Published 10:54 IST, July 29th 2020

Emmy Awards 2020: HBO's Watchmen leads with 26 nods; full list of nominations here

The 72nd Emmy Awards has refused to let the pandemic rain on its parade, after announcer Leslie Jones ardently kicked off the announcement for the nominations

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72nd Emmy Awards has refused to let pandemic rain on its pare, after anuncer Leslie Jones ardently kicked off anuncement for minations this year on Tuesday. 

HBO's superhero drama 'Watchmen' along with Amazon Prime's comedy series ' Marvelous Mrs Maisel' are top runners this year bagging 26 and 20 minations across categories respectively. 'Watchmen' holds special significance this year since its storyline captures unsettling racial violence based in comic's alternate history in Tulsa, particularly poignant in wake up of George Floyd protests that shook US this year. 

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'Schitt's Creek' which h survived without an acemy award recognition for most part of its life has been minated for a whopping 15 segments for its final season this year. 

Netflix's 'Ozark' is ar one to look out for and has been minated in 18 categories helping streaming site achieve a record 160 minations this year, followed by yearly frontrunner HBO which has earned 107 ds. 

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This is also first time AppleTV has received ds from critics all thanks to Jennifer Aniston’s best drama actress bid for ' Morning Show.' Disney+ has also h a promising start bagging its first mination with baby Yoda starrer ' Mandalorian'.

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Here is list of all major minations 

Best Drama Series

Better Call Saul (AMC)
Crown (Netflix)
Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
Mandalorian (Disney+)
Ozark (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Succession (HBO)

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Best Comedy Series

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
De to Me (Netflix)
Good Place (NBC)
Insecure (HBO)
Kominsky Method (Netflix)
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Schitt’s Creek (Pop)
What We Do in Shows (FX)

Best Limited Series

Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
Mrs. America (FX on Hulu)
Unbelievable (Netflix)
Urthodox (Netflix)
Watchmen (HBO)

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Best TV movie

American Son (Netflix)
B Education (HBO)
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings: se Old Bones (Netflix)
El Cami: A Breaking B Movie (Netflix)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. Reverend (Netflix)

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman (Ozark)
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
Steve Carell ( Morning Show)
Brian Cox (Succession)
Billy Porter (Pose)
Jeremy Strong (Succession)

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Jennifer Aniston ( Morning Show)
Olivia Colman ( Crown)
Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)
Laura Linney (Ozark)
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
Zendaya (Euphoria)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
Don Chele (Black Monday)
Ted Danson ( Good Place)
Michael Douglas ( Kominsky Method)
Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)
Ramy Youssef (Ramy)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Christina Applegate (De to Me)
Rachel Brosnahan ( Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Linda Cardellini (De to Me)
Carine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek)
Issa Rae (Insecure)
Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)

Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

Jeremy Irons (Watchmen)
Hugh Jackman (B Education)
Paul Mescal (rmal People)
Jeremy Pope (Hollywood)
Mark Ruffalo (I Kw This Much Is True)

Best Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America)
Shira Haas (Urthodox)
Regina King (Watchmen)
Octavia Spencer (Self Me)
Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Billy Crudup ( Morning Show)
Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul)
Brley Whitford ( Handmaid’s Tale)
Mark Duplass ( Morning Show)
Nicholas Braun (Succession)
Matw Macfyen (Succession)
Jeffery Wright (Westworld)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Helena Bonham Carter ( Crown)
Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
Julia Garner (Ozark)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve)
Sarah Sok (Succession)
Meryl Streep (Big Little Lies)
Samira Wiley ( Handmaid’s Tale)

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Mahershala Ali (Ramy)
Alan Arkin ( Kominsky Method)
Sterling K. Brown ( Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Daniel Levy (Schitt’s Creek)
Tony Shalhoub ( Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live)
William Jackson ( Good Place)
Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Yvonne Orji (Insecure)
Alex Borstein ( Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Betty Gilpin (GLOW)
Marin Hinkle ( Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Kate McKinn (Saturday Night Live)
Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live)
D’Arcy Carden ( Good Place)
Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek)

Best Variety Talk Series

Daily Show With Trevor ah (Comedy Central)
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Best Competition Series

Masked Singer
Nailed It
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
Voice

Best Documentary Or nfiction Series

American Masters (PBS)
Hillary (Hulu)
Last Dance (ESPN)
McMillion$ (HBO)
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Mness (Netflix)

'I don't kw where or how or even why we are doing this, but we are and I am hosting it!' Jimmy Kimmel h said earlier as Emmy's televising partner ABC gives a d to hold prestigious award show even amid Coronairs pandemic.  72nd Emmy Awards would be held on September 20 this year. This will be third time Kimmel would take to hosting Primetime Emmy Awards.

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