Nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards have been announced. The ceremony was reimagined as a virtual event this year due to production restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Leslie Jones (Supermarket Sweep, SNL) hosted the announcement, along with presenters Laverne Cox (Inventing Anna), Josh Gad (Central Park), Tatiana Maslany (Perry Mason) and Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma. Final-round voting for the Emmys begins August 21 and ends on August 31. The 72nd Emmy Awards will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, who will also serve as executive producer. The show will be broadcast at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on September 20 on ABC. The Creative Arts Emmys, which had been scheduled for September 12-13, will now be handed out in virtual ceremonies "over several nights in September," with those dates to be determined later. In addition, for the first time in Emmys history there will be no Governors Ball following either the Creative Arts Emmys or the Emmys ceremonies. Best Actor in a Comedy Series
  • Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
  • Don Cheadle (Black Monday)
  • Ted Danson (The Good Place)
  • Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
  • Eugene Levy (Schitt's Creek)
  • Ramy Youssef (Ramy)
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
  • Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
  • Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
  • Linda Cardellini (Dead to Me)
  • Catherine O'Hara (Schitt's Creek)
  • Issa Rae (Insecure)
  • Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
Best Variety Talk Series
  • The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
  • Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
  • Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
  • The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Best Actor in a Drama Series
  • Jason Bateman (Ozark)
  • Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
  • Steve Carell (The Morning Show)
  • Brian Cox (Succession)
  • Billy Porter (Pose)
  • Jeremy Strong (Succession)
Best Actress in a Drama Series
  • Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)
  • Olivia Colman (The Crown)
  • Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)
  • Laura Linney (Ozark)
  • Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
  • Zendaya (Euphoria)
Best Competition Series
  • The Masked Singer
  • Nailed It
  • RuPaul's Drag Race
  • Top Chef
  • The Voice
Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
  • Jeremy Irons (Watchmen)
  • Hugh Jackman (Bad Education)
  • Paul Mescal (Normal People)
  • Jeremy Pope (Hollywood)
  • Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True)
Best Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
  • Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America)
  • Shira Haas (Unorthodox)
  • Regina King (Watchmen)
  • Octavia Spencer (Self Made)
  • Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere)
Best Limited Series
  • Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
  • America (FX on Hulu)
  • Unbelievable (Netflix)
  • Unorthodox (Netflix)
  • Watchmen (HBO)
Best Comedy Series
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
  • Dead to Me (Netflix)
  • The Good Place (NBC)
  • Insecure (HBO)
  • The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
  • Schitt's Creek (Pop)
  • What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Best Drama Series
  • Better Call Saul (AMC)
  • The Crown (Netflix)
  • The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
  • Killing Eve (BBC America)
  • The Mandalorian (Disney+)
  • Ozark (Netflix)
  • Stranger Things (Netflix)
  • Succession (HBO)