The late-night comedy show and the science fiction western thriller series each earns 22 nominations.
- July 13, 2017
AceShowbiz -
The nominees competing for the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced. The honorees were annouced at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood by Anna Chlumsky ("Veep") and Shemar Moore ("S.W.A.T.") along with Television Academy CEO Hayma Washington.
NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and HBO's "Westworld" lead the pack with 22 nominations each. Netflix's "Stranger Things" followed behind with 18 nominations. HBO lead all the networks with 110 nominations, while Netflix comes in second with 91 nominations.
Besides "Westworld", freshmen hits like "The Crown", "The Handmaid's Tale" and "This Is Us" are also nominated for Best Drama Series. While "Black-ish", "Modern Family", "Silicon Valley", "Transparent" and "Veep" are battling for Best Comedy Series.
The awards show will air live on September 17 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Stephen Colbert will host the ceremony, which will be broadcast by CBS at 5 P.M. PT. In addition, this year's Creative Arts Emmys will air the weekend before, on September 9-10.
Below is partial list of the nominees. Visit the official site for the complete list of nominees.
Best Drama Series
- "House of Cards"
- "Better Call Saul"
- "The Crown"
- "The Handmaid's Tale"
- "This Is Us"
- "Westworld"
- "Stranger Things"
- "Atlanta"
- "Black-ish"
- "Master of None"
- "Modern Family"
- "Silicon Valley"
- "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
- "Veep"
- Claire Foy - "The Crown"
- Elisabeth Moss - "The Handmaid's Tale"
- Robin Wright - "House of Cards"
- Evan Rachel Wood - "Westworld"
- Viola Davis - "How to Get Away with Murder"
- Keri Russell - "The Americans"
- Sterling K. Brown - "This Is Us"
- Anthony Hopkins - "Westworld"
- Bob Odenkirk - "Better Call Saul"
- Matthew Rhys - "The Americans"
- Liev Schreiber - "Ray Donovan"
- Milo Ventimiglia - "This Is Us"
- Ellie Kemper - "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
- Allison Janney - "Mom"
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - "Veep"
- Tracee Ellis Ross - "Black-ish"
- Lily Tomlin - "Grace and Frankie"
- Jane Fonda - "Grace and Frankie"
- Pamela Adlon - "Better Things"
- Jeffrey Tambor - "Transparent"
- Aziz Ansari - "Master of None"
- Donald Glover - "Atlanta"
- Anthony Anderson - "Black-ish"
- William H. Macy - "Shameless"
- Zach Galifianakis - "Baskets"
- "Big Little Lies"
- "Fargo"
- "Feud: Bette and Joan"
- "The Night of"
- "Genius"
- "Last Week Tonight"
- "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"
- "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
- "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"
- "The Late Late Show with James Corden"
- "Real Time with Bill Maher"
- Nicole Kidman - "Big Little Lies"
- Jessica Lange - "Feud"
- Susan Sarandon - "Feud"
- Reese Witherspoon - "Big Little Lies"
- Carrie Coon - "Fargo"
- Felicity Huffman - "American Crime"
- Robert De Niro - "The Wizard of Lies"
- Riz Ahmed - "The Night of"
- Ewan McGregor - "Fargo"
- Geoffrey Rush - "Genius"
- John Turturro - "The Night of"
- Benedict Cumberbatch - "Sherlock: The Lying Detective"
