Tonight, Stephen Colbert hosts the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards.

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The Emmys, also known as the Primetime Emmy Awards, are held each year to recognize members of the TV industry. The first Emmy Awards ceremony took place in 1949, making 2017 the 69th year the awards have been held.

 

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This year was a big year for streaming services – Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu have picked up a collective 125 nominations, with shows like The Handmaid’s TaleStranger Things, and Transparent up for awards.

 

HBO leads the trail with 111 nominations (thanks to Westworld’s 22) while Netflix is at a close second with 91 nominations.

NBC nabbed the third spot with 64 nominationsSNL is also up for 22 awards on its own.

 

Here are the nominees for the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards:

 

Program Nominations: 

Saturday Night Live: 22
Westworld: 22
Feud: Bette and Joan: 18
Stranger Things: 19
Veep: 17
Big Little Lies: 16
Fargo: 16
The Crown: 13
The Handmaid’s Tale: 13
The Night Of: 13
This Is Us: 11
Genius: 10
Planet Earth II: 10
Silicon Valley: 10
Better Call Saul: 9
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: 8
Master of None: 8
The Voice: 8
13th: 8
Dancing With the Stars: 7
Hairspray Live: 7
RuPaul’s Drag Race: 7
Transparent: 7
Atlanta: 6
Born This Way: 6
House of Cards: 6
O.J.: Made in America: 6
The Oscars: 6
Super Bowl LI Halftime Show: 6
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: 5
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years: 5
Project Runway: 5
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: 5

 

Game of Thrones is noticeably absent – but that’s only because the show didn’t air during the time of eligibility. The eligibility period for the awards is between June 1 and May 30 each year. The late premiere of GoT Season 7 means that it missed the May 30 cut-off date.

 

Awards: 

Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
House of Cards
Stranger Things
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
This Is Us
Westworld

Outstanding Comedy Series
Atlanta
Black-ish
Master of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder
Claire Foy – The Crown
Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
Keri Russell – The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld
Robin Wright – House of Cards

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
Anthony Hopkins – Westworld
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys – The Americans
Live Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
Milo Ventimiglia – This Is Us

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul
John Lithgow – The Crown
Mandy Patinkin – Homeland
Michael Kelly – House of Cards
David Harbour – Stranger Things
Ron Cephas Jonas – This Is Us
Jeffrey Wright – Westworld

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Ann Dowd – The Handmaid’s Tale
Samira Wiley – The Handmaid’s Tale
Uzo Aduba – Orange Is the New Black
Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things
Chrissy Metz – This Is Us
Thandie Newton – Westworld

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon – Better Things
Jane Fonda – Grace and Frankie
Allison Janney – Mom
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Ellie Kemper – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish
Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
Aziz Ansari – Master of None
Zach Galifianakis – Baskets
Donald Glover – Atlanta
William H. Macy – Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Louie Anderson – Baskets
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Alec Baldwin – Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale – Veep
Matt Walsh – Veep

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Vanessa Bayer – Saturday Night Live
Leslie Jones – Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Kathryn Hahn – Transparent
Judith Light – Transparent
Anna Chlumsky – Veep

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Felicity Huffman – American Crime
Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies
Reese Witherspoon – Big Little Lies
Carrie Coon – Fargo
Jessica Lange – FEUD: Bette and Joan
Susan Sarandon – FEUD: Bette and Joan

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Ewan McGregor – Fargo
Geoffrey Rush – Genius
Riz Ahmed – The Night Of
John Turturro – The Night Of
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock: The Lying Detective
Robert De Niro – The Wizard of Lies

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Alexander Skarsgard – Big Little Lies
David Thewlis – Fargo
Alfred Molina – FEUD: Bette and Joan
Stanley Tucci – FEUD: Bette and Joan
Bill Camp – The Night Of
Michael Kenneth Williams – The Night Of

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Laura Dern – Big Little Lies
Shailene Woodley – Big Little Lies
Judy Davis – FEUD: Bette and Joan
Jackie Hoffman – FEUD: Bette and Joan
Michelle Pfeiffer – The Wizard of Lies

Reality Competition
The Voice
The Amazing Race
Top Chef
Project Runway
RuPaul’s Drag Race
American Ninja Warrior

Reality Host
Martha Stewart & Snoop Dogg – Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party
Gordon Ramsay – MasterChef Junior
Alec Baldwin – Match Game
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn – Project Runway
RuPaul Charles – RuPaul’s Drag Race
W. Kamau Bell – United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell

Variety Talk Series
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Real Time With Bill Maher
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Limited Series or Movie
Genius
Fargo
The Night Of
FEUD: Bette and Joan
Big Little Lies

 

The Emmy Awards air live on CTV Edmonton Sunday, September 17, at 6PM.

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