The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards will honor the simplest in U.S. clock time television programming from June 1, 2019, until May 31, 2020, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Olivia Colman and Jennifer Aniston are among the celebs to be nominated within the hotly contested Outstanding Actress during a Drama category at the 2020 Emmys.
The Oscar-winning star of The Crown will go up against Aniston, who was nominated for her role in Apple’s The Morning Show, at the ceremony in September and can also face competition from Killing Eve’s double act Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh also as Ozark’s Laura Linney and Euphoria’s Zendaya.
Nominees List of 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards 2020
Lead Actress – Drama Series. | Outstanding Drama Series |
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Olivia Colman(The Crown) | Better Call Saul |
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) | The Mandalorian |
Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) | Ozark |
Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show) | The Crown |
Laura Linney (Ozark) | The Handmaid’s Tale |
Zendaya (Euphoria) | Stranger Things |
– | Killing Eve |
– | Succession |
Ozark, Succession, Watchmen, Killing Eve, Dead To Me, and Schitt’s Creek all picked up three nominations apiece.
Normal People’s breakout star Paul Mescal received his first major awards nomination, a nod for Outstanding Actor during a Limited Series, after making waves in BBC Three’s adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel earlier this year.
Jennifer Aniston together with her The Morning Show co-star Reese Witherspoon (Apple)
Lead Actor – Comedy Series | Lead Actress – Limited Series/Movie |
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Anthony Anderson | Regina King (Watchmen) |
Black-ish | Shira Haas (Unorthodox) |
Michael Douglas | Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere) |
The Kominsky Method | Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America) |
Ted Danson | Octavia Spencer (Self Made) |
The Good Place | – |
Don Cheadle | – |
Black Monday | – |
Eugene Levy | – |
Schitt’s Creek | – |
Ramy Youssef | – |
Ozark, Succession, Watchmen, Killing Eve, Dead To Me, and Schitt’s Creek all picked up three nominations apiece.
The nominations were announced by Saturday Night Live’s Leslie Jones, Orange is that the New Black star Laverne Cox, actor Josh Gad, and Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany.
The annual awards ceremony, which celebrates achievement in American television, is about to require place on September 21. it’ll be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, marking the chat show star’s third time as an Emmys presenter.
The Television Academy has confirmed that the awards ceremony will happen virtually for the primary time so as to suits social distancing measures amid concerns over the continued spread of coronavirus within us.