The 2020 Emmy Award nominations have been introduced this morning, and with it got here yet one more battle between Netflix and HBO. Who had the final chuckle this yr? Effectively, the reply is each. Whereas Netflix made historical past because the most-nominated platform with 160 whole nods — up from final yr’s 118 nominations — and HBO lagged behind with 108, the Dwelling Field Workplace did discover a massive win with Watchmen, which earned the excellence of changing into this yr’s most nominated present. That is the Emmys’ manner of giving a piece of the homecoming queen crown to everybody, form of!
Netflix racked up its numbers with reveals like Ozark, The Crown, Hollywood, Stranger Things, and Queer Eye, overtaking HBO’s 137 whole nominations from 2019. (Game of Thrones being off the air definitely did not assist HBO’s possibilities.) Watchmen, although, proved to be a formidable contender, cleansing up within the Restricted Sequence class and besting each different present throughout the TV panorama with 26 nominations. Damon Lindelof‘s superhero drama was well timed for its takes on policing, white supremacy, and its commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, placing it on the forefront of many individuals’s minds in current days. And it had a stellar efficiency from Regina King, which is at all times a plus.
Emmys 2020 Nominations: See the Full List
Whereas nothing might actually contact The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s spot because the second most nominated present, HBO nonetheless noticed a very good exhibiting with nods for Succession, Insecure, Westworld, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It is also price mentioning that Disney+ did properly for itself in its first yr, with The Mandalorian scoring 15 nods and solidifying itself within the rankings among the many high nominated reveals.
We sit up for many extra years of continuous to observe how the Netflix vs. HBO rivalry performs out. Take a look at the full list of nominations for the 2020 Emmys here, and find out more about the event here.
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards will happen on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 8/7c on ABC.
