Announcements begin of virus-altered Emmy nominations

LOS ANGELES: The reading of the Emmy nominations has begun.

Host Leslie Jones kicked off the announcement Tuesday morning by appearing on a virtual set and joking that she was told there would be many others on set to announce the nominees and that she was locked in a studio with only a camerman.

The nominees for drama series actress are: Jennifer Aniston, "The Morning Show”; Olivia Colman, "The Crown”; Jodie Comer, "Killing Eve”; Laura Linney, "Ozark”; Sandra Oh, "Killing Eve”; Zendaya "Euphoria.”

The nominees for drama series actor are: Jason Bateman, "Ozark”; Sterling K. Brown, "This is Us”; Billy Porter, "Pose”; Jeremy Strong, "Succession”; Brian Cox, "Succession”; Steve Carell, "The Morning Show.”

The nominees for lead actor in a comedy series are: Anthony Anderson, "black-ish”; Don Cheadle, "Black Monday”; Ted Danson, "The Good Place”; Michael Douglas, "The Kominsky Method”; Eugene Levy, "Schitt's Creek"; Ramy Youssef, "Ramy.

The nominees for lead actress in a comedy series are: Christina Applegate, "Dead to Me”; Rachel Brosnahan, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”; Linda Cardellini, "Dead to Me”; Catherine O’Hara, "Schitt’s Creek”; Isa Rae, "Insecure”; Tracee Ellis Ross, "black-ish.”

The nominations, typically unveiled with fanfare at the TV academy’s Los Angeles headquarters, were announced online Tuesday by Jones ("Saturday Night Live”) and presenters Laverne Cox ("Orange is the New Black”), Josh Gad ("Frozen”) and Tatiana Maslany ("Orphan Black”). Cox, Gad and Maslany appeared on by video feeds.

"This year, we are also bearing witness to one of the greatest fights for social justice in history. And it is our duty to use this medium for change,” Frank Scherma, chairman and CEO of the Television Academy said at the outset of the presentation.

The Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be presented Sept. 20 on ABC