The Complete List of 2018 Emmy Nominations – Shows With the Most Nominations are: ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Saturday Night Live,’ ‘Westworld,’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

The nominations for the 70th Emmy Awards have been announced. The shows with the most nominations were HBO’s Game of Thrones with 22, which includes Best Drama, also, NBC’s Saturday Night Live and HBO’s Westworld  both received 21 nominations. Netflix’s most nominated television shows were The Crown with 13, as well as, Godless and Stranger Things both have 12 nominations. Netflix ended up having the most nominations with 112, which means that for the first time in 18 years HBO did not lead all networks in nominations. Instead HBO was second with 108 and NBC was third with 78.

HBO said in a statement, “HBO is very pleased with its 108 nominations, especially the wide range over so many categories. We’re grateful to all our nominees for making this the eighth year we’ve had 100 nominations or more. We look forward to Sept. 17th.”

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said, “We congratulate our creative partners on their unprecedented success today, garnering Netflix a leading 112 nominations. We are particularly enthused to see the breadth of our programming celebrated with nominations spread across 40 new and returning titles which showcase our varied and expansive slate — comedies, dramas, movies, limited series, documentary, variety, animation and reality.”

Here is a list of network channels with at least 10 nominations:

Netflix – 112

HBO – 108

NBC – 78

FX Networks – 50

CBS – 34

ABC – 31

Hulu – 27

Amazon – 22

Showtime – 21

National Geographic – 17

FOX – 16

VH1 – 12

CNN – 10


Here is a list for the television shows with at least 5 nominations:

Game of Thrones – 22

Saturday Night Live – 21

Westworld  – 21

The Handmaid’s Tale – 20

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – 18

Atlanta – 16

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – 14

Barry – 13

The Crown – 13

Jesus Christ Superstar Live – 13

Godless – 12

Stranger Things – 12

GLOW – 10

RuPaul’s Drag Race – 10

The Voice – 10

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – 9

Twin Peaks – 9

The Oscars – 8

This Is Us – 8

American Horror Story: Cult – 7

Genius: Picasso – 7

Jane – 7

Silicon Valley – 7

USS Callister (Black Mirror) – 7

The Alienist – 6

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – 6

Dancing With the Stars – 6

Black-ish – 5

Blue Planet II – 5

The Defiant Ones – 5

Fahrenheit 451 – 5

Ozark – 5

Patrick Melrose – 5

So You Think You Can Dance – 5

Wild Wild Country – 5

Will & Grace – 5


Here is a list of each category that the shows were nominated for:

Best Comedy:

FX – Atlanta

HBO – Barry

ABC – black-ish

HBO – Curb Your Enthusiasm

Netflix – GLOW

Amazon – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

HBO – Silicon Valley

Netflix – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt


Best Drama

FX – The Americans

Netflix – The Crown

HBO – Game of Thrones

Hulu – The Handmaid’s Tale

Netflix – Stranger Things

NBC – This Is Us

HBO – Westworld


Best Limited Series

TNT – The Alienist

FX – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

National Geographic – Genius: Picasso

Netflix – Godless

Showtime – Patrick Melrose


Best Actress – Comedy

Better Things – Pamela Adlon

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Rachel Brosnahan

Mom – Allison Janney

Insecure – Issa Rae

black-ish – Tracee Ellis Ross

Grace and Frankie – Lily Tomlin

Best Actor – Comedy

black-ish – Anthony Anderson

The Good Place – Ted Danson

Curb Your Enthusiasm – Larry David

Atlanta – Donald Glover

Barry – Bill Hader

Shameless – William H. Macy

Best Actress – Drama

The Crown – Claire Foy

Orphan Black – Tatiana Maslany

The Handmaid’s Tale – Elisabeth Moss

Killing Eve – Sandra Oh

The Americans – Keri Russell

Westworld – Evan Rachel Wood

Best Actor – Drama

Ozark – Jason Bateman

This Is Us – Sterling K. Brown

Westworld – Ed Harris

The Americans – Matthew Rhys

This Is Us – Milo Ventimiglia

Westworld – Jeffrey Wright

Supporting Actress – Drama

The Handmaid’s Tale – Alexis Bledel

The Handmaid’s Tale – Ann Dowd

The Handmaid’s Tale – Yvonne Strahovski

Game of Thrones – Lena Headey

Westworld – Thandie Newton

Stranger Things – Millie Bobby Brown

The Crown – Vanessa Kirby

Supporting Actor – Drama

Game of Thrones – Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Game of Thrones – Peter Dinklage

