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The nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards show streaming domination

July 13, 2021 by EJ Moreno

Streaming is taking over everything; look at the nominations for the 73rd Emmys. Just in the Best Drama category alone, 6 of the eight nominations come from streaming services. The comedy series grouping sees 7 out of its eight nominations coming from streaming as well.

Netflix’s The Crown and the Disney+ series The Mandalorian lead all nominees with 24 apiece, followed by WandaVision with 23, The Handmaid’s Tale and Saturday Night Live brought in 21 nominations, and rounding out the top is Ted Lasso with 20.

Check out the major nominations below:

Drama Series
“The Boys”
“Bridgerton”
“The Crown”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Lovecraft Country”
“The Mandalorian”
“Pose”
“This Is Us”

Lead actress, drama
Uzo Aduba, “In Treatment”
Olivia Colman, “The Crown”
Emma Corrin, “The Crown”
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Mj Rodriguez, “Pose”
Jurnee Smollett, “Lovecraft Country”

Lead actor, drama
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
Jonathan Majors, “Lovecraft Country”
Josh O’Connor, “The Crown”
Regé-Jean Page, “Bridgerton”
Billy Porter, “Pose”
Matthew Rhys, “Perry Mason”

Supporting actor, drama series
Michael K. Williams, “Lovecraft Country”
John Lithgow, “Perry Mason”
Tobias Menzies, “The Crown”
O-T Fagbenle, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Max Minghella, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Bradley Whitford, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Supporting actress, drama
Aunjanue Ellis, “Lovecraft Country”
Emerald Fennell, “The Crown”
Gillian Anderson, “The Crown”
Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown”
Ann Dowd, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Samira Wiley, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Madeline Brewer, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Comedy series
“black-ish”
“Cobra Kai”
“Emily in Paris”
“The Flight Attendant”
“Hacks”
“The Kominsky Method”
“PEN15″
“Ted Lasso”

Lead actress, comedy
Aidy Bryant, “Shrill”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant”
Allison Janney, “Mom”
Tracee Ellis Ross, “black-ish”

Lead actor, comedy
Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”
Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”
Kenan Thompson, “Kenan”

Supporting actor, comedy
Carl Clemons-Hopkins, “Hacks”
Kenan Thompson, “Saturday Night Live”
Bowen Yang, “Saturday Night Live”
Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso”
Brendan Hunt, “Ted Lasso”
Nick Mohammed, “Ted Lasso”
Jeremy Swift, “Ted Lasso”
Paul Reiser, “The Kominsky Method”

Supporting actress, comedy
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Aidy Bryant, “Saturday Night Live”
Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”
Cecily Strong, “Saturday Night Live”
Juno Temple, “Ted Lasso”
Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”
Rosie Perez, “The Flight Attendant”

Limited series
“I May Destroy You”
“Mare of Easttown”
“The Queen’s Gambit”
“The Underground Railroad”
“WandaVision”

Lead actor, limited series/TV movie
Paul Bettany, “WandaVision”
Hugh Grant, “The Undoing”
Ewan McGregor, “Halston”
Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Hamilton”
Leslie Odom Jr., “Hamilton”

Lead actress, limited series/TV movie
Michaela Coel, “I May Destroy You”
Cynthia Erivo, “Genius: Aretha”
Elizabeth Olsen, “WandaVision”
Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit”
Kate Winslet, “Mare of Easttown”

Supporting actor, limited series/TV movie
Daveed Diggs, “Hamilton”
Jonathon Groff, “Hamilton”
Anthony Ramos, “Hamilton”
Paapa Essiedu ” I May Destroy You”
Evan Peters, “Mare of Easttown”
Thomas Brodie-Sangster, “The Queen’s Gambit”

Supporting actress, limited series/TV movie
Renée Elise Goldsberry, “Hamilton”
Phillipa Soo, “Hamilton”
Julianne Nicholson, “Mare of Easttown”
Jean Smart, “Mare of Easttown”
Moses Ingram, “The Queen’s Gambit”

Variety talk series
“Conan”
“The Daily Show With Trevor Noah”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”

Competition series
“The Amazing Race”
“Nailed It!”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
“Top Chef”
“The Voice”

For a complete list of nominees, go to emmys.org.

The 73rd Emmy Awards will be broadcast Sunday, Sept. 19, in a live telecast starting at 8 p.m. ET. Cedric, the Entertainer, will host. The show will air on CBS and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.

 

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About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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