'SNL' and 'Westworld' Swept the Emmy Nominations This Year

Back in the day, there was, like, one reasonably good show on television, squeezed in between episodes of ElimiDate and Just Shoot Me. Now the folks picking Emmy nominations have a metric shit-ton of quality content to sift through in order to choose their top contenders. On Thursday, they did just that, announcing a wide-ranging list of premium shows and performances making up the 2017 Emmy nominees.

This year, your father's old favorite show, Saturday Night Live, got a whopping 22 nominations—including Kate McKinnon for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and Alec Baldwin for Best Supporting Actor in the same category. The sketch show broke its own record for nominations, snagging more this year than it ever has in its four-decade run.

That dour robot show Westworld, which everyone went crazy over and then promptly forgot about, is tied at the top with another 22 noms. Streaming favorites Stranger Thingsand Handmaid's Tale were also highly recognized, receiving 18 and 13 nominations, respectively.

Over in comedy, Donald Glover's Atlanta—which took home two Golden Globes last year—has been nominated for Best Comedy Series, along with Aziz Ansari's Master of None and last year's winner Veep.

In the Best Limited Series category, HBO's The Night Of grabbed a nomination, alongside Big Little Lies. The latter was also recognized in the Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor categories, with Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley, and Alexander Skarsgärd all getting nods for their performances.

The glaring omission this year is The Leftovers, whose brilliant final season should've made it a shoe-in for Best Drama. At least one of the show's stars, Carrie Coon, picked up a nom for her role in Fargo.

The 69th annual Emmy Awards will be hosted by Stephen Colbert on September 17 at 8 PM EST. Read through the top Emmy nominees below and check out the complete list on the Emmys site.

Best Drama Series

Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Crown (Netflix)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
This Is Us (NBC)
Westworld (HBO)

Best Comedy Series

Atlanta (FX)
Black-ish (ABC)
Master of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Veep (HBO)

Best Limited Series

Big Little Lies (HBO)
Fargo (FX)
Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Genius (National Geographic)
The Night Of (HBO)

Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
Claire Foy, The Crown (Netflix)
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Keri Russell, The Americans (FX)
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld (HBO)
Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix)

Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (NBC)
Anthony Hopkins, Westworld (HBO)
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC)
Matthew Rhys, The Americans (AMC)
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan (Showtime)
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us (NBC)

Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Pamela Adlon, Bad Things (FX)
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie (Netflix)
Allison Janney, Mom (CBS)
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO)
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (ABC)
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie (Netflix)

Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish (ABC)
Aziz Ansari, Master of None (Netflix)
Zach Galifianakis, Baskets (FX)
Donald Glover, Atlanta (FX)
William H. Macy, Shameless (Showtime)
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (Amazon)

Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Carrie Coon, Fargo (FX)
Felicity Huffman, American Crime (ABC)
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies (HBO)
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies (HBO)

Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Riz Ahmed, The Night Of (HBO)
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective (PBS)
Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies (HBO)
Ewan McGregor, Fargo (FX)
Geoffrey Rush, Genius (National Geographic)
John Turturro, The Night Of (HBO)

Best Variety/Talk Series

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things (Netflix)
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us (NBC)
Thandie Newton, Westworld (HBO)
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul (AMC)
David Harbour, Stranger Things (Netflx)
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us (NBC)
Michael Kelley, House of Cards (Netflix)
John Lithgow, The Crown (Netflix)
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland (Showtime)
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld (HBO)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Anna Chlumsky, Veep (HBO)
Kathryn Hahn, Transparent (Amazon)
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Judith Light, Transparent (Amazon)
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Louie Anderson, Baskets (FX)
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Ty Burrell, Modern Family (ABC)
Tony Hale, Veep (HBO)
Matt Walsh, Veep (HBO)

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie

Judy Davis, Feud: Betty and Joan (FX)
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies (HBO)
Jackie Hoffman, Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Regina King, American Crime (ABC)
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies (HBO)
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies (HBO)

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie

Bill Camp, The Night Of (HBO)
Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Alexander Skarsgärd, Big Little Lies (HBO)
David Thewlis, Fargo (FX)
Stanley Tucci, Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Michael Kenneth Williams, The Night Of (HBO)

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