On Tuesday, the Television Academy announced the complete Emmy Award nominations list for the 72nd edition of the show. The announcement itself comes as a shocker to many television fans when multiple shows have been put on breaks or holds of some sort as a result of the Corona Virus pandemic.
This season, the nomination announcement was hosted by Leslie Jones, Laverne Cox, Josh Gad, and Tatiana Maslany. The quad was joined by Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma, and together they announced the nominations in the primetime categories. Black Actors Emmys.
This year’s nominations were over 100 categories, with a record of 767 programs competing in these categories. The winners in Primetime categories will be announced on September 20th in a live ceremony hosted by Saturday Night Live host Jimmy Kimmel on ABC. Black Actors Emmys.
A record-breaking number of black actors have been nominated for this year’s awards. Industry newbie, Jeremy Pope, nominated for ‘outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie’ while expressing his excitement for his nomination, said, “I’m proud to see so many black artists nominated this year. It gives me hope that systemic change in our entertainment industry is not only possible, but it’s also imminent.”
Jeremy was nominated alongside prominent black actors like Billy Porter, Regina King, Issa Rae, Angela Bassett, Octavia Spencer, Sterling K. Brown, Ron Cephas, Kerry Washington, and Nigeria’s Yvonne Orji, among others.
The final round voting begins August 21 and runs through to August 31, right before the virtual creative arts ceremony. Black Actors Emmys.
Here is the full list of the 2020 Emmy Award Primetime Nominations…
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Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
AMC • High Bridge, Crystal Diner, Gran Via Productions, and Sony Pictures Television
The Crown
Netflix • Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television
The Handmaid’s Tale
Hulu • MGM, Daniel Wilson Productions, The Littlefield Company, White Oak Pictures
Killing Eve
BBC America • Sid Gentle Films Ltd.
The Mandalorian
Disney+ • Lucasfilm Ltd.
Ozark
Netflix • Media Rights Capital
Stranger Things
Netflix • Netflix
Succession
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, and Gary Sanchez Productions
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
HBO • HBO Entertainment
Dead To Me
Netflix • CBS Television Studios
The Good Place
NBC • Universal Television in association with Fremulon and 3 Arts Entertainment
Insecure
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Issa Rae Productions, Penny for Your Thoughts Entertainment, and 3 Arts Entertainment
The Kominsky Method
Netflix • A Warner Bros. Television Production
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Prime Video • Amazon Studios
Schitt’s Creek Black Actors Emmys.
Pop TV • Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.
What We Do In The Shadows
FX Networks • FX Productions
Outstanding Limited Series
Little Fires Everywhere
Hulu • ABC Signature Studios / Hello Sunshine
Mrs. America
FX Networks • FX Productions
Unbelievable
Netflix • CBS Television Studios
Unorthodox
Netflix • Studio Airlift and RealFilm
Watchmen
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with White Rabbit, Paramount Television, Warner Bros. Television & DC Comics
Outstanding Television Movie
American Son
Netflix • Simpson Street
Bad Education
HBO • HBO Films in association with Automatik, Sight Unseen, and Slater Hall Productions
Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings: These Old Bones
Netflix • A Warner Bros. Television Production
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Netflix • Sony Pictures Television / High Bridge Productions / Gran Via Productions
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend • Netflix
Universal Television in association with 3 Arts Entertainment, Little Stranger, Inc., and Bevel Gears
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLC
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
TBS • Jax Media with Randy and Pam’s Quality Entertainment
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Black Actors Emmys.
ABC • ABC Studios in association with Kimmelot
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon Television
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
CBS • CBS Television Studios
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with JAX Media, 3 Arts Entertainment, Issa Rae Productions, and For Better or Words Inc.