The Handmaid’s Tale – Joseph Fiennes

Stranger Things – David Harbour

Homeland – Mandy Patinkin

The Crown – Matt Smith


Supporting Actress – Comedy

Atlanta – Zazie Beetz

Saturday Night Live – Aidy Bryant

Saturday Night Live – Leslie Jones

Saturday Night Live – Kate McKinnon

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Alex Borstein

GLOW – Betty Gilpin

Roseanne Laurie Metcalf

Will & Grace – Megan Mullally


Supporting Actor – Comedy

Saturday Night Live – Alec Baldwin

Saturday Night Live – Kenan Thompson

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Tituss Burgess

Baskets – Louie Anderson

Atlanta – Brian Tyree Henry

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Tony Shalhoub

Barry – Henry Winkler


Best Actress – Limited Series or Movie

The Sinner -Jessica Biel

The Tale – Laura Dern

Godless – Michelle Dockery

Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders – Edie Falco

Seven Seconds – Regina King

American Horror Story: Cult – Sarah Paulson


Best Actor – Limited Series or Movie

Genius: Picasso – Antonio Banderas

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Patrick Melrose

The Looming Tower

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

Black Mirror: USS Callister


Supporting Actress – Limited Series or Movie

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert – Sara Bareilles

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – Penélope Cruz

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – Judith Light

American Horror Story: Cult – Adina Porter

Godless – Merritt Wever

Black Mirror: Black Museum – Letitia Wright


Supporting Actor – Limited Series or Movie

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – Ricky Martin

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – Edgar Ramirez

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – Finn Wittrock

Waco – John Leguizamo

Godless – Jeff Daniels

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert – Brandon Victor Dixon

The Looming Tower – Michael Stuhlbarg


Television Movie

Netflix – Black Mirror: USS Callister

HBO – Fahrenheit 451

HBO – The Tale

HBO – Paterno

Lifetime – Flint


Variety Sketch Series

truTV – At Home With Amy Sedaris

Comedy Central – Drunk History

Hulu – I Love You America with Sarah Silverman

IFC – Portlandia

NBC – Saturday Night Live

HBO – Tracey Ullman’s Show


Variety Talk Series

Comedy Central – The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

CBS – The Late Late Show With James Corden

CBS – The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

TBS – Full Frontal With Samantha Bee

ABC – Jimmy Kimmel Live

HBO – Last Week Tonight With John Oliver


Reality Competition Program

CBS – The Amazing Race

NBC – American Ninja Warrior

NBC – The Voice

Lifetime – Project Runway

VH1 – RuPaul’s Drag Race

Bravo – Top Chef


Reality Host

United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell – W. Kamau Bell

Ellen’s Game Of Games – Ellen DeGeneres

Project Runway – Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn

Hollywood Game Night – Jane Lynch

RuPaul’s Drag Race – RuPaul


Structured Reality Program

PBS – Antiques Roadshow

HGTV – Fixer Upper

Paramount Network – Lip Sync Battle

Netflix – Queer Eye

ABC – Shark Tank

TLC – Who Do You Think You Are?


Unstructured Reality Program

A&E – Born This Way 

A&E – Intervention

Discovery Channel – Deadliest Catch

Discovery Channel – Naked And Afraid 

VH1 – RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked

CNN – United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell


Guest Actress – Drama

Game of Thrones – Diana Rigg

Scandal – Viola Davis

The Handmaid’s Tale – Kelly Jenrette

The Handmaid’s Tale – Cherry Jones

The Handmaid’s Tale – Samira Wiley

How To Get Away With Murder – Cicely Tyson


Guest Actor – Drama

Homeland – F. Murray Abraham

This Is Us – Ron Cephas Jones

This Is Us – Gerald McRaney

The Crown – Matthew Goode

Mindhunter – Cameron Britton

Westworld – Jimmi Simpson


Guest Actress – Comedy

Saturday Night Live – Tina Fey

Saturday Night Live – Tiffany Haddish

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Jane Lynch

The Good Place – Maya Rudolph

Will & Grace – Molly Shannon

black-ish – Wanda Sykes


Guest Actor – Comedy

Brooklyn Nine-Nine – Sterling K. Brown

Curb Your Enthusiasm – Bryan Cranston

Curb Your Enthusiasm – Lin-Manuel Miranda

Saturday Night Live – Bill Hader

Saturday Night Live – Donald Glover

Atlanta – Katt Williams


Documentary or Nonfiction Series

PBS – American Masters

BBC America – Blue Planet II

HBO – The Defiant Ones

Showtime – The Fourth Estate

Netflix – Wild Wild Country


Animated Program

Disney XD – Baymax Returns: Big Hero 6: The Series

FOX – Bob’s Burgers

FOX – The Simpsons

Adult Swim – Rick And Morty

Comedy Central – South Park


Writing for a Comedy Series

Alec Berg – Silicon Valley “Fifty-One Percent”

Alec Berg and Bill Hader – Barry “Chapter One: Make Your Mark”

Donald Glover – Atlanta “Alligator Man”

Stefani Robinson – Atlanta “Barbershop”

Liz Sarnoff – Barry “Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast And Keep Going”

Amy Sherman-Palladino – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel “Pilot”


Writing for a Drama Series

David Benioff & D.B. Weiss – Game Of Thrones “The Dragon And The Wolf”

The Duffer Brothers – Stranger Things “Chapter Nine: The Gate”

Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg – The Americans “Start”

Peter Morgan – The Crown “Mystery Man”

Bruce Miller – The Handmaid’s Tale “June”

Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Killing Eve “Nice Face”


Writing for Limited Series – Movie or Drama

William Bridges & Charlie Brooker – Black Mirror: USS Callister

Scott Frank – Godless

David Lynch & Mark Frost – Twin Peaks

Kevin McManus & Matthew McManus – American Vandal “Clean Up”

David Nicholls – Patrick Melrose

Tom Rob Smith – The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story “House By The Lake”


Directing for Comedy Series

Donald Glover – Atlanta “FUBU”

Bill Hader – Barry “Chapter One: Make Your Mark”

Hiro Murai – Atlanta “Teddy Perkins”

Mike Judge – Silicon Valley “Initial Coin Offering”

Jesse Peretz – GLOW “Pilot”

Amy Sherman-Palladino – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel “Pilot”


Directing for Drama Series

Jason Bateman – Ozark “The Toll”

Stephen Daldry – The Crown “Paterfamilias”

The Duffer Brothers – Stranger Things “Chapter Nine: The Gate”

Jeremy Podeswa – Game Of Thrones “The Dragon And The Wolf”

Daniel Sackheim – Ozark “Tonight We Improvise”

Samer Alrayes: Samer Alrayes is a gradute student at Chapman University. He is getting an MA in Literature and MFA in Creative Writing. Besides writing for mxdwn, he has volunteered to be a mentor for high school students and taught adults that want to go back to college. He is passionate about the writing space and also has a story published. He is growing in the entertainment world.
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