69th Primetime Emmy Awards

69th Primetime Emmy Awards
69th Primetime Emmy Awards
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Date	September 17, 2017 (Ceremony); September 9–10, 2017 ; (Creative Arts Awards);
Location	Microsoft Theater, ; Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Stephen Colbert
Most nominations	Comedy: Veep (10) ; Drama: The Handmaid's Tale / Westworld (7) ; Limited / Movie: Feud: Bette and Joan (10)
Website	http://www.emmys.com/
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
Produced by	Ricky Kirshner ; Glenn Weiss

The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will honor the best in U.S. prime time television programming from June 1, 2016 until May 31, 2017, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony will be held on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and will be broadcast in the U.S. by CBS. The ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Colbert.^[1] The 69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be held on September 9 and September 10, and will be broadcast by FXX on September 16.^[3] The nominations were announced by Anna Chlumsky and Shemar Moore on July 13, 2017.^[4]

Overall, the HBO science fiction western drama Westworld and NBC sketch comedy Saturday Night Live were the most nominated programs with 22 each.^[5]^[6]

Nominees

Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Drama Series
Atlanta (FX) Black-ish (ABC) Master of None (Netflix) Modern Family (ABC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO)	Better Call Saul (AMC) The Crown (Netflix) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) House of Cards (Netflix) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) Westworld (HBO)
Outstanding Variety Talk Series	Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)	Billy on the Street (truTV) Documentary Now! (IFC) Drunk History (Comedy Central) Portlandia (IFC) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Tracey Ullman's Show (HBO)
Outstanding Limited Series	Outstanding Television Movie
Big Little Lies (HBO) Fargo (FX) Feud: Bette and Joan (FX) Genius (Nat Geo) The Night Of (HBO)	Black Mirror: San Junipero (Netflix) Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (NBC) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO) Sherlock: The Lying Detective (PBS) The Wizard of Lies (HBO)
Outstanding 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)

