Comedians Nominated for 2020 Emmy Awards

Congratulations to the nominees for this year’s Emmy Awards!

Here are the comedians and comedies in the running for Emmys, which will be handed out Sept. 20, 2020, on ABC.

VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)

  • Dave Chappelle, Sticks & Stones (Netflix)
  • Dave Chappelle, Mark Twain Prize ceremony (PBS)
  • Hannah Gadsby, Douglas (Netflix)
  • Jerry Seinfeld, 23 Hours to KIll (Netflix)
  • John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (Netflix)
  • Tiffany Haddish, Black Mitzvah (Netflix)

WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL

  • Dave Chappelle, Sticks & Stones (Netflix)
  • Hannah Gadsby, Douglas (Netflix)
  • John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (Netflix)
  • Patton Oswalt, I Love Everything (Netflix)
  • Seth Meyers, Lobby Baby (Netflix)

VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
  • Drunk History (Comedy Central)
  • Saturday Night Live (NBC)

VARIETY TALK SERIES

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

WRITING FOR VARIETY SERIES

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
  • Dead to Me (Netflix)
  • Insecure (HBO)
  • Schitt’s Creek (POP TV)
  • The Good Place (NBC)
  • The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
  • What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

ACTING

LEADS

  • Don Cheadle, Black Monday (Showtime)
  • Anthony Anderson, black-ish (ABC)
  • Ramy Youssef, Ramy (Hulu)
  • Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek (POP TV)
  • Ted Danson, The Good Place (NBC)
  • Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
  • Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish (ABC)
  • Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me (Netflix)
  • Christina Applegate, Dead to Me (Netflix)
  • Issa Rae, Insecure (HBO)
  • Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek (POP TV)
  • Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

SUPPORTING

  • Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)
  • Mahershala Ali, Ramy (Hulu)
  • Kenan Thompson, SNL (NBC)
  • Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek (POP TV)
  • William Jackson Harper, The Good Place (NBC)
  • Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
  • Sterling K. Brown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
  • Tony Shaloub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
  • Betty Gilpin, GLOW (Netflix)
  • Yvonne Orji, Insecure (HBO)
  • Cecily Strong, SNL (NBC)
  • Kate McKinnon, SNL (NBC)
  • Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek (POP TV)
  • D’Arcy Carden, The Good Place (NBC)
  • Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
  • Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

GUEST

  • Fred Willard, Modern Family
  • Dev Patel, Modern Love
  • Adam Driver, SNL
  • Eddie Murphy, SNL
  • Brad Pitt, SNL
  • Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Angela Bassett, A Black Lady Sketch Show
  • Maya Rudolph, SNL
  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge, SNL
  • Maya Rudolph, The Good Place
  • Wanda Sykes, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Bette Midler, The Politician

SHORT-FORM CATEGORIES

NONFICTION OR REALITY: Between The Scenes: The Daily Show (Comedy Central); Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: Pandemic Video Diaries (TBS); National Geographic Presents Cosmos: Creating Possible Worlds; Pose: Identity, Family, Community; RuPaul’s Drag Race Out Of The Closet

VARIETY: Beeing At Home With Samantha Bee; Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis: The Movie, Sorta Uncut Interviews; Carpool Karaoke: The Series; Jimmy Kimmel’s Quarantine Minilogues; The Randy Rainbow Show

COMEDY OR DRAMA: Better Call Saul Employee Training: Legal Ethics With Kim Wexler; Most Dangerous Game; Reno 911!; Star Trek: Short Treks; The Good Place Presents: The Selection

Sean L. McCarthy

Editor and publisher since 2007, when he was named New York's Funniest Reporter. Former newspaper reporter at the New York Daily News, Boston Herald and smaller dailies and community papers across America. Loves comedy so much he founded this site.

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