WATCHMEN and SUCCESSION lead the Emmy nominations for drama series. And while the ceremony this year will be entirely virtual due to Covid-19, winners will be crowned. There are live feeds to and from more than 100 locations around the world, making this the most technically challenging Emmys ever.
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Dead to Me
- The Good Place
- Insecure
- The Kominsky Method
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Schitt’s Creek – WINNER!
- 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 – WINNER!
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
- Jeremy Irons, Watchmen
- Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
- Paul Mescal, Normal People
- Jeremy Pope, Hollywood
- Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True – WINNER!
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen – WINNER!
- Jovan Adepo, Watchmen
- Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
- Louis Gossett Jr., Watchmen
- Dylan McDermott, Hollywood
- Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
- Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
- Shira Haas, Unorthodox
- Regina King, Watchmen – WINNER!
- Octavia Spencer, Self Made
- Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
- Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America – WINNER!
- Toni Collette, Unbelievable
- Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
- Jean Smart, Watchmen
- Holland Taylor, Hollywood
- Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America
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 – WINNER!
- Ramy Youssef, Ramy
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Mahershala Ali, Ramy
- Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
- Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Sterling K. Brown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- William Jackson Harper, The Good Place
- Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek – WINNER!
- Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
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 – WINNER!
- Issa Rae, Insecure
- Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy
- Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- D’Arcy Carden, The Good Place
- Betty Gilpin, GLOW
- Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
- Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek – WINNER!
- Yvonne Orji, Insecure
- Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live
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 – WINNER!
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Nicholas Braun, Succession
- Billy Crudup, The Morning Show – WINNER!
- Kieran Culkin, Succession
- Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
- Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
- Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
- Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid’s Tale
- Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
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 – WINNER!
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
- Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
- Julia Garner, Ozark – WINNER!
- Thandie Newton, Westworld
- Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
- Sarah Snook, Succession
- Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
- Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale
Outstanding Reality/Competition Series
- The Masked Singer
- Nailed It
- RuPaul’s Drag Race – WINNER!
- 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 – WINNER!
- Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Outstanding Limited Series
- Little Fires Everywhere
- Mrs. America
- Unbelievable
- Unorthodox
- Watchmen – WINNER!