Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (10421114a)An Emmy statue appears in the red carpet at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles2019 Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 22 Sep 2019.
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Television’s biggest night out went virtual this year. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 72nd Emmy Awards were held Sunday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (10227176cx)James Marsden, Christina Applegate, Will Ferrell, Linda Cardellini and Liz Feldman'Dead To Me' TV show premiere, Arrivals, Los Angeles - 02 May 2019.
'Dead to Me'
Where to stream: Netflix
A widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who killed her husband finds a bubbly new best friend with a dark secret.
Nominated for: Comedy series categories — Lead Actress (Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini), Comedy Series
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (10264905e)Dan Levy arrives at the
'Schitt’s Creek'
Where to stream: fuboTV, DirecTV
Once upon a time, the wealthy Rose family purchased the town of Schitt’s Creek as a joke, but then they went broke and were forced to live there.
Nominated for: Comedy series categories — Directing, Lead Actor (Eugene Levy), Lead Actress (Catherine O’Hara), Supporting Actress (Annie Murphy), Supporting Actor (Dan Levy), Writing, Comedy Series
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Broadimage/Shutterstock (10342542l)Ted Danson'The Good Place' TV show photocall, Comic-Con International, San Diego, USA - 20 Jul 2019.
'The Good Place'
Where to stream: DirecTV, Hulu, NBC, fuboTV, Prime Video
When Eleanor Shellstrong enters the afterlife, she’s accidentally sent to the Good Place, which motivates her to change her ways and truly become a good person.
Nominated for: Comedy series categories — Lead Actor (Ted Danson), Supporting Actress (D’Arcy Carden), Supporting Actor (William Jackson Harper), Guest Actress (Maya Rudolph), Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, Writing, Comedy Series
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'The Kominsky Method'
Where to stream: Netflix
Acting coach Sandy Kominsky and his best friend Norman Newlander find the humor in getting older.
Nominated for: Comedy series categories — Lead Actor (Michael Douglas), Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Comedy Series
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gregory Pace/Shutterstock (10491136cl)Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin Pollak'The Marvelous Mrs.
'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'
Where to stream: Prime Video
Set 1950s New York, Midge Maisel is a housewife who has it all until unexpected life changes lead her to a new career as a stand-up comic.
Nominated for: Comedy series categories — Directing, Lead Actress (Rachel Brosnahan), Supporting Actress (Alex Borstein, Marin Hinkle), Supporting Actor (Sterling K. Brown, Tony Shalhoub), Guest Actor (Luke Kirby), Guest Actress (Wanda Sykes), Comedy Series
Eve, a security services operative, faces off against talented killer Villanelle.
Nominated for: Drama series categories — Lead Actress (Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh), Supporting Actress (Fiona Shaw), Drama Series
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'Ozark'
Where to stream: Netflix
A Chicago-based financial advisor involved with a dangerous drug lord moves his family to the Ozarks to launder $500 million in five years.
Nominated for: Drama series categories — Directing, Lead Actor (Jason Bateman), Lead Actress (Laura Linney), Supporting Actress (Julia Garner), Writing, Drama Series
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 29: 'Stranger Things,' cast members, recipients of the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series award, pose in the press room during The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
'Stranger Things'
Where to stream: Netflix
When a young boy vanishes in 1980s Hawkins, Indiana, shocking secret experiments and supernatural forces shake this small town to the core.
Nominated for: Outstanding Drama Series
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'Succession'
Where to stream: HBO Max, HBO Go, HBO Now or DirecTV
The Roy family helms one of the largest media and entertainment empires in the world, but they struggle to map the future as their elderly father begins heading into retirement.
Nominated for: Drama series categories — Directing, Lead Actor (Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong), Supporting Actor (Nicholas Braun, Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen), Supporting Actress (Sarah Snook), Guest Actor (James Cromwell), Guest Actress (Cherry Jones, Harriet Walter), Writing, Drama Series
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/REX/Shutterstock (9883802ec)Claire Foy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - 'The Crown'70th Primetime Emmy Awards, Press Room, Los Angeles, USA - 17 Sep 2018.
'The Crown'
Where to stream: Netflix
Queen Elizabeth II’s political rivalries and romances are chronicled in this drama, along with key events that defined the second half of the 20th century.
Nominated for: Drama series categories — Directing, Lead Actress (Olivia Colman), Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter), Writing, Drama Series
Stuck in a totalitarian society, every day is a struggle for a woman forced to serve as a sex slave.
Nominated for: Drama series categories — Supporting Actor (Bradley Whitford), Supporting Actress (Samira Wiley), Guest Actress (Alexis Bledel), Drama Series
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stewart Cook/Shutterstock (10551206qt)Giancarlo Esposito35th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 08 Feb 2020.
'The Mandalorian'
Where to stream: Disney
Set after the fall of the Empire and before the beginning of the First Order, “The Mandalorian” chronicles the struggles of a sole gunfighter far from the rule of the New Republic.
Nominated for: Drama series categories — Guest Actor (Giancarlo Esposito), Drama Series
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'Little Fires Everywhere'
Where to stream: Hulu
Based on the 2017 Celeste Ng bestseller, “Little Fires Everywhere” tells the story of the seemingly perfect Richardson family and the mysterious mother and daughter who turn their lives upside down.
Nominated for: Limited series or movie categories — Directing, Lead Actress (Kerry Washington), Limited Series
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'Mrs. America'
Where to stream: Hulu
Travel back to the ’70s and relive the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment from the perspectives of notable feminists — i.e., Gloria Steinem — and a conservative named Phyllis Schlafly.
Nominated for: Limited series or movie categories — Lead Actress (Cate Blanchett), Supporting Actress (Uzo Aduba, Margo Martindale, Tracy Ullman), Writing, Limited Series
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/Shutterstock (10117891qe)Toni Collette34th Film Independent Spirit Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 23 Feb 2019.
'Unbelievable'
Where to stream: Netflix
Inspired by true events, a young woman is accused of lying about a rape but when investigated by two female detectives, several similar attacks are uncovered.
Nominated for: Limited series or movie categories — Supporting Actress (Toni Collette), Writing, Limited Series
HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 27: Actress Shira Haas arrives at the Premiere of Focus Features' 'The Zookeeper's Wife' at ArcLight Hollywood on March 27, 2017 in Hollywood, California.
'Unorthodox'
Where to stream: Netflix
A Hasidic Jewish woman finds solace with a group of musicians in Berlin, after escaping Brooklyn to avoid an arranged marriage — but her past catches up with her.
Nominated for: Limited series or movie categories — Directing, Lead Actress (Shira Haas), Writing, Limited Series
Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock (9883797fc)Regina King - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie - 'Seven Seconds'70th Primetime Emmy Awards, Press Room, Los Angeles, USA - 17 Sep 2018WEARING CUSTOM CHRISTIAN SIRIANO.
'Watchmen'
Where to stream: HBO Max, HBO Go, HBO Now or DirecTV
Inspired by the graphic novel of the same name, “Watchmen” takes place in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are considered outlaws.
Nominated for: Limited series or movie categories — Directing, Supporting Actor (Jovan Adepo, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Louis Gossett Jr.), Lead Actor (Jeremy Irons), Lead Actress (Regina King), Supporting Actress (Jean Smart), Limited Series, Writing
