72nd Annual Emmy Nominations Announced — Awards Show Scheduled for 9/20 (as Virtual Event)

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic having thrown the world into chaos and affecting the entertainment industry in ways few expected, the 72nd Annual Emmy Awards are still on schedule to be announced on Sept. 20 in a virtual format, as dictated by the state of the pandemic.

The official list of nominees was announced on Tuesday in a live video shared by the Television Academy and hosted by Leslie Jones:

Per Deadline, the 2020 Emmy nominations list is an intriguing one — not only due to the pandemic:

Overall, this year’s most unusual TV season (thanks to the coronavirus pandemic) sees a record 767 different programs in the running for Emmys in more than 100 categories. Overall submissions for 2020 have increased by 15% over the previous competition year, according to the TV Academy.

Check out the full list of nominations, via Deadline. Some highlights:

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

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

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 LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jennifer Aniston
Olivia Colman
Jodie Comer
Laura Linney
Sandra Oh
Zendaya

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jason Bateman
Sterling K. Brown
Steve Carell
Brian Cox
Billy Porter
Jeremy Strong

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Christina Applegate
Rachel Brosnahan
Linda Cardellini
Catherine O’Hara
Issa Rae
Tracee Ellis Ross

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Anthony Anderson
Don Cheadle
Ted Danson
Michael Douglas
Eugene Levy
Ramy Youssef

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 LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

Cate Blanchett
Shira Haas
Regina King
Octavia Spencer
Kerry Washington

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

Jeremy Irons
Hugh Jackman
Paul Mescal
Jeremy Pope
Mark Ruffalo

OUTSTANDING COMPETITION PROGRAM

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

This news of the 2020 Emmys on track to take place in some format in September (for now, at least) runs in contrast to the official plans for the 2021 Academy Awards, which were officially pushed back from February 2021 to April as a result of the pandemic.