Emmy Awards 2020: Complete list of Nominees

The nominations for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards 2020 were announced earlier with Netflix dominating the list with 160 nominations beating the previous record by HBO.

However, HBO still managed to get 107 nominations and its Watchmen series got 26 nominations which was the highest number of nominations for a show which is definitely an achievement.

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Speaking of achievements, newcomers like Disney+ and Apple TV+ were also able to get some nominations in the Emmy Awards 2020 and make the list.

Shows with the most nominations – Emmy Awards 2020:

Show	Nominations
Watchmen	26
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	20
Succession	18
Ozark	18
Schitt’s Creek	15
The Mandalorian	15

These nominations for the Emmys 2020 were announced by Leslie Jones, the star of Supermarket Sweep along with Laverne Cox, Josh Gad and Tatiania Maslany. The Emmy’s are scheduled to take place on 20 September 2020 on ABC and will be hosted by TV host Jimmy Kimmel.

Complete list of Nominees for Emmy Awards 2020

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Jeremy Irons for Watchmen
Hugh Jackman for Bad Education
Paul Mescal for Normal People
Jeremy Pope for Hollywood
Mark Ruffalo for I Know This Much is True

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Cate Blanchett for Mrs. America
Shira Haas for Unorthodox
Regina King for Watchmen
Octavia Spencer for Self Made
Kerry Washington for Little Fires Everywhere

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – Watchmen
Jovan Adepo – Watchmen
Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy Vs. the Reverend
Louis Gossett Jr. – Watchmen
Dylan McDermott – Hollywood
Jim Parsons – Hollywood

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Uzo Aduba – Mrs. America
Toni Collette – Unbelievable
Margo Martindale – Mrs. America
Jean Smart – Watchmen
Holland Taylor – Hollywood
Tracey Ullman – Mrs. America

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

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

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Nicholas Braun – Succession
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin – Succession
Mark Duplass – The Morning Show
Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul
Matthew Macfadyen – Succession
Bradley Whitford – The Handmaid’s Tale
Jeffery Wright – Westworld

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown
Laura Dern – Big Little Lies
Julia Garner – Ozark
Thandie Newton – Westworld
Fiona Shaw – Killing Eve
Sarah Snook – Succession
Meryl Streep – Big Little Lies
Samira Wiley – The Handmaid’s Tale

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman for The Outsider
Ron Cephas Jones for This Is Us
James Cromwell for Succession
Giancarlo Esposito for The Mandalorian
Andrew Scott for Black Mirror
Martin Short for The Morning Show

Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Alexis Biedel – The Handmaid’s Tale
Laverne Cox – Orange is the New Black
Cherry Jones – Succession
Phylicia Rashad – This is Us
Cicely Tyson – How to Get Away With Murder
Harriet Walter – Succession

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Ramy Youssef (Ramy)
Anthony Anderson (black-ish)
Don Cheadle (Black Monday)
Ted Danson (The Good Place)
Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)

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

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
Tony Shalhoub – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

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
Yvonne Orji – Insecure
Cecily Strong – Saturday Night Live

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Adam Driver – Saturday Night Live
Luke Kirby – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Eddie Murphy – Saturday Night Live
Dev Patel – Modern Love
Brad Pitt – Saturday Night Live
Fred Willard – Modern Family

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Angela Bassett – A Black Lady Sketch Show
Bette Midler – The Politician
Maya Rudolph – The Good Place
Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live
Wanda Sykes – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Saturday Night Live

Best Limited Series

Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs. America
Unbelievable
Unorthodox
Watchmen

Best Comedy Series

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dead to me
The Good Place
Insecure
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Schitt’s Creek
What We Do in the Shadows

Best Drama Series

Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Killing Eve
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Succession

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 Competition Program

The Masked Singer
Nailed It!
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice

Outstanding Animated Program

Big Mouth, “Disclosure: The Movie: The Musical”
Bob’s Burger’s, “Pig Trouble in Little Tina”
BoJack Horseman, “The View From Halfway Down”
Rick and Morty, “The Vat of Acid Episode”
The Simpsons, “Thanksgiving of Horror”
Short Form Animated Program
Forky Asks a Question, “What is Love?”
Robot Chicken, “Santa’s Dead (Spoiler Alert) Holiday Murder Thing Special”
Steven Universe Future, “Fragments”

Outstanding Television Movie

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

Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)

The Crown – Martin Phipps
Euphoria – Labrinth
The Mandalorian – Ludwig Göransson
Ozark – Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
Succession – Nicholas Britell

Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

Hollywood – Nathan Barr
Little Fires Everywhere – Mark Isham, Isabella Summers
Mrs. America – Kris Bowers
Unorthodox – Antonio Gambale
Watchmen – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

Becoming – Kamasi Washington
Home – Amanda Jones
McMillion$ – Pinar Toprak, Alex Kovacs
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness – Mark Mothersbaugh, John Enroth, Albert Fox
Why We Hate – Lara Karpman

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics

The Black Godfather, “Letter to My Godfather” – Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo
Euphoria, “All For Us”‘ – Labrinth
Late Week Tonight With John Oliver, “Eat Shit, Bob” – David Dabbon, Joanna Rothkopf, Jill Twiss, Seena Vail
Little Fires Everywhere, “Build it Up” – Ingrid Michaelson
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “One Less Angel” – Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore
This is Us, “Memorized” – Siddhartha Khosla, Taylor Goldsmith
Watchmen, “The Way It Used To Be” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Outstanding Music Direction

The Kennedy Center Honors – Rickey Minor
Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince – Sheila E, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
The Oscars – Ricky Minor
Saturday Night Live – Lenny Pickett, Eli Brueggemann, Leon Pendarvis
Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show starring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira — Adam Wayne Blackstone

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

Carnival Row – Nathan Barr
Defending Jacob – Ólafur Arnalds
Hollywood – Nathan Barr
Unorthodox – Antonio Gambale
Why We Hate – Laura Karpman
Wu-Tang: An American Saga – The RZA

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)

Apollo 11, Eric Milano
Beastie Boys Story, Martyn Zub, Paul Aulicino, Pernell Salinas
Cheer, Logan Byers, Kaleb Klinger, Sean Grey
Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time, Jonathan Greber
McMillion$, Ben Freer, Jordan Meltzer, Jody McVeigh-Schultz
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, Ian Cymore, Rachel Wardell, Steve Griffen

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)

Better Call Saul
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Ozark
Star Trek: Picard
Stranger Things
Westworld

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Series Or Movie

American Horror Story: 1984
Devs
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Hollywood
Watchmen

Outstanding Music Supervision

Euphoria – Jen Malone, Adam Leber
Insecure – Kier Lehman
Killing Eve – Catherine Grieves, David Holmes
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Robin Urdang, Amy Sherman-Palladino – Daniel Palladino
Stranger Things – Nora Felder
Watchmen – Liza Richardson