Drunk History
Comedy Central • Gary Sanchez Productions, Central Productions, LLC
Saturday Night Live
NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
77th Annual Golden Globe Awards
NBC • dick Clark productions, LLC in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: “All In The Family” And “Good Times”
ABC • Sony Pictures Television, Act III Productions, Kimmelot, D’Arconville, Gary Sanchez Productions, Simpson Street
The Oscars
ABC • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show Starring Jennifer Lopez And Shakira
Fox • NFL Network
73rd Annual Tony Awards
CBS • White Cherry Entertainment
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
Netflix • Lathan TV | Pilot Boy
Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize For American Humor
PBS • WETA Washington, D.C., The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Done + Dusted
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas
Netflix • Irwin Entertainment
Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours To Kill
Netflix • Embassy Row
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Netflix • 3 Arts Entertainment
Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah
Netflix • Push It Productions
Outstanding Competition Program
The Masked Singer
Nailed It!
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Black Monday
Showtime • Sony Pictures Television, Point Grey Pictures, Shark vs. Bear, After Alaska
Don Cheadle as Mo Monroe
Black-ish Black Actors Emmys.
ABC • ABC Studios
Anthony Anderson as Andre “Dre” Johnson Sr.
The Good Place
NBC • Universal Television in association with Fremulon and 3 Arts Entertainment
Ted Danson as Michael
The Kominsky Method
Netflix • A Warner Bros. Television Production Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsky
Ramy
Hulu • A24 Television
Ramy Youssef as Ramy
Schitt’s Creek
Pop TV • Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.
Eugene Levy as Johnny Rose
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
The Morning Show
Apple TV+ • Media Res
Steve Carell as Mitch Kessler
Ozark
Netflix • Media Rights Capital
Jason Bateman as Martin ‘Marty’ Byrde
Pose
FX Networks • Fox21 Television Studios and FX Productions
Billy Porter as Pray Tell
Succession
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, and Gary Sanchez Productions
Brian Cox as Logan Roy
Succession
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, and Gary Sanchez Productions
Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy
This Is Us
NBC • 20th Century Fox Television
Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie
Bad Education
HBO • HBO Films in association with Automatik, Sight Unseen, and Slater Hall Productions
Hugh Jackman as Frank Tassone Black Actors Emmys.
Hollywood
Netflix • Netflix
Jeremy Pope as Archie Coleman
I Know This Much Is True
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Willi Hill Productions and FilmNation Entertainment
Mark Ruffalo as Dominick Birdsey/Thomas Birdsey
Normal People
Hulu • Hulu Originals in association with BBC
Paul Mescal as Connell
Watchmen
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with White Rabbit, Paramount Television, Warner Bros. Television & DC Comics
Jeremy Irons as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Black-ish
ABC • ABC Studios
Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow Johnson
Dead To Me
Netflix • CBS Television Studios
Christina Applegate as Jen Harding
Dead To Me
Netflix • CBS Television Studios
Linda Cardellini as Judy Hale
Insecure
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Issa Rae Productions, Penny for Your Thoughts Entertainment, and 3 Arts Entertainment
Issa Rae as Issa
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Prime Video • Amazon Studios
Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel
Schitt’s Creek
Pop TV • Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.
Catherine O’Hara as Moira Rose
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
The Crown
Netflix • Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television
Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II
Euphoria
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Reasonable Bunch, A24, Little Lamb, Dreamcrew, ADD Content Agency | HOT | TCDY Productions
Zendaya as Rue
Killing Eve
BBC America • Sid Gentle Films Ltd.
Jodie Comer as Villanelle
Killing Eve
BBC America • Sid Gentle Films Ltd.
Sandra Oh as Eve Polast
The Morning Show
Apple TV+ • Media Res
Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy
Ozark
Netflix • Media Rights Capital
Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie
Little Fires Everywhere
Hulu • ABC Signature Studios / Hello Sunshine
Kerry Washington as Mia Warren
Mrs. America
FX Networks • FX Productions
Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly
Self Made: Inspired By The Life Of Madam C.J. Walker
Netflix • SpringHill Entertainment and Wonder Street in association with Warner Bros. Television
Octavia Spencer as Madam C.J. Walker
Unorthodox
Netflix • Studio Airlift and RealFilm
Shira Haas as Esther Shapiro
Watchmen
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with White Rabbit, Paramount Television, Warner Dros. Television & DC Comics
Regina King as Angela Abar / Sister Night
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
NBC • Universal Television in association with Fremulon, Dr. Goor Productions, and 3 Arts Entertainment
Andre Braugher as Captain Raymond Holt
The Good Place
NBC • Universal Television in association with Fremulon and 3 Arts Entertainment
William Jackson Harper as Chidi Anagonye
The Kominsky Method
Netflix • A Warner Bros. Television Production
Alan Arkin as Norman Newlander
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Prime Video • Amazon Studios
Sterling K. Brown as Reggie
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Prime Video • Amazon Studios
Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman
Ramy
Hulu • A24 Television Mahershala Ali as Sheikh Malik
Saturday Night Live
NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Kenan Thompson as Various Characters
Schitt’s Creek
Pop TV • Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.
