LOS ANGELES, July 14 (UPI) — Anthony Anderson helped read the names of Emmy Award nominees Thursday morning, shrieking with delight when he heard his own name, as well as that of his show “black-ish” and the sitcom’s co-star Tracee Ellis Ross.
The program will compete with “Master of None,” “Modern Family,” “Silicon Valley,” “Transparent,” “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Veep” for the Best Comedy Series Emmy.
The nominees for 2016 Emmys include:
Best Drama
“The Americans”
“Better Call Saul”
“Downton Abbey”
“Game of Thrones”
“Homeland”
“House of Lies”
“Mr. Robot”
Best Limited Series
“American Crime”
“Fargo”
“The Night Manager”
“The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”
“Roots”
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Kyle Chandler “Bloodline”
Rami Malek “Mr. Robot”
Bob Odenkirk “Better Call Saul”
Matthew Rhys “The Americans”
Liev Schreiber “Ray Donovan”
Kevin Spacey “House of Cards”
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Danes “Homeland”
Viola Davis “How to Get Away with Murder”
Taraji P. Henson “Empire”
Tatiana Maslany “Orphan Black”
Keri Russell “The Americans”
Robin Wright “House of Cards”
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson “black-ish”
Aziz Ansari “Master of None”
Will Forte “Last Man on Earth”
William H. Macy “Shameless”
Thomas Middleditch “Silicon Valley”
Jeffrey Tambor “Transparent”
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Ellie Kemper “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus “Veep”
Laurie Metcalf “Getting On”
Tracee Ellis Ross “black-ish”
Amy Schumer “Inside Amy Schumer”
Lily Tomlin “Grace and Frankie”
Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Bryan Cranston “All the Way”
Benedict Cumberbatch “Sherlock”
Idris Elba “Luther”
Cuba Gooding Jr. “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”
Tom Hiddleston “The Night Manager”
Courtney B. Vance “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”
Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Kirsten Dunst “Fargo”
Felicity Huffman “American Crime”
Audra McDonald “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill”
Sarah Paulson “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”
Lili Taylor “American Crime”
Kerry Washington “Confirmation”
Winners will be announced Sept. 18. A complete list of the nominees can be viewed at emmys.com
