Hosted by late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert, the best of
the best series from Hollywood will be awarded for their groundbreaking and
innovative television performances at the spectacular 69th Primetime Emmy
Awards ® in
September.
M-Net (ch.101) has scheduled the prestigious ceremony live from
Los Angeles on September 17 at 02h00 and in prime time on the same day at 19h30.
As always, some of the acclaimed nominees on the list formed part
of the M-Net channels schedules in the past year including: Better Call Saul,
House of Cards, This Is Us and Westworld. The equally
applauded black-ish, Modern Family, Silicon Valley and Veep
were favourites in the Outstanding Comedy Series category. Westworld
was one of the leads with
the most nominations, receiving a total of 22
nominations in all categories, and Veep stands in with 17.
First-time Emmy nominee Milo Ventimiglia (This is Us)
joined the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category alongside his co-star Sterling
K. Brown (This is Us). Other nominees in the Lead Actor in a Drama
Series category were Anthony Hopkins (Westworld), Bob Odenkirk (Better
Call Saul), Matthew Rhys (The Americans), Liev Schreiber (Ray
Donovan) and Kevin Spacey (House of Cards).
Notable M-Net channels nominations include Lead Actress in a
Drama: Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder), Keri Russell (The
Americans), Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld) and Robin Wright (House
of Cards).
Award-winning comedy that kept us going this year included
performances from the Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and on the nominee list is:
Anthony Anderson (black-ish), and past Emmy winners William H. Macy (Shameless)
and Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent). Nominees in the Lead Actress in a
Comedy were Allison Janney (Mom), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep), and
Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish). Multiple nominees included Riz Ahmed (The
Night Of), Ty Burrell (Modern Family), Ewan McGregor (Fargo),
Matthew Rhys (The Americans) and Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan). First-time
Emmy nominees in the Limited Series or Movie categories included Carrie Coon (The
Leftovers) and Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies).
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