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That’s a mere drop in The Outstanding Comedy Series Milo Ventimiglia and Sterling K. releases s the weather begins to cool Such a win would be stellar for the bucket, however, compared to category includes a mix of tradition- Brown from “This Is Us” are both up and TV fans prepare to tuck Colbert, but there will be plenty of HBO’s 111 nominations, and that’s al broadcast sitcoms, quirky stream- for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Dra- Ainto a whole new season of other excitement during this year’s without ratings juggernaut “Game ing series and star-studded cable ma Series, a category which also in- prime time, the stars of the small ceremony. Shemar Moore (“Crimi- of Thrones,” which was ineligible for shows. ABC’s “Black-ish” and cludes Matthew Rhys (“The Ameri- screen take a look back at the year’s nal Minds”) and Anna Chlumsky this year’s Emmys. Streaming ser- “Modern Family” are both nomi- cans”), Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call achievements and celebrate the (“Veep”) announced the nominees vice Netflix brought home a total of nated for the Emmy, while HBO’s Saul”), Kevin Spacey (“House of outstanding work of their peers. in July, revealing that NBC’s “Satur- 91 nominations, pushing NBC to “Silicon Valley” and “Veep,” Netf- Cards”), Liev Schreiber (“Ray Dono- Stephen Colbert (“The Late Show day Night Live” and HBO’s “West- third place just ahead of FX, which lix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” van”) and Anthony Hopkins (“West- With Stephen Colbert”) welcomes world” had each earned a whop- earned 55 Emmy nominations for its and “Master of None” and FX’s “At- world”). some of the television industry’s ping 22 nominations. Other big programs. ABC followed with 33, lanta” round out the category. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin both biggest names to the Microsoft The- nominees include FX’s “Feud: Bette CBS was close behind with 29 and Defending champion Jeffrey made the cut for Outstanding Lead ater in Los Angeles as he hosts the and Joan” and Netflix’s “Stranger Fox came through with 20. Tambor is once again nominated in Actress in a Comedy Series for their 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Things,” which tied with 18 Emmy It is worth noting that NBC’s hit the Outstanding Lead Actor in a work in the Netflix series “Grace Awards, airing Sunday, Sept. 17, on nods, while HBO’s “Veep” came in “This Is Us” became the first Out- Comedy Series for his role in Ama- and Frankie.” Other nominees in- CBS. Bestowed annually by the Tele- next with 17 just ahead of HBO’s standing Drama Series nominee zon’s “Transparent.” The other clude Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”), vision Academy of Arts and Scienc- es, the awards recognize excellence “Little Big Lies” and FX’s “Fargo,” from a broadcast network since nominees include Anthony Ander- Ellie Kemper (“Unbreakable Kimmy in American prime-time program- which each earned 16. 2011. It’s up against HBO’s “West- son (“Black-ish”), William H. Macy Schmidt”), Allison Janney (“Mom”), ming in a variety of categories, With nods for everything from world,” AMC’s “Better Call Saul,” (“Shameless”), Aziz Ansari (“Mas- Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”) and which include acting, directing, writ- supporting actor to makeup to writ- Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and ter of None”), Zach Galifianakis Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”). ing and a “best of” category. Colbert is the latest in a string of late-night personalities to helm a major awards ceremony this year. Jimmy Fallon (“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”) hosted The 74th Golden Globe Awards, Jimmy Kimmel (“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”) emceed The 89th Academy Awards Gal Gadot stars in and James Corden (“The Late Late “Wonder Woman” Show With James Corden”) took the reins of the 59th Annual Gram- Wonder Woman my Awards. On the hidden island of The- Now it’s Colbert’s turn, and the myscira live the Amazons, a folks at CBS couldn’t be happier. The group of warrior women network’s head honchos sang Col- created by Zeus to protect bert’s praises in January when news humanity. When an aircraft broke that he’d be the latest Emmy crashes off the island’s host. coast, young Amazonian “Stephen is the ultimate master princess Diana (Gadot) res- of ceremonies with award-winning cues its pilot, the dashing creative talents, and as we’ve seen American Steve Trevor in the past few months, he has a (Pine), who tells the Ama- fearless passion for live television,” zons of World War I raging CBS executive Jack Sussman said. When his Emmy gig was an- just outside of their protect- nounced, Colbert responded in his ed sphere. Convinced that it trademark tongue-in-cheek fashion, is her destiny to stop the saying: “This will be the largest au- fighting, and that Ares, the dience to witness an Emmys, peri- god of war, is behind the od.” The quip was a not-so-subtle conflict, Diana leaves her jab at the controversy surrounding people and her home be- attendance at President Trump’s in- hind to venture to the front auguration in January. lines, where she discovers This year’s ceremony could be truths not only about herself very big for Colbert indeed. He’s up but also about the true na- for six of the coveted statuettes and ture of humanity. is poised to make Emmy history Director: Patty Jenkins. should he win multiple awards Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, while also hosting the show. “The Connie Nielsen, Robin Late Show With Stephen Colbert” Wright, Danny Huston, Da- has earned Emmy nominations for vid Thewlis, Saïd Taghmaoui, directing, writing and outstanding Ewen Bremner, Eugene variety talk series. 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