Emmy Awards 2020 Nominations: Full list of nominees

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The nominees for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards has been announced by Leslie Jones, Laverne Cox, Josh Gad, and Tatiana Maslany on July 28, 2020.

Watchmen (HBO) led the nominations with 11, followed by Succession (HBO) with 10 and Ozark (Netflix) with nine.

The awarding ceremony will be held on September 20, 2020 and will be broadcast in the U.S. by ABC. It will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards will honor the best in U.S. prime time television programming from June 1, 2019, until May 31, 2020, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It will be preceded by the 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 12 and 13, 2020.

Here’s the full list of nominees for the Emmy Awards 2020:

Programs

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)
• Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
• What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Outstanding Drama Series

• 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)

Outstanding Limited Series

• Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
• Mrs. America (FX)
• Unbelievable (Netflix)
• Unorthodox (Netflix)
• Watchmen (HBO)

Outstanding Television Movie

• American Son (Netflix)
• Bad Education (HBO)
• Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings: These Old Bones (Netflix)
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Netflix)
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend (Netflix)

Outstanding 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)

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

• A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
• Drunk History (Comedy Central)
• Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Competition Program

• The Masked Singer (Fox)
• Nailed It! (Netflix)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
• Top Chef (Bravo)
• The Voice (NBC)

Acting: Lead performances

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson as Andre “Dre” Johnson, Sr. on Black-ish (ABC)
• Don Cheadle as Mo Monroe on Black Monday (Showtime)
• Ted Danson as Michael on The Good Place (NBC)
• Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsky on The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
• Eugene Levy as Johnny Rose on Schitt’s Creek (Pop)
• Ramy Youssef as Ramy Hassan on Ramy (Hulu)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christina Applegate as Jen Harding on Dead to Me (Netflix)
• Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam “Midge” Maisel on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
• Linda Cardellini as Judy Hale on Dead to Me (Netflix)
• Catherine O’Hara as Moira Roise on Schitt’s Creek (Pop)
• Issa Rae as Issa Dee on Insecure
• Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow “Bow” Johnson on Black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Jason Bateman as Martin “Marty” Byrde on Ozark (Netflix)
• Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson on This Is Us (NBC)
• Steve Carell as Mitch Kessler on The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
• Brian Cox as Logan Roy on Succession (HBO)
• Billy Porter as Pray Tell on Pose (FX)
• Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy on Succession (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy on The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
• Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II on The Crown (Netflix)
• Jodie Comer as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle on Killing Eve (BBC America)
• Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde on Ozark (Netflix)
• Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri on Killing Eve (BBC America)
• Zendaya as Rue Bennett on Euphoria (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Jeremy Irons as Adrien Veidt on Watchmen (HBO)
• Hugh Jackman as Dr. Frank Tassone on Bad Education (HBO)
• Paul Mescal as Connell Waldron on Normal People (Hulu)
• Jeremy Pope as Archie Coleman on Hollywood (Netflix)
• Mark Ruffalo as Dominick and Thomas Birdsey on I Know This Much Is True (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly on Mrs. America (FX)
• Shira Haas as Esther “Esty” Shapiro on Unorthodox (Netflix)
• Regina King as Angela Abar / Sister Night on Watchmen (HBO)
• Octavia Spencer as Madam C. J. Walker on Self Made (Netflix)
• Kerry Washington as Mia Warren on Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)

Acting: Supporting performances

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Mahershala Ali as Sheikh Ali Malik on Ramy (Hulu)
• Alan Arkin as Norman Newlander in The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
• Andre Braugher as Raymond Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)
• Sterling K. Brown as Reggie on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
• William Jackson Harper as Chidi Anagonye on The Good Place (NBC)
• Dan Levy as David Rose on Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
• Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
• Kenan Thompson as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video)
• D’Arcy Carden as Janet on The Good Place (NBC)
• Betty Gilpin as Debbie Eagan on GLOW (Netflix)
• Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
• Kate McKinnon as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (NBC)
• Annie Murphy as Alexis Rose on Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
• Yvonne Orji as Molly Carter on Insecure (HBO)
• Cecily Strong as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch on Succession (HBO)
• Billy Crudup as Cory Ellison on The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
• Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy on Succession (HBO)
• Mark Duplass as Charlie “Chip” Black on The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
• Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring in Better Call Saul (AMC)
• Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans on Succession (HBO)
• Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence on The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
• Jeffrey Wright as Bernard Lowe on Westworld (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret on The Crown (Netflix)
• Laura Dern as Renata Klein on Big Little Lies (HBO)
• Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore in Ozark (Netflix)
• Thandie Newton as Maeve Millay on Westworld (HBO)
• Fiona Shaw as Carolyn Martens in Killing Eve (BBC America)
• Sarah Snook as Siobhan “Shiv” Roy on Succession (HBO)
• Meryl Streep as Mary Louise Wright on Big Little Lies (HBO)
• Samira Wiley as Moira Strand on The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Calvin “Cal” Abar / Doctor Manhattan on Watchmen (HBO)
• Jovan Adepo as young Will Reeves on Watchmen (HBO)
• Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend (Netflix)
• Louis Gossett Jr. as Will Reeves on Watchmen (HBO)
• Dylan McDermott as Ernest “Ernie” West on Hollywood (Netflix)
• Jim Parsons as Henry Willson on Hollywood (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm on Mrs. America (FX)
• Toni Collette as Det. Grace Rasmussen on Unbelievable (Netflix)
• Margo Martindale as Bella Abzug on Mrs. America (FX)
• Jean Smart as Laurie Blake on Watchmen (HBO)
• Holland Taylor as Ellen Kincaid on Hollywood (Netflix)
• Tracey Ullman as Betty Friedan on Mrs. America (FX)

