After a year of call-in awards shows, Jason Sudeikis hoodies, and technical difficulties, awards season has arrived, and the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards are the first show on the schedule. The ceremony, which honours the best of television, has a long history of major accomplishments, including Zendaya receiving a trophy for Euphoria in 2020, Schitt’s Creek sweeping almost every comedy award, and Succession receiving none.
Ron Cephas Jones and his daughter, Jasmine Jones, from This Is Us, joined Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma to announce the nominees for this year’s Emmy Awards. Cedric the Entertainer will host the big show at the Microsoft Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles on September 19th. While you catch up on all the prestige TV you missed — or if you just want to re-watch a favourite — here is who’s up for this year’s big awards.
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Conan
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Outstanding Competition Program
- Nailed It!
- RuPaul’s Drag Race
- Top Chef
- The Amazing Race
- The Voice
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Allison Janney – Mom
- Aidy Bryant – Shrill
- Jean Smart – Hacks
- Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant
- Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
- Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
- Kenan Thompson – Kenan
- Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method
- William H Macy – Shameless
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Black-ish
- Cobra Kai
- Emily in Paris
- Hacks
- Ted Lasso
- The Kominsky Method
- The Flight Attendant
- Pen15
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Ewan McGregor – Halston
- Hugh Grant – The Undoing
- Lin Manuel Miranda – Hamilton
- Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton
- Paul Bettany – WandaVision
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit
- Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha
- Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision
- Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown
- Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- I May Destroy You
- The Queen’s Gambit
- The Underground Railroad
- Mare of Easttown
- WandaVision
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Emma Corrin – The Crown
- Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
- Mj Rodriguez – Pose
- Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country
- Uzo Aduba – In Treatment
- Olivia Colman – The Crown
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Josh O’Connor – The Crown
- Rege-Jean Page – Bridgerton
- Billy Porter – Pose
- Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
- Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country
- Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason
Outstanding Drama Series
- Bridgerton
- The Crown
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- The Boys
- Lovecraft Country
- The Mandalorian
- Pose
- This Is Us
