Tasty News: The 2016 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations in Comedy

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.