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Emmy Nominations: The Mandalorian, The Crown, WandaVision Lead the Way

July 13, 2021 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
Emmy Nominations 2021

The nominations are in for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards, with The Mandalorian, The Crown, & WandaVision topping the list. The Crown and The Mandalorian tied for the most nominations this year with 24 apiece, while the first Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe series was close behind at 23. The Handmaid’s Tale (21), Saturday Night Live (21), Ted Lasso (20), Lovecraft Country (18), and The Queen’s Gambit (18) were next in line.

This year sees several nominations that one wouldn’t have expected even a year ago, as perennial heavyweights like Ozark, Schitt’s Creek, The Good Place, Better Call Saul, Stranger Things, and other shows are not in contention, either due to their runs finishing out (Schitt’s Creek, The Good Place) or because they skipped a year. That allowed a new crop of shows to weigh in like Lovecraft Country and Queen’s Gambit, though to be fair both would have likely received a lot of love from the TV Academy anyway. Cobra Kai managed to sneak in a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, and WandaVision’s fellow MCU series The Falcon & The Winter Soldier earned five nominations including Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for longtime Emmy favorite Don Cheadle.

WandaVision benefits from its inclusion in the Limited Series category rather than an ongoing one, where it earned nominations for Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (Paul Bettany), Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Elizabeth Olsen), and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Kathryn Hahn). It has hefty competition in the Limited Series category against HBO’s Mare of Easttown, HBO Max’s I May Destroy You, and The Queen’s Gambit. The acting categories put it up against fellow Disney+ release Hamilton, which scored a total of 12 nods.

All in all, HBO/HBO Max led the way with 130 nominations, followed by Netflix at 129 and Disney+ at 71. NBC came in a very distant fourth with 74. The nomination list is below:

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

Outstanding Comedy Series
* Black-ish
* Cobra Kai
* Pen15
* Emily in Paris
* Hacks
* Ted Lasso
* The Flight Attendant
* The Kominsky Method

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
* Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton
* Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
* Billy Porter – Pose
* Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country
* Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason
* Josh O’Connor – The Crown

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
* Emma Corrin – The Crown
* Olivia Colman – The Crown
* Uzo Aduba – In Treatment
* Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
* Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country
* Mj Rodriguez, Pose

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
* Michael K. Williams – Lovecraft Country
* Bradley Whitford – The Handmaid’s Tale
* Max Minghella – The Handmaid’s Tale
* O-T Fagbenle – The Handmaid’s Tale
* John Lithgow – Perry Mason
* Tobias Menzies – The Crown
* Giancarlo Esposito – The Mandalorian
* Chris Sullivan – This Is Us

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
* Gillian Anderson – The Crown
* Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown
* Emerald Fennell – The Crown
* Ann Dowd – The Handmaid’s Tale
* Yvonne Strahovski – The Handmaid’s Tale
* Samira Wiley – The Handmaid’s Tale
* Madeline Brewer –The Handmaid’s Tale
* Aunjanue Ellis – Lovecraft Country

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
* Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
* Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
* Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method
* William H. Macy – Shameless
* Kenan Thompson – Kenan

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
* Aidy Bryant – Shrill
* Jean Smart – Hacks
* Allison Janney – Mom
* Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant
* Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
* Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live
* Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live
* Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso
* Brendan Hunt – Ted Lasso
* Nick Mohammed – Ted Lasso
* Jeremy Swift – Ted Lasso
* Paul Reiser – The Kominsky Method
* Carl Clemons-Hopkins – Hacks

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
* Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
* Cecily Strong – Saturday Night Live
* Aidy Bryant – Saturday Night Live
* Rosie Perez – The Flight Attendant
* Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
* Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso
* Juno Temple – Ted Lasso

Outstanding Limited Series
* Mare of Easttown
* I May Destroy You
* WandaVision
* The Queen’s Gambit
* The Underground Railroad

Outstanding Television Movie
* Uncle Frank
* Sylvie’s Love
* Oslo
* Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
* Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
* Paul Bettany – WandaVision
* Hugh Grant – The Undoing
* Ewan McGregor – Halston
* Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton
* Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
* Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown
* Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You
* Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit
* Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision
* Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
* Jean Smart – Mare of Easttown
* Julianne Nicholson – Mare of Easttown
* Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision
* Phillipa Soo – Hamilton
* Renee Elise Goldsberry – Hamilton
* Moses Ingram – The Queen’s Gambit

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
* Daveed Diigs – Hamilton
* Jonathan Groff – Hamilton
* Anthony Ramos – Hamilton
* Thomas Brodie-Sangster – The Queen’s Gambit
* Evan Peters – Mare of Easttown
* Paapa Essiedu – I May Destroy You

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
* Courtney B. Vance – Lovecraft Country
* Charles Dance – The Crown
* Don Cheadle – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
* Timothy Olyphant – The Mandalorian
* Carl Weathers – The Mandalorian

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
* Alexis Bledel – The Handmaid’s Tale
* Mckenna Grace – The Handmaid’s Tale
* Claire Foy – The Crown
* Phylicia Rashad – This Is Us
* Sophie Okonedo – Ratched

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
* Alec Baldwin – Saturday Night Live
* Dave Chappelle – Saturday Night Live
* Daniel Kaluuya – Saturday Night Live
* Dan Levy – Saturday Night Live
* Morgan Freeman – The Kominsky Method

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
* Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live
* Kristen Wiig – Saturday Night Live
* Issa Rae – A Black Lady Sketch Show
* Jane Adams – Hacks
* Bernadette Peters – Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
* Yvette Nicole Brown – A Black Lady Sketch Show

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
* A Black Lady Sketch Show
* Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Variety Talk Series
* Conan
* The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
* The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
* Jimmy Kimmel Live
* Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Outstanding Competition Program
* The Amazing Race
* Nailed It!
* RuPaul’s Drag Race
* Top Chef
* The Voice