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The 69th Annual Emmy Awards: Read the Nominated Scripts

By Staff · July 19, 2017

Another year, another round of Emmy nominations. And in a television-landscape as crowded as our current era of peak-TV, you better believe there are some heavy-hitters leading the pack!

HBO’s Westworld led the pack with a whopping 22 nominations with Better Call Saul, The Crown, The Handmaid’s Tale, Atlanta, and Stranger Things trailing not far behind.

It might be a while before all the nominated teleplays are available, but we’ll do our best to keep this list updated as more and more script become available on the road to the 69th Annual Emmy Awards on September 17th!

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)
Westworld” (HBO)

Best Limited Series

“Big Little Lies” (HBO)
“Fargo” (FX)
“Feud: Bette and Joan” (FX)
“Genius” (National Geographic)
“The Night Of” (HBO)

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”

Limited Series

“Big Little Lies” (HBO)
“Fargo” (FX Networks)
“Feud: Bette and Joan” (FX Networks)
“Genius” (National Geographic)
“The Night Of” (HBO)

Animated Program

“Archer” (FX Networks)
“Bob’s Burgers” (FOX)
“Elena and the Secret of Avalor (Sofia the First)” (Disney Channel)
“The Simpsons” (FOX)
“South Park” (Comedy Central)

Writing for a Comedy Series

Donald Glover, “Atlanta” (“B.A.N.”)
Stephen Glover, “Atlanta” (“Streets On Lock”)
Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe, “Master of None” (“Thanksgiving”)
Alec Berg, “Silicon Valley” (“Success Failure”)
Billy Kimball, “Veep” (“Georgia”)
David Mandel, “Veep” (“Groundbreaking”)

Writing for a Drama Series

Joe Weisberg & Joel Fields, “The Americans” (“The Soviet Division”)
Gordon Smith, “Better Call Saul” (“Chicanery”)
Peter Morgan, “The Crown” (“Assassins”)
Bruce Miller, “The Handmaid’s Tale” (“Offred (Pilot)”)
The Duffer Brothers, “Stranger Things” (“Chapter One: The Vanishing Of Will Byers”)
Lisa Joy & Jonathan Nolan, “Westworld” (“The Bicameral Mind”)

Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama

David E. Kelley, “Big Little Lies”
Charlie Brooker, “Black Mirror: San Junipero”
Noah Hawley, “Fargo” (“The Law Of Vacant Places”)
Ryan Murphy, “Feud: Bette and Joan” (“And The Winner Is… (The Oscars Of 1963)”)
Jaffe Cohen, Michael, Michael Zam & Ryan Murphy, “Feud: Bette and Joan” (“Pilot”)
Richard Price & Steven Zaillian, “The Night Of” (“The Call Of The Wild”)

Directing for a Comedy Series

Donald Glover, “Atlanta” (“B.A.N.”)
Jamie Babbit, “Silicon Valley” (“Intellectual Property”)
Mike Judge, “Silicon Valley” (“Server Error”)
Morgan Sackett, “Veep” (“Blurb”)
David Mandel, “Veep” (“Groundbreaking”)
Dale Stern, “Veep” (“Justice”)

Directing for a Drama Series

Vince Gilligan, “Better Call Saul” (“Witness”)
Stephen Daldry, “The Crown” (“Hyde Park Corner”)
Reed Morano, “The Handmaid’s Tale” (“Offred (Pilot)”)
Kate Dennis, “The Handmaid’s Tale” (“The Bridge”)
Lesli Linka Glatter, “Homeland” (“America First”)
The Duffer Brothers, “Stranger Things” (“Chapter One: The Vanishing Of Will Byers”)
Jonathan Nolan, “Westworld” (“The Bicameral Mind”)

Directing For a Limited Series

Jean-Marc Vallée, “Big Little Lies”
Noah Hawley, “Fargo” (“The Law Of Vacant Places”)
Ryan Murphy, “Feud: Bette and Joan” (“And The Winner Is… (The Oscars Of 1963)”)
Ron Howard, “Genius” (“Einstein: Chapter One”)
James Marsh, “The Night Of” (“The Art Of War”)
Steven Zaillian, “The Night Of” (“The Beach”)