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70 Nominations in the 71st Annual Primetime Emmys on , , , National Geographic and FOX+

American Horror Story: Apocalypse (FX, FOX+) When the Antichrist clashes with the Coven, the apocalypse descends upon humanity in triumph. The nuclear bomb ticks away. The end is here. • Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes • Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series • Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) • Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special • Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown (FOX Life) Join world-renowned chef, bestselling author and multiple Emmy-winning television personality Anthony Bourdain as he travels across the globe to uncover little-known destinations and diverse cultures. • Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program • Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program • Outstanding Informational Series Or Special • Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Program (Single Or Multi-Camera) • Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Program (Single Or Multi-Camera) • Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program

Black Monday (FX, FOX+) Wall Street was confronted by a new brash breed of cocksure. When Jammer collides with a Wharton educated upstart, history is forever altered, leading to Black Monday, the worst single day stock market crash of all time. • Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (FOX Life) Rebecca Bunch abandons life in New York to follow happiness—and her first love—in the unlikely locale of West Covina, California. • Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics • Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

Escape at Dannemora (FX, FOX+) A real-life prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015 is stranger-than-fiction. It spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers. The prisoners were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they both became sexually entangled. • Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More) • Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special • Outstanding Contemporary Costumes • Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special • Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) • Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie • Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or Movie • Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie • Outstanding Limited Series • Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Supporting Role • Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special • Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special

Family Guy (FOX, FOX+) A subversive animated comedy that presents the everyday trials and tribulations of family life, but with a distinctive twist and irreverent slant. • Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance • Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance

Free Solo (National Geographic, FOX+) Despite attempts by his friends, loved ones and his new girlfriend to dissuade him from this dangerous feat, Alex Honnold, the world's most accomplished free soloist climber, prepares mentally and physically for his most daring adventure to date: scaling the 3200- foot El Capitan in Yosemite without a rope or safety gear. If he succeeds, it marks the largest wall he-or anyone else, for that matter-has ascended without any kind of equipment. • Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program • Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program • Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program • Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media Within An Unscripted Program • Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) • Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Program (Single Or Multi-Camera) • Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Program (Single Or Multi-Camera)

The Flood (National Geographic, FOX+) The famous Okavango Delta is one of the most diverse habitats on earth — a lush, wild kingdom like no other. Here, life revolves around the arrival and disappearance of water. The Flood follows the lives of the animals fighting to survive in a dramatic and unpredictable wilderness. When the lands are flooded, this landscape is both a sanctuary and a trap, giving and taking life in equal measure. Above and below the water, never- ending battles of wits and survival play out. The fate of the tens of thousands of animals that live in this place of spectacular natural drama is at stake. • Outstanding Narrator

The 61st Grammy Awards (FOX Life) As the world's leading society of music professionals, the Recording Academy is dedicated to celebrating, honoring, and sustaining music's past, present, and future through Music's Biggest Night, Grammy Awards. • Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Special • Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special • Outstanding Variety Special (Live) • Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special

Hostile Planet (National Geographic, FOX+) Hostile Planet is a ground-breaking wildlife series that explores Earth's most hostile environments. Over the course of six episodes, we explore the extremes of deep, high, cold, hot, wet and dry and reveal the truly extraordinary ways in which animals have adapted to survive in the face of great adversity. • Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) • Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series • Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program

Leaving Neverland (FOX Movies, FOX+) A two-part documentary about the allegations of sexual abuse by Michael Jackson involving young boys surfaced in 1993, many found it hard to believe that the King of Pop could be guilty of such unspeakable acts. • Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program • Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program • Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special • Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Program (Single Or Multi-Camera) • Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Program (Single Or Multi-Camera)

Modern Family (FOX, FOX+) The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan, a wonderfully large and blended family, offers an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted embrace of the modern family. • Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation

Ray Donovan (FX, FOX+) As season six of Ray Donovan begins, we find Ray rebuilding his life both personally and professionally in New York City. After being rescued from a plummet into the East River, his savior, a cop named Mac, brings Ray into the fraternity that is the Staten Island Police Department. While exploring this new world of brotherhood and corruption, Ray finds himself once again working for media mogul Sam Winslow. Sam has teamed up with New York City mayoral candidate Anita Novak, a partnership that puts Ray at odds with his new friends out in Staten Island. • Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour)

Savage Kingdom (National Geographic, FOX+) A new reign of terror dawns on the Savage Kingdom. Mmamotse, Commander of the hyena army takes the throne and her rebel hordes spread fear across the land. The embittered prides plot their revenge as the wild dog resistance rally their troops and the untouchable Pula fights to safeguard her legacy. But as the rising waters bring warring factions closer together, innocents are caught in the crossfire. When chaos reigns, the only law is the law of survival. • Outstanding Narrator

Schitt’s Creek (FX) When a filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira and their two kids suddenly find themselves broke, they are forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small, depressing town they once bought as a joke. • Outstanding Contemporary Costumes • Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series • Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series • Outstanding Comedy Series

The Simpsons (FOX) After 30 seasons, The Simpsons has made an indelible imprint on American pop culture, and its family members Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are television icons. • Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance • Outstanding Animated Program

S.W.A.T. (FOX, FOX+) Torn between loyalty to where he was raised and allegiance to his brothers in blue, newly appointed S.W.A.T. sergeant Daniel Harrelson has everything it takes to bridge the divide between his two worlds. • Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie

The Voice (FOX Life, FOX+) The show's innovative format features five stages of competition: the first begins with the blind auditions, followed by the battle rounds, the knockouts, the live playoffs and the live performance shows. • Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Reality Or Competition Series • Outstanding Casting For A Reality Program • Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special • Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series • Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic) • Outstanding Competition Program • Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series

What We Do In The Shadows (FX, FOX+) Based on the New Zealand mockumentary horror comedy film of the same name by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, the new series looks into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of four vampires who’ve “lived” together for hundreds of years. In Staten Island. • Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) • Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation

Who Is America? (FX, FOX+) The jawdropping comedy series heralded the long-awaited return of Sacha Baron Cohen! His iconic brand of comedy by deception lampooned a parade of highly memorable guests who are so highly recognizable we can’t even tell you who they are. • Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series • Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming • Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

For the full list of the 71st Annual Academy Award nominations and categories, visit: https://www.emmys.com/events/71st-emmy-nominations-announcement

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