The late Fred Willard received a nod for his « Modern Family » guest appearance and a posthumous nomination also went to director Lynn Shelton,.
« Watchmen, » cloaked in superhero mythology and grounded in real-world racism, received a leading 26 nominations Tuesday for the prime-time Emmy Awards. The HBO series, which captured America’s deep unease as it faces racial and political clashes amid a pandemic, was nominated as best limited series and received bids for cast members including Regina King and Jeremy Irons. King was part of a vanguard of actors of color indicating that TV academy voters took heed of the social climate. Emmy announcement host Leslie Jones was part of a socially distanced, virtual release of nominees that was online, not on television as is usual. But nothing is usual during a coronavirus era that has brought Hollywood production to a virtual standstill and is making the Emmys and other awards grasp for alternatives. The strong showing by Netflix’s « Ozark » helped the streaming service achieve a record-setting 160 nominations that bested onetime perennial leader HBO, which earned 107 nods. The late Fred Willard received a nod for his « Modern Family » guest appearance. A posthumous nomination also went to director Lynn Shelton, for the limited series « Little Fires Everywhere. » 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. » Actor, Comedy Series: Anthony Anderson, « black-ish »; Don Cheadle, « Black Monday »; Ted Danson, « The Good Place »; Michael Douglas, « The Kominsky Method »; Eugene Levy, « Schitt’s Creek »; Ramy Youssef, « Ramy. » Actress, 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. » Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Yvonne Orji, « Insecure »; Alex Borstein, « The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel »; Betty Gilpin, « GLOW »; Marin Hinkle, « The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel »; Kate McKinnon, « Saturday Night Live »; Cecily Strong, « Saturday Night Live »; D’Arcy Carden, « The Good Place »; Annie Murphy, « Schitt’s Creek.
