Emmy Awards 2020: full list of key nominations by category

The 72nd Emmy Awards will take place on Sunday September 20 in Los Angeles with the ceremony set to be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

Update: Sep 20th, 2020 05:39 EDT

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The 72nd Emmy Awards will be staged in Los Angeles on 20 September (hosted by Jimmy Kimmel) and despite this year's ceremony set to be a virtual experience there have been a series of changes to the number of nominees. The nominations will be on a sliding scale (1 to 19 submissions will result in 0 to 4 nominations; 20 to 8 submissions will result in 5 nominations; 81 to 160 submissions will result in 6 nominations; 161 to 240 submissions will result in 7 nominations; and more than 240 submissions will result in 8 nominations.)

The main categories, Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series, will now have eight nominees each instead of its usual five.

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Nominations

Drama Series

“Better Call Saul” (AMC)  “The Crown” (Netflix)  “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)  “Killing Eve” (BBC America/AMC)  “The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus)  “Ozark” (Netflix)  “Stranger Things” (Netflix)  “Succession” (HBO)

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 Prime Video)  “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)  “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)

Limited Series

“Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu)  “Mrs. America” (Hulu)  “Unbelievable” (Netflix)  “Unorthodox” (Netflix)  “Watchmen” (HBO)

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”)

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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”)

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”)

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”)

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

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Jeremy Irons (“Watchmen”) Hugh Jackman (“Bad Education”) Paul Mescal (“Normal People”) Jeremy Pope (“Hollywood”) Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True”)

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”)

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Giancarlo Esposito (“Better Call Saul”) Bradley Whitford (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) Billy Crudup (“The Morning Show”) Mark Duplass (“The Morning Show”) Nicholas Braun (“Succession”) Kieran Culkin (“Succession”) Matthew Macfadyen (“Succession”) Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

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

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Andre Braugher (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) William Jackson Harper (“The Good Place”) Alan Arkin (“The Kominsky Method”) Sterling K. Brown (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) Tony Shalhoub (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) Mahershala Ali (“Ramy”) Kenan Thompson (“Saturday Night Live”) Dan Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Betty Gilpin (“GLOW”) D’Arcy Carden (“The Good Place”) Yvonne Orji (“Insecure”) Alex Borstein (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) Marin Hinkle (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”) Cecily Strong (“Saturday Night Live”) Annie Murphy (“Schitt’s Creek”)

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”)

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”)

Reality Competition

“The Masked Singer” (FOX) “Nailed It” (Netflix) “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1) “Top Chef” (Bravo) “The Voice” (NBC)