Emmys: Issa Rae, America Ferrera, Lena Waithe Set to Appear During 2020 Ceremony

This year’s 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards may be held in a socially distant fashion but the televised ceremony will still feature a myriad of stars.

Anthony Anderson, America Ferrera, Issa Rae, Gabrielle Union, J.J. Watt, Lena Waithe and Oprah Winfrey were announced as the first group of stars set to make appearances during the awards show.

Additionally, Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. will make her debut to the Emmys for a special “In Memoriam” performance.

It was announced a few days later that the following stars would also be making appearances during the show: Jason Bateman, Sterling K. Brown, Laverne Cox, Sesame Street’s Count Von Count, Morgan Freeman, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, D-Nice, Randall Park, RuPaul, Patrick Stewart and Jason Sudeikis.

And the Emmys will also feature appearances from Ty Burrell, Ken Jeong, Mindy Kaling, Tatiana Maslany and Bob Newhart.

For this year’s ceremony, the most-nominated series was HBO’s Watchmen, with 26 in all, followed by Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with 20. Netflix’s Ozark and HBO’s Succession each scored 18, while Disney+’s The Mandalorian, NBC’s Saturday Night Live and Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek each earned 15 noms.

Stars such as Zendaya, Paul Mescal and Cate Blanchett are among this year’s first-time Emmy nominees. 

The 72nd Emmy Awards will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, who will also serve as executive producer. The show will be broadcast at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on Sept. 20 on ABC.

Sept. 16, 10:41 a.m. This story has been updated with additional talent set to appear.

Sept. 18, 11:17 a.m. This story has been updated with additional talent set to appear.

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