For the 72nd Primetime Emmys, many of the perennial favorites got their nominations like Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, SNL, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Dave Chappelle Schitt’s Creek, Hannah Gadsby in the categories they perennially occupy.
However, there are a few pleasant surprises (there always a few) in this year’s Emmys nominations including A Black Lady Sketch Show, Ramy, Robot Chicken, What We Do in the Shadows, Nicole Byer as host of Nailed It!, and FX’s Cake. What We Do In The Shadows and Insecure actually very much earned their spots in the Outstanding Comedy Series category as they have probably been the two most beloved current/new comedies during the entire pandemic.
Voting will run through the end of next month and the winners will be announced on Sept. 20th by Jimmy Kimmel. We’re going to guess that will be not the normal Emmys telecast chock full of celebrities dressed to the nines.
Take a gander at all the comedy nominees below. Get a full list of all the nominees for the 72nd Primetime Emmys here via Deadline.
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 Television Movie
American Son
Bad Education
Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings: These Old Bones
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend • Netflix
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 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 Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Black Monday-Don Cheadle as Mo Monroe
black-ish-Anthony Anderson as Andre “Dre” Johnson Sr.
The Good Place-Ted Danson as Michael
The Kominsky Method-Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsky
Ramy-Ramy Youssef as Ramy
Schitt’s Creek-Eugene Levy as Johnny Rose
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
black-ish-Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow Johnson
Dead To Me-Christina Applegate as Jen Harding
Dead To Me-Linda Cardellini as Judy Hale
Insecure-Issa Rae as Issa
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel-Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel
Schitt’s Creek-Catherine O’Hara as Moira Rose
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine-Andre Braugher as Captain Raymond Holt
The Good Place-William Jackson Harper as Chidi Anagonye
The Kominsky Method-Alan Arkin as Norman Newlander
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel-Sterling K. Brown as Reggie
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel-Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman
Ramy-Mahershala Ali as Sheikh Malik
Saturday Night Live-Kenan Thompson as Various Characters
Schitt’s Creek-Daniel Levy as David Rose
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
GLOW-Betty Gilpin as Debbie Eagan
The Good Place-D’Arcy Carden as Janet
Insecure-Yvonne Orji as Molly
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel-Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel-Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman
Saturday Night Live-Kate McKinnon as Various Characters
Saturday Night Live-Cecily Strong as Various Characters
Schitt’s Creek-Annie Murphy as Alexis Rose
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series Or Special
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee
Netflix • Embassy Row
Jerry Seinfeld, Executive Producer/Host
Tammy Johnston, Executive Producer
George Shapiro, Executive Producer
Denis Jensen, Producer
Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath
A&E • The Intellectual Property Corporation in association with No Seriously Productions
Leah Remini, Executive Producer/Host
Eli Holzman, Executive Producer
Aaron Saidman, Executive Producer
Ray Dotch, Executive Producer
