The total list of winners and candidates

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The complete list of winners and nominees

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“Why would you have an award show in the middle of a pandemic?” Jimmy Kimmel asks rows of empty seats at the Staples Center as the Emmy Award began Sunday.

The tongue-and-cheek opener from veteran host Kimmel assures audiences a 72nd Emmy awards reveal like no other.

“No, seriously, why are we having an award show in the middle of a pandemic?” he asks as the group at ABC intercuts response shots and track laughter from previous Emmy events. “…What is happening tonight is not important. It’s not going to stop Covid. It’s not going to put out the fires. But it’s fun and right now we need fun. My God do we need fun. This has been a miserable year. This has been a year of division, injustice, disease, zoom school, disaster and death.”

The occasion does not have an audience or a red carpet. Instead, candidates have actually been sent their own cam package to broadcast live from their living-room as Hollywood administers prizes to TELEVISION’s leading skill in the very first significant show business event considering that the coronavirus pandemic started. 

The expectation is that things can and will fail throughout the program, however it will all belong to the experience. A little over a lots awards will be given out Sunday night, honoring the very best in TELEVISION. In the week leading up to the huge occasion, the Television Academy has actually given out awards through its Creative Arts Emmy Awards to folks behind the scenes consisting of cinematographers, cosmetics artists, unique impacts workers and stunt teams.

Netflix tallied a record 160 elections this year, followed by HBO, which had 107 elections. For Netflix, “The Crown,” “Ozark” and “Dead to Me” are leading competitors. For HBO, “Watchmen” and “Succession” are anticipated to catch rewards. “Watchmen” had the most elections for any single TELEVISION program with 26, a record.

Amazon Prime Video captured 31 elections, consisting of 20 for “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” In its very first year of eligibility, Disney+, which introduced in November, scored 19 overall elections consisting of one for finest drama series for “The Mandalorian.” 

Apple TELEVISION+, likewise a novice candidate, gathered 18 elections. NBC made 47 overall elections, ABC scored 36, FX snagged 33 and CBS scored 23.

And the winners are:

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:
Catherine O’Hara — “Schitt’s Creek” (CBC Television)
Christina Applegate — “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
Linda Cardellini — “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
Rachel Brosnahan — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
Issa Rae — “Insecure” (HBO)
Tracee Ellis Ross — “Blackish” (ABC)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:
Eugene Levy — “Schitt’s Creek” (CBC Television)
Anthony Anderson — “Black-ish” (ABC)
Don Cheadle — “Black Monday” (Showtime)
Ted Danson — “The Good Place” (NBC)
Michael Douglas — “The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
Ramy Youssef — “Ramy” (Hulu)

This story will be upgraded as the award winners are revealed. Please inspect back for updates. 

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