2021 Emmys: Official Emmy episode submissions for series and acting categories
The nominations for the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards are in and now is the time for nominees to reveal the episodes they’ve submitted in hopes of securing gold in September.
For a series, a network/streamer (or producer/showrunners) will submit six episodes they feel best represent their nominated show. For performers, they or their network/streamer, select a single episode for voters to consider. Lead performers in the limited series or movie category do not submit, the entire movie or run of the limited series is their submission. Supporting performers still do (unless it’s a single “movie” like Hamilton). Guest performers in the drama and comedy categories have already submitted their episodes in the initial balloting stage and were nominated based on those episodes.
Winner voting begins August 19 and ends at 10pm PT on August 30. The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards are being held live and in person, albeit in a limited capacity, on September 19 in Los Angeles. The Television Academy will return to a two-night event for the Creative Arts Emmys, on September 11 and 12, where the guest acting awards are traditionally given out. Last year, they held five nights of virtual, pre-taped awards that were hosted by Nicole Byer.
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Outstanding Drama Series
- The Boys (Amazon Prime Video) – “The Big Ride,” “Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men,” “We Gotta Go Now,” “The Bloody Doors Off,” “Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker,” “What I Know”
- Bridgerton (Netflix) – “Diamond of the First Water,” “Shock and Delight,” “Art of the Swoon,” “An Affair of Honor,” “The Duke and I,” “Swish”
- The Crown (Netflix) – “Balmoral Test,” “Fairytale,” “Favourites,” “Terra Nullius,” “The Hereditary Principle,” “War”
- The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) – “The Crossing,” “Vows,” “Home,” “Testimony,” “Progress,” “The Wilderness”
- Lovecraft Country (HBO) – “Sundown,” “Holy Ghost,” “Meet Me in Daegu,” “I Am.,”Jig-a-Bobo,” “Rewind 1921”
- The Mandalorian (Disney Plus) – “The Marshal,” “The Heiress,” “The Jedi,” “The Tragedy,” “The Believer,” “The Rescue”
- Pose (FX) – “On the Run,” “The Trunk,” “Take Me to Church,” “Something Borrowed, Something Blue,” “Something Old, Something New,” “Series Finale”
- This Is Us (NBC) – “Forty: Part 1,” “Forty: Part 2,” “Birth Mother,” “In the Room,” “Brotherly Love,” “The Adirondacks”
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) – “Forty: Part 2”
Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft Country) – “Sundown”
Josh O’Connor (The Crown) – “Terra Nullius”
Regé-Jean Page (Bridgerton) – “Art of the Swoon”
Billy Porter (Pose) – “Take Me to Church”
Matthew Rhys (Perry Mason) – “Chapter Eight”
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Uzo Aduba (In Treatment) – “Brooke – Week 5”
Olivia Colman (The Crown) – “48:1”
Emma Corrin (The Crown) – “Fairytale”
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) – “Home”
Mj Rodriguez (Pose) – “Series Finale”
Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft Country) – “Holy Ghost”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian) – “The Rescue”
O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid’s Tale) – “Home”
John Lithgow (Perry Mason) – “Chapter Four”
Tobias Menzies (The Crown) – “Gold Stick”
Max Minghella (The Handmaid’s Tale) – “The Crossing”
Chris Sullivan (This Is Us) – “In the Room”
Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale) – “Testimony”
Michael K. Williams (Lovecraft Country) – “Rewind 1921”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson (The Crown) – “Favourites”
Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown) – “The Hereditary Principle”
Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale) – “Testimony”
Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Aunjanue Ellis (Lovecraft Country) – “I Am.”
