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Ladies and Gentlemen, The 2018 Emmy Nominations
2018 marks the 70th Annual Emmy Awards celebrating excellence in television for performers and creators of the tales we watch wherever our boob-tube of choice lays.
The nominations for the 2018 ceremony were read this morning by Samira Wiley (Orange Is the New Black, The Handmaid's Tale) and Ryan Eggold (The Blacklist), and you can watch it here.
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2018 Emmy Nominations:
LEAD ACTOR IN LIMIITED SEREIES:
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picaso
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gulliani Versace: American Crime Story
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels, Looming Tower
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesse Plemons, Black Mirror: USS Callister
Lead actress in limited series tv or movie:
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Michelle Dockery, Godless
Edie Falco, Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
Regina King, 7 Seconds
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult
Lead Actor Comedy Series:
Anthony Anderson Black-ish
Ted Danson The Good Place
Larry David Curb your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover Atlanta
Bill Hader Barry
William H. Macy Shameless
Lead Actress Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Allison Janney Mom
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracy Ellis Ross Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Supporting Actor Comedy Series:
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Henry Winkler, Barry
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Alec Baldwin, SNL
Kenan Thompson, SNL
Tony Shalhoub, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Supporting Actress Comedy Series:
Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne
Aidy Bryant, SNL
Leslie Jones, SNL
Kate McKinnon, SNL
Alex Borstein, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
Lead actor drama series:
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This is Us
Ed Harris, Westworld
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Milo Ventimiglia, This is Us
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
Lead Actress Drama Series
Claire Foy, The Crown
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elizabeth Moss, Handmaid's Tale
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Keri Russell, The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Supporting Actor Drama Series:
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Matt Smith, The Crown
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid's Tale
Supporting Actress Drama Series:
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid's Tale
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid's Tale
Thandie Newton, Westworld
OUTSTANDING reality competition program:
Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
RuPaul's Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
Outstanding Variety/Sketch Series
At Home With Amy Sedaris
Drunk History
I Love You America
Portlandia
SNL
Tracy Ullman Show
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
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 Colbert
Outstanding Limited Series:
The Alienist
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Genius: Picasso
Godless
Patrick Melrose
Outstanding Comedy Series:
Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Outstanding Drama Series:
The Americans
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid's Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld
You can read the full list of nominees (other categories including support actor and actress, writing, directing, etc) here.
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The 70th Annual Primetime Emmys are set to air on NBC on Sunday September 17th live from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost and Michael Che are hosting.