The 70th Primetime Emmy nominees have been announced!
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As I was reading through the list, I was mostly uninterested but of course, I scoped out everyone black and was surprised to see that 30 black people were nominated, with some stars popping up more than once!
Donald Glover’s Atlanta was the most nominated comedy series, with 16 nominations. I see you, Donald! The multitalented entertainer was also amongst the group of black folk who was nominated twice—once for being the lead actor in a comedy series for his role in Atlanta and the other for guest actor in a comedy series for Saturday Night Live.
Here’s everybody black who was nominated:
Regina King - Seven Seconds
John Legend - Jesus Christ Superstar
Anthony Anderson - Black-ish
Donald Glover - Atlanta & Saturday Night Live
Issa Rae - Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross - Black-ish
Sterling K. Brown - This Is Us & Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Jeffrey Wright - Westworld
RuPaul - RuPaul’s Drag Race & RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked
Trevor Noah - The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Samira Wiley - The Handmaid’s Tale
Chloe Arnold - The Late Late Show With James Corden
Thandie Newton - Westworld
Zazie Beetz - Atlanta
Leslie Jones - Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Brian Tyree Henry - Atlanta
Kenan Thompson - Saturday Night Live
Letitia Wright - Black Museum (Black Mirror)
Viola Davis - Scandal
Cicely Tyson - How to Get Away With Murder
Ron Cephas Jones - This Is Us
Tiffany Haddish - Saturday Night Live
Maya Rudolph - The Good Place
Wanda Sykes - Black-ish
Katt Williams - Atlanta
W. Kamau Bell - United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell
Dave Chappelle - Equanimity
Brandon Victor Dixon - Jesus Christ Superstar
Adina Porter - American Horror Story: Cult
SNL news anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che will be hosting this year’s Emmy’s, which will air on NBC on Sept. 17.
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