Directing

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

• The Great (Episode: “The Great (Pilot)”), Directed by Matt Shakman (Hulu)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: “It’s Comedy or Cabbage”), Directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino (Prime Video)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: “Marvelous Radio”), Directed by Daniel Palladino (Prime Video)
• Modern Family (Episode: “Finale Part 2”), Directed by Gail Mancuso (ABC)
• Ramy (Episode: “Miakhalifa.mov”), Directed by Ramy Youssef (Hulu)
• Schitt’s Creek (Episode: “Happy Ending”), Directed by Andrew Cividino and Dan Levy (Pop TV)
• Will & Grace (Episode: “We Love Lucy”), Directed by James Burrows (NBC)

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

• The Crown (Episode: “Aberfan”), Directed by Benjamin Caron (Netflix)
• The Crown (Episode: “Cri de Coeur”), Directed by Jessica Hobbs (Netflix)
• Homeland (Episode: “Prisoners of War”), Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter (Showtime)
• The Morning Show (Episode: “The Interview”), Directed by Mimi Leder (Apple TV)
• Ozark (Episode: “Fire Pink”), Directed by Alik Sakharov (Netflix)
• Ozark (Episode: “Su Casa Es Mi Casa”), Directed by Ben Semanoff (Netflix)
• Succession (Episode: “Hunting”), Directed by Andrij Parekh (HBO)
• Succession (Episode: “This Is Not for Tears”), Directed by Mark Mylod (HBO)

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

• A Black Lady Sketch Show (Episode: “Born at Night, But Not Last Night”), Directed by Dime Davis (HBO)
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Episode: Dr. Fauci Answers Trevor’s Questions About Coronavirus), Directed by David Paul Meyer (Comedy Central)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: “Episode 629”), Directed by Paul Pennolino and Christopher Werner (HBO)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Episode: “Live Show; Chris Christie; Nathaniel Rateliff), Directed by Jim Hoskinson (CBS)
• Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host: Eddie Murphy”), Directed by Don Roy King (NBC)
• Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready (Episode: “Flame Monroe”), Directed by Linda Mendoza (Netflix)

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

• Little Fires Everywhere (Episode: “Find a Way”), Directed by Lynn Shelton (Hulu)
• Normal People (Episode: “Episode 5”), Directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Hulu)
• Unorthodox, Directed by Maria Schrader (Netflix)
• Watchmen (Episode: “It’s Summer and We’re Running out of Ice”), Directed by Nicole Kassell (HBO)
• Watchmen (Episode: “Little Fear of Lightning”), Directed by Steph Green (HBO)
• Watchmen (Episode: “This Extraordinary Being”), Directed by Stephen Williams (HBO)

Writing

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

• The Good Place (Episode: “Whenever You’re Ready”), Written by Michael Schur (NBC)
• The Great (Episode: “The Great”), Written by Tony McNamara (Hulu)
• Schitt’s Creek (Episode: “Happy Ending”), Written by Daniel Levy (Pop TV)
• Schitt’s Creek (Episode: “The Presidential Suite”), Written by David West Read (Pop TV)
• What We Do in the Shadows (Episode: “Collaboration”), Written by Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil (FX)
• What We Do in the Shadows (Episode: “Ghosts”), Written by Paul Simms (FX)
• What We Do in the Shadows (Episode: “On the Run”), Written by Stefani Robinson (FX)

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

• Better Call Saul (Episode: “Bad Choice Road”), Written by Thomas Schnauz (AMC)
• Better Call Saul (Episode: “Bagman”), Written by Gordon Smith (AMC)
• The Crown (Episode: “Aberfan”), Written by Peter Morgan (Netflix)
• Ozark (Episode: “All In”), Written by Chris Mundy (Netflix)
• Ozark (Episode: “Boss Fight”), Written by John Shiban (Netflix)
• Ozark (Episode: “Fire Pink”), Written by Miki Johnson (Netflix)
• Succession (Episode: “This Is Not for Tears”), Written by Jesse Armstrong (HBO)

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

• Mrs. America (Episode: “Shirley”), Written by Tanya Barfield (FX)
• Normal People (Episode: “Episode 3”), Written by Sally Rooney and Alice Birch (Hulu)
• Unbelievable (Episode: “Episode 1”), Written by Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman (Netflix)
• Unorthodox (Episode: “Part 1”), Written by Anna Winger (Netflix)
• Watchmen (Episode: “This Extraordinary Being”), Written by Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson (HBO)

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