Hannah Gadsby Is Nominated For An Emmy In The Same Category As Beyonce & Springsteen

Australian comic Hannah Gadsby has been nominated for two Emmy awards for her show Nanette. 

Gadsby has been nominated for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), which sees her up against Beyonce's Homecoming, Bruce Springsteen's Springsteen On Broadway and James Corden's Carpool Karaoke episode with Paul McCartney, as well as Wanda Skyes' Not Normal. 

She's up against Beyonce, McCartney and Skyes once more in the Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special, where she'll also compete against Adam Sandler's 100% Fresh and Amy Schumer's Growing. 

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Beyonce's been nominated for a total of six awards for this year's Emmy's, including Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Special, Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming, Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special and Outstanding Music Direction. 

Games Of Thrones leads the 2019 nominations, with a huge 32 nominations for its final season. The show has now beaten NYPD Blue's 25-year-long record for most nominations in a single season. It's now scored a whopping 161 nominations across its eight season run. 

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has picked up 20 nominations, Chernobyl scored 19, Saturday Night Live got 18, while Barry and Fosse/Verdon picked up 17 apiece and When They See Us scored 16.

To see the full nominations list, head here.