Devon Graham Hammonds, Executive Producer
Chris Rowe, Co-Executive Producer
Mike Rinder, Co-Executive Producer
Ugly Delicious
Netflix • A Tremolo Production
Morgan Neville, Executive Producer
Dara Horenblas, Executive Producer
David Chang, Executive Producer/Host
Christopher Chen, Executive Producer
Caryn Capotosto, Executive Producer
Blake Davis, Co-Executive Producer
Chris Ying, Co-Executive Producer
VICE
Showtime • VICE Media, LLC
Beverly Chase, Executive Producer
Subrata De, Executive Producer
Craig Thomson, Co-Executive Producer
Greg Wright, Supervising Producer
The World According To Jeff Goldblum
Disney+ • Nutopia
Jeff Goldblum, Executive Producer/Host
Jane Root, Executive Producer
Peter Lovering, Executive Producer
Keith Addis, Executive Producer
Matt Renner, Executive Producer
Arif Nurmohamed, Co-Executive Producer
John Hodgson, Series Producer
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Amy Schumer Learns To Cook: Lunch Break And Pasta Night
Food Network • It’s So Easy Productions and Big Fish Entertainment
Amy Schumer, Executive Producer
Chris Fischer, Executive Producer
Dan Cesareo, Executive Producer
Lucilla D’Agostino, Executive Producer
Jordana Starr, Executive Producer
Faith Gaskins, Executive Producer
Lisa Koehler, Co-Executive Producer
Cheer
Netflix • One Potato Productions, Boardwalk Pictures and Caviar
Greg Whiteley, Executive Producer
Andrew Fried, Executive Producer
Dane Lillegard, Executive Producer
Jasper Thomlinson, Executive Producer
Bert Hamelinck, Executive Producer
Adam Leibowitz, Supervising Producer
Arielle Kilker, Producer
Chelsea Yarnell, Producer
Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up
Netflix • Lionsgate Television, Hartbeat Productions, Magical Elves Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment
Kevin Hart, Executive Producer
Dave Becky, Executive Producer
Angus Wall, Executive Producer
Russell Heldt, Executive Producer
Casey Kriley, Executive Producer
Alexandra Marks, Executive Producer
Rich Eckersley, Co-Executive Producer
Allison Klein, Supervising Producer
Kent Kubena, Producer
Terry Leonard, Producer
Jennifer Sofio Hall, Producer
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked
VH1 • World of Wonder Productions
Tim Palazzola, Executive Producer
Randy Barbato, Executive Producer
Fenton Bailey, Executive Producer
Tom Campbell, Executive Producer
RuPaul Charles, Executive Producer
Steven Corfe, Executive Producer
Camilo Valdes, Executive Producer
Mandy Salangsang, Executive Producer
Kenneth Leslie, Co-Executive Producer
Adam Bronstein, Supervising Producer
Thairin Smothers, Senior Producer
Jen Passovoy, Producer
We’re Here
HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with House of Opus 20 and IPC
Stephen Warren, Executive Producer
Johnnie Ingram, Executive Producer
Eli Holzman, Executive Producer
Aaron Saidman, Executive Producer
Peter LoGreco, Executive Producer
Erin Haglund, Co-Executive Producer
Sabrina Mar, Co-Executive Producer
Outstanding Competition Program
The Masked Singer
Fox • Fox Alternative Entertainment Studios
Craig Plestis, Executive Producer
Izzie Pick-Ibarra, Executive Producer
Rosie Seitchik, Executive Producer
Nick Cannon, Executive Producer
Pat rizia Di Maria, Co-Executive Producer
Chris Wagner, Co-Executive Producer
Deena Katz, Co-Executive Producer
Lindsay Tuggle, Co-Executive Producer
Brian Updyke, Co-Executive Producer
Ashley Baumann-Sylvester, Co-Executive Producer
Jeff Kmiotek, Supervising Producer
Peter Hebri, Supervising Producer
Erin Brady, Supervising Producer
Kristin Campbell-Taylor, Supervising Producer
Tiana Gandelman, Supervising Producer
Lindsay John, Senior Producer
Mike Riccio, Senior Producer
Zoe Ritchken, Senior Producer
Lexi Shoemaker, Senior Producer
Nailed It!