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson as Andre "Dre" Johnson, Sr. on Black-ish (Episode: "Lemons") (ABC) Aziz Ansari as Dev Shah on Master of None (Episode: "The Dinner Party") (Netflix) Zach Galifianakis as Chip Baskets and Dale Baskets on Baskets (Episode: "") (FX) Donald Glover as Earnest "Earn" Marks on Atlanta (Episode: "The Big Bang") (FX) William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher on Shameless (Episode: "You Sold Me the Laundromat, Remember?") (Showtime) Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman on Transparent (Episode: "") (Amazon)	Pamela Adlon as Sam Fox on Better Things (Episode: "") (FX) Jane Fonda as Grace Hanson on Grace and Frankie (Episode: "The Pot") (Netflix) Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett on Mom (Episode: "Tush Push and Some Radishes") (CBS) Ellie Kemper as Kimmy Schmidt on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy Goes to College!") (Netflix) Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer on Veep (Episode: "Groundbreaking") (HBO) Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson on Black-ish (Episode: "Being Bow-Racial") (ABC) Lily Tomlin as Frankie Bergstein on Grace and Frankie (Episode: "") (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson on This Is Us (Episode: "Memphis") (NBC) Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Robert Ford on Westworld (Episode: "Trompe L'Oeil") (HBO) Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill on Better Call Saul (Episode: "Expenses") (AMC) Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings on The Americans (Episode: "") (FX) Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan on Ray Donovan (Episode: "Rattus Rattus") (Showtime) Kevin Spacey as President Frank Underwood on House of Cards (Episode: "") (Netflix) Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson on This Is Us (Episode: "Moonshadow") (NBC)	Viola Davis as Annalise Keating on How to Get Away with Murder (Episode: "Wes") (ABC) Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II on The Crown (Episode: "") (Netflix) Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne / Offred on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Night") (Hulu) Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings on The Americans (Episode: "") (FX) Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores Abernathy on Westworld (Episode: "The Bicameral Mind") (HBO) Robin Wright as Claire Underwood on House of Cards (Episode: "") (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Riz Ahmed as Nasir "Naz" Khan on The Night Of (HBO) Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes on Sherlock: The Lying Detective (PBS) Robert De Niro as Bernie Madoff on The Wizard of Lies (HBO) Ewan McGregor as Ray Stussy and Emmit Stussy on Fargo (FX) Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein on Genius (Nat Geo) John Turturro as John Stone on The Night Of (HBO)	Carrie Coon as Gloria Burgle on Fargo (FX) Felicity Huffman as Jeanette Hesby on American Crime (ABC) Nicole Kidman as Celeste Wright on Big Little Lies (HBO) Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford on Feud: Bette and Joan (FX) Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis on Feud: Bette and Joan (FX) Reese Witherspoon as Madeline Martha Mackenzie on Big Little Lies (HBO)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Louie Anderson as Christine Baskets on Baskets (Episode: "") (FX) Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Melissa McCarthy") (NBC) Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Episode: "Kimmy's Roommate Lemonades!") (Netflix) Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy on Modern Family (Episode: "Grab It") (ABC) Tony Hale as Gary Walsh on Veep (Episode: "Judge") (HBO) Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock on Veep (Episode: "Chicklet") (HBO)	Vanessa Bayer as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Dwayne Johnson") (NBC) Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer on Veep (Episode: "Groundbreaking") (HBO) Kathryn Hahn as Raquel Fein on Transparent (Episode: "") (Amazon) Leslie Jones as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tom Hanks") (NBC) Judith Light as Shelly Pfefferman on Transparent (Episode: "") (Amazon) Kate McKinnon as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Dave Chappelle") (NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut on Better Call Saul (Episode: "Witness") (AMC) David Harbour as Jim Hopper on Stranger Things (Episode: "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down") (Netflix) Ron Cephas Jones as William H. Hill on This Is Us (Episode: "Memphis") (NBC) Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper on House of Cards (Episode: "") (Netflix) John Lithgow as Winston Churchill on The Crown (Episode: "Assassins") (Netflix) Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson on Homeland (Episode: "America First") (Showtime) Jeffrey Wright as Bernard Lowe on Westworld (Episode: "The Well-Tempered Clavier") (HBO)	Uzo Aduba as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on Orange Is the New Black (Episode: "People Persons") (Netflix) Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven / Jane Ives on Stranger Things (Episode: "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub") (Netflix) Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Offred") (Hulu) Chrissy Metz as Kate Pearson on This Is Us (Episode: "Pilot") (NBC) Thandie Newton as Maeve Millay on Westworld (Episode: "Trace Decay") (HBO) Samira Wiley as Moira on The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Night") (Hulu)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Bill Camp as Dennis Box on The Night Of (Episode: "Subtle Beast") (HBO) Alfred Molina as Robert Aldrich on Feud: Bette and Joan (Episode: "") (FX) Alexander Skarsgård as Perry Wright on Big Little Lies (Episode: "Living the Dream") (HBO) David Thewlis as V.M. Varga on Fargo (Episode: "") (FX) Stanley Tucci as Jack L. Warner on Feud: Bette and Joan (Episode: "") (FX) Michael K. Williams as Freddy Knight on The Night Of (Episode: "The Art of War") (HBO)	Judy Davis as Hedda Hopper on Feud: Bette and Joan (Episode: "") (FX) Laura Dern as Renata Klein on Big Little Lies (Episode: "Once Bitten") (HBO) Jackie Hoffman as Mamacita on Feud: Bette and Joan (Episode: "More, or Less") (FX) Regina King as Kimara Walters on American Crime (Episode: "Season Three: Episode Three") (ABC) Michelle Pfeiffer as Ruth Madoff on The Wizard of Lies (HBO) Shailene Woodley as Jane Chapman on Big Little Lies (Episode: "Push Comes to Shove") (HBO)

Directing

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Atlanta (Episode: "B.A.N."), Directed by Donald Glover (FX) Silicon Valley (Episode: "Intellectual Property"), Directed by Jamie Babbit (HBO) Silicon Valley (Episode: "Server Error"), Directed by Mike Judge (HBO) Veep (Episode: "Blurb"), Directed by Morgan Sackett (HBO) Veep (Episode: "Groundbreaking"), Directed by David Mandel (HBO) Veep (Episode: "Justice"), Directed by Dale Stern (HBO)	Better Call Saul (Episode: "Witness"), Directed by Vince Gilligan (AMC) The Crown (Episode: "Hyde Park Corner"), Directed by Stephen Daldry (Netflix) The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Offred"), Directed by Reed Morano (Hulu) The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "The Bridge"), Directed by Kate Dennis (Hulu) Homeland (Episode: "America First"), Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter (Showtime) Stranger Things (Episode: "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers"), Directed by The Duffer Brothers (Netflix) Westworld (Episode: "The Bicameral Mind"), Directed by Jonathan Nolan (HBO)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series	Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Drunk History (Episode: "Hamilton"), Directed by Jeremy Konner and Derek Waters (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Episode: "The (RED) Show"), Directed by Andy Fisher (ABC) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Episode: "Multi-Level Marketing"), Directed by Paul Pennolino (HBO) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Episode: "Episode 0179"), Directed by Jim Hoskinson (CBS) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jimmy Fallon"), Directed by Don Roy King (NBC)	Big Little Lies, Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (HBO) Fargo (Episode: "The Law of Vacant Places"), Directed by Noah Hawley (FX) Feud: Bette and Joan (Episode: "And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)"), Directed by Ryan Murphy (FX) Genius (Episode: "Einstein: Chapter One"), Directed by Ron Howard (Nat Geo) The Night Of (Episode: "The Art of War"), Directed by James Marsh (HBO) The Night Of (Episode: "The Beach"), Directed by Steve Zaillian (HBO)

