The 2019 Emmy Nominations (Mostly) Don't Suck

By Dustin Rowles | TV | July 16, 2019 |

By Dustin Rowles | TV | July 16, 2019 |

Here are your 2019 Emmy nominations (the show itself will air in September). You might be surprised to learn that this year’s nominations mostly don’t suck. There are a lot of great shows that weren’t included because there are too many great shows to include (Late Night with Seth Meyers, Superstore), and there were some middling shows that were included (Ozark and This Is Us), but for the most part, the Emmy folks got a lot of this right. They managed to include great shows like Fleabag, Killing Eve, Succession, When They See Us, and Chernobyl, and better yet, Modern Family is nowhere to be found.

Anyway, here are the nominations:

Drama Series
“Better Call Saul” (AMC)
“Bodyguard” (Netflix)
“Game of Thrones” (HBO)
“Killing Eve” (AMC/BBC America)
“Ozark” (Netflix)
“Pose” (FX)
“Succession” (HBO)
“This Is Us” (NBC)

Comedy Series
“Barry” (HBO)
“Fleabag” (Amazon Prime)
“The Good Place” (NBC)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon Prime)
“Russian Doll” (Netflix)
“Schitt’s Creek” (POP)
“Veep” (HBO)

Limited Series
“Chernobyl” (HBO)
“Escape at Dannemora” (Showtime)
“Fosse/Verdon” (FX)
“Sharp Objects” (HBO)
“When They See Us” (Netflix)

Television Movie
“Black Mirror”
“Bandersnatch”
“Brexit”
“Deadwood”
“King Lear”
“My Dinner With Herve”

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman (“Ozark”)
Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”)
Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”)
Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”)
Billy Porter (“Pose”)
Milo Ventimiglia (“This Is Us”)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”)
Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”)
Viola Davis (“How to Get Away With Murder”)
Laura Linney (“Ozark”)
Mandy Moore (“This Is Us”)
Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”)
Robin Wright (“House of Cards”)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Alfie Allen, (“Game of Thrones”)
Jonathan Banks, (“Better Call Saul”)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, (“Game of Thrones”)
Peter Dinklage, (“Game of Thrones”)
Giancarlo Esposito, (“Better Call Saul”)
Michael Kelly, (“House of Cards”)
Chris Sullivan, (“This Is Us”)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Gwendoline Christie, (“Game of Thrones”)
Julia Garner, (“Ozark”)
Lena Headey, (“Game of Thrones”)
Fiona Shaw, (“Killing Eve”)
Sophie Turner, (“Game of Thrones”)
Maisie Williams, (“Game of Thrones”)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson (“Black-ish”)
Don Cheadle (“Black Monday”)
Ted Danson (“The Good Place”)
Michael Douglas (“The Kominsky Method”)
Bill Hader (“Barry”)
Eugene Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate (“Dead to Me”)
Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”)
Natasha Lyonne (“Russian Doll”)
Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Alan Arkin, (“The Kominsky Method”)
Anthony Carrigan, (“Barry”)
Tony Hale, (“Veep”)
Stephen Root, (“Barry”)
Tony Shalhoub, (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Henry Winkler, (“Barry”)

Supporting Actress in Comedy Series
Alex Borstein, (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Anna Chlumsky, (“Veep”)
Olivia Colman, (“Fleabag”)
Sian Clifford, (“Fleabag”)
Betty Gilpin, (“GLOW”)
Sarah Goldberg, (“Barry”)
Marin Hinkle, (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Kate McKinnon, (“Saturday Night Live”)

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Mahershala Ali (“True Detective”)
Benicio Del Toro (“Escape at Dannemora”)
Hugh Grant (“A Very English Scandal”)
Jared Harris (“Chernobyl”)
Jharrel Jerome (“When They See Us”)
Sam Rockwell (“Fosse/Verdon”)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Amy Adams (“Sharp Objects”)
Patricia Arquette (“Escape at Dannemora”)
Aunjanue Ellis (“When They See Us”)
Joey King (“The Act”)
Niecy Nash (“When They See Us”)

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Asante Blackk, (“When They See Us”)
Paul Dano, (“Escape at Dannemora”)
John Leguizamo, (“When They See Us”)
Stellan Skarsgård, (“Chernobyl”)
Ben Whishaw, (“A Very English Scandal”)
Michael K. Williams, (“When They See Us”)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Emily Watson, (“Chernobyl”)
Margaret Qualley, (“Fosse/Verdon”)
Patricia Clarkson, (“Sharp Objects”)
Patricia Arquette, (“The Act”)
Marsha Stephanie Blake, (“When They See Us”)
Vera Farmiga, (“When They See Us”)

Variety Talk Show
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Reality Competition
“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“American Ninja Warrior” (NBC)
“Nailed It” (Netflix)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1)
“Top Chef” (Bravo)
“The Voice” (NBC)

Outstanding Animated Show
“Bojack Horseman”
“Bob’s Burgers”
“Big Mouth”
“Adventure Time”
“The Simpsons”