71st Primetime Emmy Noms Announced

The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations were announced early Tuesday morning, July 16th.  A handful of Filipino American creative artists will be representing us on one of television's biggest nights!

This coming 2019-2020 new television season will present the fourth and final season of NBC's "The Good Place" starring Manny Jacinto.  The TV series is one of the Emmy nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Manny Jacinto at Edwin A. Santos' 3rd Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel (2017) - Kuya Paul Photography

Another show nominated in the same category is HBO's "Barry" where Rodney To guest starred on a few episodes last season. Both actors were previous special guest panelists for Edwin A. Santos' annual Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel.

Charles Collyer

Charles Collyer is the Lead VFX Artist for CBS' franchise science fiction series, "Star Trek Discovery."  It was nominated for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in the Season 2 Finale episode, 'Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2.'

Based on the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning original On Broadway musical play by Jonathan Larson, the televised event, "RENT: Live!" starring Vanessa Hudgens received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Variety Special.  "RENT" is about Bohemians in the East Village of New York City struggling with life, love and AIDS, and the impacts they have on America.

Vanessa Hudgens as 'Maureen' on FOX's "RENT: Live!"

Nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program is the episode, "Reunited" from the Cartoon Network animated series, "Steven Universe" with lead characters voiced by Deedee Magno, Jennifer Paz, Shelby Rabara and Charlyne Yi.

Choreographer Melvin 'TimTim' Rogador received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming for FOX's "World Of Dance."

Melvin 'TimTim' Rogador - Photo by Erick Hercules

And, the fourth and final season of "Crazy Ex-Girfriend" received two Emmy nominations including Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "I Have To Get To Out / Antidepressants Are So Not A Big Deal" written by Rachel Bloom, Adam Schlesinger and Jack Dolgen.

Tess Paras who recurred as 'Jayma Chan' on the show is featured in the video with Bloom while Vincent Rodriguez III who starred as Bloom's on again/off again boyfriend, 'Josh Chan' on the show is featured in the live stage version, of which, you can watch both below.

Both Tess Paras and Vincent Rodriguez III were previous special guest panelists for Edwin A. Santos' annual Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel.

The 2019 Emmy Awards will air live on FOX Sunday, September 22 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.