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‘Maisel,’ ‘Unorthodox,’ ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ Seinfeld, Schumer, Haddish and More Snag Emmy Nominations

Members of the Tribe are celebrating today following the 72nd Emmy Awards nominations, which recognized returning favorites and new Jewish shows and actors.
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July 28, 2020
70th ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS — Pictured: Daniel Palladino with the cast and crew of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “Outstanding Comedy Series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” during the 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBC)

Members of the Tribe are celebrating today following the 72nd Emmy Awards nominations, which recognized returning favorites “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Kominsky Method,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Schitt’s Creek” with multiple nods and honored the limited series “Unorthodox” with eight nominations, including Shira Haas’ lead performance.

“Maisel’s” 20 nominations include repeat honors for previous winners Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Tony Shalhoub, director Amy Sherman-Palladino, and Luke Kirby, plus nods in the costumes, cinematography, casting, production design, hairstyling, and makeup categories. 

The cast of Schitt’s Creek.

Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin scored repeat nominations for “The Kominsky Method,” which will compete for Outstanding Comedy Series opposite “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and “Schitt’s Creek.” Among the latter’s 20 nominations include nods for Eugene Levy and Daniel Levy.

Now four-time Emmy nominee Tracee Ellis Ross, received a nod for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy for her role in “Black-ish.”

In addition to Haas’ first-ever nomination and an Outstanding Limited Series nomination, “Unorthodox” received recognition in eight categories, writing, directing, costumes, casting and music among them.

Shira Haas in “Unorthodox”; Photo courtesy of Netflix

Bette Midler got a nod for her hilarious guest actress turn in “The Politician,” and both D’Arcy Carden and Maya Rudolph will represent “The Good Place” for their supporting and guest actress roles. Julia Garner received a supporting actress nomination for “Ozark,” and perennial “Simpsons” winner Hank Azaria was honored again for his voiceover work on the series.

Jerry Seinfeld got a double nomination, for his “23 Hours to Kill” stand-up special and his series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” “The World According to Jeff Goldblum” will compete against the latter in the hosted nonfiction series category. “Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah” was nominated for Outstanding Variety Special, and “Amy Schumer Learns to Cook” was recognized in the reality series category.

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