Netflix • Magical Elves Productions
Patrick J. Doody, Executive Producer
Gaylen Gawlowski, Executive Producer
Casey Kriley, Executive Producer
Jo Sharon, Co-Executive Producer
Sandra Birdsong, Co-Executive Producer
Anika Guldstrand, Supervising Producer
Cat Sullivan, Supervising Producer
RuPaul’s Drag Race
VH1 • World of Wonder Productions
Tim Palazzola, Executive Producer
Randy Barbato, Executive Producer
Fenton Bailey, Executive Producer
Tom Campbell, Executive Producer
RuPaul Charles, Executive Producer
Steven Corfe, Executive Producer
Mandy Salangsang, Executive Producer
Michelle Mills, Co-Executive Producer
Jacqueline Wilson, Co-Executive Producer
Lisa Steele, Supervising Producer
Adam Bronstein, Supervising Producer
Thairin Smothers, Senior Producer
John Polly, Producer
Michelle Visage, Producer
Jen Passovoy, Producer
Alicia Gargaro-Magana, Producer
Top Chef
Bravo • Magical Elves
Doneen Arquines, Executive Producer
Casey Kriley, Executive Producer
Tara Siener, Executive Producer
Tom Colicchio, Executive Producer
Padma Lakshmi, Executive Producer
Elida Carbajal Araiza, Co-Executive Producer
Hunter Braun, Co-Executive Producer
Brian Fowler, Co-Executive Producer
Thi Nguyen, Co-Executive Producer
Hillary Olsen, Co-Executive Producer
Patrick Schmedeman, Co-Executive Producer
Wade Sheeler, Co-Executive Producer
Rich Brusa, Supervising Producer
Scott Patch, Supervising Producer
Eric Vier, Supervising Producer
Nora Cromwell, Senior Producer
Steve Lichtenstein, Senior Producer
Diana Schmedeman, Producer
The Voice
NBC • MGM Television, Warner Horizon Unscripted & Alternative Television and ITV Studios The Voice USA, Inc.
John De Mol, Executive Producer
Mark Burnett, Executive Producer
Audrey Morrissey, Executive Producer
Stijn Bakkers, Executive Producer
Amanda Zucker, Executive Producer
Kyra Thompson, Executive Producer
Teddy Valenti, Co-Executive Producer
Kyley Tucker, Co-Executive Producer
Anthea Bhargava, Supervising Producer
Melysa Lovell Garratt, Supervising Producer
Clyde Lieberman, Supervising Producer
Brittany Martin Porter, Supervising Producer
Barton Kimball, Supervising Producer
Dan Paschen, Senior Producer
Amanda Silva Borden, Senior Producer
Tod Schellinger, Producer
Carson Daly, Producer
Jared Wyso, Producer
Hayley Opalek McSherry, Producer
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Big Mouth-Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress
Central Park-Leslie Odom Jr. as Owen
Crank Yankers-Wanda Sykes as Gladys
The Mandalorian-Taika Waititi as IG-11
The Simpsons-Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson, Nelson, Ralph, Todd
The Simpsons-Hank Azaria as Professor Frink, Moe, Chief Wiggum, Carl, Cletus, Kirk, Sea Captain
Outstanding Animated Program
Big Mouth • Disclosure The Movie: The Musical!
Bob’s Burgers • Pig Trouble In Little Tina
BoJack Horseman • The View From Halfway Down
Rick And Morty • The Vat Of Acid Episode
The Simpsons • Thanksgiving Of Horror
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Forky Asks A Question: What Is Love?
Robot Chicken • Santa’s Dead (Spoiler Alert) Holiday Murder Thing Special
Steven Universe Future • Fragments
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • It’s Comedy Or Cabbage-Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce
Modern Family • Legacy-Fred Willard as Frank Dunphy
Modern Love • When Cupid Is A Prying Journalist-Dev Patel as Joshua
Saturday Night Live • Host: Adam Driver-Adam Driver as Host
Saturday Night Live • Host: Eddie Murphy-Eddie Murphy as Host
Saturday Night Live • SNL At Home #2-Brad Pitt as Dr. Anthony Fauci
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show • Angela Bassett Is The Baddest B***h-Angela Bassett as Mo
The Good Place • You’ve Changed, Man-Maya Rudolph as The Judge
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • A Jewish Girl Walks Into The Apollo…-Wanda Sykes as Moms Mabley
The Politician • Vienna-Bette Midler as Hadassah Gold
Saturday Night Live • Host: Eddie Murphy-Maya Rudolph as Senator Kamala Harris
Saturday Night Live • Host: Phoebe Waller-Bridge-Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Host
Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
#FreeRayshawn-Laurence Fishburne as Lt. Steven Poincy
#FreeRayshawn-Stephan James as Rayshawn
Most Dangerous Game-Christoph Waltz as Miles Sellers
Oh Jerome, No (Cake)-Mamoudou Athie as Jerome
Survive-Corey Hawkins as Paul
Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
Dummy-Anna Kendrick as Cody
Flipped-Kaitlin Olson as Cricket Melfi
#FreeRayshawn-Jasmine Cephas Jones as Tyisha
Razor Tongue-Rain Valdez as Belle Jonas
Reno 911!-Kerri Kenney-Silver as Deputy Trudy Wiegel
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Competition Program
Making It-Amy Poehler, Co-Host, Nick Offerman, Co-Host
Nailed It!-Nicole Byer, Host
Queer Eye
Bobby Berk, Host
Karamo Brown, Host
Tan France, Host
Antoni Porowski, Host
Jonathan Van Ness, Host
RuPaul’s Drag Race-RuPaul, Host
Shark Tank
Barbara Corcoran, Host
Mark Cuban, Host
Lori Greiner, Host
Daymond John, Host
Robert Herjavec, Host
Kevin O’Leary, Host
Top Chef-Padma Lakshmi, Co-Host, Tom Colicchio, Co-Host
Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
Better Call Saul Employee Training: Legal Ethics With Kim Wexler
AMC.com • AMC Digital Studio, Bacon & Sons Film Co.
