The 71st Primetime Emmy Award Nominations announced today saw South African comedian Trevor Noah among the nominees.
His show, The Daily Show, which airs on Comedy Central in South Africa, earned a nomination for Best Variety Talk show.
The Emmy nominations were announced at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre in North Hollywood was hosted by two of TV’s busiest comedians, D’Arcy Carden ( The Good Place) and Ken Jeong ( You Complete Me, Ho).
HBO is once again the most nominated network, taking back it's throne from Netflix. It earned 137 nominations this year.
Here are some of the nominees
DRAMA CATEGORIES
Nominees for Drama Series: @BetterCallSaul
Bodyguard ( @Netflix) @GameofThrones @KillingEve
Succession ( @HBO) @NBCThisIsUs
Who will win? Watch the #Emmys LIVE on September 22 on @FOXTV to find out! pic.twitter.com/06sDHYuLeI
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) July 16, 2019
Lead Actress in a Drama Series: @EmiliaClarke( @GameofThrones) @JodieComer( @KillingEve) @ViolaDavis( @HowToGetAwayABC)
Laura Linney (Ozark) @TheMandyMoore( @NBCThisIsUs) @IamSandraOh( @KillingEve)
Robin Wright ( @HouseofCards) #Emmys @FOXtv pic.twitter.com/mFRI8qFUAP
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) July 16, 2019
Lead Actor in a Drama Series: @BatemanJason(Ozark) @SterlingKBrown( @NBCThisIsUs)
Kit Harington ( @GameofThrones) @MrBobOdenkirk( @BetterCallSaul) @TheeBillyPorter( @PoseonFX) @MiloVentimiglia( @NBCThisIsUs) #Emmys @FOXtv pic.twitter.com/aUQTtXuWmE
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) July 16, 2019
COMEDY CATEGORIES
Nominees for Comedy Series:
Barry ( @HBO) @Fleabag @NBCTheGoodPlace @MaiselTV @RussianDoll @SchittsCreek @VeepHBO #Emmys @FOXtv pic.twitter.com/iv0sbATq4G
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) July 16, 2019
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: @1CApplegate( @DeadtoMe) @RachelBros( @MaiselTV) @OfficialJLD( @VeepHBO) @NLyonne( @RussianDoll)
Catherine O’Hara ( @SchittsCreek)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge ( @Fleabag) #Emmys @FOXtv pic.twitter.com/iA5cIU9X9s
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) July 16, 2019
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: @AnthonyAnderson( @blackishABC) @DonCheadle( @ShoBlackMonday) @TedDanson( @NBCTheGoodPlace)
Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
Bill Hader (Barry) @RealEugeneLevy( @SchittsCreek) #Emmys @FOXtv pic.twitter.com/qe1pLYknmj
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad)
Nominees for Limited Series:
Chernobyl ( @HBO)
Escape at Dannemora ( @Showtime) @FosseVerdonFX
Sharp Objects ( @HBO) @WhenTheySeeUs #Emmys @FOXtv pic.twitter.com/xZfpUmOvZn
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) July 16, 2019
Lead Actress in a Limited Series:
Amy Adams (Sharp Objects) @PattyArquette(Escape at Dannemora) @aunjanuejlt( @WhenTheySeeUs) @JoeyKing( @TheActonHulu) @niecynash( @WhenTheySeeUs)
Michelle Williams ( @FosseVerdonFX) #Emmys @FOXtv pic.twitter.com/lZale6NiB8
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) July 16, 2019
Lead Actor in a Limited Series:
Mahershala Ali ( @TrueDetective)
Benicio del Toro (Escape at Dannemora)
Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal)
Jared Harris (Chernobyl) @JharrelJerome( @WhenTheySeeUs)
Sam Rockwell ( @FosseVerdonFX) #Emmys @FOXtv pic.twitter.com/eza4fc1my5
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) July 16, 2019
REALITY CATEGORIES
Competition Program Nominees: @AmazingRaceCBS @NinjaWarrior @NailedIt @RuPaulsDragRace @BravoTopChef @NBCTheVoice #Emmys @FOXtv pic.twitter.com/SRW152mqCW
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) July 16, 2019
Nominees for Variety Talk Series: @TheDailyShow @FullFrontalSamB @JimmyKimmelLive @LastWeekTonight @LateLateShow @ColbertLateShow #Emmys @FOXtv pic.twitter.com/KvDMYHmzWd
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) July 16, 2019
TV MOVIE
Nominees for Television Movie:
Bandersnatch ( @BlackMirror)
My Dinner with Hervé ( @HBO) #Emmys @FoxTV pic.twitter.com/BAwvb850xu
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) July 16, 2019