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HBO Max’s cultivated several breakout stars when it first premiered in May, including series regular Carl Clemons-Hopkins, who plays Marcus, Deborah’s overly dedicated chief operating officer. Not only has the actor, who identifies as nonbinary and goes by the pronouns they/them, earn their first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, but they made history in the process as well. “It still hasn’t, a hundred percent, sunk in yet,” Clemons-Hopkins tells ET.

Justin Hartley has just gotten off a weekly Zoom call with his family when we connect over the phone on a late Friday morning in June. Since quarantine began in earnest in March, he and his co-stars have made it a point to check in regularly, especially during this time of uncertainty and unrest.

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's two seasons, viewers have gotten to know the Roy family inside out. They've seen Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) ruthlessly vie for the top spot at patriarch Logan's (Brian Cox) entertainment company, with eldest Roy son Connor (Alan Ruck) blissfully doing his own thing on the sidelines.

Kaitlyn Dever 2019 had both.

Cynthia Erivo stormed the screen, first with a scene-stealing performance in and then with 2019’s acclaimed portrayal of Harriet Tubman in the biopic, which earned her dual Oscar nominations for Best Actress and Best Original Song. Now, she’s earning buzz for her role as Holly Gibney on the HBO series . Unlike this year's Oscars, where Erivo was the only person of color nominated for an acting prize, the actress is hopeful the 72nd Primetime Emmys won’t see a repeat of that situation.

Elle Fanning's portrayal of Catherine II, the longest-reigning Empress of Russia, on .The actress steps strikingly into the Golden Era of the empire's 18th century Enlightenment on the lauded Hulu series, though it takes her character a moment to see past the glitz and glamour.

 first debuted with the launch of Apple TV+ in November, there was no doubting that the star-studded ensemble about a daytime talk show was really the Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston show.

was renewed for a second season on June 11, Jane Levy — who plays the titular heroine on NBC’s breakout musical comedy — felt a wide range of emotions. There was gratitude and excitement, of course, in returning to a character and a job she cherished.

Annie Murphy's final day on was also her last scene of the series. On the Goodwood, Ontario, set that stands in for the titular town, Murphy, as Alexis Rose, tearfully clutched co-stars Dan Levy (who plays brother David), Noah Reid (his husband, Patrick) and Emily Hampshire (the steadfast Stevie Budd) as the siblings waved goodbye to their onscreen parents (Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy).