69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - 2017 Categories and Nominations
The 69th annual Emmy Awards take place Sunday night in Los Angeles with host Stephen Colbert of the Late Show.
This year's show ushers in a bit of old and new for notable ensemble categories as well as individual categories. Streaming giants Amazon, Netflix and Hulu combine for a total 125 nominations and will look to push HBO's 111 total Emmy nominations.
Notably absent from this year's nominations for Outstanding Drama Series are The Americans, Mr. Robot, Orange is the New Black, and two-time winner Game of Thrones. (Season 7 did not meet this year's deadline). Netflix's House of Cards and AMC's Better Call Saul are the lone holdovers from 2016 and will compliment five new shows to 2017's 'Outstanding Drama' nominations, including Netflix's Stranger Things and The Crown, NBC's This is Us, and Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. Leading the way with 22 total nominations is HBO's Westworld, who may be the favorite to take home Outstanding Drama in Game of Thrones absence.
Outstanding Comedy Series is another notable category to watch as the diverse ensembles will have to overcome HBO's two-time Outstanding series winner Veep. Among the contenders are Atlanta, Black-ish and Master of None
Saturday Night Live, Westworld and Stranger Things have already been awarded a host of technical and guest acting awards from this past weekend's Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Actor Alexis Bledel took home 'best guest actress' for The Handmaid’s Tale, and Gerald McRaney won 'best guest actor' for This Is Us.
Four years ago, streaming giant Netflix earned a total of 14 Emmy nominations with House of Cards and Arrested Development. Three years later, Netflix increased their nomination share by over 80% with 91 total nominations for 2017. Amazon will look to keep its momentum with 16 total nominations, including 7 for past Emmy winner Jill Soloway's critically acclaimed Transparent. And Hulu could get a huge boost if the dystopian adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale can take home any one of their 18 nominations.
On a personal note, I'm still tilting bigly over the absence of CARRIE COON for her work in the third and final season of The Leftovers.
Check out the complete list below. Any predictions?
The 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards will air live on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
Emmy Categories and Nominations List
Outstanding Drama Series
● Better Call Saul ● The Crown ● The Handmaid’s Tale ● House of Cards ● Stranger Things ● This Is Us ● Westworld
Outstanding Comedy Series
● Atlanta ● Black-ish ● Master of None ● Modern Family ● Silicon Valley ● Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ● Veep
Outstanding Limited Series
● Big Little Lies ● Fargo ● Feud: Bette and Joan ● Genius ● The Night Of
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
● Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder ● Claire Foy, The Crown ● Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale ● Keri Russell, The Americans ● Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld ● Robin Wright, House of Cards
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
● Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us ● Anthony Hopkins, Westworld ● Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul ● Matthew Rhys, The Americans ● Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan ● Kevin Spacey, House of Cards ● Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
● Pamela Adlon, Better Things ● Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie ● Allison Janney, Mom ● Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ● Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep ● Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish ● Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
● Anthony Anderson, Black-ish ● Aziz Ansari, Master of None ● Zach Galifianakis, Baskets ● Donald Glover, Atlanta ● William H. Macy, Shameless ● Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
● Carrie Coon, Fargo ● Felicity Huffman, American Crime ● Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies ● Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan ● Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan ● Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
● Riz Ahmed, The Night Of ● Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective ● Robert DeNiro, The Wizard of Lies ● Ewan McGregor, Fargo ● Geoffrey Rush, Genius ● John Turturro, The Night Of
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama
● Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black ● Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things ● Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale ● Chrissy Metz, This Is Us ● Thandie Newton, Westworld ● Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
● Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul ● Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us ● David Harbour, Stranger Things ● Michael Kelly, House of Cards ● John Lithgow, The Crown ● Mandy Patinkin, Homeland ● Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
● Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live ● Anna Chlumsky, Veep ● Kathryn Hahn, Transparent ● Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live ● Judith Light, Transparent ● Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
● Louie Anderson, Baskets ● Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live ● Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ● Ty Burrell, Modern Family ● Tony Hale, Veep ● Matt Walsh, Veep
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
● Judy Davis, Feud: Bette and Joan ● Laura Dern, Big Little Lies ● Jackie Hoffman, Feud: Bette and Joan ● Regina King, American Crime ● Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies ● Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
● Bill Camp, The Night Of ● Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan ● Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies ● David Thewlis, Fargo ● Stanley Tucci, Feud: Bette and Joan ● Michael K. Williams, The Night Of
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
● Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale (WINNER) ● Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away With Murder ● Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black ● Shannon Purser, Stranger Things ● Alison Wright, The Americans ● Ann Dowd, The Leftovers
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
● Gerald McRaney, This Is Us ● Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline ● BD Wong, Mr. Robot ● Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan ● Brian Tyree Henry, This Is Us ● Denis O’Hare, This Is Us
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
● Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live (WINNER) ● Wanda Sykes, Black-ish ● Carrie Fisher, Catastrophe ● Becky Ann Baker, Girls ● Angela Bassett, Master of None ● Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
● Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live ● Matthew Rhys, Girls ● Riz Ahmed, Girls ● Lin-Manuel Miranda, Saturday Night Live ● Tom Hanks, Saturday Night Live ● Hugh Laurie, Veep
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
● The Amazing Race ● American Ninja Warrior ● Project Runway ● RuPaul’s Drag Race ● Top Chef ● The Voice
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
● Full Frontal With Samantha Bee ● Jimmy Kimmel Live ● Last Week Tonight With John Oliver ● The Late Late Show With James Corden ● The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ● Real Time With Bill Maher
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
● Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party ● Gordon Ramsay, Master Chef Junior ● Alec Baldwin, Match Game ● Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway ● RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race ● W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell
