‘Big Hero 6: The Series,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Rick and Morty,’ ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘South Park’ receive nominations for Outstanding Animated Program.
Adult Swim series Rick and Morty receives Primetime Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Animated Program for ‘Pickle Rick’ episode.
LOS ANGELES -- Nominations for the 70th Emmy Awards were announced today by the Television Academy in a ceremony hosted by Television Academy Chairman and CEO Hayma Washington along with Samira Wiley from the Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale and Ryan Eggold from NBC’s upcoming drama, New Amsterdam.
“It’s been another record-breaking year with more than 9,100 entries in 122 unique categories for the initial nomination round of voting,” said Washington. “The continued growth of the industry has provided opportunities for acclaimed new programs to emerge, while allowing last season’s break-through programs to thrive. In addition, 36 performers -- ranging from new discoveries to revered international stars -- have received their first-ever acting Emmy nomination across all categories of scripted programming. We are honored to recognize both television’s seasoned veterans and rising talents. This year’s nominations continue to represent increased diversity and inclusion in front of the camera. And, there is a wealth of new and returning programs that reflect so many of today’s critical issues.”
Game of Thrones had the most nominations, with 22 spanning all categories, followed by Saturday Night Live (21) and Westworld (21). Leading the nominations in totals by platform were Netflix with 112 nods, HBO (108) and NBC (78).
The voice-over category offered few surprises, with Seth MacFarlane receiving two nominations for his work voicing characters in both American Dad! and Family Guy, followed by one each for Alex Borstein (Family Guy), Russi Taylor (The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular) and Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons):
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
- American Dad! • “The Talented Mr. Dingleberry” • TBS • 20th Century Fox Television
Seth MacFarlane as Stan Smith, Roger Smith - Family Guy • “Nanny Goats” • FOX • 20th Century Fox Television
Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin, Babs Pewterschmidt, Natalia, Female Hippo, Woman in Car, Female Voice - Family Guy • “Send in Stewie, Please” • FOX • 20th Century Fox Television
Seth MacFarlane as Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin - The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular • Disney Channel • Disney Television Animation
Russi Taylor as Huey, Dewey, Louie, Grandma, The Witch, Minnie Mouse - The Simpsons • “Fears of A Clown” • FOX • Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television
Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Sideshow Mel
Fox took the lead in the Outstanding Animated Program category with nominations for Sunday night mainstays Bob’s Burgers and The Simpsons:
Outstanding Animated Program
- Big Hero 6: The Series • “Baymax Returns” • Disney XD • Disney Television Animation
- Bob’s Burgers • “V for Valentine-detta” • FOX • 20th Century Fox Television and Bento Box Entertainment
- Rick and Morty • “Pickle Rick” • Adult Swim • Williams Street Productions
- The Simpsons • “Gone Boy” • FOX • Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television
- South Park • “Put It Down” • Comedy Central • Central Productions
Cartoon Network ruled over the Outstanding Short Form Animated Program category, with nominations for three of the studio’s series -- Adventure Time, Steven Universe and We Bare Bears -- as well as Teen Titans Go!, which is produced by Warner Bros. Animation:
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
- Adventure Time • “Ring of Fire” • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios
- Robot Chicken • “Freshly Baked: The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special: Special Edition” • Adult Swim • Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
- Steven Universe • “Jungle Moon” • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios
- Teen Titans Go! • “The Self-Indulgent 200th Episode Spectacular! Pt. 1 and Pt. 2” • Cartoon Network • Warner Bros. Animation
- We Bare Bears • “Hurricane Hal” • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios
The Handmaid’s Tale led the Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program category with two nominations, followed by nominations for American Horror Story: Cult, Ozark and the new Twin Peaks series:
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)
- American Horror Story: Cult • FX Networks • Twentieth Century Fox Television
Jeff Mossa, Production Designer
Rachel Robb Kondrath, Art Director
Claire Kaufman, Set Decorator - The Handmaid’s Tale • “June” • Hulu • MGM, Hulu, The Littlefield Company, White Oak Pictures, Daniel Wilson Productions
Mark White, Production Designer
Elisabeth Williams, Production Designer
Martha Sparrow, Art Director
Caroline Gee, Set Decorator - The Handmaid’s Tale • “Seeds” • “First Blood” • “After” • Hulu • MGM, Hulu, The Littlefield Company, White Oak Pictures, Daniel Wilson Productions
Elisabeth Williams, Production Designer
Martha Sparrow, Art Director
Rob Hepburn, Set Decorator - Ozark • “My Dripping Sleep” • Netflix • Media Rights Capital
Derek R. Hill, Production Designer
John Richardson, Art Director
Chuck Potter, Set Decorator - Twin Peaks • Showtime • Rancho Rosa Partnership, Inc.
