Just for a moment there’s other news splashing over Pokémon GO this morning. Damn, does uttering that game give you Voldemort vibes yet? We digress. EMMYS!!! We are not particularly into lists per se but the 2016 Emmy nods for comedy are most definitely worth splattering across your screen. I give you the official list now:
Outstanding Comedy Series
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Master Of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
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Anthony Anderson as Andre Johnson
The Last Man On Earth
Will Forte as Phil Miller
Master Of None
Aziz Ansari as Dev
Shameless
William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher
Silicon Valley
Thomas Middleditch as Richard
Transparent
Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
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Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow Johnson
Getting On
Laurie Metcalf as Dr. Jenna James
Grace And Frankie
Lily Tomlin as Frankie
Inside Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer as Amy
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ellie Kemper as Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Baskets
Louie Anderson as Christine Baskets
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Andre Braugher as Captain Ray Holt
Key & Peele
Keegan-Michael Key as Various characters
Modern Family
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon
Veep
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh
Veep
Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Getting On
Niecy Nash as Didi Ortley
Mom
Allison Janney as Bonnie
Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon as Various characters
Transparent
Judith Light as Shelly Pfefferman
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Gaby Hoffmann as Ali Pfefferman
Veep
Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Bob Newhart as Arthur
Saturday Night Live
Tracy Morgan as Host
Saturday Night Live
Larry David as Host
Transparent
Bradley Whitford as Magnus Hirschfeld
Veep
Martin Mull as Bob Bradley
Veep
Peter MacNicol as Jeff Kane
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Laurie Metcalf as Mary
The Big Bang Theory
Christine Baranski as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter
Saturday Night Live
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler as Co-Hosts
Saturday Night Live
Melissa McCarthy as Host
Saturday Night Live
Amy Schumer as Host
Transparent
Melora Hardin as Tammy Cashman
Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
Master Of None, Parents
Aziz Ansari, Directed by
Silicon Valley,Daily Active Users
Alec Berg, Directed by
Silicon Valley, Founder Friendly
Mike Judge, Directed by
Transparent, Man On The Land
Jill Soloway, Directed by
Veep, Kissing Your Sister
Dave Mandel, Directed by
Veep, Morning After
Chris Addison, Directed by
Veep, Mother
Dale Stern, Directed by
Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
Catastrophe, Episode 1
Rob Delaney, Written by
Sharon Horgan, Written by
Master Of None, Parents
Aziz Ansari, Written by
Alan Yang, Written by
Silicon Valley, Founder Friendly
Dan O’Keefe, Written by
Silicon Valley, The Uptick
Alec Berg, Written by
Veep, Morning After
David Mandel, Written by
Veep, Mother
Alex Gregory, Written by
Peter Huyck, Written by
Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
Childrens Hospital
Rob Corddry as Dr. Blake Downs
Childrens Hospital
Rob Huebel as Dr. Owen Maestro
The Crossroads Of History
Lou Diamond Phillips as Chieftain
The Crossroads Of History
Oscar Nuñez as Jack
Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell
Jack McBrayer as Ollie
Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
Acting Dead, ActingDead.com
Patrika Darbo as Margot Mullen
Childrens Hospital
Erinn Hayes as Lola Spratt
Everyone’s Crazy But Us, FunnyOrDie.com
Janet Varney as Denie Silverman
We’d also like to mention those categories in which “comedy” isn’t specifically indicated in the title like
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Late Show With James Corden
Real Time With Bill Maher
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Documentary Now!
Drunk History
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Variety Special
Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo
The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Prime Time Special
Outstanding Television Movie
A Very Murray Christmas
Outstanding Animated Program
Archer, The Figgis Agency
Bob’s Burgers, The Horse Rider-er
Phineas and Ferb Last Day of Summer
The Simpsons, Halloween of Horror
South Park, You’re Not Yelping
Outstanding Interactive Program
CONAN
The Late Late Show With James Corden
Saturday Night Live Interactive Experience
Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
Inside Amy Schumer, Madonna/Whore
Ryan McFaul, Directed by
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Episode 303
Paul Pennolino, Directed by
The Late Late Show With James Corden, Post-Super Bowl Episode
Tim Mancinelli, Directed by
Saturday Night Live, Hosts: Tina Fey & Amy Poehler
Don Roy King, Directed by
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Episode 325
Dave Diomedi, Directed by
Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special
Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo
Chris Rock, Directed by
Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (Jo Miller, Samantha Bee, Ashley Nicole Black, Pat Cassels, Mathan Erhardt, Joe Grossman, Jason Reich, Melinda Taub, Eric Drysdale)
Inside Amy Schumer (Michael Lawrence, Amy Schumer, Jessi Klein, Daniel Powell, Christine Nangle, Kim Caramele, Kyle Dunnigan, Tami Sagher, Kurt Metzger, Claudia O’Doherty)
Key & Peele (Jay Martel, Alex Rubens, Rebecca Drysdale, Colton Dunn, Phil Augusta Jackson, Ian Roberts, Charlie Sanders, Rich Talarico, Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner)
Portlandia (Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Graham Wagner, Karey Dornetto)
Saturday Night Live (Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker, James Anderson, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Paul Masella, Dave McCary, Dennis McNicholas, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Katie Rich, Tim Robinson, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Dave Sirus, Will Stephen, Kent Sublette, Julio Torres)
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Adventure Time, Hall of Egress
The Powerpuff Girls, Once Upon A Townsville
Robot Chicken, Robot Chicken Christmas Special: The X-Mas United
SpongeBob SquarePants, Company Picnic
Steven Universe, The Answer
Please go elsewhere for the more nitty gritty noms like casting, sound, music, editing, stunts, visual effects, costume design etc. My fingers can’t type that much. Congrats, everyone!
Mentions: Jimmy Kimmel hosts the 68th Annual Emmy Awards September 18 at 5:00 PM PDT on ABC. Tell us if we missed anything below.