73rd Primetime Emmy Animation Nominations Announced
This coming weekend the National Academy Of Television Arts and Sciences will reveal the winners of the Daytime Emmy's Childrens, Animation and Lifestyle Categories. Just ahead of that ceremony, the TV Academy has revealed the nominations for this year's iteration of what is considered the most prestigious of their events, The Primetime Emmys. Exactly what constitutes primetime or daytime in the age of streaming and on-demand viewing where schedules are increasingly irrelevant is a valid question.
In animation terms, it seems to boil down to who the intended audience is. Childrens' and preschool series are submitted for the Daytime Awards; adult animation or series for general audiences is Primetime's domain. There is a smaller number of categories catered to animation than in the Daytime version, but more will feature in the creative arts nominations, to be revealed at a later date.
The NATAS voters are not exactly known by animation fans for their capacity to think outside of the box for animation. At this point, The Simpsons nomination in Outstanding Animated Program and Seth MacFarlane's nomination in Outstanding Voice-Over Performance really feels like a default choice, whether there were others more deserving or not. Bob's Burgers and Netflix's Big Mouth nominations are now also seemingly becoming annual shoe-ins.
Elsewhere, Netflix's adult anthology Love, Death + Robots replicated its first season's nomination and Genndy Tartovsky's Primal is becoming something of an awards darling, gaining nominations wherever its eligible. Apple TV's Central Park and Paramount+'s Star Trek: Lower Decks also score with their debut season. It's pleasing to see Archer's Jessica Waters getting a posthumous nod for her performance as Mallory Archer. It would certainly be a fitting recognition for her (excuse the pun) sterling work throughout the show's run, a standout in an already incredible cast. Outside of the animation categories, the Disney Plus series Inside Pixar is nominated for Outstanding Short Form Non-Fiction Series.
The 73rd Primetime Emmys will take place on September 19, 2021, at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT and will be broadcast on CBS and Paramount+.
The full list of categories including animation is below (includes categories that are not 100% animation).
Outstanding Animated Program
Big Mouth The New Me (Netflix)
Bob's Burgers Worms Of In-Rear-Ment (FOX, 20th Century Fox Television & Bento Box Animation)
Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal Plague Of Madness (Adult Swim, Cartoon Network Studios)
The Simpsons The Dad-Feelings Limited (FOX, A Gracie Films Production in association with 20th Television Animation)
South Park: The Pandemic Special (Comedy Central,Central Productions, LLC)
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Love, Death + Robots Ice (Netflix, Blur Studio)
Maggie Simpson In: The Force Awakens From Its Nap (Disney+, A Gracie Films Production in association with 20th
Television Animation)
Once Upon A Snowman (Disney+,Walt Disney Animation Studios)
Robot Chicken Endgame (Adult Swim,A Stoopid Buddy Stoodios production with Williams Street and Sony Pictures Television)
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Archer The Double Date (FX )
Jessica Walter as Malory Archer
Big Mouth A Very Special 9/11 Episode (Netflix) Maya Rudolph as Connie The Hormone Monstress
black-ish: Election Special (Part 2) (ABC)
Stacey Abrams as Stacey Abrams
Bridgerton Diamond Of The First Water (Netflix)
Julie Andrews as Lady Whistledown
Central Park A Fish Called Snakehead (Apple TV+/ 20th Century Fox Television)
Tituss Burgess as Cole Tillerman
Central Park A Fish Called Snakehead (Apple TV+ / 20th Century Fox Television)
Stanley Tucci as Bitsy Brandenham
Family Guy Stewie's First Word (FOX/20th Television Animation)
Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire
