‘This Is Us,’ ‘Mister Rogers’ retrospective in Emmy race
NBC’s partially Pittsburgh-set “This Is Us” repeated several of its top category Emmy nominations from a year ago, landing among the highly competitive outstanding drama series race and again placing two actors (Sterling K. Brown, Milo Ventimiglia) in the lead actor in a drama series category.
Outstanding drama series nominees also include FX’s “The Americans,” Netflix’s “The Crown,” HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and HBO’s “Westworld.”
Filmed-in-Pittsburgh Netflix thriller “Mindhunter,” eligible for its first Emmy nominations, failed to land in any of the top categories. Actor Cameron Britton, who played serial killer Ed Kemper, was nominated for outstanding guest actor in a drama series.
“Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like,” a March PBS pledge special produced by Pittsburgh’s Fred Rogers Productions, received nominations in the outstanding documentary/nonfiction special and in the outstanding writing for a nonfiction program categories.
HBO’s “Paterno,” about the fall of Penn State coach Joe Paterno, received nominations for best movie and best director (Barry Levinson), but star Al Pacino did not receive a nomination.
Pitcairn native Don Roy King was again nominated for his work directing NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” He has won seven times, including an Emmy last year.
Outstanding comedy series nominations went to FX’s “Atlanta,” HBO’s “Barry” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” ABC’s “blackish,” Netflix’s “GLOW,” Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” HBO’s “Silicon Valley” and Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”
Not surprisingly after Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet, ABC’s “Roseanne” revival did not pull in many nominations, but co-star Laurie Metcalf was nominated as best supporting actress in a comedy series, just as she was back in the ’90s during the show’s original run.
The Emmys failed to reward
Drama series:
“The Americans” “The Crown” “Game of Thrones” “The Handmaid’s Tale” “Stranger Things” “This Is Us” “Westworld”
Comedy series:
“Atlanta” “Barry” “black-ish” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” “Glow” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” “Silicon Valley” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Limited series:
“The Alienist” “Assassination of Gianni Versace” “Genius: Picasso” “Godless” “Patrick Melrose”
Lead actress, drama:
Claire Foy, “The Crown” Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black” Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve” Keri Russell, “The Americans”
Evan Rachel Wood, “Westworld”
Lead actor, drama:
Jason Bateman, “Ozark” Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us” Ed Harris, “Westworld” Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”
Milo Ventimiglia, “This Is Us”
Jeffrey Wright, “Westworld”
Lead actress, comedy:
Pamela Adlon, “Better Things”
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Tracee Ellis Ross, “blackish” Allison Janney, “Mom” Issa Rae, “Insecure” Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”
Lead actor, comedy:
Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”
Ted Danson, “The Good Place”
Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Donald Glover, “Atlanta” Bill Hader, “Barry” William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Lead actress, limited series/movie:
Jessica Biel, “The Sinner” Laura Dern, “The Tale” Michelle Dockery, “Godless”
Edie Falco, “The Menendez Murders”
Regina King, “Seven Seconds”
Sarah Paulson, “American Horror Story: Cult”
Lead actor,movie: limited series/
Antonio Banderas, “Genius: Picasso”
Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Patrick Melrose”
Jeff Daniels, “The Looming Tower”
John Legend, “Jesus Christ Superstar”
Jesse Plemons, “Black Mirror: USS Callister”
Variety sketch series:
“At Home With Amy Sedaris” “Drunk History” “I Love You America” “Portlandia” “Saturday Night Live” “Tracey Ullman’s Show”
Reality competition:
“The Amazing Race” “American Ninja Warrior” “Project Runway” “RuPaul’s Drag Race” “Top Chef” “The Voice”
Variety talk series:
“The Daily Show” “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
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