The complete list of 2018 Emmy nominees
The 2018 Emmy Awards nominations were announced Thursday morning. After a year of ineligibility, “Game of Thrones†returned with a stunning 22 nominations, including best drama. Another HBO drama, “Westworld,†followed close behind with 21 nominations. Last year’s best drama series winner, “The Handmaid’s Tale,†drew 20 nominations. Additionally, Sandra Oh made history as the first person of Asian descent to be nominated for best lead actress in a drama series. On the comedy side, “Saturday Night Live,†“Atlanta†and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel†were tops with 21, 16 14 nominations, respectively.
The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards will take place Sept. 17 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony will be hosted by Michael Che and Colin Jost.
See the full list below.
Drama series:
“The Americansâ€
“The Crownâ€
“Game of Thronesâ€
“The Handmaid’s Taleâ€
“Stranger Thingsâ€
“This Is Usâ€
“Westworldâ€
Comedy series:
“Atlantaâ€
“Barryâ€
“black-ishâ€
“Curb Your Enthusiasmâ€
“Glowâ€
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maiselâ€
“Silicon Valleyâ€
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidtâ€
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Limited series:
“The Alienistâ€
“Assassination of Gianni Versaceâ€
“Genius: Picassoâ€
“Godlessâ€
“Patrick Melroseâ€
Lead actress, drama:
Claire Foy, “The Crownâ€
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Taleâ€
Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Blackâ€
Sandra Oh, “Killing Eveâ€
Keri Russell, “The Americansâ€
Evan Rachel Wood, “Westworldâ€
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Lead actor, drama:
Jason Bateman, “Ozarkâ€
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Usâ€
Ed Harris, “Westworldâ€
Matthew Rhys, “The Americansâ€
Milo Ventimiglia, “This Is Usâ€
Jeffrey Wright, “Westworldâ€
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Lead actress, comedy:
Pamela Adlon, “Better Thingsâ€
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maiselâ€
Tracee Ellis Ross, “black-ishâ€
Allison Janney, “Momâ€
Issa Rae, “Insecureâ€
Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankieâ€
Lead actor, comedy:
Anthony Anderson, “black-ishâ€
Ted Danson, “The Good Placeâ€
Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasmâ€
Donald Glover, “Atlantaâ€
Bill Hader, “Barryâ€
William H. Macy, “Shamelessâ€
Lead actress, limited series/movie:
Jessica Biel, “The Sinnerâ€
Laura Dern, “The Taleâ€
Michelle Dockery, “Godlessâ€
Edie Falco, “The Menendez Murdersâ€
Regina King, “Seven Secondsâ€
Sarah Paulson, “American Horror Story: Cultâ€
Lead actor, limited series/movie:
Antonio Banderas, “Genius: Picassoâ€
Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Storyâ€
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Patrick Melroseâ€
Jeff Daniels, “The Looming Towerâ€
John Legend, “Jesus Christ Superstarâ€
Jesse Plemons, “Black Mirror: USS Callisterâ€
Guest actress in a drama series:
Viola Davis, “Scandalâ€
Kelly Jenrette, “The Handmaid’s Taleâ€
Cherry Jones, “The Handmaid’s Taleâ€
Diana Rigg, “Game Of Thronesâ€
Cicely Tyson, “How To Get Away With Murderâ€
Samira Wiley, “The Handmaid’s Taleâ€
Guest actor in a drama series:
F. Murray Abrahamm “Homelandâ€
Cameron Britton, “Mindhunterâ€
Matthew Goode, “The Crownâ€
Ron Cephas Jones, “This Is Usâ€
Gerald McRaney, “This Is Usâ€
Jimmi Simpson, “Westworldâ€
Guest actress in a comdey seriesâ€
Tina Fey, “ Saturday Night Liveâ€
Tiffany Haddish, “Saturday Night Liveâ€
Jane Lynch, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maiselâ€
Maya Rudolph, “The Good Placeâ€
Molly Shannon, “Will & Graceâ€
Wanda Sykes, “black-ishâ€
Guest actor in a comdey seriesâ€
Sterling K. Brown, “Brooklyn Nine-Nineâ€
Bryan Cranston, “Curb Your Enthusiasmâ€
Donald Glover, “Saturday Night Liveâ€
Bill Hader, “Saturday Night Liveâ€
Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Curb Your Enthusiasmâ€
Katt Williams, “Atlantaâ€
Variety sketch series:
“At Home With Amy Sedarisâ€
“Drunk Historyâ€
â€I Love You Americaâ€
“Portlandiaâ€
“Saturday Night Liveâ€
“Tracey Ullman’s Showâ€
Reality competition program:
“The Amazing Raceâ€
“American Ninja Warriorâ€
“Project Runwayâ€
“RuPaul’s Drag Raceâ€
“Top Chefâ€
“The Voiceâ€
Variety talk series:
“The Daily Showâ€
“Full Frontal With Samantha Beeâ€
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!â€
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliverâ€
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbertâ€
“The Late Late Show With James Cordenâ€
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