2020 Emmy Awards: ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Watchmen,’ and ‘Succession’ Win Big on TV’s Most Celebrated Night
Jimmy Kimmel-hosted award show aired live on Sunday from Los Angeles
September 21, 2020
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards went off without a hitch Sunday night, despite the fact the auditorium was empty due to pandemic concerns and Stern Show veterans Jimmy Kimmel and Jennifer Aniston literally started a trash fire halfway through the show.
The evening’s biggest winners were the HBO dramas “Succession” and “Watchmen” (with four awards each) and Pop TV’s Canadian series “Schitt’s Creek,” which swept the comedy categories, presumably to recent Stern Show guest Seth Rogen’s delight. Other winners included “Euphoria’s” Zendaya, “Ozark’s” Julie Garner, late-night host John Oliver, Governors Award-winner Tyler Perry, and even Stern Show executive producer Gary Dell’Abate, who Kimmel name dropped at the very end of the broadcast.
Watch Jimmy’s opening Emmys monologue (above) and check out the 2020 winners (below).
Outstanding drama series:
“Better Call Saul” (AMC)
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)
“Killing Eve” (BBC America/AMC)
“The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus)
“Ozark” (Netflix)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
“Succession” (HBO) – WINNER
Outstanding lead actress in a drama series:
Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”
Olivia Colman, “The Crown”
Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve”
Laura Linney, “Ozark”
Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”
Zendaya “Euphoria” – WINNER
Outstanding lead actor in a drama series:
Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
Billy Porter, “Pose”
Jeremy Strong, “Succession” – WINNER
Brian Cox, “Succession”
Steve Carell, “The Morning Show”
Outstanding comedy series:
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)
“Dead to Me” (Netflix)
“The Good Place” (NBC)
“Insecure” (HBO)
“The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon Prime Video)
“Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV) – WINNER
“What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series:
Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Linda Cardellini, “Dead to Me”
Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek” – WINNER
Issa Rae, “Insecure”
Tracee Ellis Ross, “black-ish”
Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series:
Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”
Don Cheadle, “Black Monday”
Ted Danson, “The Good Place”
Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”
Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek” – WINNER
Ramy Youssef, “Ramy”
Outstanding variety/talk series:
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO) – WINNER
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC)
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (TBS)
Outstanding reality/competition program:
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1) – WINNER
“The Voice” (NBC)
“Nailed It” (Netflix)
“Top Chef” (Bravo)
“The Masked Singer” (FOX)
Outstanding variety sketch series:
“A Black Lady Sketch Show” (HBO)
“Drunk History” (Comedy Central)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) – WINNER
Outstanding limited series:
“Watchmen” (HBO) – WINNER
“Mrs. America” (Hulu)
“Unbelievable” (Netflix)
“Little Fires Everywhere” (Hulu)
“Unorthodox” (Netflix)
Outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie:
Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much Is True” – WINNER
Hugh Jackman, “Bad Education”
Jeremy Irons, “Watchmen”
Paul Mescal, “Normal People”
Jeremy Pope, “Hollywood”
Outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie:
Cate Blanchett, “Mrs. America”
Regina King, “Watchmen” – WINNER
Kerry Washington, “Little Fires Everywhere”
Shira Haas, “Unorthodox”
Octavia Spencer, “Self-Made”
Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series:
Giancarlo Esposito, “Better Call Saul”
Bradley Whitford, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show” – WINNER
Mark Duplass, “The Morning Show”
Nicholas Braun, “Succession”
Kieran Culkin, “Succession”
Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”
Jeffrey Wright, “Westworld”
Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series:
Laura Dern, “Big Little Lies”
Meryl Streep, “Big Little Lies”
Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown”
Samira Wiley, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Fiona Shaw, “Killing Eve”
Julia Garner, “Ozark” – WINNER
Sarah Snook, “Succession”
Thandie Newton, “Westworld”
Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series:
Andre Braugher, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
William Jackson Harper, “The Good Place”
Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method”
Sterling K. Brown, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Mahershala Ali, “Ramy”
Kenan Thompson, “Saturday Night Live”
Dan Levy, “Schitt’s Creek” – WINNER
Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series:
Betty Gilpin, “GLOW”
D’Arcy Carden, “The Good Place”
Yvonne Orji, “Insecure”
Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Marin Hinkle, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”
Cecily Strong, “Saturday Night Live”
Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek” – WINNER
Outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or movie:
Dylan McDermott, “Hollywood”
Jim Parsons, “Hollywood”
Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend”
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Watchmen” – WINNER
Jovan Adepo, “Watchmen”
Louis Gossett Jr., “Watchmen”
Outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie:
Holland Taylor, “Hollywood”
Uzo Aduba, “Mrs. America” – WINNER
Margo Martindale, “Mrs. America”
Tracey Ullman, “Mrs. America”
Toni Collette, “Unbelievable”
Jean Smart, “Watchmen”
