The Emmy nominations are in and there are some surprises
That's a lot of nominations
The nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced and there are some surprises amongst the familiar contenders such as Game of Thrones, Stranger Things and Westworld. This time around Game of Thrones has a massive 22 noms including Best drama series, Best supporting actress and actor, Drama and Guest Actress, Drama.
This year the big surprise is Netflix leads with a total of 112 nominations, beating HBO (Game of Thrones) previous record of 108 nominations. Stranger Things actress. Millie Bobby Brown is up for the best supporting actress award for her performance in the series and The Late Late Show with James Corden is up for the outstanding variety talk show award. This year's Emmys are due to take place on the 17th September 2018 hosted by Saturday Night Live's Michael Che and Colin Jost.
See the list of nominations below:
Best lead actress in a drama series
Sandra Oh - Killing Eve
Keri Russell - The Americans
Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black
Claire Foy - The Crown
Evan Rachel Wood - Westworld
Elisabeth Moss - The Handmaid's Tale
Best lead actor in a drama series
Jason Bateman - Ozark
Matthew Rhys - The Americans
Milo Ventimiglia - This Is Us
Sterling . Brown - This Is Us
Ed Harris - Westworld
Jeffrey Wright - Westworld
Best lead actress in a limited series or movie
Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Cult
Michelle Dockery - Godless
Edie Falco - Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
Regina King - Seven Seconds
Jessica Biel - The Sinner
Laura Dern - The Tale
Best 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 - Looming Tower
John Legend - Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in Concert
Jesse Plemons - U.S.S. Callister (Black Mirror)
Best 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
Best 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
Best drama series
The Americans
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid's Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld
Best comedy series
Atlanta
Barry
black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Best limited series
The Alienist
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Genius: Picasso
Godless
Patrick Melrose
Best TV movie
Fahrenheit 451
Flint
Paterno
The Tale
USS Callister (Black Mirror)
This year's Emmys are due to take place on the 17th September 2018 hosted by Saturday Night Live's Michael Che and Colin Jost.