Barry, Game of Thrones, Fleabag & more secure nominations for 71st Emmys

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

The last year has seen the continuation of some of the best shows on television and some incredible new ones hitting the airwaves, all continuing to establish this as the new great era of TV. On top of vying for ratings, all these series and TV movies have been put through some intense campaigning for major awards, and now the time is here to finally see the nominations for this year's biggest television awards ceremony — the Emmys.

Awarding everything under the sun and then some when it comes to TV, the best of the best (and a few so-so entries) are represented here, with mainstays like GAME OF THRONES, VEEP, THIS IS US and BETTER CALL SAUL retaining strong places in major categories, while second-season and newer shows like BARRY, FLEABAG, MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, RUSSIAN DOLL and more make their presence known. The first three had the strongest showings in the Comedy field, earning numerous nominations for acting (Bill Hader, Stephen Root, Henry Winkler, Rachel Brosnahan, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Tony Shalhoub, Sarah Goldberg and Anthony Carrigan, to name a few), writing, directing and Best Comedy Series

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This morning actors D'Arcy Carden of THE GOOD PLACE and Ken Jeong of everything announced some of the nominees for the biggest categories, and now you can take a look below to see which of your favorites got in or were left to die on the side of the road because this is some high stakes business. 

Best Drama Series

• Better Call Saul
• The Bodyguard
• Game of Thrones
• Killing Eve
• Ozark
• Pose
• Succession
• This is Us

Best Comedy Series 

• Barry
• Fleabag
• The Good Place
• Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Russian Doll
• Schitt’s Creek
• Veep

Best Actress – Drama Series

• Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones
• Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
• Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder
• Laura Linney – Ozark
• Mandy Moore – This is Us
• Sandra Oh – Killing Eve
• Robin Wright – House of Cards

Best Actor – Drama Series 

• Jason Bateman – Ozark
• Sterling K. Brown – This is Us
• Kit Harington – Game of Thrones
• Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
• Billy Porter – Pose
• Milo Ventimiglia – This is Us

Best Actor – Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson – Blackish
• Don Cheadle – Black Monday
• Ted Danson – Good PLace
• Michael Douglas – Kominski Method
• Bill Hader – Barry
• Eugene Levy  – Schitt’s Creek

Best Actress – Comedy Series 

• Christina Applegate – Dead to Me
• Rachel Brosnahan – Maisel
• Julia Louis-Dreyfuss – Veep
• Natasha Lyonne – Russian Doll
• Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag

Best Supporting Actor – Comedy Series

• Stephen Root – Barry
• Henry Winkler – Barry
• Anthony Carrigan – Barry
• Alan Arkin – Kominsky Method
• Tony Shalhoub – Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Tony Hale – Veep

Best Supporting Actress – Comedy Series

• Sarah Goldberg – Barry
• Sian Clifford – Fleabag
• Olivia Colman – Fleabag
• Betty Gilpin – GLOW
• Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
• Alex Borstein – Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Marin Hinkle – Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Anna Chlumsky – Veep

Best Supporting Actor – Drama Series

• Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul
• Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul
• Alfie Allen – Game of Thrones
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Game of Thrones
• Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
• Michael Kelly – House of Cards
• Chris Sullivan – This is Us

Best Supporting Actress – Drama Series

• Lena Headey – Game of Thrones
• Sophie Turner – Game of Thrones
• Maisie Williams – Game of Thrones
• Gwendoline Christie – Game of Thrones
• Fiona Shaw – Killing Eve
• Julia Garner – Ozark

Best Actor in a Limited series

• Mahershala Ali, True Detective
• Benicio del Toro, Escape at Dannemora
• Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
• Jared Harris, Chernobyl
• Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
• Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

Best Actress in a Limited Series

• Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
• Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
• Aunjanue Ellis, When They See Us
• Joey King, The Act
• Niecy Nash, When They See Us
• Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon

Best TV Movie

• Bandersnatch
• Brexit
• Deadwood
• King Lear
• My Dinner with Herve

Best Limited Series

• Fosse/Verdon
• Chernobyl
• When They See Us
• Escape at Dannemora
• Sharp Objects

There are plenty more nominees left to check out here, and the 71st annual Emmy Awards will take place on Sunday, September 22.