‘Watchmen’, an American superhero series, has secured the highest nominations for the 2020 Emmy Awards, with a record 26 entries.

The series, produced by Home Box Office (HBO), topped the nomination chart with ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ clinching the second spot with 20 nominations.

‘Ozark’ and ‘Succession’ occupied the third spot on the chart with 18 nominations each.

Nominations for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Tuesday during a virtual ceremony streamed live.

The announcement sees Netflix, US-based streaming giant, broke the record for most nominations in a single year, scoring 160 in total.

HBO held the record in 2019 with 137 nominations but chalked up 107 this year.

Final-round voting for this year’s edition of the Emmys is billed to commence from August 21 to 31.

The award ceremony is scheduled to hold on September 20, with Jimmy Kimmel, American media personality, enlisted as its host.

Below are nominations for the 2020 Emmy Awards:

Outstanding Drama Series

‘Better Call Saul’

‘The Crown’

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

‘Killing Eve’

‘The Mandalorian’

‘Ozark’

‘Stranger Things’

‘Succession’

Outstanding Comedy Series

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

‘Dead to Me’

‘Insecure’

‘Schitt’s Creek’

‘The Good Place’

‘The Kominsky Method’

‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

‘What We Do in the Shadows’

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Christina Applegate, ‘Dead to Me’

Rachel Brosnahan, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

Linda Cardellini, ‘Dead to Me’

Catherine O’Hara, ‘Schitt’s Creek’

Issa Rae, ‘Insecure’

Tracee Ellis Ross, ‘black-ish’

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson, ‘black-ish’

Don Cheadle, ‘Black Monday’

Ted Danson, ‘The Good Place’

Michael Douglas, ‘The Kominsky Method’

Eugene Levy, ‘Schitt’s Creek’

Ramy Youssef, ‘Ramy’

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Jennifer Aniston, ‘The Morning Show’

Olivia Colman, ‘The Crown’

Jodie Comer, ‘Killing Eve’

Laura Linney, ‘Ozark’

Sandra Oh, ‘Killing Eve’

Zendaya, ‘Euphoria’

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Batemna, ‘Ozark’

Sterling K. Brown, ‘This Is Us’

Steve Carell, ‘The Morning Show’

Brian Cox, ‘Succession’

Billy Porter, ‘Pose’

Jeremy Strong, ‘Succession’

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

‘The Masked Singer’

‘Nailed It!’

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

‘Top Chef’

‘The Voice’

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Jeremy Irons, ‘Watchmen’

Hugh Jackman, ‘Bad Education’

Paul Mescal, ‘Normal People’

Jeremy Pope, ‘Hollywood’

Mark Ruffalo, ‘I Know This Much Is True’

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Cate Blanchett, ‘Mrs. America’

Shira Haas, ‘Unorthodox’

Regina King, ‘Watchmen’

Octavia Spencer, ‘Self Made’

Kerry Washington, ‘Little Fires Everywhere’

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Giancarlo Esposito, ‘Better Call Saul’

Nicholas Braun, ‘Succession’

Kieran Culkin, ‘Succession’

Matthew Macfadyen, ‘Succession’

Bradley Whitford, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Billy Crudup, ‘The Morning Show’

Mark Duplass, ‘The Morning Show’

Jeffrey Wright, ‘Westworld’

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Laure Dern, ‘Big Little Lies’

Meryl Streep, ‘Big Little Lies’

Fiona Shaw, ‘Killing Eve’

Julia Garner, ‘Ozark’

Sarah Snook, ‘Succession’

Helena Bonham Carter, ‘The Crown’

Samira Wiley, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Thandie Newton, ‘Westworld’

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Andre Braugher, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’

Mahershala Ali, ‘Ramy’

Kenan Thompson, ‘Saturday Night Live’

Daniel Levy, ‘Schitt’s Creek’

William Jackson Harper, ‘The Good Place’

Alan Arkin, ‘The Kominsky Method’

Sterling K. Brown, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

Tony Shalhoub, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Betty Gilpin, ‘GLOW’

Yvonne Orji, ‘Insecure’

Kate McKinnon, ‘Saturday Night Live’

Cecily Strong, ‘Saturday Night Live’

Annie Murphy, ‘Schitt’s Creek’

D’Arcy Carden, ‘The Good Place’

Alex Borstein, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

Marin Hinkle, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Jeremy Irons ‘Watchmen’

Hugh Jackman ‘Bad Education’

Paul Mescal ‘Normal People’

Jeremy Pope ‘Hollywood’

Mark Ruffalo ‘I Know This Much Is True’

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’

‘Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’

‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’

‘Drunk History’

‘Saturday Night Live’

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Programme

Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, ‘Making It’

Nicole Byer, ‘Nailed It!’

Bobby Berk, Karama Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness, ‘Queer Eye’

RuPaul, ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Daymond John, Robert Herjavec and Kevin O’Leary, ‘Shark Tank’

Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio, ‘Top Chef’

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Andrew Scott, ‘Black Mirror’

James Cromwell, ‘Succession’

Giancarlo Esposito, ‘The Mandalorian’

Martin Short, ‘The Morning Show’

Jason Bateman, ‘The Outsider’

Ron Cephas Jones, ‘This Is Us’

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Cicely Tyson, ‘How to Get Away with Murder’

Laverne Cox, ‘Orange Is the New Black’

Cherry Jones, ‘Succession’

Harriet Walter, ‘Succession’

Alexis Bledel, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Phylicia Rashad, ‘This Is Us’

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Fred Willard, ‘Modern Family’

Dev Patel, ‘Modern Love’

Brad Pitt, ‘Saturday Night Live’

Adam Driver, ‘Saturday Night Live’

Eddie Murphy, ‘Saturday Night Live’

Luke Kirby, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Angela Bassett, ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’

Maya Rudolph, ‘Saturday Night Live’

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, ‘Saturday Night Live’

Maya Rudolph, ‘The Good Place’

Wanda Sykes, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

Bette Midler, ‘The Politician’

Outstanding Limited Series

‘Little Fires Everywhere’

‘Mrs. America’

‘Unbelievable’

‘Unorthodox’

‘Watchmen’