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The 2020 Emmy Nominations Full List Will Satisfy Schitt’s Creek Residents

It's Moira Rose's favorite season!

by Olivia Truffaut-Wong
2020 Emmy Nominations — Full List
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The COVID-19 pandemic may be raging on, but that's not going to stop the Emmys this year — even though it might change things. On Tuesday, July 28, the 2020 Emmy nominations were announced, with some kind of ceremony scheduled to take place on Sept. 20 with Jimmy Kimmel as host. What that ceremony will look like remains to be determined, but for now, fans at least have a better idea of who will be receiving the television awards — even if they have to sanitize them first.

Of course, not even a pandemic can sully the glow of an Emmy nomination. This is Moira Rose's favorite season, after all. And, it really is the best time of the year — Schitt's Creek finally picked up long-deserved nominations in multiple categories, including a Lead Actress in a Comedy nod for Catherine O'Hara.

But, before you get upset because your new favorite summer show isn't on the list, keep in mind that, because the Emmy nominations take place mid-year, the 2020 awards will only cover new TV episodes or movies from June 1, 2019, to May 31, 2020 (though it was slightly extended to accommodate for coronavirus delays). This means, for example, that HBO's critically acclaimed summer hit, I May Destroy You, which premiered on June 7, isn't eligible this year (sorry Michaela Coel stans). And with that, here are the 2020 Emmy nominees.

Outstanding Comedy Series

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  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • Dead to Me
  • The Good Place
  • The Kominsky Method
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Schitt's Creek
  • What We Do In The Shadows

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

  • Anthony AndersonDon Cheadle — Black Monday
  • Ted Danson — The Good Place
  • Michael Douglas — The Kominsky Method
  • Eugene Levy — Schitt's Creek
  • Ramy Youssef — Ramy

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

  • Christina Applegate — Dead to Me
  • Rachel Brosnahan — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Linda Cardellini — Dead to Me
  • Catherine O'Hara — Schitt's Creek
  • Issa Rae — Insecure
  • Tracee Ellis Ross — black-ish

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

  • Andrew Braugher — Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • Mahershala Ali — Ramy
  • Kenan Thompson — Saturday Night Live
  • Daniel Levy — Schitt's Creek
  • William Jackson Harper — The Good Place
  • Alan Arkin — The Komisky Method
  • Sterling K. Brown — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Tony Shalhoub — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

  • Betty Gilpin — Glow
  • Kate McKinnon — SNL
  • Annie Murphy — Schitt's Creek
  • Alex Borstein — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Yvonne Orji — Insecure
  • Cecily Strong — SNL
  • D'Arcy Carden — The Good Place
  • Marin Hinkle — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Fred Willard — Modern Family
  • Brad Pitt — SNL
  • Eddie Murphy — SNL
  • Dev Patel — Modern Love
  • Adam Driver — SNL
  • Luke Kirby — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy

  • Angela Bassett — A Black Lady Sketch Show
  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge — SNL
  • Wanda Sykes — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Maya Rudolph — SNL
  • Maya Rudolph — The Good Place
  • Bette Midler — The Politician

Oustanding Directing for a Comedy Series

  • Modern Family "Finale Part 2" — Gail Mancuso
  • Ramy "Miakhalifa.mov" — Ramy Youssef
  • Schitt's Creek "Happy Ending" — Daniel Levy
  • The Great "The Great (Pilot)" — Matt Shakman
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "It's Comedy Or Cabbage" — Amy Sherman-Palladino
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Marvelous Radio" — Daniel Palladino
  • Will & Grace "We Love Lucy" — James Burrows

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

  • Schitt's Creek "Happy Ending" — Daniel Levy
  • Schitt's Creek "The Presidential Suite" — David West Read
  • The Good Place "Whenever You're Ready" — Michael Schur
  • The Great "The Great" — Tony McNamara
  • What We Do In The Shadows "Collaboration" — Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil
  • What We Do In The Shadows "Ghosts" — Paul Simms
  • What We Do In The Shadows "On The Ru" — Stefani Robinson