Ruth De Jong, Production Designer
Cara Brower, Art Director
Florencia Martin, Set Decorator
HBO garnered two nods in the Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program category, followed by one nomination each for TNT, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video:
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
- The Alienist • “The Boy on The Bridge” • TNT • A Paramount Television and Turner’s Studio T co-production
Mara LePere-Schloop, Production Designer
Bill Crutcher, Art Director
Karl Probert, Art Director
Alice Baker, Set Decorator - The Crown • “Beryl” • Netflix • Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television
Martin Childs, Production Designer
Mark Raggett, Art Director
Alison Harvey, Set Decorator - Game of Thrones • “Dragonstone” • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; 360 Television/Startling Television
Deborah Riley, Production Designer
Paul Ghirardani, Art Director
Rob Cameron, Set Decorator - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • “Ya Shivu v Bolshom Dome Na Kholme” • Prime Video • Amazon Studios
Bill Groom, Production Designer
Neil Prince, Art Director
Ellen Christiansen, Set Decorator - Westworld • “Akane No Mai” • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Kilter Films, Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Television
Howard Cummings, Production Designer
David Lazan, Art Director
Julie Ochipinti, Set Decorator
In the Interactive categories, Google Spotlight Stories’ Back to The Moon tribute to Georges Méliès received a nomination for Outstanding Original Interactive Program, alongside Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab from Oculus, Coco VR from Pixar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Cassini's Grand Finale, and Sony’s Spider-Man Homecoming VR Experience. Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty, meanwhile, was given a nomination for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within a Scripted Program for the Virtual Rick-ality game from Adult Swim Games:
Outstanding Original Interactive Program
- Back to The Moon • Google Spotlight Stories App • Google Spotlight Stories
Karen Dufilho, Executive Producer
Jan Pinkava, Executive Producer
Fx Goby, Director
Google
Nexus Studios - Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab • Oculus • Magnopus, Alcon Interactive, LLC, Oculus
Magnopus
Alcon Interactive
Oculus - Coco VR • Oculus • Magnopus, Disney•Pixar, Oculus
PIXAR
Disney
Magnopus - NASA JPL: Cassini's Grand Finale • YouTube • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Spider-Man Homecoming VR Experience • PlayStation VR App • Create VR, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality
Create VR
Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within a Scripted Program
- Mr. Robot • Ecoin • USA • USA Network, Ralph Interactive, Inc., Civic Entertainment Group, BBQ Films, HudsonGray
USA Network
Ralph Interactive, Inc
BBQ Films
Civic Entertainment Group
HudsonGray - Rick and Morty • “Virtual Rick-ality” • Adult Swim • Adult Swim Games, Owlchemy Labs, Other Ocean Interactive
Rick and Morty Creative Team
Owlchemy Labs
Other Ocean
Adult Swim Games - Silicon Valley • “Interactive World: Not Hotdog, VR & Twitter-Powered Pizza Drones” • HBO • HBO, Brown Hill Productions
HBO
Brown Hill Productions - 13 Reasons Why • “Talk to the Reasons” • Netflix • Netflix, Moth + Flame
Ali Feinstein, Global Marketing Manager
Javier Ricaud, Interactive Producer
MK Malone, Series Consultant
Kevin Cornish, Director
