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Game of Thrones and Westworld dominate 70th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations

July 12, 2018 by Gary Collinson

The nominations for the 70th annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced today, with Game of Thrones leading the field with 22 nominations, followed closely by fellow HBO show Westworld on 21.

However, HBO has to settle for second place in terms of the most nominations – for the first time in 17 years – with its 108 nods edged out by Netflix’s 112.

Both Game of Thrones and Westworld contest Best Drama Series along with The Handmaid’s Tale, Stranger Things, The Americans and This Is Us, while Atlanta, Barry, Black-ish, Curb Your Enthusiasm, GLOW, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Silicon Valley and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt are up for Best Comedy Series.

Check out the nominations here…

Drama Series
“Game of Thrones”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Stranger Things”
“The Americans”
“This Is Us”
“Westworld”

Comedy Series
“Atlanta”
“Barry”
“Black-ish”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
“GLOW”
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
“Silicon Valley”
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

Limited Series
“The Alienist”
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
“Genius: Picasso”
“Godless”
“Patrick Melrose”

Television Movie
“Fahrenheit 451”
“Flint”
“Paterno”
“The Tale”
“Black Mirror: USS Callister”

Lead Actor in a 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 in a Drama Series
Claire Foy (“The Crown”)
Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”)
Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”)
Keri Russell (“The Americans”)
Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld”)

Lead Actor in a 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 in a Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”)
Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Allison Janney (“Mom”)
Issa Rae (“Insecure”)
Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”)
Lily Tomlin (“Grace and Frankie”)

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Antonio Banderas (“Genius: Picasso”)
Darren Criss (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)
Benedict Cumberbatch (“Patrick Melrose”)
Jeff Daniels (“The Looming Tower”)
John Legend (“Jesus Christ Superstar”)
Jesse Plemons (“Black Mirror: USS Callister”)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Jessica Biel (“The Sinner”)
Laura Dern (“The Tale”)
Michelle Dockery (“Godless”)
Edie Falco (“Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders”)
Regina King (“Seven Seconds”)
Sarah Paulson (“American Horror Story: Cult”)

Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Nikolaj Coster-Waldou (“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 In A Drama Series
Lena Heady (“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”)

Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Brian Tyree Henrey (“Atlanta”)
Henry Winkler (“Barry”)
Louie Anderson (“Baskets”)
Alec Baldwin (“SNL”)
Kenan Thompson (“SNL”)
Tony Shalhoub (“Marvellous Mrs. Maisel”)
Tituss Burgess (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”)

Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Zazie Beetz (“Atlanta”)
Betty Gilpin (“Glow”)
Laurie Metcalf (“Roseanne”)
Aidy Bryant (“SNL”)
Leslie Jones (“SNL”)
Kate McKinnon (“SNL”)
Alex Borstein (“Marvellous Mrs. Maisel”)
Megan Mullaney (“Will and Grace”)

Supporting Actor In A Limited Series or TV Movie 
Jeff Daniels (“Godless”)
Brandon Victor Dixon (“Jesus Christ Superstar”)
Ricky Martin (“Assassination of Gianni Versaci”)
Edgar Ramirez (“Assassination of Gianni Versace”)
Finn Whitrock (“Assassination of Gianni Versace”)
Michael Stuhlburg (“The Looming Tower”)
John Leguizamo (“Waco”)

Supporting Actress In A Limited Series or TV Movie 
Adina Porter (“AHS: Cult”)
Letitia Wright (“Black Mirror: Black Museum”)
Merritt Weaver (“Godless”)
Sara Bereilles (“Jesus Chris Superstar”)
Penelope Cruz (“Assassination of Gianni Versaci”)
Judith Light (“Assassination of Gianni Versace”)

Guest Actor in a Drama Series
F. Murray Abraham (“Homeland”)
Cameron Britton (“Mindhunter”)
Matthew Goode (“The Crown”)
Gerald McRaney (“This Is Us”)
Ron Cephas Jones (“This Is Us”)
Jimmi Simpson (“Westworld”)

Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Samira Wiley (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
Diana Rigg (“Game of Thrones”)
Cicely Tyson (“How To Get Away With Murder”)
Kelly Jernette (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
Viola Davis (“Scandal”)
Cherry Jones (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Sterling K. Brown (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
Bill Hader (“Saturday Night Live”)
Donald Glover (“Saturday Night Live”)
Bryan Cranston (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
Katt Williams (“Atlanta”)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Tina Fey (“Saturday Night Live”)
Tiffany Haddish (“Saturday Night Live”)
Wanda Sykes (“black-ish”)
Maya Rudolph (“The Good Place”)
Molly Shannon (“Will & Grace”)
Jane Lynch (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)

Animated Series
“Baymax Returns”
“Rick and Morty”
“Bob’s Burgers”
“The Simpsons”
“South Park”

Variety Sketch Series
“At Home with Amy Sedaris”
“Drunk History”
“I Love You, America”
“Portlandia”
“Saturday Night Live”
“Tracey Ullman’s Show”

Variety Talk Series
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
“Last Week Tonight”
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
“The Late Late Show with James Corden”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”

Reality Host
W. Kamau Bell (“United Shades of America”)
RuPaul Charles (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”)
Ellen DeGeneres (“Ellen’s Game of Games”)
Jane Lynch (“Hollywood Game Night”)
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (“Project Runway”)

Reality/Competition Series
“The Amazing Race”
“American Ninja Warrior”
“Project Runway”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
“Top Chef”
“The Voice”

Unstructured Reality Series 
“Born This Way”
“Deadliest Catch”
“Intervention”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked”
“Naked and Afraid”
“United Shades Of America”

The 70th Emmy Awards will be presented on September 17th.

Filed Under: Awards Season, Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Emmy Awards

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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