The 2021 Primetime Emmy Nominations Are Out, And “The Crown” Walked Away With A Whole Bunch
Today is the day that the nominations for the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced. And if it wasn’t obvious enough by the title above, or that picture of Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles and Emma Corrin being the queen of shy acting as Princess Diana, Netflix’s 100% fictional-slash-totally historically accurate The Crown dominated the nominations today. If you work at either the palaces of Buckingham or Kensington, do everyone a favor by unplugging the WiFi and acting clueless about these nominations. Because anyone with a title probably isn’t going to have a great day after hearing the Diana season just got rewarded with a ton of prestigious American TV award nominations. Or maybe someone could ease the blow by mentioning that the Baby Yoda show got just as many nominations as The Crown? It’s worth a shot!
The 73rd Annual Emmy Awards nominations were announced this morning by the Emmy-winning father-daughter duo of Ron Cephas Jones (from This Is Us) and Jasmine Cephas Jones (from the short form series #FreeRayshawn). There was a time when the Emmy’s capped their nominations at a tight five, but those days are long gone. For a few years now, it’s been like Oprah Winfrey’s favorite things episode, with YOU getting a nomination, and YOU getting a nomination, and a whole bunch for YOU, Ted Lasso! I’m not kidding, there are sixteen television shows nominated between the Outstanding Drama and Outstanding Comedy categories. Do you have a favorite drama or comedy? It probably got nominated. With that being said, it’s nice to see so many nominations, because it means the shows that deserve to get nominated actually get nominated. But never fear, Emily in Paris heads, it got a nomination too. Has anyone seen any jet-lagged Emmy voting committee members walking around with complimentary EiP-branded berets and fresh macaron crumbs on their hands?
As noted by Entertainment Weekly, The Crown and The Mandalorian both nabbed 24 nominations today, with the biggest being nominations for Outstanding Drama Series. The Crown arguably took more acting categories, with multiple nominations for Outstanding Actor and Actress, and Supporting Actor and Actress. WandaVision, Ted Lasso, and The Handmaid’s Tale followed up with numerous nominations of their own. RuPaul should start picking out a nice victory wig, because RuPaul’s Drag Race surprised no one with nominations for Outstanding Reality Competition Series and Outstanding Host. And history was made when Mj Rodriguez became the first ever transgender performer to be nominated in a lead acting category, with an Outstanding Drama Actress nomination for her role as Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista on Pose.
Of course, there’s bound to be snubs, like Chris Rock in Fargo or Nicole Kidman in The Undoing, or The Undoing riveting everyone with that rich person murder mystery and then getting no nomination for Outstanding Limited Series. But there was also a reverse snub too. Just a couple days after HBO cancelled Lovecraft Country after a single season, it picked up a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. Quick, HBO – try to make some Lovecraft-ian moves and go back in time to un-cancel it!
The 2021 Emmy Awards are scheduled to happen on September 19th, with a smaller in-person ceremony (guest will be limited to nominees and guests of their choosing). It will be hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, and will likely be just a little bit less of a mess than the 2020 Emmy Awards.
You can see the whole breakdown of every nominee on the Emmy Awards website, but here is a quick list of the big categories:
Outstanding Drama Series
The Boys
Bridgerton
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Pose
This Is Us
Outstanding Comedy
Black-ish
Cobra Kai
Emily in Paris
Hacks
The Flight Attendant
The Kominsky Method
Pen15
Ted Lasso
Outstanding Comedy Actress
Jean Smart, Hacks
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Aidy Bryant, Shrill
Allison Janney, Mom
Outstanding Comedy Actor
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
William H. Macy, Shameless
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Kenan Thompson, Kenan
Outstanding 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
Outstanding Drama Actor
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Jonathan Majors, Lovecraft Country
Josh O’Connor, The Crown
Regé-Jean Page, Bridgerton
Billy Porter, Pose
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
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
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
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
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
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
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson, The Crown
Madeline Brewer, The Handmaid’s Tale
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
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
Outstanding Limited Series or Movie
WandaVision
Mare of Easttown
I May Destroy You
The Underground Railroad
The Queen’s Gambit
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
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
Outstanding Variety Talk
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Conan
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Outstanding Variety Sketch
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Reality Competition
The Amazing Race
Nailed It!
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
Outstanding Host for Reality or Reality Competition Program
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, and Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye
Nicole Byer, Nailed It!
Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary, Shark Tank
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Gail Simmons, Top Chef
Pic: Netflix