72nd Primetime Emmy Awards


The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards will honor the best in U.S. prime time television programming from June 1, 2019, until May 31, 2020, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was originally to be held at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was changed virtually from the actors' homes across the U.S. and will be held on September 20, 2020, and broadcast in the U.S. by ABC; it will be preceded by the 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 12 and 13. The ceremony will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
The nominations were announced on July 28, 2020, by Leslie Jones, Laverne Cox, Josh Gad, and Tatiana Maslany. Watchmen led the nominations with eleven, followed by Succession with ten and Ozark with nine.

Nominees

Comedy

Drama

Limited Series & Movie

Reality

Variety

Most major nominations

Programs that received multiple major nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work and per network:
NominationsShowNetwork
11WatchmenHBO
10SuccessionHBO
9OzarkNetflix
8The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselPrime Video
8Schitt's CreekPop TV
6The CrownNetflix
6Mrs. AmericaFX
5The Good PlaceNBC
5The Morning ShowApple TV+
5Saturday Night LiveNBC
4Better Call SaulAMC
4HollywoodNetflix
4Killing EveBBC America
4UnorthodoxNetflix
4What We Do in the ShadowsFX
3The Daily Show with Trevor NoahComedy Central
3Dead to MeNetflix
3The Handmaid's TaleHulu
3InsecureHBO
3The Kominsky MethodNetflix
3Last Week Tonight with John OliverHBO
3The Late Show with Stephen ColbertCBS
3Little Fires EverywhereHulu
3Normal PeopleHulu
3RamyHulu
3UnbelievableNetflix
2Big Little LiesHBO
2Black-ishABC
2A Black Lady Sketch ShowHBO
2Full Frontal with Samantha BeeTBS
2The GreatHulu
2WestworldHBO

NominationsNetwork
42Netflix
38HBO
15NBC
14Hulu
11FX
8Prime Video
8Pop TV
5Apple TV+
4ABC
4AMC
4BBC America
4Comedy Central
3CBS
2TBS
2Showtime

Changes

Among the new changes, the "Informational Series or Special" award category has been renamed "Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special".
On June 17, 2020, it was announced that the number of nominees in the Outstanding Comedy and Drama Series categories had been increased to 8, while the number of nominees in the remaining the categories would depend on the number of submissions in each category.
On July 29, 2020, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a letter was sent to the nominees and all involved announcing that the ceremony will be virtual rather than take place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles as planned.