The List of Emmy Nominations 2020

An Emmy is an American award that recognizes excellence in the Television industry and is presented at multiple annual events held throughout the calendar year. It was first given in the year 1949, almost 71 years ago.

The Television industry is still reeling from the global Covid-19 pandemic. However good days can be expected as this year’s ceremony of The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards will take place on September 20^th, Sunday. The show will be aired on ABC network and is set to be hosted by the favorite Jimmy Kimmel.  The network shared a post with Jimmy Kimmel on their social media stating to save the date!

The list of this year’s Emmy nominations was announced on Tuesday on Emmy.com at 8:30 AM PT. The Emmy’s official Instagram announced the news by saying that “They’re finally here!”

Star of the forthcoming show called the “Supermarket Sweep”, Leslie Jones was accompanied by Laverne Cox, Tatiana Maslany, and Josh Gad to make the virtual announcement of the nomination which was live-streamed on Emmy’s website, YouTube and official Facebook page. 

The diversity of the nominations list took us all by surprise considering it is going to be a very competitive competition. Game of Thrones and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel led the nominations last year. Who will lead this time?

Let’s take a look at some of the major categories for this year’s 72^nd Primetime Emmy Awards:

Outstanding Drama Series:

• Better Call Saul (AMC)
• The Crown (Netflix)
• The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
• Killing Eve (BBC America/AMC)
• The Mandalorian (Disney Plus)
• Ozark (Netflix)
• Stranger Things (Netflix)
• Succession (HBO

Outstanding Comedy Series:

• Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
• Dead to Me (Netflix)
• The Good Place (NBC)
• Insecure (HBO)
• The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video)
• Schitt’s Creek ( Pop TV)
• What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Outstanding Limited Series:

• Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
• Mrs. American (Hulu) 
• Unbelievable (Netflix
• Unorthedox (Netflix)
• Watchmen (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actor in the 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 Comner (Killing Eve)
• Laura Linney (Ozark)
• Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
• Zendaya (Euphoria)

Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy Series:

• Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
• Don Cheadle (Black Monday
• Ted Danson (The Good Place)
• Micheal Douglas ( The Kominsky Method)
• Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)
• Ramy Yousef (Ramy)

Outstanding Lead Actress in 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 Limited Series or Movie:

• Jeremy Irons (Watchmen)
• Hugh Jackman ( Bad Education)
• Paul Mescal (Normal People)
• Jeremy Pope (Hollywood)
• Mark Ruffalo ( I know This Much Is True)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie:

• Cate Blanchett ( Mrs. America)
• Shira Haas ( Unorthedox)
• Regina Kind (Watchmen)
• Octavia Spencer (Self Made)
• Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere)

Outstanding 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)
• Mathew Macfadyen ( Succession)
• Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:

• Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
• Meryl Steep (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)

Outstanding Reality/Competition Series:

• The Masked Singer
• Nailed It
• RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Top Chef
• The Voice

Outstanding 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

Outstanding Limited Series:

• Little Fires Everywhere
• Mrs. America
• Unbelievable
• Unorthodox
• Watchmen

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 Drama Series:

• Better Call Saul 
• The Crown
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• Killing Eve
• The Mandalorian
• Ozark
• Stranger Things
• Succession

Here were some of the major categories this year for the Emmy’s. Netflix “Ozark” and HBO’s “Succesion” led the drama categories with 18 nominations each, Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisal” dominated with 20 nods on the comedy side while the HBO’s “Watchmen” dominated with the most nominations of any series with 26 nods. 

However, Netflix being a newcomer broke the record for the most nominations ever in the history of the Emmy Awards this year.