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Despite being more popular than ever, as we all hunker down to ride out the pandemic, television has suffered during the pandemic, as paused filming schedules and delays in production have put things on hold.

Nevertheless, the Emmy Awards are going ahead as usual.

You won’t be surprised to learn that The Handmaid’s Tale is back in the running in the drama category. If history repeats itself, Elizabeth Moss will have to bring a tote bag to cart all of the statues home again.

Then again, the series has some stiff competition this year.

Entering the running we have Disney’s The Mandalorian which rose to fame by introducing the world to the cutest thing ever to appear in a television show: Baby Yoda.

The ever-popular The Crown has also landed a nomination for ‘best drama series’.

And, notably, our very own Trevor Noah has landed no less than six nominations for The Daily Show, in the Variety Talk Series, Writing for a Variety Series, Directing for a Variety Series, Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special, Picture Editing for Variety Programming, and Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series categories.

Nicely done.

Mashable compiled a list of the main categories and the contenders in each one, so that you can hedge your bets.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Jeremy Irons, Watchmen
• Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
• Paul Mescal, Normal People
• Jeremy Pope, Hollywood
• Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie 

• Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
• Shira Haas, Unorthodox
• Regina King, Watchmen
• Octavia Spencer, Self Made
• Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Dylan McDermott, Hollywood
• Jim Parsons, Hollywood
• Titus Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen
• Jovan Adepo, Watchmen
• Louis Gossett Jr., Watchmen

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Holland Taylor, Hollywood
• Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America
• Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
• Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America
• Toni Collette, Unbelievable
• Jean Smart, Watchmen

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• William Jackson Harper, The Good Place
• Alan Arkin, The Kominstky Method
• Sterling K. Brown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Mahershala Ali, Ramy
• Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
• Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Betty Gilpin, GLOW
• D’Arcy Carden, The Good Place
• Yvonne Orji, Insecure
• Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
• Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live
• Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
• Don Cheadle, Black Monday
• Ted Danson, The Good Place
• Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
• Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
• Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
• Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me
• Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
• Issa Rae, Insecure
• Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
• Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid’s Tale
• Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
• Mark Duplass, The Morning Show
• Nicholas Braun, Succession
• Kieran Culkin, Succession
• Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
• Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
• Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
• Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale
• Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
• Julia Garner, Ozark
• Sarah Snook, Succession
• Thandie Newton, Westworld

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Jason Bateman, Ozark
• Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
• Steve Carell, The Morning Show
• Brian Cox, Succession
• Billy Porter, Pose
• Jeremy Strong, Succession

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
• Olivia Colman, The Crown
• Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
• Laura Linney, Ozark
• Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
• Zendaya, Euphoria

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
• Jimmy Kimmel Live
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• The Late Show with Steven Colbert

Outstanding Competition Program

• The Masked Singer
• Nailed It!
• RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Top Chef
• The Voice

Outstanding Limited Series

• Little Fires Everywhere
• Mrs. America
• Unbelievable
• Unorthodox
• Watchmen

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Dead to Me
• The Good Place
• Insecure
• The Kominsky Method
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Schitt’s Creek
• What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding Drama Series

• Better Call Saul
• The Crown
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• Killing Eve
• The Mandalorian
• Ozark
• Stranger Things
• Succession

You can check out the full list of nominees, here.

The Emmy Awards will air on September 20, 2020.

I’ll leave you with Baby Yoda being adorable for three minutes:

You’re welcome.

[source:mashable]