Emmys Stiff Women of Color but Leave Room for Bill Maher's Bigoted Ass

The nominations for the 2017 Emmys were announced and well, there’s certainly some progress! But also, in some respects, unless you’re a fan of Westworld and SNL, things might be a little disappointing.

On the one hand, there was plenty of diversity when it came to the Outstanding Comedy Series and Lead Actor in a Comedy Series categories. Three of the seven shows nominated for Outstanding Comedy were centered around people of color—Atlanta, black-ish, and Master of None—and the respective leads of those shows made up three of the six nominations for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Donald Glover (who was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Atlanta, Anthony Anderson, and Aziz Ansari (also nominated for Outstanding Writing). Riz Ahmed also scored multiple nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie for his role in The Night Of and for his guest spot on Girls.

Unfortunately, when it came to women, things were not so good. While Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black), Thandie Newton (Westworld), and Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale) did score nominations for Supporting Actress, fan favorite Issa Rae and Insecure was snubbed, as were shows like Jane The Virgin and Ava DuVernay’s Queen Sugar. Oh, and even Oprah herself couldn’t get a nomination for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

In fact, there was just one woman of color nominated in both Lead Actress categories.

But you know who did land a nomination? Bill Maher, who spat out a racial slur completely unprompted and has made a career getting away with racist and Islamophobic shit. So thanks, Emmys.

Anyway, here are the nominations:

DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta
Black-ish
Master of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Anthony Hopkins, Westworld
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us

LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Zach Galifianakis, Baskets
Donald Glover, Atlanta
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Claire Foy, The Crown
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Keri Russell, The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Robin Wright, House of Cards

LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Allison Janney, Mom
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

LEAD ACTOR, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective
Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies
Ewan McGregor, Fargo
Geoffrey Rush, Genius
John Turturro, The Night Of

LEAD ACTRESS, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES
Carrie Coon, Fargo
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange, Feud
Susan Sarandon, Feud
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
John Lithgow, The Crown
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tony Hale, Veep
Matt Walsh, Veep

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY
Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Kathryn Hahn, Transparent
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Judith Light, Transparent
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

SUPPORTING ACTOR, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES
Bill Camp, The Night Of
Alfred Molina, Feud
Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
David Thewlis, Fargo
Stanley Tucci, Feud
Michael Kenneth Williams, The Night Of

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES
Judy Davis, Feud
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Jackie Hoffman, Feud
Regina King, American Crime
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies

VARIETY TALK

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher