The Emmy nominations on Tuesday yielded a step forward for diversity, a new record for Netflix and nods aplenty for ESPN's popular Michael Jordan documentary.
The Emmy Awards, the top honors in television, will be handed out in Los Angeles on September 20, 2020. AFP/File/VALERIE MACON
“This type of representation is a long time coming. There’s no shortage of talent within the black community,” Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, a nominee for HBO’s “Watchmen,” told Entertainment Tonight. Disney+ made its mark with 19 nominations — 15 of them for its flagship series, the “Star Wars” spinoff “The Mandalorian.”
Jones was nominated for outstanding guest actor for the NBC tearjerker, for which he won an Emmy in 2018.
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