Dan Appel, Executive Producer
Vince Gilligan, Executive Producer
Peter Gould, Executive Producer
Ariel Levine, Executive Producer
Melissa Bernstein, Executive Producer
James Heth, Producer
The Good Place Presents: The Selection
NBC • NBC
Michael Schur, Executive Producer
Morgan Sackett, Executive Producer
David Hyman, Executive Producer
Eric Kissack, Producer
Matt Quezada, Producer
Doug Smith, Producer
Most Dangerous Game
Quibi • Black Jack Films/Mayhew Pictures/Silver Reel/CBS Television Studios
Nick Santora, Executive Producer
Gero Bauknecht, Executive Producer
Gerd Schepers, Executive Producer
Gordon Gray, Executive Producer
Liam Hemsworth, Executive Producer
Phil Abraham, Executive Producer
Reno 911!
Quibi • High Sierra Carpeting / Central Productions, LLC
Thomas Lennon, Executive Producer
Robert Ben Garant, Executive Producer
Kerri Kenney-Silver, Executive Producer
John Landgraf, Executive Producer
Peter Principato, Executive Producer
David Lincoln, Producer
Star Trek: Short Treks
CBS All Access • CBS Television Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry
Entertainment
Alex Kurtzman, Executive Producer
Heather Kadin, Executive Producer
Olatunde Osunsanmi, Executive Producer
Frank Siracusa, Executive Producer
John Weber, Executive Producer
Aaron Baiers, Co-Executive Producer
Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
Beeing At Home With Samantha Bee
TBS • Jax Media with Randy and Pam’s Quality Entertainment
Samantha Bee, Executive Producer/Host
Jason Jones, Executive Producer
Allana Harkin, Co-Executive Producer
Elisa Kreisinger, Producer
Mike Drucker, Producer
Kristen Bartlett, Producer
Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis: The Movie, Sorta Uncut Interviews
Netflix • Funny Or Die
Scott Aukerman, Executive Producer
Zach Galifianakis, Executive Producer
Mike Farah, Executive Producer
Caitlin Daley, Executive Producer
Corinne Eckart, Producer
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Apple Music • CBS Television Studios, Fulwell 73
Ben Winston, Executive Producer
James Corden, Executive Producer
Eric Pankowski, Executive Producer
David Young, Co-Executive Producer
Sheila Rogers, Supervising Producer
Diana Miller, Producer
Jimmy Kimmel’s Quarantine Minilogues
YouTube/JimmyKimmelLive • ABC Studios in association with Kimmelot
Jimmy Kimmel, Executive Producer
Jill Leiderman, Executive Producer
Molly McNearney, Co-Executive Producer
Tony Romero, Supervising Producer
Seth Weidner, Supervising Producer
Danny Ricker, Producer
The Randy Rainbow Show
YouTube • 4 Irene Productions Inc.
