Jeff Goldblum, Billy Porter, CMU alums among Emmy nominees
The Emmy nominations announced Tuesday include a number of people with Pittsburgh ties.
Last year’s best actor in a drama series, Pittsburgh native Billy Porter, was again recognized for FX’s “Pose.”
West Homestead native Jeff Goldblum was nominated in outstanding hosted non-fiction series or special for the Disney+ show, “The World According to Jeff Goldblum.” Three Carnegie Mellon University alums were nominated: Ted Danson (best actor in a comedy series, NBC’s “The Good Place”), Cherry Jones (guest actress in a drama series, HBO’s “Succession”) and Leslie Odom Jr. (outstanding character voice-over performance, Apple TV’s “Central Park”).
Monroeville native and Penn State graduate Don Roy King picked up his 13th nomination for outstanding direction of a variety series (the Eddie Murphy episode of “Saturday Night Live” on NBC). King has won nine times, including last year.
Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails collaborator Atticus Ross received two nominations for their music in HBO’s “Watchmen” (dramatic score and song music and lyrics). Reznor is a native of Lawrence County.
The 72nd annual Emmy Awards is set to air Sept. 20 on ABC with Jimmy Kimmel as host. Other nominees:
• Outstanding comedy series: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon), “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV), “The Good Place” (NBC), “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO), “Dead to Me” (Netflix), “Insecure” (HBO), “The Kominsky Method” (Netflix), “What We Do In the Shadows” (FX).
• Outstanding drama series: “Succession” (HBO), “Ozark” (Netflix), “The Crown” (Netflix), “Better Call Saul” (AMC), “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu), “Stranger Things” (Netflix), “Killing Eve” (BBC America), “The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus).
• Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series: Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop), Ted Danson, “The Good Place” (NBC), Ramy Youssef, “Ramy” (Hulu), Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method” (Netflix), Don Cheadle, “Black Monday” (Showtime), Anthony Anderson “Black-ish” (ABC).
• Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series: Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop), Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon), Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me” (Netflix), Issa Rae, “Insecure” (HBO), Linda Cardellini, “Dead to Me” (Netflix), Tracee Ellis Ross, “Black-ish” (ABC).
• Outstanding variety talk series: “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO), “Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central), “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS), “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” (TBS), “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC).
• Outstanding lead actor in a drama series: Brian Cox, “Succession” (HBO), Jason Bateman, “Ozark” (Netflix), Jeremy Strong, “Succession” (HBO), Billy Porter, “Pose” (FX), Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us” (NBC), Steve Carell, “The Morning Show” (Apple).
• Outstanding lead actress in a drama series: Olivia Colman, “The Crown” (Netflix), Laura Linney, “Ozark” (Netflix), Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show” (Apple), Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve” (BBC America), Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve” (BBC America), Zendaya, “Euphoria” (HBO).
• Outstanding reality-competition program: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1), “The Voice” (NBC), “Nailed It” (Netflix), “Top Chef” (Bravo), “The Masked Singer” (Fox).
• Outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a movie: Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much Is True” (HBO), Hugh Jackman, “Bad Education” (HBO), Jeremy Irons, “Watchmen” (HBO), Paul Mescal, “Normal People” (Hulu), Jeremy Pope, “Hollywood” (Netflix).
• Outstanding lead actress in a limited series or a movie: Cate Blanchett, “Mrs. America” (FX), Regina King, “Watchmen” (HBO), Kerry Washington, “Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu), Shira Haas, “Unorthodox” (Netflix), Octavia Spencer, “Self
Made” (Netflix).
• Outstanding limited series: “Watchmen” (HBO), “Mrs. America” (FX), “Unbelievable” (Netflix), “Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu), “Unorthodox” (Netflix).
• Outstanding guest actress in a comedy series: Maya Rudolph, “The Good Place” (NBC), Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC), Wanda Sykes, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon), Bette Midler, “The Politician” (Netflix), Angela Bassett, “A Black Lady Sketch Show” (HBO), Maya Rudolph, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC).
• Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series: Eddie Murphy, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC), Luke Kirby, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon), Fred Willard, “Modern Family” (ABC), Dev Patel, “Modern Love” (Amazon), Adam Driver, “Saturday Night Live (NBC), Brad Pitt, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC).
• Outstanding TV movie: “Bad Education” (HBO), “El Camino” (Netflix), “American Son” (Netflix), “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix), “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings” (Netflix).
• Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series: Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown” (Netflix), Julia Garner, “Ozark” (Netflix), Meryl Streep, “Big Little Lies” (HBO), Laura Dern, “Big Little Lies” (HBO), Samira Wiley, “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu), Fiona Shaw, “Killing Eve” (BBC America), Sarah Snook, “Succession” (HBO), Thandie Newton, “Westworld” (HBO).
• Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series: Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show” (Apple), Kieran Culkin, “Succession” (HBO), Mark Duplass, “The Morning Show” (Apple), Bradley Whitford, “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu), Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession” (HBO), Giancarlo Esposito, “Better Call Saul” (AMC), Jeffrey Wright, “Westworld” (HBO), Nicholas Braun, “Succession” (HBO).
• Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series: Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon), Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC), Cecily Strong, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC), Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop), Marin Hinkle, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon), Betty Gilpin, “GLOW” (Netflix), D’Arcy Carden, “The Good Place” (NBC), Yvonne Orji, “Insecure” (HBO).