Emmy Awards 2020: The Winners List

The 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, television’s highest honors, was a bit different this year.

The audience didn’t include the regular mix of stars. Instead the ambitious broadcast deployed more than 100 cameras around the world to film the nominees in their own homes.

The one constant—despite the pandemic? It was all live. That meant the winners will be just as surprised, delighted and disappointed as the audience. Canadian sitcom Schitt’s Creek took home the most awards of the night, sweeping the comedy category with a record seven awards. On the drama side, HBO’s Succession won big, earning four trophies including Best Drama Series. Watchmen garnered another four awards for HBO, including Best Limited Series.

Here is a full list of the night’s winners, in bold.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
Christina Apple AAPL +1.6%gate, Dead To Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Linda Cardellini, Dead To Me
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Schitt’s Creek, “Happy Ending,” Pop TV (Andrew Cividino, Daniel Levy)
Modern Family, “Finale Part 2,” ABC (Gail Mancuso)
Ramy, “Miakhalifa.mov,” Hulu (Ramy Youssef)
The Great, “The Great (Pilot),” Hulu (Matt Shakman)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “It’s Comedy Or Cabbage,” Prime Video (Amy Sherman-Palladino)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “Marvelous Radio,” Prime Video (Daniel Palladino)
Will & Grace, “We Love Lucy,” NBC (James Burrows)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Mahershala Ali, Ramy
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
William Jackson Harper, The Good Place
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Sterling K. Brown, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek
Betty Gilpin, Glow
Yvonne Orji, Insecure
Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
D’Arcy Carden, The Good Place
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Outstanding Comedy Series

Schitt’s Creek
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dead To Me
The Good Place
Insecure
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
What We Do In The Shadows

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Regina King, Watchmen
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Octavia Spencer, Self Made: Inspired By The Life Of Madam C.J. Walker
Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True
Jeremy Irons, Watchmen
Hugh Jackman, Bad Education
Paul Mescal, Normal People
Jeremy Pope, Hollywood

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special

Watchmen, “This Extraordinary Being,” HBO (Damon Lindelof, Cord Jefferson)
Mrs. America, “Shirley,” FX Networks (Tanya Barfield)
Normal People, “Episode 3,” Hulu (Sally Rooney, Alice Birch)
Unbelievable, “Episode 1,” Netflix (Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman)
Unorthodox, “Part 1,” Netflix (Anna Winger)

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special