David Farnor | On 13, Jul 2017

The 2017 Emmy nominations have been announced and Netflix and Hulu are stealing the show.

This year’s awards are inevitably dominated by HBO, which nabbed 110 nominations in total – not bad for a year in which Game of Thrones was ineligible to compete. Westworld comfortably stepped into its shoes, with 22 nods across all categories, joint first place with Saturday Night Live (22), which has enjoyed a resurgence in the wake of Donald Trump’s election.

While HBO is leading the pack, though, Netflix and Hulu are rapidly taking over the awards. Hulu had only two nods last year at the Emmys, but now has 18 to its name – a seismic increase that’s easy to overlook, due to its relative size. That’s partly due to its breakout hit The Handmaid’s Tale, which earned 13 nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actress and Outstanding Drama – one of five first-timers in contention for the Drama Series gong, alongside Better Call Saul, The Crown, House of Cards, Stranger Things, This Is Us and Westworld.

Stranger Things may well be the talk of the evening, with 19 nominations (joined second with FEUD: Bette and Joan), including one for Outstanding Supporting Actress for Millie Bobby Brown. Joined by Outstanding Supporting Actor nominee David Harbour, she’s the face of Netflix’s rising success: the streaming service has a whopping 91 nominations this year, almost double its 54 nominations in 2016. Netflix is second only to HBO in the number of total nominations per network – that’s not including Better Call Saul, a Netflix exclusive in the UK, and even extends to one for Meryl Streep in Five Came Back as Outstanding Narrator.

Amazon, on the other hand, is trailing behind, with 16 nominations in total (the same as last year). That includes a clutch of technical nominations for shows such as Mozart in the Jungle and The Man in the High Castle, with its hoard led by Transparent, earning seven nods, including Jeffrey Tambor for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy – a prize he has won two years in a row.

Despite Amazon’s steady holding pattern on the circuit, though, the race is changing with every year that passes, as the world of online TV establishes itself as an equal to that of traditional telly.

Peak TV is a phrase thrown around a lot, but that explosive growth of streaming TV is clear from the numbers alone: the Emmys saw a 15 per cent increase in submissions for this year’s initial nomination round of voting, reaching a record high.

“The creativity and excellence in presenting great storytelling and characters across a multitude of ever-expanding entertainment platforms is staggering,” said the Emmys in a statement. “This sweeping array of television shows ranges from familiar favorites like blackish and House of Cards to nominations newcomers like Westworld, This Is Us and Atlanta. The power of television and its talented performers – in front of and behind the camera – enthrall a worldwide audience. We are thrilled to once again honor the very best that television has to offer.”

Other major nominees include Veep (17 in total), which is competing for Outstanding Comedy Series with newcomer Atlanta, black-ish, Netflix’s Master of None and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Modern Family and Silicon Valley.

First-time Emmy nominee Milo Ventimiglia is joined in the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category by Sterling K. Brown, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Odenkirk, Matthew Rhys, Liev Schreiber and Kevin Spacey. Up against Moss for Lead Actress in a Drama are first-time nominee Claire Foy for The Crown, Viola Davis, Keri Russell, Evan Rachel Wood and Robin Wright. Lead Actor in a Comedy Series include first-time nominee Donald Glover, new nominee in this category, Zach Galifianakis, Anthony Anderson, and Emmy winners Aziz Ansari, William H. Macy and Jeffrey Tambor. Nominees in the Lead Actress in a Comedy are Pamela Adlon, Jane Fonda, Allison Janney, Ellie Kemper, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tracee Ellis Ross and Lily
Tomlin. Multiple nominees include Aziz Ansari, Riz Ahmed, Ty Burrell, Alec Baldwin, Ann Dowd, Donald Glover, Ewan McGregor, Matthew Rhys and Liev Schreiber.

Amid it all, The Americans finally got some recognition at the Emmys, while Carrie Coon’s deserved nomination for her role in Fargo is almost compensation for the overlooking of The Leftovers (apart from a Guest Actress nod for Ann Dowd). Short form web series up for awards include Fear The Walking Dead: Passage, Alan Tudyk’s Con Man and Vimeo’s Dicks. Otherwise, the only thing sweeter than seeing Shannon Purser get an Outstanding Guest Actress nomination for her role as Barb in Stranger Things is Carrie Fisher’s posthumous nod for her turn in Catastrophe, Channel 4’s comedy that has been acquired as an Amazon exclusive in the USA.

You can read the full list of all nominees here – or read on for the major categories.

