Yahoo Finance Watchmen and The Mandalorian lead 2020 Emmy nominations
Watchmen and Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian lead the nominees for the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Former Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones, Orange is the New Black's Laverne Cox, Central Park star Josh Gad, and Perry Mason actress Tatiana Maslany announced the nominations on Tuesday (July 28), ahead of the ceremony on September 20, 2020.
Watchmen scored the most nominations of any show this year with 26, including Outstanding Limited Series and Lead Acting nods for both Jeremy Irons and Regina King.
The Mandalorian received an Outstanding Drama Series nod and one for Giancarlo Esposito's guest appearance as Moff Gideon, as well as 13 others in total.
Insecure was honoured in the Outstanding Comedy Series category and its creator/star Issa Rae was shortlisted in the Lead Actress category, while Stranger Things and The Crown cracked the Outstanding Drama Series race.
Below is a list of this year's Primetime Emmy Award nominees:
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid's Tale
Killing Eve
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Succession
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dead to Me
Insecure
Schitt's Creek
The Good Place
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
What We Do in the Shadows
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 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 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 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 Reality-Competition Program
The Masked Singer
Nailed It!
RuPaul's Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
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 (Unorthodox)
Regina King (Watchmen)
Octavia Spencer (Self Made)
Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul)
Nicholas Braun (Succession)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid's Tale)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Mark Duplass (The Morning Show)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
Meryl Streep (Big Little Lies)
Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve)
Julia Garner (Ozark)
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown)
Samira Wiley (The Handmaid's Tale)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Mahershala Ali (Ramy)
Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live)
Daniel Levy (Schitt's Creek)
William Jackson Harper (The Good Place)
Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)
Sterling K. Brown (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Betty Gilpin (GLOW)
Yvonne Orji (Insecure)
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live)
Annie Murphy (Schitt's Creek)
D'Arcy Carden (The Good Place)
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Marin Hinkle (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Dylan McDermott (Hollywood)
Jim Parsons (Hollywood)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend)
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen)
Jovan Adepo (Watchmen)
Louis Gossett Jr. (Watchmen)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Holland Taylor (Hollywood)
Uzo Aduba (Mrs. America)
Margo Martindale (Mrs. America)
Tracey Ullman (Mrs. America)
Toni Collette (Unbelievable)
Jean Smart (Watchmen)
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Drunk History
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Amy Poehler (Making It)
Nicole Byer (Nailed It!)
Bobby Berk (Queer Eye)
RuPaul (RuPaul's Drag Race)
Barbara Corcoran (Shark Tank)
Padma Lakshmi (Top Chef)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Andrew Scott (Black Mirror)
James Cromwell (Succession)
Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian)
Martin Short (The Morning Show)
Jason Bateman (The Outsider)
Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Cicely Tyson (How to Get Away With Murder)
Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black)
Cherry Jones (Succession)
Harriet Walter (Succession)
Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid's Tale)
Phylicia Rashad (This Is Us)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Fred Willard (Modern Family)
Dev Patel (Modern Love)
Brad Pitt (Saturday Night Live)
Adam Driver (Saturday Night Live)
Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live)
Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Angela Bassett, A Black Lady Sketch Show
Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Saturday Night Live)
Maya Rudolph (The Good Place)
Wanda Sykes (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Bette Midler (The Politician)
Outstanding Limited Series
Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs. America
Unbelievable
Unorthodox
Watchmen
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