Writing

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Atlanta (Episode: "B.A.N."), Written by Donald Glover (FX) Atlanta (Episode: "Streets on Lock"), Written by Stephen Glover (FX) Master of None (Episode: "Thanksgiving"), Written by Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe (Netflix) Silicon Valley (Episode: "Success Failure"), Written by Alec Berg (HBO) Veep (Episode: "Georgia"), Written by Billy Kimball (HBO) Veep (Episode: "Groundbreaking"), Written by David Mandel (HBO)	The Americans (Episode: "The Soviet Division"), Written by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg (FX) Better Call Saul (Episode: "Chicanery"), Written by Gordon Smith (AMC) The Crown (Episode: "Assassins"), Written by Peter Morgan (Netflix) The Handmaid's Tale (Episode: "Offred"), Written by Bruce Miller (Hulu) Stranger Things (Episode: "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers"), Written by The Duffer Brothers (Netflix) Westworld (Episode: "The Bicameral Mind"), Written by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan (HBO)
Outstanding Writing for A Variety Series	Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) Saturday Night Live (NBC)	Big Little Lies, Written by David E. Kelley (HBO) Black Mirror (Episode: "San Junipero"), Written by Charlie Brooker (Netflix) Fargo (Episode: "The Law of Vacant Places"), Written by Noah Hawley (FX) Feud: Bette and Joan (Episode: "And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)"), Written by Ryan Murphy (FX) Feud: Bette and Joan (Episode: "Pilot"), Written by Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam, and Ryan Murphy (FX) The Night Of (Episode: "The Call of the Wild"), Written by Richard Price and Steven Zaillian (HBO)

Most major nominations

By network ^{[note 1]}

HBO – 46
FX / Netflix – 27
NBC – 17
ABC – 11
CBS / Hulu – 7
Showtime – 6
AMC – 5
TBS – 4

By program

Feud: Bette and Joan (FX) / Veep (HBO) – 10
Big Little Lies (HBO) / The Night Of (HBO) – 8
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) / Westworld (HBO) – 7
Fargo (FX) – 6
Atlanta (FX) / Better Call Saul (AMC) / The Crown (Netflix) / Saturday Night Live (NBC) / Stranger Things (Netflix) / This Is Us (NBC) – 5
House of Cards (Netflix) / Silicon Valley (HBO) / Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) – 4
The Americans (FX) / Black-ish (ABC) / Genius (NatGeo) / Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) / The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) / Master of None (Netflix) / Transparent (Amazon) / Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) / The Wizard of Lies (HBO) – 3

Notes

^ "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Koblin, John (January 23, 2017). "Stephen Colbert Will Host the Emmy Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
^ "Stephen Colbert to Host the 69th Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
^ "Emmy nominations 2017: the full list". Vox. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
^ "Anna Chlumsky and Shemar Moore to Announce Emmy Nominations". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ Otterson, Joe (July 13, 2017). "'Westworld': Inside HBO Drama's Long Journey to 22 Emmy Nominations". Variety. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
^ Variety Staff (July 13, 2017). "Emmys 2017: Full List of Nominations". Variety. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

External links

[MW_Note-7] "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

[Emmys2017-1] Koblin, John (January 23, 2017). "Stephen Colbert Will Host the Emmy Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2017.

[2] "Stephen Colbert to Host the 69th Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.

[3] "Emmy nominations 2017: the full list". Vox. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

[4] "Anna Chlumsky and Shemar Moore to Announce Emmy Nominations". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[5] Otterson, Joe (July 13, 2017). "'Westworld': Inside HBO Drama's Long Journey to 22 Emmy Nominations". Variety. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

[6] Variety Staff (July 13, 2017). "Emmys 2017: Full List of Nominations". Variety. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

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