Moth + Flame - Westworld • “Chaos Takes Control Interactive Experience” • HBO • HBO, Kilter Films, Bad Robot
HBO
Kilter Films
Bad Robot
Netflix led the nominees for Outstanding Main Title Design with two nominations for Altered Carbon and GLOW, followed by one each for TNT, Starz and HBO:
Outstanding Main Title Design
- The Alienist • TNT • A Paramount Television and Turner’s Studio T co-production
Angus Wall, Creative Director
Lisa Bolan, Creative Director
Yongsub Song, Animator/Compositor
Charles Khoury, Animator/Compositor
Heidi Berg, Art Director
Felix Soletic, Designer - Altered Carbon • Netflix • Skydance Television
Lisa Bolan, Creative Director
Thomas McMahan, Animator/Compositor
Yongsub Song, Animator/Compositor
Byron Slaybaugh, Animator/Compositor
Carlo Sa, Designer
Mert Kizilay, Designer - Counterpart • Starz • Gilbert Films and Anonymous Content in association with MRC
Karin Fong, Creative Director
Jake Ferguson, Lead Designer
Felipe Carvalho, Designer
Zach Kilroy, Editor - GLOW • Netflix • Glitter Pictures, LLC
Jason Groves, Creative Director/Art Director/Designer
Christopher Harding, Creative Director/Art Director/Designer
Richard Kenworthy, Creative Director/Art Director/Designer - Westworld • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Kilter Films, Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Television
Patrick Clair, Creative Director
Raoul Marks, Lead Animator/Lead Compositor
Jose Limon, Lead CG Modeler
Savva Tsekmes, Animator/Compositor
In the Outstanding Special Visual Effects category, Netflix picked up three nominations for Altered Carbon, Lost in Space and Stranger Things. HBO received two nods for both VFX mainstay Game of Thrones and Westworld:
Outstanding Special Visual Effects
- Altered Carbon • “Out of the Past” • Netflix • Skydance Television
Everett Burrell, Senior VFX Supervisor
Tony Meagher, Senior VFX Producer
Joel Whist, Special Effects Coordinator
Jorge Del Valle, Previs Supervisor
Steve Moncur, VFX
Supervisor Christine Lemon, VFX Producer
Paul Jones, VFX Producer
Antoine Monineau, CG Supervisor
David Zaretti, 2D Supervisor - Game of Thrones • “Beyond the Wall” • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; 360 Television/Startling Television
Steve Kullback, Lead Visual Effects Producer
Joe Bauer, Lead Visual Effects Supervisor
Adam Chazen, Visual Effects Associate Producer
Michelle Blok, Previs Lead
Sam Conway, Special Effects Supervisor
Ted Rae, Visual Effects Plate Supervisor
David Ramos, Visual Effects Supervisor
Wayne Stables, Lead CG & Animation Supervisor
Derek Spears, Lead CG Supervisor - Lost in Space • “Danger, Will Robinson” • Netflix • Legendary Television
Jabbar Raisani, Senior VFX Supervisor
Terron Pratt, VFX Producer
Marion Spates, VFX Supervisor
Ashley Ward, VFX Production Supervisor
Niklas Jacobson, VFX Supervisor
Niklas Ström, Lighting Supervisor
Joao Sita, VFX Supervisor
Juri Stanossek, VFX Supervisor
Rafael Solórzano, VFX Supervisor - Stranger Things • Chapter Nine: The Gate • Netflix • A Netflix Original Production
Paul Graff, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Christina Graff, Senior Visual Effects Producer
Michael Maher, Senior Concept Illustrator
Fred Raimondi, Associate Visual Effects Supervisor
Seth Hill, Visual Effects Supervisor
Joel Sevilla, Visual Effects Supervisor
Alex Young, Animation Lead
Steven Michael Dinozzi, Compositing Supervisor
Caius Man, Special Effects Coordinator - Westworld • The Passenger • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Kilter Films, Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Television
Jay Worth, VFX Supervisor
