David Farnor | On 13, Jul 2018

Netflix is leading the nominations for the 2018 Emmys for the first time. HBO has held the most-nominated crown for 17 years in a row, but this year, Netflix has overtaken the cable network and knocked it off the top spot, with a whopping 112 nods, up from 91 last year and ahead of HBO’s 108.

HBO’s dominance by programme continues, with Game of Thrones at the front of the pack with 22 nominations, followed by Saturday Night Life (21) and Westworld (21). But the landscape is notably shifting, as the 70th annual TV awards showcase streaming series The Handmaid’s Tale (from Hulu), as well as Netflix’s Stranger Things. With Veep out of the running this year, Amazon has also stepped into the spotlight with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel bagging 14 nods in only its first season. Maisel is joined in the Outstanding Comedy race by fellow freshman shows Barry and GLOW, as well as returning contenders Atlanta, black-ish, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Silicon Valley and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Netflix, meanwhile, has its heavyweight of The Crown competing for Best Drama, alongside The Americans (FX), Game Of Thrones (HBO) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu), Stranger Things (Netflix), This Is Us (NBC),
and Westworld (HBO).

Netflix’s sheer range of award nominations emphasises its stronger position compared to rival Amazon, with Prime Video picking up smaller nods for The Tick and Mozart in the Jungle, but primarily relying on Mrs. Maisel for its potential prize haul. Netflix, on the other hand, has everything from Ozark’s Jason Bateman up for Lead Actor in a Drama and Grace and Frankie’s Lily Tomlin up for Lead Actress in a Comedy to Jesse Plemons for Lead Actor in a Limited Series for Black Mirror’s USS Callister episode. Cameron Britton in Mindhunter is also nominated for Guest Actor in a Drama, while Queer Eye is nominated for Structured Reality Program – 14 years after the original seres won an award, as Netflix’s push into reality series pays off.

Michelle Dockery is also nominated for her role in Netflix’s Godless, which is also up for Limited Series, alongside Patrick Melrose, which is also up for Lead Actor in a Limited Series. Benedict Cumberbatch is going head to head with Darren Criss in The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (the fifth most-nominated series, with 18 nods) for that award, as well as Jeff Daniels in The Looming Tower. With Amazon bagging the exclusive UK rights to the latter, the Emmys highlight how much strength Amazon Prime Video gains in the UK from its acquisitions, rather than its own original output.

Jeff Daniels is also nominated for his role in Netflix’s Godless. He joins a list of multiple nominees that includes (but is not limited to) Jason Bateman for Ozark, Alex Borstein for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Family Guy, Sterling K. Brown for This Is Us and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Donald Glover for Atlanta and Saturday Night Live, Bill Hader for Barry and Saturday Night Live, Jane Lynch for Hollywood Game Night and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Alex Berg for Barry and Silicon Valley, The Duffer Brothers for Stranger Things, Scott Frank for Godless and Amy Sherman-Palladino for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

As streaming shows such as GLOW (10 noms), Wild Wild Country (5 noms), The Crown (13 noms) and The Handmaid’s Tale (20 noms) begin to jostle with the traditional programmes, there’s also room for the series that combine the old and the new: fans will be delighted to see that David Lynch’s timeless revival of Twin Peaks has 9 nominations under its belt, just ahead of This Is Us (8) and American Horror Story: Cult (7).

The prizes will be handed out on Monday 17th September. Here’s the list of all the major category nominees. For the whole list, see the Emmy’s website.

Outstanding Drama

The Americans
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

Outstanding Comedy

Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Glow
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman, Ozark
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Ed Harris, Westworld
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Keri Russell, The Americans
Claire Foy, The Crown
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
William H. Macy, Shameless

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Pamala Adlon, Better Things
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Ms, Maisel
Allison Janney, Mom
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels, The Looming Tower
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesse Plemons, Black Mirror: USS Callister

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Michelle Dockery, Godless
Edie Falco, Law and Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
Regina King, Seven Seconds
Sarah Paulson, America Horror Story: Cult

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Matt Smith, The Crown
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid’s Tale

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
Thandie Newton, Westworld

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Henry Winkler, Barry
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne
Betty Gilpin, Glow
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace

Outstanding Limited Series

The Alienist
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Genius: Picasso
Godless
Patrick Melrose

Outstanding Reality Competition Series

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

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

At Home with Amy Sedaris
Drunk History
I Love You America with Sarah Silverman
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
Tracey Ullman’s Show

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 Late Show with James Corden
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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