Outstanding Drama Series

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  • Better Call Saul
  • Killing Eve
  • Ozark
  • Stranger Things
  • Succession
  • The Crown
  • The Handmaid's Tale
  • The Mandalorian

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama

  • Jason Bateman — Ozark
  • Brian Cox — Succession
  • Steve Carell — The Morning Show
  • Billy Porter — Pose
  • Jeremy Strong — Succession
  • Sterling K. Brown — This Is Us

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama

  • Zendaya — Euphoria
  • Sandra Oh — Killing Eve
  • Olivia Coleman — The Crown
  • Jodie Comer — Killing Eve
  • Laura Linney — Ozark
  • Jennifer Aniston — The Morning Show

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama

  • Giancarlo Esposito — Better Call Saul
  • Nicholas Braun — Succession
  • Bradley Whitford — The Handmaid's Tale
  • Mark Duplass — The Morning Show
  • Matthew Macfadyen — Succession
  • Kieran Culkin — Succession
  • Billy Crudup — The Morning Show
  • Jeffrey Wright — Westworld

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

  • Laura Dern — Big Little Lies
  • Fiona Shaw — Killing Eve
  • Sarah Snook — Succession
  • Samira Wiley — The Handmaid's Tale
  • Meryl Streep — Big Little Lies
  • Julia Garner — Ozark
  • Helena Bonham Carter — The Crown
  • Thandie Newton — Westworld

Oustanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

  • Andrew Scott — Black Mirror
  • Giancarlo Esposito — The Mandalorian
  • Jason Bateman — The Outsider
  • James Cromwell — Succession
  • Martin Short — The Morning Show
  • Ron Cephas Jones — This Is Us

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama

  • Cicely Tyson — How To Get Away With Murder
  • Harriet Walter — Succession
  • Alexis Bledel — The Handmaid's Tale
  • Laverne Cox — Orange Is The New Black
  • Cherry Jones — Succession
  • Phylicia Rashad — This Is Us

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

  • Homeland "Prisoners of War" — Lesli Linka Glatter
  • Ozark "Fire Pink" — Alik Sakharov
  • Ozark "Su Casa Es Mi Casa" — Ben Semanoff
  • Succession "This Is Not For Tears" — Mark Mylod
  • Succession "Hunting" — Andrij Parekh
  • The Crown "Aberfan" — Benjamin Caron
  • The Crown "Cri de Coeur" — Jessica Hobbs
  • The Morning Show "The Interview" — Mimi Leder

Outstanding Limited Series

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  • Little Fires Everywhere
  • Mrs. America
  • Unbelievable
  • Unorthodox
  • Watchmen

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series

  • 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 Limited Series

  • Kerry Washington — Little Fires Everywhere
  • Cate Blanchett — Mrs. America
  • Octavia Spencer — Self Made: Inspired By the Life of C.J. Walker
  • Shira Haas — Unorthodox
  • Regina King — Watchmen

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series

  • Dylan McDermott — Hollywood
  • Jim Parsons — Hollywood
  • Tituss Burgess — Ubreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
  • Yahya Abdul-Mateen II — Watchmen
  • Jovan Apedo — Watchmen
  • Louis Gossett Jr. — Watchmen

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series

  • Holland Taylor — Hollywood
  • Uzo Aduba — Mrs. America
  • Margo Martindale — Mrs. America
  • Tracey Ullman — Mrs. America
  • Toni Collette — Unbelievable
  • Jean Smart — Watchmen

Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series

  • Mrs. America "Shirley" — Tanya Barfield
  • Normal People "Episode 3" — Sally Rooney, Alice Birch
  • Unbelievable "Episode 1" — Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman
  • Unorthodox "Part 1" — Anna Winger
  • Watchmen "The Extraordinary Being" — Damon Lindelof, Cord Jefferson

