The Television Academy revealed nominations Tuesday for the 72nd Emmy Awards. Leslie Jones hosted the announcement event this morning, with Laverne Cox, Josh Gad and Tatiana Maslany doing the honors of presenting nominations in the primetime categories. They were joined by Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma.
HBO’s SUCCESSION, written and co-executive produced by Lucy Prebble, is nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series (Brian Cox as Logan Roy and Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy), Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series (Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch, Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy, Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans), Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series (Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy), Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series (Andrij Parekh and Mark Mylod), Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series (Jesse Armstrong), Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (Stephen H. Carter, Carmen Cardenas, George DeTitta, Ana Buljan), Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series (Avy Kaufman, Francine Maisler), Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series (Ken Eluto and Venya Bruk), Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Nicholas Britell), Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series (James Cromwell as Ewan Roy), Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series (Harriet Walter as Lady Caroline Collingwood and Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce).
Netflix’s UNORTHODOX, co-written by Daniel Hendler, is nominated for Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie (Shira Haas as Esther Shapiro), Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special (Maria Schrader), Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special (Anna Winger), Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special (Esther Kling, Vicki Thomson, Maria Rölcke, Cornelia Mareth), Outstanding Contemporary Costumes (Justine Seymour, Simone Kreska, Barbara Schramm), Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special (Antonio Gambale), Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music (Antonio Gambale).
Winners of this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards will be unveiled September 20 live an ABC in a ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.