Randy Rainbow, Executive Producer
John Retsios, Producer
Jeff Romley, Producer
Victoria Varela, Producer
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction Or Reality Series
Between The Scenes – The Daily Show
Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLC
Trevor Noah, Executive Producer/Host
Jennifer Flanz, Executive Producer
Ramin Hedayati, Supervising Producer
Matt Negrin, Producer
Ryan Middleton, Producer
Jocelyn Conn, Produced by
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: Pandemic Video Diaries
TBS • Jax Media with Randy and Pam’s Quality Entertainment
Samantha Bee, Executive Producer
Allana Harkin, Co-Executive Producer
Elisa Kreisinger, Supervising Producer
Anthony Zaccone, Producer
Caroline Dunphy, Producer
National Geographic Presents Cosmos: Creating Possible Worlds
National Geographic • Ignition Creative
Erin Newsome, Executive Producer
Sarah Lavoie, Executive Producer
Maricruz Merlo, Supervising Producer
Meghan Gleason, Producer
Matt Wizan, Producer
Tatiana Villegas, Producer
Pose: Identity, Family, Community
FX Networks • More Media Inc.
Stephanie Gibbons, Executive Producer
Sally Daws, Executive Producer
Kenna McCabe, Executive Producer
Maureen Timpa, Executive Producer
Ryan Murphy, Producer
Tanase Popa, Producer
RuPaul’s Drag Race Out Of The Closet
VH1 • VH1
Ray Hunt, Executive Producer
Brittany Travis, Executive Producer
Joseph Gerbino, Senior Producer
Robert Dominico, Producer
Nalissa Cuthbert, Producer
Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
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
Modern Family-Finale Part 2-Gail Mancuso
Ramy-Miakhalifa.mov-Ramy Youssef
Schitt’s Creek-Happy Ending-Andrew Cividino & Daniel Levy
Will & Grace-We Love Lucy-James Burrows
Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show • Born At Night, But Not Last Night-Dime Davis
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah • Dr. Fauci Answers Trevor’s Questions About Coronavirus-David Paul Meyer
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • Episode 629-Christopher Werner
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert • Live Show; Chris Christie; Nathaniel Rateliff-Jim Hoskinson
Saturday Night Live • Host: Eddie Murphy-Don Roy King
Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready • Flame Monroe-Linda Mendoza
Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones-Stan Lathan
62nd Grammy Awards-Louis J. Horvitz
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
73rd Annual Tony Awards-Glenn Weiss
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm • Elizabeth, Margaret And Larry-Steve Rasch, ACE, Editor
Insecure • Lowkey Trying-Nena Erb, ACE, Editor, Lynarion Hubbard, Additional Editor
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • A Jewish Girl Walks Into The Apollo…-Kate Sanford, ACE, Editor, Tim St Reeto, ACE, Editor
Schitt’s Creek • Happy Ending-Trevor Ambrose, Editor
Schitt’s Creek • Start Spreading The News-Paul Winestock, CCE, Editor
What We Do In The Shadows • Resurrection-Yana Gorskaya, ACE, Editor, Dane McMaster, Editor
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
The Conners • Slappy Holidays-Brian Schnuckel, ACE, Editor
One Day At A Time • Boundaries-Cheryl Campsmith, ACE, Editor
Will & Grace • We Love Lucy-Peter Beyt, ACE, Editor
Will & Grace • What A Dump-Joseph Fulton, Editor
Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah • Trump’s Coronavirus Address (Bloopers Included) And Trevor’s Audience Tribute Song
Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLC
Mike Choi, Editor
Tom Favilla, Editor
Nikolai Johnson, Editor
Mark Paone, Editor
Erin Shannon, Editor
Catherine Trasborg, Editor
Einar Westerlund, Editor
Robert York, Editor
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones • Netflix • Lathan TV | Pilot Boy
Jeff U’Ren, Editor
Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize For American Humor
Brad Gilson, Editor
Chester G. Contaoi, Editor
Jon Alloway, Editor
Pi Ware, Package Editor
Brian Forbes, Package Editor
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • Eat Shit Bob! (segment)
Ryan Barger, Editor
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • The Journey of ChiiJohn: Chapter 2 (segment)
Anthony Miale, Editor