Daniel Levy as David Rose
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Better Call Saul
AMC • High Bridge, Crystal Diner, Gran Via Productions, and Sony Pictures Television Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring
The Handmaid’s Tale
Hulu • MGM, Daniel Wilson Productions, The Littlefield Company, White Oak Pictures
Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence
The Morning Show
Apple TV+ • Media Res
Billy Crudup as Cory Ellison
The Morning Show
Apple TV+ • Media Res
Mark Duplass as Charles ‘Chip’ Black
Succession
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, and Gary Sanchez Productions
Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch
Succession
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, and Gary Sanchez Productions
Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy
Succession
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, and Gary Sanchez Productions
Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans
Westworld • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Kilter Films, Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. Television
Jeffrey Wright as Bernard
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie
Hollywood
Netflix • Netflix
Dylan McDermott as Ernie
Hollywood
Netflix • Netflix
Jim Parsons as Henry Willson
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
Netflix • Universal Television in association with 3 Arts Entertainment, Little Stranger, Inc., and Bevel Gears
Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon
Watchmen
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with White Rabbit, Paramount Television, Warner Bros. Television & DC Comics
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cal Abar / Dr. Manhattan
Watchmen
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with White Rabbit, Paramount Television, Warner Bros. Television & DC Comics
Jovan Adepo as Officer Will Reeves / Hooded Justice
Watchmen
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with White Rabbit, Paramount Television, Warner Bros. Television & DC Comics
Louis Gossett Jr. as William Reeves
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
GLOW
Netflix • Tilted Productions
Betty Gilpin as Debbie Eagan
The Good Place
NBC • Universal Television in association with Fremulon and 3 Arts Entertainment
D’Arcy Carden as Janet
Insecure
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Issa Rae Productions, Penny for Your Thoughts Entertainment, and 3 Arts Entertainment
Yvonne Orji as Molly
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Prime Video • Amazon Studios
Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Prime Video • Amazon Studios
Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman
Saturday Night Live
NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Kate McKinnon as Various Characters
Saturday Night Live
NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Cecily Strong as Various Characters
Schitt’s Creek
Pop TV • Not A Real Company Productions, Inc.
Annie Murphy as Alexis Rose
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Big Little Lies
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Blossom Films, Hello Sunshine, David E. Kelley Productions, and Crazyrose Productions
Laura Dern as Renata Klein
Big Little Lies
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Blossom Films, Hello Sunshine, David E. Kelley Productions, and Crazyrose Productions
Meryl Streep as Mary Louise Wright
The Crown
Netflix • Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television
Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret
The Handmaid’s Tale • Hulu • MGM, Daniel Wilson Productions, The Littlefield Company, White Oak Pictures
Samira Wiley as Moira
Killing Eve
BBC America • Sid Gentle Films Ltd.
Fiona Shaw as Carolyn Martens
Ozark
Netflix • Media Rights Capital
Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore
Succession
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, and Gary Sanchez Productions
Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy
Westworld
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Kilter Films, Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. Television
Thandie Newton as Maeve
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie
Hollywood
Netflix • Netflix
Holland Taylor as Miss Kincaid
Mrs. America
FX Networks • FX Productions
Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm
Mrs. America
FX Networks • FX Productions
Margo Martindale as Bella Abzug
Mrs. America
FX Networks • FX Productions Instagram
Tracey Ullman as Betty Friedan
Unbelievable
Netflix • CBS Television Studios
Toni Collette as Detective Grace Rasmussen
Watchmen
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with White Rabbit, Paramount Television, Warner Bros. Television & DC Comics
Jean Smart as Agent Laurie Blake Black Actors Emmys.
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