The Emmy nominations were announced Thursday, July 13,
Let’s take a look at the the top categories:
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”)
2: Actors in this category with multiple nominations this year (Rhys and Schrieber)
5: Previous Emmy wins to date across all categories
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”)
22: Number of Emmys nominations across all categories among the group to date
1: Previous Emmy win (Viola Davis)
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”)
2: Number of actors in category who haven’t won an Emmy yet. Glover has never been nominated.
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”), Tracee Ellis-Ross (“black-ish”), Jane Fonda (“Grace and Frankie”), Lily Tomlin (“Grace and Frankie”), Allison Janney (“Mom”), Ellie Kemper (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”)
24: Emmy nominations for one actress to date across all categories (Tomlin…Louis-Dreyfus has 23.)
Best Drama Series
“Better Call Saul” (AMC), “The Crown” (Netflix), “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu), “House of Cards” (Netflix), “Stranger Things” (Netflix), “This Is Us” (NBC), “Westworld” (HBO)
5: New shows nominated this year. “House of Cards” and “Better Call Saul” have previous nominations.
Best Comedy Series
“Atlanta” (FX), “Black-ish” (ABC), “Master of None” (Netflix), “Modern Family” (ABC), “Silicon Valley” (HBO), “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix), “Veep” (HBO)
22: Previous wins across all categories for “Modern Family”
1: New show in the nominations (“Atlanta”)
3 thoughts on the nominations:
-As much as Mandy Moore’s character isn’t my favorite on “This Is Us,” I was surprised she wasn’t nominated. And you know Milo and Sterling will split the votes in that category.
-How is “Modern Family” still getting nominated? It still has good episodes, but overall it’s gone downhill. Also there are seven shows up for best comedy, which seems to be way too many.
-There are always snubs, but “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” has popped up on some snub lists. Frankly, the show wasn’t good. The acting wasn’t at its peak and some of the writing was so fluff. It was entered in the limited series category, which seemed like a good choice given its revival run, but I’m OK with it not being nominated.
The 69th Emmys will air on Sunday, Sept. 17, on CBS.