 

Best Limited Series

Big Little Lies (HBO)
Fargo (FX)
Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Genius (National Geographic)
The Night Of (HBO)

Best Actress, Comedy

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)

Best Actor, Comedy

Anthony Anderson (black-ish)
Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
Zach Galifianakis, (Baskets)
Donald Glover (Atlanta)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)

Best Actress, Drama

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)

Best Actor, Drama

Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
Anthony Hopkins (Westworld)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)

Best Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie

Carrie Coon (Fargo)
Felicity Huffman (American Crime)
Jessica Lange (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)
Susan Sarandon (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)

Best Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie

Riz Ahmed (The Night Of)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: The Lying Detective)
Robert De Niro (The Wizard of Lies)
Ewan McGregor (Fargo)
Geoffrey Rush (Genius)
John Turturro (The Night Of)

Television Movie

Black Mirror: San Junipero
Dolly Parton’s Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Sherlock: The Lying Detective
The Wizard of Lies

Supporting Actor, Drama

Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
David Harbour (Stranger Things)
Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)
Michael Kelly (House of Cards)
John Lithgow (The Crown)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)

Supporting Actress, Drama

Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Supporting Actor, Comedy

Louie Anderson (Baskets)
Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Tony Hale (Veep)
Matt Walsh (Veep)

Supporting Actress, Comedy

Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live)
Anna Chlumsky (Veep)
Kathryn Hahn (Transparent)
Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live)
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Judith Light (Transparent)

Limited Series

Big Little Lies (HBO)
Fargo (FX Networks)
Feud: Bette and Joan (FX Networks)
Genius (National Geographic)
The Night Of (HBO)

Supporting Actor, 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)

Supporting Actress, Limited Series or a Movie

Judy Davis (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
Jackie Hoffman (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Regina King (American Crime)
Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard Of Lies)
Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)

Variety Sketch Series

Billy On The Street (truTV)
Documentary Now! (IFC)
Drunk History (Comedy Central)
Portlandia (IFC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Tracey Ullman’s Show (HBO)

Structured Reality Program

Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)
Fixer Upper (HGTV)
Lip Sync Battle (Spike TV)
Shark Tank (ABC)
Who Do You Think You Are (TLC)

Unstructured Reality Program

Born This Way (A&E)
Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)
Gaycation With Elliot Page (Viceland)
Intervention (A&E)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (YouTube)
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell (CNN)

Reality Competition Program

The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)

Reality Host

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

Outstanding Animated Program

Archer Dreamland: No Good Deed
Bob’s Burgers: Bob, Actually
Elena And The Secret Of Avalor (Sofia The First)
The Simpsons: The Town
South Park: Member Berries

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series

Atlanta (FX)
Master of None (Netflix)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Transparent (Amazon)
Veep (HBO)am

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series

The Crown (Netflix)
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
St ranger Things (Netflix)
This Is Us (NBC)
West world (HBO)

Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special

Big Little Lies (HBO)
Fargo (FX)
FEUD: Bette and Joan (FX)
The Night Of (HBO)
The Wizard Of Lies (HBO)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Alison Wright (The Americans)
Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Cicely Tyson (How to Get Away With Murder)
Ann Dowd (The Leftovers)
Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black)
Shannon Purser (Stranger Things)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline)
B.D. Wong (Mr. Robot)
Hank Azaria (Ray Donovan)
Denis O’Hare (This Is Us)
Brian Tyree Henry (This Is Us)
Gerald McRaney (This Is Us)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Wanda Sykes (black-ish)
Carrie Fisher (Catastrophe)
Becky Ann Baker (Girls)
Angela Bassett (Master of None)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
Melissa McCarthy (Saturday Night Live)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Riz Ahmed (Girls)
Matthew Rhys (Girls)
Dave Chapelle (Saturday Night Live)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Saturday Night Live)
Tom Hanks (Saturday Night Live)
Hugh Laurie (Veep)

Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series

Ty Burrell (Boondoggle – ABCd)
Alan Tudyk (Con Man – Comic-Con HQ)
Kim Estes (Dicks – Vimeo)
Ben Schwarz (The Earliest Show – FunnyOrDie)
Jason Ritter (Tales of Titans – FunnyOrDie)
John Michael Higgins (Tween Fest – FunnyOrDie)

Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series

Mindy Sterling (Con Man – Comic-Con HQ)
Jane Lych (Dropping the Soap – Amazon)
Lauren Lapkus (The Earliest Show – FunnyOrDie)
Kelsey Scott (Fear The Walking Dead: Passage – AMC.com)
Mindy Sterling (secs & EXECS – Tellofilms.com)

Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series

Brown Girls (Open TV)
Fear The Walking Dead: Passage (AMC.com)
Hack Into Broad City (ComedyCentral.com)
Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training (AMC)
Marvel’s Agent s of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot (ABC.com)

Outstanding Short Form Animated Program

Adventure Time: Islands Part 4: Imaginary Resources
Disney Mickey Mouse: Split Decisions
Marvel’s Rocket & Groot: Space Walk
Steven Universe: Mr. Greg
Teen Titans Go!: Orangins

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