2018 Emmy Nominees

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The nominees for the 2018 Emmys have been announced.

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie:

• 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 (“USS Callister”)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie:

• Laura Dern (“The Tale”)
• Jessica Biel (“The Sinner”)
• Michelle Dockery (“Godless”)
• Edie Falco (“The Menendez Murders”)
• Regina King (“Seven Seconds”)
• Sarah Paulson (“American Horror Story: Cult”)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:

• Donald Glover (“Atlanta”)
• Bill Hader (“Barry”)
• Anthony Anderson (“Black-ish”)
• William H. Macy (“Shameless”)
• Larry David (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
• Ted Danson (“The Good Place”)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:

• Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”)
• Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
• Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”)
• Allison Janney (“Mom”)
• Lily Tomlin (“Grace and Frankie”)
• Issa Rae (“Insecure”)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series:

• 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 in a Drama Series:

• Claire Foy (“The Crown”)
• Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”)
• Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”)
• Keri Russell (“The Americans”)
• Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld”)

Reality Competition

• “The Amazing Race”
• “American Ninja Warrior”
• “Project Runway”
• “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
• “Top Chef”
• “The Voice”

Variety Sketch Series

• “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
• “Portlandia” (IFC)
• “Drunk History” (Comedy Central)
• “Tracey Ullman’s Show” (HBO)
• “At Home with Amy Sedaris” (TruTV)

Variety Talk Series

• “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah”
• “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee”
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
• “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
• “Late Late Show with James Corden Late Show with Stephen Colbert”

Limited Series

• “The Alienist”
• “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
• “Genius: Picasso”
• “Godless”
• “Patrick Melrose”

Comedy Series

• “Atlanta” (FX)
• “Barry” (HBO)
• “Black-ish” (ABC)
• “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)
• “GLOW” (Netflix)
• “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
• “Silicon Valley” (HBO)
• “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix)

Drama Series

• “The Handmaid’s Tale”
• “Game of Thrones”
• “This Is Us”
• “The Crown”
• “The Americans”
• “Stranger Things”
• “Westworld”

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”)
• Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”)
• Joseph Fiennes (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• David Harbour (“Stranger Things”)
• Mandy Patinkin (“Homeland”)
• Matt Smith (“The Crown”)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Alexis Bledel (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• Millie Bobby Brown (“Stranger Things”)
• Ann Dowd (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• Lena Headey (“Game of Thrones”)
• Thandie Newton (“Westworld”)
• Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Louie Anderson (“Baskets”)

• Alec Baldwin (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Tituss Burgess (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”)
• Tony Shalhoub (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
• Kenan Thompson (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Henry Winkler (“Barry”)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Zazie Beetz (“Atlanta”)
• Alex Borstein (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
• Aidy Bryant (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Betty Gilpin (“GLOW”)
• Leslie Jones (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Laurie Metcalf (“Roseanne”)
• Megan Mullally (“Will & Grace”)

Television Movie

• “Fahrenheit 451” (HBO)
• “Flint” (Lifetime)
• “Paterno” (HBO)
• “The Tale” (HBO)
• “Black Mirror: USS Callister” (Netflix)

Structured Reality Program

• “Antiques Roadshow” (PBS)
• “Fixer Upper” (HGTV)
• “Lip Sync Battle” (Paramount)
• “Queer Eye” (Netflix)
• “Shark Tank” (ABC)
• “Who Do You Think You Are?” (TLC)

Unstructured Reality Program

• “Born This Way” (A&E)
• “Deadliest Catch” (Discovery)
• “Intervention” (A&E)
• “Naked and Afraid” (Discovery Channel)
• “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” (VH1)
• “United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell” (CNN)

Host for Reality/Reality Competition Program

• W. Kamau Bell (“United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell”)
• Ellen DeGeneres (“Ellen’s Game of Games”)
• RuPaul Charles (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”)
• Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (“Project Runway”)
• Jane Lynch (“Hollywood Game Night”)