Emerald Fennell (The Crown) – “Fairytale”
Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale) – “Home”
Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale) – “Vows”
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Don Cheadle (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) – “New World Order”
Charles Dance (The Crown) – “Gold Stick”
Timothy Olyphant (The Mandalorian) – “Chapter 9: The Marshal”
Courtney B. Vance (Lovecraft Country) – “Whitey’s on the Moon”
Carl Weathers (The Mandalorian) – “Chapter 12: The Siege”
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale) – “Testimony”
Claire Foy (The Crown) – “48:1”
Mckenna Grace (The Handmaid’s Tale) – “Pigs”
Sophie Okonedo (Ratched) – “The Dance”
Phylicia Rashad (This Is Us) – “I’ve Got This”
Outstanding Comedy Series
- black-ish (ABC) – “Hero Pizza,” “Age Against the Machine,” “Our Wedding Dre,” “What About Gary?,” “First Trap,” “Things Done Changed”
- Cobra Kai (Netflix) – “Nature vs. Nurture,” “The Right Path,” “Miyagi-Do,” “King Cobra,” “Feel the Night,” “December 19”
- Emily in Paris (Netflix) – “Emily in Paris,” “Masculin Feminin,” “Sexy or Sexist,” “Ringarde,” “Family Affair,” “Cancel Couture”
- The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) – “In Case of Emergency,” “Rabbits,” “Funeralia,” “Conspiracy Theories,” “Other People’s Houses,” “After Dark”
- Hacks (HBO Max) – “There Is No Line,” “Primm,” “Falling,” “New Eyes,” “1.69 Million,” “I Think She Will”
- The Kominsky Method (Netflix) – “In all the old familiar places,” “You only give me your funny paper,” “And it’s getting more and more absurd,” “The round toes, of the high shoes,” “Near, far, wherever you are,” “The Fundamental Things Apply”
- Pen15 (Hulu) – “Wrestle,” “Vendy Wiccany,” “Three,” “Sleepover,” “Play,” “Opening Night”
- Ted Lasso (Apple TV Plus) – “Pilot,” “Trent Crimm: The Independent,” “Tan Lines,” “Make Rebecca Great Again,” “All Apologies,” “The Hope That Kills You”
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson (black-ish) – “What About Gary”
Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method) – “The Round Toes, of the High Shoes”
William H. Macy (Shameless) – “Father Frank, Full of Grace”
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) – “Pilot”
Kenan Thompson (Kenan) – “Flirting”
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Aidy Bryant (Shrill) – “Ranchers”
Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant) – “In Case of Emergency”
Allison Janney (Mom) – “My Kinda People and the Big To-Do”
Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish) – “Babe in Boyland”
Jean Smart (Hacks) – “1.69 Million”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Carl Clemons-Hopkins (Hacks) – “New Eyes”
Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso) – “All Apologies”
Brendan Hunt (Ted Lasso) – “Two Aces”
Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) – “Make Rebecca Great Again”
Paul Reiser (The Kominsky Method) – “You Only Give Me Your Funny Paper”
Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso) – “Biscuits”
Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live) – “Host: Carey Mulligan”
Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live) – “Host: Carey Mulligan”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live) – “Host: Regé-Jean Page”
Hannah Einbinder (Hacks) – “I Think She Will”
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) – “Host: Bill Burr”
Rosie Perez (The Flight Attendant) – “Arrivals and Departures”
Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live) – “Host: Anya Taylor-Joy”
Juno Temple (Ted Lasso) – “For the Children”
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) – “All Apologies”
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live) – “Host: Daniel Kaluuya”
Dave Chappelle (Saturday Night Live) – “Host: Dave Chappelle”
Morgan Freeman (The Kominsky Method) – “The Round Toes, of the High Shoes”
Daniel Kaluuya (Saturday Night Live) – “Host: Daniel Kaluuya”
Dan Levy (Saturday Night Live) – “Host: Dan Levy”
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Jane Adams (Hacks) – I Think She Will”
Yvette Nicole Brown (A Black Lady Sketch Show) – “But the Tilapias Are Fine Though, Right?”
Bernadette Peters (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) – “Zoey’s Extraordinary Girls’ Night Out”
Issa Rae (A Black Lady Sketch Show) – “My Booty Looks Juicy, Don’t It?”
Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live) – “Host: Maya Rudolph”
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live) – “Host: Kristen Wiig”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Thomas Brodie Sangster (The Queen’s Gambit) – “Adjournment”
Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) – Full Movie
Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You) – “That Was Fun”
Jonathan Groff (Hamilton) – Full Movie
Evan Peters (Mare Of Easttown) – “Enter Number Two”
Anthony Ramos (Hamilton) – Full Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton) – Full Movie
Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision) – “Breaking the Fourth Wall”
Moses Ingram (The Queen’s Gambit) – “End Game”
Julianne Nicholson (Mare Of Easttown) – “Sacrament”
Jean Smart (Mare Of Easttown) – “Sacrament”
Phillipa Soo (Hamilton) – Full Movie
Outstanding Competition Program
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Nailed It! (Netflix) – “An Ungodly Mess”
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) – “Condragulations”
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC) – “Season 20 Premiere”
Outstanding Host for a Reality/Competition Program
Nicole Byer (Nailed It) – “An Ungodly Mess”
RuPaul Charles (RuPaul’s Drag Race) – “Getting Lucky”
Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness (Queer Eye) – “Groomer Has It”
Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary (Shark Tank) – “Episode 1201”
Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons (Top Chef)
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO) – “Sister, May I Call You Oshun?”
Saturday Night Live (NBC) – “Host: Dave Chappelle”
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Conan (TBS) – “Episode 1488 Gal Gadot”
Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) – “Trevor Examines Nationwide Protests Against Police Brutality and Systemic Racism”
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) – “1/20/21 John Oliver”
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – “#703 Trump and Election Results”
Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
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