ABC Gets 36 Emmy Nominations 2020!

ABC Gets 36 Emmy Nominations 2020!

The Primetime Emmy® nominations are in! The Walt Disney Company has received a total of 145 Primetime Emmy® Award nominations in 2020 and ABC received 36 - which is up from 26 last year. Acting nominations went to a couple of familiar faces from the "black-ish" cast and there were also nods for guest stars on several ABC shows. Find out who we're talking about below! ABC's Oscars® telecast earned nine nominations; "black-ish," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," and "Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times'" all earned four. Additional series with multiple nods include "Dancing with the Stars," "The Little Mermaid Live!," "Modern Family," and "Shark Tank." A complete list of all of the 2020 nominations for ABC follows below along with fun clips to help show you why these shows received such honors.

2020 EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR ABC

THE OSCARS (ABC) - 9 Nominations

Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Special

  • Outstanding Choreography For Variety Or Reality Programming
  • Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program
  • Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special
  • Outstanding Contemporary Makeup For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program (Non-Prosthetic)
  • Outstanding Music Direction
  • Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
  • Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special
  • Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Special

BLACK-ISH (ABC / Disney Television Studios) - 4 Nominations

Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling – "Hair Day"

  • Outstanding Contemporary Costumes – "Hair Day"
  • Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series – Anthony Anderson
  • Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series – Tracee Ellis Ross

WATCH ANTHONY ANDERSON AND TRACEE ELLIS ROSS IN ACTION ON BLACK-ISH

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! (ABC / Disney Television Studios) - 4 Nominations

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series

  • Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series – "Jimmy Kimmel Live in Brooklyn - Jon Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Ripa, and Music From David Byrne"
  • Outstanding Variety Talk Series
  • Outstanding Short Form Variety Series – Jimmy Kimmel's Quarantine Minilogues

WATCH ONE OF JIMMY'S QUARANTINE MINILOGUES

LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE: "ALL IN THE FAMILY' AND "GOOD TIMES"(ABC) - 4 Nominations

Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Special

  • Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special
  • Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
  • Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Special

WATCH PATTI LABELLE AND ANTHONY ANDERSON SING THE GOOD TIMES THEME SONG!

DANCING WITH THE STARS (ABC) - 3 Nominations

Outstanding Costumes For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program – "Halloween Night"

  • Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program – "Episode 2802"
  • Outstanding Contemporary Makeup For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program (Non-Prosthetic) – "Disney Night"

THE LITTLE MERMAID LIVE! (ABC) - 3 Nominations

Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Special

  • Outstanding Contemporary Makeup For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program (Non-Prosthetic)
  • Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Special\

MODERN FAMILY (ABC / Disney Television Studios) - 3 Nominations

Outstanding Directing for Comedy Series – Gail Mancuso – "Finale Part 2"

  • Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series – Fred Willard
  • Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation – "Finale Part 1"

WATCH FRED WILLARD'S FINAL APPEARANCE AS PHIL'S DAD ON MODERN FAMILY

SHARK TANK (ABC) - 2 Nominations

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Competition Program

  • Outstanding Structured Reality Program

2019 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (ABC) - 1 Nomination

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Special

THE CONNERS (ABC) - 1 Nomination

Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series – "Slappy Holidays"

SEE WHY THE CONNERS' EMMY-NOMINATED EPISODE WAS TITLED "SLAPPY HOLIDAYS"

HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER (Disney Television Studios) - 1 Nomination

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - Cicely Tyson – "Stay"

SEE CICELY TYSON IN ACTION ON HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER

THE ROOKIE (ABC / Disney Television Studios) - 1 Nomination 

Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie

When are the 2020 Emmys? Who is the Emmys 2020 host? Well, the "72nd Emmy® Awards" will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, who returns for the third time and will also be serving as executive producer for television's biggest night. The show will be broadcast, SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT/5:00-8:00 p.m. PDT), on ABC. Previously, Kimmel hosted both the 64th and 68th Emmy Awards.

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