The 70th Primetime Emmy nominees have been announced!
As I was reading through the list, I was mostly uninterested but of course, I scoped out everyone black and was surprised to see that 30 black people were nominated, with some stars popping up more than once!
Donald Glover’s Atlanta was the most nominated comedy series, with 16 nominations. I see you, Donald! The multitalented entertainer was also amongst the group of black folk who was nominated twice—once for being the lead actor in a comedy series for his role in Atlanta and the other for guest actor in a comedy series for Saturday Night Live.
Here’s everybody black who was nominated:
- Regina King - Seven Seconds
- John Legend - Jesus Christ Superstar
- Anthony Anderson - Black-ish
- Donald Glover - Atlanta & Saturday Night Live
- Issa Rae - Insecure
- Tracee Ellis Ross - Black-ish
- Sterling K. Brown - This Is Us & Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Jeffrey Wright - Westworld
- RuPaul - RuPaul’s Drag Race & RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked
- Trevor Noah - The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
- Samira Wiley - The Handmaid’s Tale
- Chloe Arnold - The Late Late Show With James Corden
- Thandie Newton - Westworld
- Zazie Beetz - Atlanta
- Leslie Jones - Saturday Night Live
- Tituss Burgess - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Brian Tyree Henry - Atlanta
- Kenan Thompson - Saturday Night Live
- Letitia Wright - Black Museum (Black Mirror)
- Viola Davis - Scandal
- Cicely Tyson - How to Get Away With Murder
- Ron Cephas Jones - This Is Us
- Tiffany Haddish - Saturday Night Live
- Maya Rudolph - The Good Place
- Wanda Sykes - Black-ish
- Katt Williams - Atlanta
- W. Kamau Bell - United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell
- Dave Chappelle - Equanimity
- Brandon Victor Dixon - Jesus Christ Superstar
- Adina Porter - American Horror Story: Cult
SNL news anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che will be hosting this year’s Emmy’s, which will air on NBC on Sept. 17.