Jacqueline VandenBussche, Lead VFX Coordinator
Bruce Branit, Onset VFX Supervisor
Kama Moiha, VFX Supervisor, COSA
Michelle H. Pak, VFX Producer, COSA
Bobo Skipper, VFX Supervisor, ILP
Niklas Nuyqvist, Compositing Supervisor,
ILP Nhat Phong Tran, VFX Supervisor, PIXOMONDO
Mike Enriquez, VFX Supervisor, DNEG
Nominations for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role were spread out across TNT for The Alienist, Netflix for The Crown, Fox for Gotham, Hulu for The Handmaid’s Tale, and USA for Mr. Robot:
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role
- The Alienist • “The Boy on the Bridge” • TNT • A Paramount Television and Turner’s Studio T co-production
Kent Houston, VFX Supervisor
Wendy Garfinkle, VFX Producer
Tim Barter, Lead 2D Supervisor
Rasik Gorecha, Lead CG Supervisor
Martin Lake, Associate VFX Producer
Doug Larmour, VFX Supervisor
Alison Griffiths, VFX Producer
Steve Murgatroyd, VFX Supervisor
Harin Hirani, Lead Lighting TD - The Crown • “Misadventure” • Netflix • Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television
Ben Turner, VFX Supervisor
Standish Millennas, VFX Producer
Alison Griffiths, VFX Line Producer
Matthew Bristowe, Consulting Visual Effects Producer
Iacopo Di Luigi, Lead CG Artist
Garrett Honn, Lead Compositor
Charlie Bennett, Lead DMP Artist
Jenny Gauci, Lead Roto-Prep Artist
Carmine Agnone, Lead Matchmove Artist - Gotham • “That’s Entertainment” • FOX • Warner Bros. Television
Thomas Joseph Mahoney, Visual Effects Supervisor
Mattew Hunt, Visual Effects Producer
Ryan E Bauer, Compositing Supervisor
Sina San, Senior Matte Painter/Art Director
Sebastiano D’Aprile, CG Supervisor/Lead CG Artist
Jon Anastasiades, Senior Lead Compositor
Mike Brumit, Sequence Lead Compositor
Tim Withers, CG Artist
Randy Little, On Set Supervisor - The Handmaid’s Tale • “June” • Hulu • MGM, Hulu, The Littlefield Company, White Oak Pictures, Daniel Wilson Productions
Stephen Lebed, Visual Effects Supervisor
Brendan Taylor, Visual Effects Supervisor
Kelly Knauff, VFX Producer
Kelly Weisz, VFX Production Manager
Kevin McGeagh, CG Supervisor
Anderson Leo Bovell, CG Artist
Winston Lee, Compositing Supervisor
Xi Luo, Compositor
Cameron Kerr, Compositor - Mr. Robot • “eps3.4_runtime-err0r.r00” • USA • Universal Cable Productions and Anonymous Content
Ariel Altman, VFX Supervisor
Lauren Montuori, VFX Producer
Joe Gunn, CG Supervisor
John Miller, On Set Visual Effects Supervisor
Brian Kubovcik, VFX On Set Supervisor
Luciano DiGeronimo, Compositing Supervisor
Lindsay Seguin, Managing Producer
Greg Anderson, Senior VFX Supervisor
John-Michael Buban, Lead VFX Artist
The complete list of nominations in all 122 categories can be viewed here on the Television Academy website.
The Television Academy’s membership has increased this year to more than 25,000, of which 23,000+ are voting members. That body welcomed more than 1,000 new voting members this year. Final-round online voting begins August 13.
The 70th Emmy Awards will telecast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Monday, September 17, (8:00-11:00 PM ET/5:00-8:00 PM PT) on NBC. Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost and Michael Che will serve as co-hosts. The 70th Emmy Awards will be executive produced by Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live; The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon).
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards will air Saturday, September 15 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on FXX.
Source: Television Academy
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