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Jeff Daniels (“Godless”)
• Brandon Victor Dixon (“Jesus Christ Superstar”)
• John Leguizamo (“Waco”)
• Ricky Martin (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)
• Edgar Ramirez (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)
• Michael Stuhlbarg (“The Looming Tower”)
• Finn Wittrock (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Sara Bareilles (“Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert”)
• Penelope Cruz (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)
• Judith Light (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”)
• Adina Porter (“American Horror Story: Cult”)
• Merritt Wever (“Godless”)
• Letitia Wright (“Black Museum” (Black Mirror))

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

• F. Murray Abraham (“Homeland”)
• Cameron Britton (“Mindhunter”)
• Matthew Goode (“The Crown”)
• Ron Cephas Jones (“This Is Us”)
• Gerald McRaney (“This Is Us”)
• Jimmi Simpson (“Westworld”)

uest Actress in a Drama Series

• Viola Davis (“Scandal”)
• Kelly Jenrette (The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• Cherry Jones (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
• Diana Rigg (“Game of Thrones”)
• Cicely Tyson (“How to Get Away With Murder”)
• Samira Wiley (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

• Sterling K. Brown (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”)
• Bryan Cranston (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
• Donald Glover (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Bill Hader (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
• Katt Williams (“Atlanta”)

uest Actress in a Comedy Series

• Tina Fey (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Tiffany Haddish (“Saturday Night Live”)
• Jane Lynch (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
• Maya Rudolph (“The Good Place”)
• Molly Shannon (“Will & Grace”)
• Wanda Sykes (“Black-ish”)

Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

• Alias Grace – music by Mychael and Jeff Danna
• Crazy Diamond (Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams) – music by Cristobal Tapia De Veer
• Godless – music by Carlos Rafael Rivera
• March Of The Penguins 2: The Next Step – music by Cyril Aufort
• The Commuter (Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams) – music by Harry Gregson-Williams
• USS Callister (Black Mirror) – music by Daniel Pemberton

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score)

• Game of Thrones “The Dragon and the Wolf” – music by Ramin Djawadi
• Marvel’s Jessica Jones “AKA Playland” – music by Sean Callery
• Once Upon A Time “Leaving Storybrooke” – music by Mark Isham, Cindy O’Connor, Michael Simon
• SEAL Team “Pattern of Life” – music by W.G. Snuffy Walden, A. Patrick Rose
• Star Wars Rebels “Family Reunion – And Farewell” – music by Kevin Kiner

Outstanding Music Direction

• Bruno Mars: 24K Magic Live At The Apollo – Bruno Mars, Music Director
• Elton John: I’m Still Standing – A Grammy Salute – Davey Johnstone, Music Director
• Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake – Adam Wayne Blackstone, Music Director
• The Oscars – Harold Wheeler, Music Director
• Tony Bennett: The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song – Gregg Field, Music Director

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

• Godless – theme by Carlos Rafael Rivera
• Marvel’s The Defenders – theme by John Paesano
• Somebody Feed Phil – theme by Mike S. Olson, Bridget Ellen Kearney, Michael Calabrese, Rachael Price
• The Las Tycoon – theme by Mychael Danna
• The Putin Interviews – theme by Jeff Beal
• The Tick – theme by Chris Bacon

Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics

• A Christmas Story Live! – “In The Market For A Miracle” – music & lyrics by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
• Big Mouth – “Totally Gay” – music & lyrics by Mark Rivers
• If You’re Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast – “Just Getting Started” – music & lyrics by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Dave Grusin
• Saturday Night Live – Chance the Rapper’s “Come Back Barack” – music by Eli Brueggemann
• Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life – “The Buddy Song” – music & lyrics by Steve Martin
• The Good Fight – “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” – music & lyrics by Jonathan Coulton

Outstanding Music Supervision

• Jen Malone, Fam Udeorji (Atlanta – “Alligator Man”)
• Nora Felder (Stranger Things – “Trick or Treat, Freak”)
• Robin Urdang, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – “Pilot”)
• Jennifer Pyken (This Is Us – “That’ll Be The Day”)
• Sean O’Meara (Westworld – “Akane No Mai”)

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