2021 Emmy Nominations Announced via Virtual Ceremony by Father-Daughter duo Ron Cephas Jones & Jasmine Cephas Jones

Nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards were announced on Monday during a live virtual ceremony hosted by father-daughter duo Ron Cephas Jones
(This Is Us) from Los Angeles and Jasmine Cephas Jones (Blindspotting) from
New York along with Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma.

Cedric the Entertainer (“The Neighborhood”) is set to host television’s biggest night, which will be broadcast on Sunday, Sept. 19 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/5:00-8:00 PM, live PT) on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

Jonathan Majors, Josh O’Connor and Regé-Jean Page received their first-ever Emmy
nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series joining previous Emmy
winners in this category Sterling K. Brown, Billy Porter and Matthew Rhys. Emma
Corrin, Jurnee Smollett and Mj Rodriguez received their first nominations for
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, while previous Emmy winner Uzo
Aduba was nominated for the first time in this category. They are joined by
returning nominee Olivia Colman and previous Emmy winner in this category
Elisabeth Moss.

Bridgerton, Lovecraft Country and The Boys are newcomers to the Outstanding
Drama Series category, joining returning nominees Pose, The Crown, The
Mandalorian, This Is Us and previous category winner The Handmaid’s Tale.

Seventy-five percent of this year’s nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series are
new to the category including Cobra Kai, Emily in Paris, Hacks, Pen15, Ted Lasso
and The Flight Attendant. Returning favorites include black-ish and The Kominsky
Method.

The Crown and The Mandalorian have tied for the top spot for program nominations with 24 followed by WandaVision (23), The Handmaid’s Tale (21), Saturday Night Live (21), Ted Lasso (20), Lovecraft Country (18), The Queen’s Gambit (18) and Mare of Easttown (16).

Kaley Cuoco received her first-ever Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress
in a Comedy Series, while previous Emmy winner Jean Smart and previous Emmy
nominee Aidy Bryant were nominated for the first time in this category. They join
previous Emmy nominee Tracee Ellis Ross and Emmy winner Allison Janney. Jason
Sudeikis received his first-ever Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a
Comedy Series, while previous Emmy winner Kenan Thompson was nominated for
the first time in this category. They join six-time nominee in the category Anthony
Anderson, along with previous Emmy winners Michael Douglas and William H. Macy.

Individuals with multiple nominations this year include David Attenborough, Sterling K. Brown, Aidy Bryant, Bo Burnham, Steven Canals, Dave Chapelle, Michaela Coel, Jon Favreau, Derek Hough, Brendan Hunt, Maya Rudolph, Jean Smart, Jason Sudeikis and Kenan Thompson.

HBO/HBO Max leads the nominations in totals by platform with 130. Netflix has the
second-most nominations with 129, and rounding out the top four are Disney+ with
71 and NBC with 46.

In total, there were 44 first-time performer nominations across the Lead,
Supporting, Guest and Short Form categories this season.

Check out the list of 2021 Emmy Awards nominations below:

COMEDY

BEST COMEDY SERIES

• “black-ish”
• “Cobra Kai”
• “Emily in Paris”
• “Hacks”
• “The Flight Attendant”
• “The Kominsky Method”
• “Pen15”
• “Ted Lasso”

BEST COMEDY ACTOR

• Anthony Anderson (“black-ish”)
• Michael Douglas (“The Kominsky Method”)
• William H. Macy (“Shameless”)
• Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”)
• Kenan Thompson (“Kenan”)

BEST COMEDY ACTRESS

• Aidy Bryant (“Shrill”)
• Kaley Cuoco (“The Flight Attendant”)
• Allison Janney (“Mom”)
• Tracee Ellis Ross (“black-ish”)
• Jean Smart (“Hacks”)

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR

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

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Aidy Bryant (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”)
• Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Rosie Perez (“The Flight Attendant”)
• Cecily Strong (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Juno Temple (“Ted Lasso”)
• Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”)

DRAMA

BEST DRAMA SERIES

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

BEST DRAMA ACTOR

• Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”)
• Jonathan Majors (“Lovecraft Country”)
• Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”)
• Rege-Jean Page (“Bridgerton”)
• Billy Porter (“Pose”)
• Matthew Rhys (“Perry Mason”)

BEST DRAMA ACTRESS

• 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”)

BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Giancarlo Esposito (“The Mandalorian”)
• O-T Fagbenie (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• John Lithgow (“Perry Mason”)
• Tobias Menzies (“The Crown”)
• Max Minghella (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• Chris Sullivan (“This Is Us”)
• Bradley Whitford (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• Michael K. Williams (“Lovecraft Country”)

BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”)
• Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”)
• Madeline Brewer (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• Ann Dowd (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• Aunjanue Ellis (“Lovecraft Country”)
• Emerald Fennell (“The Crown”)
• Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• Samira Wiley (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

MOVIE/MINI

BEST LIMITED SERIES

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

BEST TV MOVIE

• “Dolly Parton’s Christmas On The Square”
• “Oslo”
• “Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia”
• “Sylvie’s Love”
• “Uncle Frank”

BEST MOVIE/MINI ACTOR

• Paul Bettany (“WandaVision”)
• Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”)
• Ewan McGregor (“Halston”)
• Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton”)
• Leslie Odom, Jr. (“Hamilton”)

BEST MOVIE/MINI ACTRESS

• 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”)

BEST MOVIE/MINI SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Thomas Brodie Sangster (“The Queen’s Gambit”)
• Daveed Diggs (“Hamilton”)
• Paapa Essiedu (“I May Destroy You”)
• Jonathan Groff (“Hamilton”)
• Evan Peters (“Mare Of Easttown”)
• Anthony Ramos (“Hamilton”)

BEST MOVIE/MINI SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Renée Elise Goldsberry (“Hamilton”)
• Kathryn Hahn (“WandaVision”)
• Moses Ingram (“The Queen’s Gambit”)
• Julianne Nicholson (“Mare Of Easttown”)
• Jean Smart (“Mare Of Easttown”)
• Phillipa Soo (“Hamilton”)

REALITY/VARIETY

BEST VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

• “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
• “Saturday Night Live”

BEST 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”

BEST VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)

• “Celebrating America – An Inauguration Night Special”
• “The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards”
• “The Oscars”
• “The Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Starring The Weeknd”
• “Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand Building Back America Great Again Better 2020”

BEST VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)

• “Bo Burnham: Inside”
• “David Byrne’s American Utopia”
• “8:46 – Dave Chappelle”
• “Friends: The Reunion”
• “Hamilton”
• “A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote”

BEST REALITY COMPETITION SERIES

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

The complete list of Emmy nominations are available at Emmys.com.