HBO and its departing blockbuster Game Of Thrones took the dragon’s share of the honours as nominations for the 71st Emmy awards were announced on Tuesday (July 16).
HBO took 137 nominations in total, topping the 117 scored by its streaming rival Netflix. The tally put HBO back on top after its 2018 total of 108 saw it beaten out for the first time by Netflix, with 112. The two companies went on to win 23 Emmys each in last year’s awards ceremony. HBO’s total also broke its own record (126 in 2015) for the most nominations to a network in a single year.
A record 32 nominations for the final season of Game Of Thrones beat the single-year nomination total set by NYPD Blue a quarter of a century ago. HBO’s limited series Chernobyl also made a strong showing in the drama categories, earning 19 nominations. Netflix’s biggest honouree was limited series When They See Us on 16 nominations.
Among other platforms vying for the prestige bestowed by Emmy nominations, Amazon Prime Video made a big jump from 22 nominations last year to 47 this year. FX saw its tally slip from 50 last year to 32 this, and Hulu dropped from 27 to 20.
In the flagship outstanding drama series category, five of the eight nominees – Ozark, Pose, Succession and UK-made series Bodyguard and Killing Eve – made the list for the first time. They were joined in the category by Better Call Saul, Game Of Thrones, and This Is Us.
Final-round voting for the Emmys runs from August 15-29 and the awards will be presented at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 22.
The major drama nominees:
DRAMA SERIES
Game Of Thrones (HBO)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
Ozark (Netflix)
This Is Us (NBC)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Pose (FX)
Succession (HBO)
Bodyguard (Netflix)
LIMITED SERIES
Escape At Dannemora (Showtime)
Chernobyl (HBO)
When They See Us (Netflix)
Fosse/Verdon (FX)
Sharp Objects (HBO)
TELEVISION MOVIE
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Netflix)
Deadwood: The Movie (HBO)
King Lear (Amazon)
Brexit (HBO)
My Dinner With Herve (HBO)
DOCUMENTARY OR NON-FICTION SPECIAL
Leaving Neverland (HBO)
The Inventor: Out for Blood In Silicon Valley (HBO)
Minding the Gap (Hulu)
FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (Netflix)
Jane Fonda In Five Acts (HBO)
Love Gilda (CNN)
LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Laura Linney, Ozark
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Viola Davis, How To Get Away With Murder
LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Sterling K Brown, This Is Us
Kit Harington, Game Of Thrones
Billy Porter, Pose
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
Emma Stone, Maniac
Joey King, The Act
Niecy Nash, When They See Us
Aunjanue Ellis, When They See Us
LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Mahershala Ali, True Detective
Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
Benicio Del Toro, Escape at Dannemora
Jared Harris, Chernobyl
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon
Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Lena Headey, Game Of Thrones
Maisie Williams, Game Of Thrones
Sophie Turner, Game Of Thrones
Julia Garner, Ozark
Gwendoline Christie, Game Of Thrones
Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game Of Thrones
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
Michael Kelly, House Of Cards
Alfie Allen, Game Of Thrones
Chris Sullivan, This Is Us
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Patricia Arquette, The Act
Emily Watson, Chernobyl
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Vera Farmiga, When They See Us
Margaret Qualley, Fosse/Verdon
Marsha Stephanie Blake, When They See Us
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
Paul Dano, Escape at Dannemora
Michael Kenneth Williams, When They See Us
Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl
John Leguizamo, When They See Us
Asante Blackk, When They See Us
GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Apocalypse
Phylicia Rashad as Carol Clarke This Is Us
Carice van Houten, Game Of Thrones
Cherry Jones, The Handmaid’s Tale
Cicely Tyson, How To Get Away With Murder
Laverne Cox, Orange Is The New Black
GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Michael McKean,Better Call Saul
Kumail Nanjiani,The Twilight Zone
Bradley Whitford,The Handmaid’s Tale
Glynn Turman, How To Get Away With Murder
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us
Michael Angarano, This Is Us
Click here for the full list of nominations.
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