2021 Emmy nominations: 'The Crown,' 'The Mandalorian' lead with 24 nods

The Emmy Awards (A.K.A. television's biggest night) are quickly approaching and it's been a big year for TV because streaming our favourite shows is what has really been getting us through. (We welcome a good distraction from *gestures at everything*.)

Ahead of the 73rd Emmy Awards ceremony, This Is Us star Ron Cephas Jones and his daughter Blindspotting actress Jasmine Cephas Jones, along with Television Academy Chairman Frank Scherma announced the nominees for the September 19 awards show.

With so many binge-worthy shows that kept viewers all over the world entertained during the COVID-19 pandemic, it's going to be tough to pick some winners. Bridgerton, Ted Lasso, The Flight Attendant and Lovecraft Country are all in the running this year.

Netflix's The Crown and Disney +'s The Mandalorian tied for the most nominations on Tuesday morning with 24. Marvel's WandaVision was just behind with 23.

Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You finally got the flowers it deserves with 9 nods, including Best Limited Series. Coel also received a nomination for Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.

Earlier this week, it was announced that Cedric the Entertainer will take the stage as host for this year's awards show. Jimmy Kimmel hosted last year's Emmys, which took place at the Staples Center without an audience and most of the presenters and winners joined remotely.

The ceremony will return to the Microsoft Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, in front of "a limited audience of nominees and their guests."

"Since I was a little boy huddled up next to my grandmother, television has always been my reliable friend, so it is an enormous honour for me to host this year’s Emmy Awards,” Cedric the Entertainer said in a statement.

“Throughout the roller-coaster of a year that we have all lived through, television has helped us stay connected as a society like never before. It not only entertained us, but as it always has, it helped to open our eyes, educate us, and hopefully brought about a better understanding of who we are as a people. I can’t wait to take the stage to celebrate all of the great shows and performances that made us laugh, cry, dance and sing over the past year," The Neighborhood star added.

See who made the cut for this year’s awards with the full list of nominees below.

Drama Series

The Boys

Bridgerton

The Crown

The Handmaid's Tale

Lovecraft Country

The Mandalorian

Pose

This Is Us

Comedy Series

black-ish

Cobra Kai

Emily in Paris

Hacks

The Flight Attendant

The Kominsky Method

Pen15

Ted Lasso

Lead Actor, Drama

Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us

Jonathan Majors, Lovecraft Country

Josh O'Connor, The Crown

Regé-Jean Page, Bridgerton

Billy Porter, Pose

Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason

Lead Actress, Drama

Uzo Aduba, In Treatment

Olivia Colman, The Crown

Emma Corrin, The Crown

Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale

Mj Rodriguez, Pose

Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country

Guest Actress, Drama

Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale

Claire Foy, The Crown

Mckenna Grace, The Handmaid’s Tale

Sophie Okonedo, Ratched

Phylicia Rashad, This Is Us

Guest Actor, Drama

Don Cheadle, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Charles Dance, The Crown

Timothy Olyphant, The Mandalorian

Courtney B. Vance, Lovecraft Country

Carl Weathers, The Mandalorian

Lead Actor, Comedy

Anthony Anderson, black-ish

Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method

William H. Macy, Shameless

Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

Kenan Thompson, Kenan

Lead Actress, Comedy

Aidy Bryant, Shrill

Allison Janney, Mom

Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish

Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant 

Jean Smart, Hacks

Supporting Actor, Drama

Giancarlo Esposito, The Mandalorian

O-T Fagbenle, The Handmaid’s Tale

John Lithgow, Perry Mason

Tobias Menzies, The Crown

Max Minghella, The Handmaid’s Tale

Chris Sullivan, This is Us

Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid’s Tale

Michael Kenneth Williams, Lovecraft Country

Supporting Actress, Drama

Gillian Anderson, The Crown

Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown

Madeline Brewer, The Handmaid’s Tale

Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale

Aunjanue Ellis, Lovecraft Country

Emerald Fennell, The Crown

Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale

Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale

Supporting Actor, Comedy

Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Hacks

Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso

Brendan Hunt, Ted Lasso

Paul Reiser, The Kominsky Methood

Jeremy Swift, Ted Lasso

Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live

Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live

Supporting Actress, Comedy

Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live

Hannah Einbinder, Hacks

Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

Rosie Perez, The Flight Attendant

Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live

Juno Temple, Ted Lasso

Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

Variety Talk Series

Conan

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Jimmy Kimmel Live

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Competition Program

The Amazing Race

Nailed It!

RuPaul's Drag Race

Top Chef

The Voice

Reality Host

Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye

Nicole Byer, Nailed It!

Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O'Leary, Shark Tank

Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Gail Simmons, Top Chef

RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race

Limited Series

I May Destroy You

Mare of Easttown

The Queen's Gambit

The Underground Railroad

WandaVision

TV Movie

Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square

Olso

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Sylvie's Love

Uncle Frank

Lead Actor, Limited Series or Movie

Paul Bettany, WandaVision

Hugh Grant, The Undoing

Ewan McGregor, Halston

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

Leslie Odom, Jr., Hamilton

Lead Actress, Limited Series or Movie

Michaela Coel,  I May Destroy You

Cynthia Erivo, Genius: Aretha

Elizabeth Olsen, WandaVision

Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen's Gambit

Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown

Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie

Thomas Brodie-Sangster, The Queen's Gambit

Daveed Diggs, Hamilton

Paapa Essiedu, I May Destroy You

Jonathan Groff, Hamilton

Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown

Anthony Ramos, Hamilton

Supporting Actress, Limited Series or Movie

Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton

Kathryn Hahn, WandaVision

Moses Ingram, The Queen's Gambit

Julianne Nicholson, Mare of Easttown

Jean Smart, Mare of Easttown

Phillipa Soo, Hamilton

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The 73rd Emmy Awards airs live on Sunday, Sept. 19 at 8 pET pm CTV. 

BEFORE YOU GO: Kate Winslet and 'Mare of Easttown' get big Emmy noms