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The 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards nominations were recently announced. As always, I like to highlight Black performers who are nominated along with their competition.

Emmy Awards nominations have expanded due to new content entertainment suppliers such as Netflix, HBO, Hulu and more. You are bound to see new faces, as well as older familiar faces up for nomination.

Actor Burgess stars in “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” (Netflix) Here’s what he had to say after learning of his nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy:  “I’m continuously blown away by our show’s talent in front of and behind the camera, and this season is no exception,” says Burgess, who plays Titus Andromedon on the show, says. “It’s truly an honor to be recognized alongside such an incredible cast and crew. Thank you to the Academy, thank you.”

Here is an abbreviated look at the 69th Emmy Awards nominations.  Those in bold lettering are Black performers or programming with a strong Black presence:

Best Comedy

“Atlanta” (FX)

“Black-ish” (ABC)

“Master of None” (Netflix)

“Modern Family” (ABC)

“Silicon Valley” (HBO)

“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix)

“Veep” (HBO)

Best Drama

“Better Call Saul” (AMC)

“The Crown” (Netflix)

“The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)

“House of Cards” (Netflix)

“Stranger Things” (Netflix)

“This Is Us” (NBC)

Best Limited Series

“Big Little Lies” (HBO)

“Fargo” (FX)

“Feud: Bette and Joan” (FX)

“Genius” (National Geographic)

“The Night Of” (HBO)

Best Actress, Comedy

Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”)

Jane Fonda (“Grace and Frankie”)

Allison Janney (“Mom”)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”)

Ellie Kemper (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”)

Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”)

Lily Tomlin (“Grace and Frankie”)

Best Actor, Comedy

Anthony Anderson (“Black-ish”)

Aziz Ansari (“Master of None”)

Zach Galifianakis, (“Baskets”)

Donald Glover (“Atlanta”)

William H. Macy (“Shameless”)

Jeffrey Tambor (“Transparent”)

Best Actress, Drama

Viola Davis (“How to Get Away with Murder”)

Claire Foy (“The Crown”)

Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Keri Russell (“The Americans”)

Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld”)

Robin Wright (“House of Cards”)

Best Actor, Drama

Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”)

Anthony Hopkins (“Westworld”)

Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”)

Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”)

Liev Schreiber (“Ray Donovan”)

Kevin Spacey (“House of Cards”)

Milo Ventimiglia (“This Is Us”)

Television Movie

“Black Mirror: San Junipero”

Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle

of Love

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”

“Sherlock: The Lying Detective”

“The Wizard of Lies”

Supporting Actor, Drama

Jonathan Banks (“Better Call Saul”)

David Harbour (“Stranger Things”)

Ron Cephas Jones (“This Is Us”)

Michael Kelly (“House of Cards”)

John Lithgow (“The Crown”)

Mandy Patinkin (“Homeland”)

Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”)

Supporting Actress, Drama

Uzo Aduba (“Orange Is the New Black”)

Millie Bobby Brown (“Stranger Things”)

Ann Dowd (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Chrissy Metz (“This Is Us”)

Thandie Newton (“Westworld”)

Samira Wiley (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)

Supporting Actor, Comedy

Louie Anderson (“Baskets”)

Alec Baldwin (“Saturday Night Live”)

Tituss Burgess (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”)

Ty Burrell (“Modern Family”)

Tony Hale (“Veep”)

Matt Walsh (“Veep”)

Supporting Actress, Comedy

Vanessa Bayer (“Saturday Night Live”)

Anna Chlumsky (“Veep”)

Kathryn Hahn (“Transparent”)

Leslie Jones (“Saturday Night Live”)

Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”)

Judith Light (“Transparent”)

Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie

Alexander Skarsgard (“Big Little Lies”)

David Thewlis (“Fargo”)

Alfred Molina (“Feud: Bette and Joan”)

Stanley Tucci (“Feud: Bette and Joan”)

Bill Camp (“The Night Of”)

Michael Kenneth Williams (“The Night Of”)

Supporting Actress, Limited Series or a Movie

Judy Davis (“Feud: Bette and Joan”)

Laura Dern (“Big Little Lies”)

Jackie Hoffman (“Feud: Bette and Joan”)

Regina King (“American Crime”)

Michelle Pfeiffer (“The Wizard Of Lies”)

Shailene Woodley (“Big Little Lies”)

Reality Host

Alec Baldwin (“Match Game”)

W. Kamau Bell (“United Shades of America

With W. Kamau Bell”)

RuPaul Charles (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”)

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (“Project Runway”)

Gordon Ramsay (“MasterChef Junior”)

Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg (“Martha and

Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party”)

Guest actress, drama

Alison Wright, “The Americans”

Alexis Bledel, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Cicely Tyson, “How to Get Away With Murder”

Ann Dowd, “The Leftover”

Laverne Cox, “Orange is the New Black”

Shannon Purser, “Stranger Things”

Guest actor, drama series

Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”

BD Wong, “Mr. Robot”

Hank Azaria, “Ray Donovan”

Denis O’Hare, “This Is Us”

Hank Azaria, “Ray Donovan”

Brian Tyree Henry, “This Is Us”

Guest actress, comedy series

Wanda Sykes, “Black-ish”

Carrie Fisher, “Catastrophie”

Beck Ann Baker, “Girls”

Angela Bassett, “Master of None”

Kristen Wiig, “Saturday Night Live”

Melssa McCarthy, “Saturday Night Live”

Guest actor, comedy series

Riz Ahmed, “Girls”

Matthew Rhys, “Girls”

Dave Chappelle, “Saturday Night Live”

Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Saturday Night Live”

Tom Hanks, “Saturday Night Live”

Hugh Laurie, “Veep”

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