Here are the nominees for the 2021 Emmy Awards
This year's ceremony will be hosted by Cedric The Entertainer and will air on Sunday, September 19 on CBS
After a strange year, this year’s Emmys promises a return to traditional form with a live-in person ceremony hosted by Cedric The Entertainer on September 19. But while COVID-19 forced The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to get creative in 2020, the pandemic isn’t completely finished with the Emmys. Pandemic-related filming delays mean many fan favorites and past Emmy contenders—including Succession, Stranger Things, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel—will be ineligible for awards this year. However, the list of shows that are eligible and have scored nominations include: Mare Of Easttown, I May Destroy You, Hacks, Shrill, The Underground Railroad, and The Flight Attendant.
Other changes to the post-pandemic Emmy this year include: a new category for anthology series and stunt performers receiving their own category. The Television Academy has yet to do away with gendered labels for acting categories, but winners will now be able to request that their statues and nomination certificates have the gender neutral terms “actor” and “performer.” At the end of 2020, The Academy also decided to collapse “Variety Talk and Variety Sketch Series” into a single category; but after backlash and lobbying from late-night producers, they reversed the rule in February of this year.
This year, the Emmy nominees were announced at a live event led by father-daughter duo Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) and Jasmine Cephas Jones (Blindspotting), who teamed up with Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma.
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards will air on CBS at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, September 19.
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Conan
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Outstanding Comedy Series
Black-ish
Cobra Kai
Emily In Paris
Hacks
The Flight Attendant
The Kominsky Method
Pen15
Ted Lasso
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Aidy Bryant, Shrill
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Allison Janney, Mom
Jean Smart, Hacks
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Michael Douglas, The Kominksy Method
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
Nailed It!
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice