Excitement For The Emmys!
It’s been a fantastic year of primetime television! The only thing more rewarding than watching our favorite characters is when the actors and actresses who portray them (and those working behind the scenes) are honored for their outstanding performances. Hooray for The Emmys!
The nominees for the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced back in July.
Online – And Some Snubs!
Did you notice the exciting and dramatic increase in recognition across online platforms? For example, last year Hulu only had 2 nominations. Compare to this year’s 18 noms. Netflix nearly doubled its 54 nominations from last year, with 92 nominations this time around.
As always, the academy committed a few glaring snubs—no love for Bates Motel (again), and The Leftovers was shockingly ignored, save for Ann Dowd’s much deserved nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. The brilliant actress is also nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Aunt Lydia, in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
Here are a few Key Category Nominations, and you can see the complete list of Emmy nominations at Emmys.com.
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Crown (Netflix)
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
House of Cards (Netflix)
This is Us (NBC)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Westworld (HBO)
Outstanding Comedy Series
Atlanta (FX)
Black-ish (ABC)
Master of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Veep (HBO)
Outstanding Limited Series
Big Little Lies (HBO)
Fargo (FX)
Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Genius (National Geographic)
The Night Of (HBO)
Outstanding Television Movie
Black Mirror (Netflix)
Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (NBC)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)
Sherlock: The Lying Detective (HBO)
The Wizard of Lies (HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Foy (The Crown)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Robin Wright (House of Cards)
Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
Anthony Hopkins (Westworld)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
Zach Galifianakis (Baskets)
Donald Glover (Atlanta)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)
Jessica Lange (Feud)
Susan Sarandon (Feud)
Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)
Carrie Coon (Fargo)
Felicity Huffman (American Crime)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Riz Ahmed (The Night Of)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: The Lying Detective)
Robert De Niro (The Wizard of Lies)
Ewan McGregor (Fargo)
Geoffrey Rush (Genius)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)
John Turturro (The Night Of)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
David Harbour (Strangers Things)
Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)
Michael Kelly (House of Cards)
John Lithgow (The Crown)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live)
Anna Chlumsky (Veep)
Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live)
Judith Light (Transparent)
Kathryn Hahn (Transparent)
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Louie Anderson (Baskets)
Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Tony Hale (Veep)
Matt Walsh (Veep)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
Judy Davis (Feud)
Jackie Hoffman (Feud)
Regina King (American Crime)
Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies)
Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Bill Camp (The Night Of)
Alfred Molina (Feud)
Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies)
David Thewlis (Fargo)
Stanley Tucci (Feud)
Michael K. Williams (The Night Of)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Alison Wright (The Americans)
Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Cicely Tyson (How to Get Away With Murder)
Ann Dowd (The Leftovers)
Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black)
Shannon Purser (Stranger Things)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline)
B.D. Wong (Mr. Robot)
Hank Azaria (Ray Donovan)
Denis O’Hare (This Is Us)
Brian Tyree Henry (This Is Us)
Gerald McRaney (This Is Us)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Becky Ann Baker (Girls)
Angela Bassett (Master of None)
Melissa McCarthy (Saturday Night Live)
Carrie Fisher (Catastrophe)
Wanda Sykes (Black-ish)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Riz Ahmed (Girls)
Matthew Rhys (Girls)
Dave Chappelle (Saturday Night Live)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Saturday Night Live)
Tom Hanks (Saturday Night Live)
Hugh Laurie (Veep)
The 69th Emmy Awards, hosted by Stephen Colbert, will telecast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 17 (8:00-11:00 PM ET/5:00-8:00 PM PT) on CBS .
Will you be watching? Who are you rooting for? No matter who the Emmys go to this year, we’d like the cast and crew members of all nominated shows to know – we appreciate your hard work and think you’re all winners!
Live-tweet with members of the So Many Shows team during the broadcast!