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series

  • Little Fires Everywhere "Find A Way" — Lynn Shelton
  • Normal People "Episode 5" — Lenny Abrahamson
  • Unorthodox — Maria Schrader
  • Watchmen "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" — Nicole Kassell
  • Watchmen "Fear of Lightning" — Steph Green
  • Watchmen "This Extraordinary Being" — Stephen Williams

Outstanding Structured Reality Program

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  • Antiques Roadshow
  • Love is Blind
  • Queer Eye
  • Shark Tank
  • A Very Brady Renovation

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program

  • Amy Schumer Learns To Cook: Lunch Break and Pasta Night
  • Cheer
  • Kevin Hart: Don't F**k This Up
  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
  • We're Here

Outstanding Competition Program

  • The Masked Singer
  • Nailed It!
  • RuPaul's Drag Race
  • Top Chef
  • The Voice

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program

  • Queer Eye — Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness
  • Making It — Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman
  • Nailed It! — Nicole Byer
  • RuPaul's Drag Race — RuPaul
  • Shark Tank — Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Kevin O'Leary
  • Top Chef — Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio

Outstanding Directing For A Reality Program

  • Cheer "Daytona" — Greg Whiteley
  • LEGO Masters "Mega City Block" — Rich Kim
  • Queer Eye "Disabled But Not Really" — Hisham Abed
  • RuPaul's Drag Race "I'm That Bitch" — Nick Murray
  • Top Chef "The Jonathan Gold Standard" — Arie Boles

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

  • The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
  • Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show
  • Drunk History
  • Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show "Born at Night, But Not Last Night" — Dime Davis
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "Episode 629" — Paul Pennolino, Christopher Werner
  • SNL "Host: Eddie Murphy" — Don Roy King
  • The Daily Show with Trevor Noah "Dr. Fauci Answers Trevor's Questions About Coronavirus" — David Paul eyer
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert "Live Show Chris Christie; nathaniel Rateliff" — Jim Hoskinson
  • Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready "Flame Monroe" — Linda Mendoza

Outstanding Variety Special (Live)

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  • 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  • Live In Front of A Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
  • The Oscars
  • Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show Starring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira
  • 73rd Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

  • Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
  • Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
  • Hannah Gadsby: Douglas
  • Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill
  • John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
  • Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special

  • 62nd Grammy Awards — Louis J. Horvitz
  • 73rd Annual Tony Awards — Glenn Weiss
  • Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones — Stan Lathan
  • Live In Front of a Studio Audience: "All In The Family" and "Good Times" — Pamela Fryman, Andy Fisher
  • Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show Starring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira — Hamish Hamilton

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series

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  • American Masters
  • Hillary
  • McMillion$
  • The Last Dance
  • Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

  • Beastie Boys Story
  • Becoming
  • Laurel Canyon: A Place In Time
  • The Apollo
  • The Great Hack

Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program

  • American Factory — Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
  • Apollo 11 — Todd Douglas Miller
  • Becoming — Nadia Hallgren
  • The Cave — Feras Fayyad
  • The Last Dance "Episode 7" — Jason Hehir
  • Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness "Cult of Personality" — Eric Goode, Rebecca Chaiklin

Outstanding Choreography For Variety or Reality Programing

  • Savage X Fenty Show — Parris Goebel
  • So You Think You Can Dance — Al Blackstone
  • So You Think You Can Dance — Travis Wall
  • The Oscars — Jamel McWilliams
  • World of Dance — Jefferson Benjumea, Adrianita Avila

Outstanding Animated Program

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  • Big Mouth
  • Bob's Burters
  • BoJack Horseman
  • Rick and Morty
  • The Simpsons

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance

  • Maya Rudolph — Big Mouth
  • Leslie Odom Jr. — Central Park
  • Wanda Sykes — Crank Yankers
  • Taika Waititi — The Mandalorian
  • Nancy Cartwright — The Simpsons
  • Hank Azaria — The Simpsons

You can check out the complete list of 2020 nominees, including best costumes and hair and makeup, here.