new entries: from Euphoria's Zendaya to Unorthodox's Shira Haas, up to Normal People's Paul Mescal, one of the true revelation faces of this edition.
The delivery ceremony of the statuettes is scheduled for Monday 21 September 2020.
Here are all the nominations:
Best Drama Series
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The Crown
The Handmaid's Tale
Killing Eve
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Succession
Best 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
Best Miniseries
Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs. America
Unbelievable
unorthodox
Watchmen
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Steve Carell, The Morning Show
Brian Cox, Succession
Billy Porter, Pose
Jeremy Strong, Succession
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Zendaya, Euphoria
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
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
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me
Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie
Jeremy Irons, Watchmen
Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
Paul Mescal, Normal People
Jeremy Pope, Hollywood
Mark Ruffalo, One Face, Two Destinies - I Know This Much Is True
Best Actress in a Miniseries or a TV Movie
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Regina King, Watchmen
Octavia Spencer, Self-made - The Life of Madam CJ Walker
Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere
Best Supporting Actor in a 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
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid's Tale
Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
Julia Garner, Ozark
Sarah Snook, Succession
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Mahershala Ali, Ramy
Alan Arkin, The Kominksy 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
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
D'Arcy Carden, The Good Place
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek
Yvonne Orji, Insecure
Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live
Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie
Jovan Adepo, Watchmen
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Louis Gossett Jr., Watchmen
Dylan McDermott, Hollywood
Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a TV Movie
Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America
Toni Collette, Unbelievable
Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
Jean Smart, Watchmen
Holland Taylor, Hollywood
Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America
Reality Competition
The masked singer
Nailed It
RuPaul's Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
Variety Sketch Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Drunk History
Saturday Night Live
Variety Talk Series
Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Show with Stephen Colbert