2017 Emmy Nominations: ‘Westworld’, ‘SNL’ Hit New Highs

The 69th Primetime Emmy Award were all about comedy and robots this year, taking a break from its usual love of dragons and mix-matched families.

NBC’s Saturday Night Live and HBO’s sci-fier Westworld walking away with 22 noms apiece, the most nods of any show. The sketch show owes big props to its recent turn to political-heavy comedy, such as its skits featuring Alec Baldwin’s Trump and Melissa McCartney’s Sean Spicer, who turned the show from Toonces the driving cat territory into biting commentary about modern times.

Netflix’s Stranger Things and FX’s miniseries Feud each nabbed 17 noms a piece, including acting noms for femme fatales Millie Bobby Brown, Shannon Purser, Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon.

Hulu’s breakout hit Handmaid’s Tale scored 13 noms and one of its stars, Ann Dowd became a double nominee for pulling double-duty on both the streaming service drama and HBO’s The Leftovers.

HBO’s former heavy-hitter Game of Thrones had to sit this one out as the long stall time between seasons meant that the show wasn’t eligible for any kudos.

THE NOMINEES

 

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
House of Cards
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

 

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Atlanta
black-ish
Master of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

 

BEST LIMITED SERIES

Big Little Lies (HBO)
Fargo (FX)
Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Genius (National Geographic)
The Night Of (HBO)

 

BEST TELEVISION MOVIE

Black Mirror (Netflix)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)
Dolly Parton’s Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love (NBC)
Sherlock: The Lying Detective (PBS)
Wizard of Lies (HBO)

 

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Claire Foy, The Crown
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Keri Russell, The Americans
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld

 

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Anthony Hopkins, Westworld
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us

 

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Carrie Coon, Fargo
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies

 

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective
Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies
Ewan McGregor, Fargo
Geoffrey Rush, Genius
John Turturro, The Night Of

 

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Allison Janney, Mom
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

 

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Zach Galifianakis, Baskets
Donald Glover, Atlanta
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Kathryn Han, Transparent
Judith Light, Transparent
Anna Chlumsky, Veep

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Louie Anderson, Baskets
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale, Veep
Matt Walsh, Veep

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Uzo Aduba , Orange Is The New Black
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Ron Cephas Jones, This is Us
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
John Lithgow, The Crown
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Judy Davis, Feud
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Jackie Hoffman, Feud
Regina King, American Crime
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Bill Camp, The Night Of
Michael Kenneth Williams, The Night Of
Alfred Molina, Feud
Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
David Thewlis, Fargo
Stanley Tucci, Feud

 

BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black
Ann Dowd, The Leftovers
Shannon Purser, Stranger Things
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away With Murder
Alison Wright, The Americans

 

BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Denis O’Hare, This is Us
Brian Tyree Henry, This is Us
BD Wong, Mr. Robot

 

BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Beck Ann Baker, Girls
Angela Bassett, Master of None
Carrie Fisher, Catastrophie
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live
Wanda Sykes, black-ish
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live

 

BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Riz Ahmed, Girls
Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live
Tom Hanks, Saturday Night Live
Hugh Laurie, Veep
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Saturday Night Live
Matthew Rhys, Girls

 

BEST VARIETY TALK SHOW

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)

 

BEST REALITY COMPETITION SHOW

American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
aRuPaul’s Drag Race (LOGO)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)

 

BEST CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE

Dee Bradley Baker, American Dad!
Nancy Cartwright, The Simpsons
Mo Collins, F Is For Family
Kevin Kline, Bob’s Burgers
Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy
Kristen Schaal, BoJack Horseman

 

BEST ANIMATED PROGRAM

Archer
Bob’s Burgers
Elena and the Secret of Avalor
The Simpsons
South Park

 

BEST VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

Billy on the Street
Documentary Now!
Drunk History
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
Tracey Ullman’s Shows

 

BEST STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM

​​​​​​​Antiques Roadshow
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Fixer Upper
Lip Sync Battle
Shark Tank
Who Do You Think You Are

 

BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM 

Born This Way
Deadliest Catch
Gaycation With Ellen Page
Intervention
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked
United Shades Of America: With W. Kamau Bell

 

BEST HOST FOR A REALITY PROGRAM

​​​​​​​Alec Baldwin, Match Game
Kamau Bell, United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway
Gordon Ramsay, MasterChef Junior
Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party

 

The 2017 Emmy air on Sunday, Sept. 17 on CBS and will be hosted by Stephen Colbert.