70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Season 70 Emmys 2018: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Stranger Things, and More Nominees Announced

Emmys 2018: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Stranger Things, and More Nominees Announced

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The 70th Primetime Emmy® Award nominations were announced today, including nominations for The Handmaid’s Tale, The Americans, This is Us, black-ish, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, to name a few.

Samira Wiley and Ryan Eggold announced the nominees along with Television Academy chairman and CEO Hayma Washington and president and COO Maury McIntyre.

Here’s a look at this year’s nominations:

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 Live in Concert)
  • Jesse Plemons (Black Mirror: USS Callister)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

  • Jessica Biel (The Sinner)
  • Laura Dern (The Tale)
  • Michelle Dockery (Godless)
  • Edie Falco (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders)
  • Regina King (Seven Seconds)
  • Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Cult)

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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Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

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

Outstanding Reality Competition Program

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

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

  • Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
  • Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
  • Allison Janney (Mom)
  • Issa Rae (Insecure)
  • Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
  • Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)

Outstanding Comedy Series

  • 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)
  • Sterling K. Brown, (This Is Us)
  • Ed Harris, (Westworld)
  • Matthew Rhys, (The Americans)
  • Milo Ventimiglia, (This Is Us)
  • Jeffrey Wright, (Westworld)
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Lead Actress in a Drama Series

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

Outstanding Drama Series

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

What are your thoughts on the nominations? Who do you hope will win in each category? Be sure to share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

The 70th annual Emmy Awards will air Monday, September 17 on NBC and will be hosted by Michael Che and Colin Jost. 

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Ashley Bissette Sumerel is a television and film critic living in Wilmington, North Carolina. She is editor-in-chief of Tell-Tale TV as well as Eulalie Magazine. Ashley has also written for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, and Insider. Ashley has been a member of the Critics Choice Association since 2017 and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. In addition to her work as an editor and critic, Ashley teaches Entertainment Journalism, Composition, and Literature at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.