ViacomCBS Celebrates 66 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations
14 July 2021 - 12:20PM
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CBS Television Network, CBS Studios and
Paramount+ Score 35 Total Nominations
Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show, The
Election Night Special and Tooning Out the News Receive 9
Nominations, the Most of Any Late Night Brand
ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group Earns 20
Nominations, Including First-Time Nominations for Paramount
Network’s “Yellowstone” and MTV Documentary Films’ “76
Days”
SHOWTIME® Receives Six Nominations,
Including “Shameless” star William H. Macy for Outstanding Lead
Actor In A Comedy Series
ViacomCBS earned 66 Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
73rd Primetime Emmy Award nominations across its combined
portfolio.
CBS Television Network, CBS Studios and Paramount+ together
received a total of 35 Primetime Emmy nominations.
- CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – the #1 late night
talk show on television – received five nominations, marking the
series’ 18th Emmy nomination to date.
- CBS landed several nominations for talent and special
programming, including “Oprah With Meghan And Harry: A CBS
Primetime Special” and “John Lewis: Celebrating A Hero.” “The Pepsi
Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Starring The Weeknd” and “The 63rd
Annual Grammy Awards” also received multiple nods this year. For
her starring role in “Mom,” Allison Janney was nominated for
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
- CBS Studios received 21 nominations, among them an Outstanding
Competition Series nod for “The Amazing Race.” Short-form series
“Carpool Karaoke: The Series” was also nominated.
- Paramount+, together with CBS Studios, picked up six
nominations this season, including four nominations for “Star Trek:
Discovery.” “Star Trek: Lower Decks'' and “Stephen Colbert Presents
Tooning Out the News'' each received their first-ever Emmy
nominations.
ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group landed 20 Primetime Emmy
nominations across its portfolio of MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount
Network, Smithsonian Channel, CMT and VH1.
- Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” received
nods for Outstanding Variety Talk Series plus Outstanding Writing
for a Variety Series and “South Park” was also nominated for
Outstanding Animated Program.
- VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” earned 11 nominations this year,
including Outstanding Competition Series, and two nominations for
its aftershow, “RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked.”
- Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone” and MTV Documentary Films’
“76 Days” each earned its first-ever Emmy nomination.
- MTV Entertainment Studios picked up four nominations, with
“Emily in Paris” and “Reno 911!” each receiving two
respectively.
SHOWTIME® landed six Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
- “Shameless” star William H. Macy was nominated for Outstanding
Lead Actor In A Comedy Series.
- “Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand
Building Back America Great Again Better 2020,” produced by CBS
Studios, received three nominations.
- “Vice” and “The Good Lord Bird” each received a
nomination.
Additionally, Awesomeness earned three Primetime Emmy Award
nominations for the second season of “PEN15,” including Outstanding
Comedy Series. Paramount Television Studios received two Emmy
nominations for “Made For Love” and “The Haunting Of Bly
Manor.”
About ViacomCBS
ViacomCBS (NASDAQ: VIAC; VIACA) is a leading global media and
entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences
for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic consumer brands, its
portfolio includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures,
Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, Pluto TV and
Simon & Schuster, among others. The company delivers the
largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the
industry’s most important and extensive libraries of TV and film
titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and
digital video products, ViacomCBS provides powerful capabilities in
production, distribution and advertising solutions.
For more information about ViacomCBS, please visit
www.viacomcbs.com and follow @ViacomCBS on social platforms.
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