With the glitz and glamour of awards season feeling like a thing of the past - exaggerated by the Coronavirus lockdown, which makes it seem like a live event hasn't taken place in a decade - the Emmy nominations for 2020 have been announced.
Saturday Night Live's Leslie Jones hosted the nominations reveal on Tuesday, with the help of Laverne Cox, Josh Gaad and Tatiana Maslany. Jimmy Kimmel will host the actual ceremony on September 20, but what form the show will take - due to the pandemic - is currently unknown.
Among the many nominees for TV's biggest night were some real treats - especially for British and Irish actors - as well as some disappointing snubs.
One of the best reactions to a nomination came from Paul Mescal, whose breakout role as the enigmatic chain-wearing Connell Waldron in Normal People, has landed him a best actor in a limited series nod.
The 24-year-old shared his reaction on Instagram, sharing a screengrab from the 12-part BBC Three series of Connell crying with the simple-yet-effective subtitles: *Sobs*.
The Irish actor said the picture was representative of his 'actual face right now', before paying tribute to his co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones, who surprisingly did not receive a nomination for her portrayal of Marianne opposite Mescal.
'This only exists because of you and your extraordinary talent,' Mescal captioned the picture.
Edgar-Jones also shared a picture of Mescal with the show's director Lenny Abrahmson, who also was nominated, saying she 'could not be more proud of these two utterly incredible people'.
'Working with you both has been one of the greatest joys of my life,' she wrote in a post which has received an overwhelming number of comments from fans of the show outraged that she was left off the nomination list.
Other nomination highlights include Zendaya receiving her first Emmy nod for Euphoria - which Cox practically squealed as she announced live on TV as too did Unorthodox's Shira Haas. Jennifer Aniston receiving her first nomination since Friends for The Morning Show, Olivia Colman for The Crown, Billy Porter for Pose, and Watchmen and Succession receiving multiple nods.
Black actors, such as Kerry Washington, Tracee Ellis-Ross and Regina King, also earned a record number of nominations, though the list is still largely dominated by white actors.
See the Emmy 2020 nominations below:
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Don Cheadle - Black Monday
Anthony Anderson - black-ish
Ted Danson - The Good Place
Michael Douglas - The Kominsky Method •
Ramy Youssef -Ramy
Eugene Levy - Schitt's Creek
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Steve Carell - The Morning Show
Jason Bateman - Ozark
Billy Porter -
Brian Cox - Succession
Jeremy Strong - Succession
Sterling K. Brown - This Is Us
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie
Hugh Jackman - Bad Education
Jeremy Pope - Hollywood
Mark Ruffalo - I Know This Much Is True
Paul Mescal - Normal People
Jeremy Irons - Watchmen
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross - black-ish
Christina Applegate - Dead To Me
Linda Cardellini - Dead To Me
Issa Rae - Insecure
Rachel Brosnahan - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Catherine O'Hara - Schitt's Creek
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Olivia Colman - The Crown
Zendaya - Euphoria
Jodie Comer - Killing Eve
Sandra Oh - Killing Eve
Jennifer Aniston - The Morning Show
Laura Linney - Ozark
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie
Kerry Washington - Little Fires Everywhere
Cate Blanchett - Mrs. America
Octavia Spencer - Self Made: Inspired By The Life Of Madam C.J. Walker
Shira Haas - Unorthodox
Regina King - Watchmen
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
William Jackson Harper - The Good Place
Alan Arkin - The Kominsky Method
Sterling K. Brown - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tony Shalhoub - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Mahershala Ali - Ramy
Kenan Thompson - Saturday Night Live
Daniel Levy - Schitt's Creek
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Giancarlo Esposito - Better Call Saul
Bradley Whitford - The Handmaid's Tale
Billy Crudup - The Morning Show
Mark Duplass - The Morning Show
Nicholas Braun - Succession
Kieran Culkin - Succession
Matthew Macfadyen - Succession
Jeffrey Wright - Westworld a
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie
Dylan McDermott - Hollywood
Jim Parsons - Hollywood
Tituss Burgess - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Watchmen
Jovan Adepo - Watchmen
Louis Gossett Jr. - Watchmen
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Betty Gilpin - GLOW
D'Arcy Carden - The Good Place
Yvonne Orji - Insecure
Alex Borstein - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Marin Hinkle - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live
Cecily Strong - Saturday Night Live
Annie Murphy - Schitt's Creek
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Laura Dern - Big Little Lies
Meryl Streep - Big Little Lies
Helena Bonham Carter - The Crown
Samira Wiley - The Handmaid's Tale
Fiona Shaw -Fiona Shaw
Julia Garner - Ozark
Sarah Snook - Succession
Thandie Newton - Westworld
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie
Holland Taylor - Hollywood
Uzo Aduba - Mrs. America
Margo Martindale - Mrs. America
Tracey Ullman - Mrs. America
Toni Collette - Unbelievable
Jean Smart - Watchmen
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Luke Kirby - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Fred Willard - Modern Family
Dev Patel - Modern Love
Adam Driver - Saturday Night Live
Eddie Murphy - Saturday Night Live
Brad Pitt - Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Andrew Scott - Black Mirror
Giancarlo Esposito - The Mandalorian
Martin Short - The Morning Show
Jason Bateman - The Outsider
James Cromwell - Succession
Ron Cephas Jones - This Is Us
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
Angela Bassett - A Black Lady Sketch Show
Maya Rudolph - The Good Place
Wanda Sykes - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Bette Midler - The Politician
Maya Rudolph - Saturday Night Live
Phoebe Waller-Bridge - Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
Alexis Bledel - The Handmaid's Tale
Cicely Tyson - How To Get Away With Murder
Laverne Cox - Orange Is The New Black
Harriet Walter - Succession
Cherry Jones - Succession
Phylicia Rashad- This Is Us
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dead To Me
The Good Place
Insecure
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Schitt's Creek
What We Do In The Shadows
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid's Tale
Killing Eve
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Succession
Outstanding Limited Series
Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs. America
Unbelievable
Unorthodox
Watchmen
Outstanding Television Movie
American Son
Bad Education Dolly Parton's Heartstrings: These Old Bones
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
Like this article? Sign up to our newsletter to get more articles like this delivered straight to your inbox.
In need of more inspiration, thoughtful journalism and at-home beauty tips? Subscribe to ELLE's print magazine now and pay just £6 for 6 issues. SUBSCRIBE HERE
You Might Also Like