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 "Watchmen" scored 26 nods,
including best limited series, while Amazon
Studio's <AMZN.O> "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
got 20.
Netflix <NFLX.O> led all platforms with a record
160 nominations for shows ranging from "Stranger
Things" to "Tiger King." It was followed by HBO
with 107, including a surprise nod for Zendaya,
the 23-year-old mixed race star of teen drama
"Euphoria."
"Schitt's Creek," the sleeper hit comedy about a
wealthy family forced to live in a rundown
motel, scored 15 nods, including for best comedy
series and its four main cast members.
Actor Eugene Levy said it had taken people time
to fall in love with the show, which aired its
final season in April.
“The love and inclusivity that the show had
touched people in a meaningful way, particularly
now, but (also) in the past year certainly with
the mood and tone of what was going on in the
world," Levy told Reuters on Tuesday.
Most of the Emmy-nominated shows completed
filming before the coronavirus pandemic
shuttered Hollywood production, but the effects
of the disease that has confined millions to
their homes was apparent in reactions on
Tuesday.
"This is the best news I've had since getting
locked up in the house five months ago," quipped
Alan Arkin, who was nominated for comedy "The
Kominsky Method."
“We are feeling blessed and hoping our show
continues to bring a little, lightness, levity
and joy,” said "Mrs. Maisel" nominee Tony
Shalhoub.
"Succession," about a sparring media family,
scored 18 nominations including nine for its
actors. "Ozark," the saga of a middle-class
family that launders money, also received 18
nods.
COLORFUL WOMEN
Half of the nominees for best comedy series were
Emmy newcomers, such as female-driven "Dead To
Me" and Issa Rae's "Insecure" take on
20-something Black women in Los Angeles.
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 "Women of all ages and color
have never had it better," said Helena Bonham
Carter, who was nominated for playing Britain's
Princess Margaret in "The Crown."
At a time when Hollywood's record on diversity
is under scrutiny, multiple nominations went to
people of color, including Muslim American Ramy
Youssef ("Ramy"), Kerry Washington ("Little
Fires Everywhere" and "American Son"), Regina
King ("Watchmen") and returning Emmy champion
Billy Porter ("Pose").
The Television Academy did not give a breakdown
but Variety calculated that 35, or 34.3%, of the
102 acting nominations went to Black actors,
smashing the previous highest tally of 27.7% in
2018.
"I'm proud to see so many Black artists
nominated this year. It gives me hope that
systemic change in our entertainment industry is
not only possible, it’s imminent," said Jeremy
Pope, reacting to his nod for playing a Black
screenwriter in "Hollywood."
Jennifer Aniston landed her first Emmy
nomination in a dramatic role for her
performance as a TV anchor in the Apple TV+
drama "The Morning Show."
Among the surprises was a best drama series nod
and 14 others for "The Mandalorian," the popular
"Star Wars" spinoff on the Disney+ <DIS.N>
streaming platform.
The Emmy Awards will be announced at a ceremony
on Sept. 20, although it is not clear what form
it will take because of the coronavirus
pandemic.
“I’m guessing it’ll be on Zoom, so I can just
wear the top half of my tux," quipped Chuck
Lorre, creator of "The Kominsky Method."
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant and Lisa Richwine;
Editing by Chris Reese, Jonathan Oatis and Tom
Brown)
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