{"id":6413,"date":"2021-07-13T17:47:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=6413"},"modified":"2021-07-13T17:47:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:47:50","slug":"i-may-destroy-you-pose-a-black-lady-sketch-show-and-more-receive-emmy-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/i-may-destroy-you-pose-a-black-lady-sketch-show-and-more-receive-emmy-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I May Destroy You,\u2019 \u2018Pose,\u2019 \u2018A Black Lady Sketch Show,\u2019 And More Receive Emmy Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The nominees for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been unveiled. Nominees that spotlight Black talent include <\/strong>I May Destroy You,<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>Pose<\/em><\/strong>, <\/strong>The Underground Railroad<\/em><\/strong>, <\/strong>Bridgerton<\/em><\/strong>, <\/strong>Genius: Aretha<\/em><\/strong>, <\/strong>Hamilton<\/em><\/strong>, <\/strong>Lovecraft Country<\/em><\/strong>, <\/strong>This Is Us<\/em><\/strong>,<\/strong> A Black Lady Sketch Show<\/em><\/strong>, and <\/strong>black-ish<\/em><\/strong>. Michaela Coel (<\/strong>I May Destroy You<\/em><\/strong>) and Cynthia Erivo <\/strong>(Genius: Aretha) <\/em><\/strong>have received well-deserved nominations in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the categories of Outstanding Drama Actors and Actresses, Reg\u00e9-Jean Page (<\/strong>Bridgerton<\/em><\/strong>), Billy Porter (<\/strong>Pose<\/em><\/strong>), Uzo Aduba (<\/strong>In Treatment<\/em><\/strong>), and Jurnee Smollett (<\/strong>Lovecraft Country<\/em><\/strong>) are among the contestants. HBO\u2019s <\/strong>A Black Lady Sketch Show<\/em><\/strong> received five nominations, including one for Outstanding Variety Sketch Show. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pose<\/em><\/strong>, a touching drama that broke barriers within the LGBTQ+ community for three seasons, collected five Emmy nominations. Today, the series\u2019 actress MJ Rodriguez made history as the first transgender performer to receive an Emmy nomination in a major acting category: Outstanding Lead Actress In a Drama Series. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe show\u2019s nomination for outstanding drama series, as well as Billy Porter\u2019s third nomination for outstanding lead actor in a drama series, mark a historic show that undoubtedly raised the bar for trans representation on television and changed the way viewers around the world understand the trans community,\u201d GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis told <\/strong>Variety<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cAs over 40 leading LGBTQ organizations pointed out in our open letter about \u2018Pose\u2019 to Emmy Award voters, representation matters. Congratulations, Michaela Ja\u00e9, Billy Porter, and the entire \u2018Pose\u2019 team \u2014 the world is standing with you and applauding your talents.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emmys will premiere on September 19th on CBS and Paramount+. To view the full list of nominees for the 73rd annual ceremony, please visit <\/strong>www.emmys.com.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The nominees for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been unveiled. Nominees that spotlight Black talent include I May Destroy You, Pose, The Underground Railroad, Bridgerton, Genius: Aretha, Hamilton, Lovecraft Country, This Is Us, A Black Lady Sketch Show, and black-ish. Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You) and Cynthia Erivo (Genius: Aretha) have received […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[1020,1110,1155,31,989,1156,51],"class_list":["post-6413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-a-black-lady-sketch-show","tag-award-season","tag-emmys-2021","tag-featured","tag-i-may-destroy-you","tag-pose","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}