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Netflix broke the record for most nominations in a single year, scoring 160 in total, while the most-nominated series was HBO's 'Watchmen,' with 26 in all.
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00:00The 2020 Emmy nominations were announced virtually on Tuesday morning by Leslie Jones, Josh Gad,
00:05Tatiana Maslany, and Laverne Cox, and there were some major surprises. Watchmen, which is competing
00:11in the limited series category, had the most nominations out of all programs with 26 noms.
00:17It was followed by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with 20 noms and Ozarkin Succession, which each
00:21received 18 noms. And in the battle for supremacy between HBO and Netflix, the streaming giant came
00:27out on top. For the second time ever, Netflix was the most nominated platform, easily besting HBO with
00:32160 total nominations, versus 107 for the premium cable network. In the performance category,
00:39several shows received multiple nominations for their lead actors. In terms of comedies,
00:43Black-ish stars Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross both received noms for Best Actor and Actress
00:49in a Comedy Series, respectively. Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini were also both
00:53nominated for Best Actress for Dead to Me, as well as Catherine O'Hara for Schitt's Creek,
00:57which also saw Eugene Levy receive a nomination for Best Actor. The other nominees in that category
01:02are Don Cheadle for Black Monday, Ted Danson for The Good Place, Michael Douglas for The Kaminsky
01:06Method, and Rami Youssef for Rami. For Best Actress in a Comedy Series, Rachel Brosnahan of The Marvelous
01:12Mrs. Maisel and Issa Rae of Insecure also received nominations. On the drama side, Brian Cox and Jeremy
01:18Strong were both nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series for Succession. Ozark stars Jason
01:22Bateman and Laura Linney both received noms for Best Actor and Actress in a Drama Series,
01:26respectively, as did Steve Carell and Jennifer Aniston for The Morning Show. Plus, Jodie Comer
01:31and Sandra Oh were both nominated for Best Actress for Killing Eve. The other nominees in that category
01:36are Olivia Colman for The Crown and Zendaya for Euphoria. And for Best Actor in a Drama Series,
01:41Sterling K. Brown of This Is Us and Billy Porter of Pose also received nominations. And for Limited Series,
01:46Jeremy Irons and Regina King were both nominated for Best Actor and Actress in a Limited Series,
01:51respectively, for Watchmen. In the Best Limited Series category, Little Fires Everywhere,
01:55Mrs. America, Unbelievable, Unorthodox, and Watchmen all received nominations.
02:01And in the top two categories, the nominees for Best Comedy Series are Curb Your Enthusiasm,
02:06Dead to Me, The Good Place, Insecure, The Kaminsky Method, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,
02:12Schitt's Creek, and What We Do in the Shadows. Finally, for Best Drama Series, Better Call Saul,
02:16The Crown, The Handmaid's Tale, Killing Eve, The Mandalorian, Ozark, Stranger Things,
02:22and Succession all received nominations. For the full list of this year's nominees,
02:27head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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