What the Nominees Think About the 2020 Emmys Going Virtual (Exclusive)

Zendaya revealed last week on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that she plans to still dress up for this year's virtual Emmy Awards, even though she'll be joining from home.

Tyler Perry will be honoured at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards! The Television Academy announced on Tuesday that the 50-year-old entertainment mogul — along with his charity, The Perry Foundation — will receive the 2020 Governors Award at this year’s ceremony.

2020 Emmy Awards nominees have been revealed, and now the Television Academy voters will decide what is the most outstanding television of the last calendar year.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVFive months into the coronavirus pandemic, and Television Academy voters already seem to be over the plethora of remotely produced content created during, and in response to, the new social-distancing health and safety guidelines.

No surprise, but the 2020 Emmys are going virtual. Shortly after the nominations were announced yesterday, this year’s Emmy executive producers — including host Jimmy Kimmel — sent a letter to key acting nominees informing them that this year’s ceremony will be virtual, and asking them to prepare to participate from home, or wherever they want to be.

After the nominations for the 72nd annual Emmy Awards were announced, there was a selection of performers who celebrated after receiving their first nominations. However, there were also select performers who were recognized for their work in multiple categories.

If you caught the nominations announcement for the 72nd Emmy Awards on Tuesday you were greeted with a virtual production that has become commonplace since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The emcee, Leslie Jones, described how she took an empty plane from New York to Los Angeles and was taken to an empty studio which included only a cameraperson.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticA letter sent Wednesday to newly minted Emmy nominees and/or their PR reps inadvertently provides some of the details for the Jimmy Kimmel-hosted and -produced Primetime Emmy Awards show that ABC will broadcast September 20.

were announced yesterday, this year’s Emmy executive producers — including host Jimmy Kimmel — sent a letter to key acting nominees informing them that this year’s ceremony will be virtual, and asking them to prepare to participate from home, or wherever they want to be.“As you’ve probably guessed, we’re not going to be asking you to come to the Microsoft Theatre in downtown LA on September 20th,” the letter says, in part.

Variety, the show's producers informed nominees on Wednesday that the September 20th Emmy show will go virtual in response to the continuing threat of the coronavirus. Few specifics of the show were detailed such as if there will be live elements in the telecast.

Emmy nominations were announced, Catherine O'Hara realized she didn't have her castmates' numbers, should the next morning warrant a congratulatory text message or two. «I had an old 4S and as soon as I came across the border to Canada, Apple killed my 4S,» she says, launching into the story.

Hugh Jackman joked his Emmy nomination for HBO’s Bad Education had left Ryan Reynolds “devastated”.

Hugh Jackman's splendid performance as Frank Tassone in Bad Education earned him his first Emmy nomination for acting. The 51-year-old actor was previously nominated four times for his Oscars and Tony Awards hosting duties and ended up winning an Emmy for the 2005 Tony Awards as well.

Hugh Jackman is an Emmy nominee, and Ryan Reynolds is not. The star earned his first Emmy nod for acting on Tuesday for his role as corrupt superintendent Dr. Frank Tassone in the HBO film, and joined ET via video chat to talk about the honor — and to rub a little salt in the wound of his famous friend.«Blake just texted me. Said he won't get out of bed, he's furious,» Jackman joked with ET's Rachel Smith of his hilarious faux feud with the star. «He's very angry with the Academy.

nominees for the 2020 Emmy Awards have been announced, and now the best television of the last calendar year will battle it out for TV's top prize when the Emmy Awards are handed out in September. Netflix once again came out with the most nominations of any network, but they have stiff competition from HBO, Amazon, and Hulu — not to mention a surprise nod for Disney+'s The Mandalorian in the Best Drama Series category.

Watchmen was the leader of the pack. Among Watchmen's 26 nominations were two in the musical categories, meaning Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have earned their first-ever Emmy nods.Over the last decade, Reznor and Ross' film scores have demonstrated a malleable mastery of styles, winning over skeptics who thought the guys in Nine Inch Nails should stick to their day jobs.