AceShowbiz - "Ozark", "Watchmen", "Succession", "Dead to Me", "Killing Eve", and "Schitt's Creek" lead the the 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards nominations with three nods apiece.

The comedies and dramas all picked up outstanding series mentions while their leading men and women all grabbed outstanding actor and actress nods.

Submissions for the 2020 Emmys shattered records with an increase of 15 per cent over the 2019 ceremony, when there were more than 9,100 submissions

The nominees announcement, streamed on Emmys.com on Tuesday morning (28Jul20), was hosted virtually by Leslie Jones, a three-time Emmy nominee for her work on "Saturday Night Live", with presenters Tatiana Maslany, Laverne Cox, and Josh Gad.

The 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards will be presented on 20 September (20) with Jimmy Kimmel as host.

Meanwhile, the Creative Arts Emmys, which will honour technical and costuming merit, will be presented at a virtual event taking place over several nights in September in place of a physical prizegiving, which was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The main nominees list for the 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards is:

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:

• 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"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:

• Christina Applegate - "Dead To Me"
• Rachel Brosnahan - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
• Linda Cardellini - "Dead to Me"
• Catherine O'Hara - "Schitt's Creek"
• Issa Rae - "Insecure"
• Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish"

Outstanding Variety Talk Series:

• "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah"
• "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee"
• "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
• "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"
• "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:

• Jason Bateman - "Ozark"
• Sterling K. Brown - "This is Us"
• Steve Carell - "The Morning Show"
• Brian Cox - "Succession"
• Billy Porter - "Pose"
• Jeremy Strong - "Succession"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:

• Jennifer Aniston - "The Morning Show"
• Olivia Colman - "The Crown"
• Jodie Comer - "Killing Eve"
• Laura Linney - "Ozark"
• Sandra Oh - "Killing Eve"
• Zendaya - "Euphoria"

Outstanding Competition Program:

• "The Masked Singer"
• "Nailed It!"
• "RuPaul's Drag Race"
• "Top Chef"
• "The Voice"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie:

• Jeremy Irons - "Watchmen"
• Hugh Jackman - "Bad Education"
• Paul Mescal - "Normal People"
• Jeremy Pope - "Hollywood"
• Mark Ruffalo - "I Know This Much Is True"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie:

• Cate Blanchett - "Mrs. America"
• Shira Haas - "Unorthodox"
• Regina King - "Watchmen"
• Octavia Spencer - "Self Made"
• Kerry Washington - "Little Fires Everywhere"

Outstanding Limited Series:

• "Little Fires Everywhere"
• "Mrs. America"
• "Unbelievable"
• "Unorthodox"
• "Watchmen"

Outstanding Comedy Series:

• "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
• "Dead to Me"
• "The Good Place"
• "Insecure"
• "The Kominsky Method"
• "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
• "Schitt's Creek"
• "What We Do in the Shadows"

Outstanding Drama Series:

• "Better Call Saul"
• "The Crown"
• "The Handmaid's Tale"
• "Killing Eve"
• "The Mandalorian"
• "Ozark"
• "Stranger Things"
• "Succession"