UCB Alumni, Performers, and Writers Nominated for the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards

Jul 18, 2019
By: Tulio Espinoza

The 2019 Primetime Emmy Award  nominees have been announced! Congratulations to all the UCB alum and performers on their nomination. The award ceremony will be on Sunday, September 14th, 2019 at 8:00pm EDT. See all highlighted names below. 

OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Succession • HBO 
Francine Maisler, CSA, Original Casting by 
Douglas Aibel, CSA, Casting by 
Henry Russell Bergstein, CSA, Casting by

OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE PROGRAM
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert • CBS 
Stephen Colbert, Executive Producer 
Chris Licht, Executive Producer 
Opus Moreschi, Head Writer 
Ariel Dumas, Digital Content Producer 
Matt Simpson, Director, Content & Product Strategy

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Saturday Night Live • NBC 
Kate McKinnon as Various characters

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Hack Into Broad City • Small Business Saturday • Comedy Central
Ilana Glazer as Ilana Wexler 
Hack Into Broad City • Small Business Saturday • Comedy Central
Abbi Jacobson as Abbi Abrams

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Hack Into Broad City • Comedy Central 
Tony Hernandez, Executive Producer
Lilly Burns, Executive Producer 
Abbi Jacobson, Executive Producer
Illana Glazer, Executive Producer 
Kelsie Kiley, Co-Executive Producer 
Nick Paley, Producer

OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM
Making It • NBC 
Amy Poehler, Host 
Nick Offerman, Host

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Russian Doll • Nothing In This World Is Easy • Netflix
Leslye Headland, Teleplay by & Story by 
Natasha Lyonne, Story by 
Amy Poehler, Story by

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee • TBS
Melinda Taub, Head Writer 
Samantha Bee, Written by 
Miles Kahn, Written by 
Kristen Bartlett, Written by 
Mike Drucker, Written by 
Pat Cassels, Written by 
Eric Drysdale, Written by 
Mathan Erhardt, Written by 
Nicole Silverberg, Written by
 Ashley Nicole Black, Writing Supervised by 
Joe Grossman, Writing Supervised by 
Allison Silverman, Special Material by

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • HBO 
Dan Gurewitch, Senior Writer 
Jeff Maurer, Senior Writer 
Jill Twiss, Senior Writer 
Juli Weiner, Senior Writer 
Tim Carvell, Written by 
Raquel D'Apice, Written by 
Josh Gondelman, Written by 
Daniel O'Brien, Written by 
John Oliver, Written by 
Owen Parsons, Written by 
Charlie Redd, Written by 
Joanna Rothkopf, Written by 
Ben Silva, Written by 
Seena Vali, Written by

Late Night With Seth Meyers • NBC
Jermaine Affonso, Written by 
Alex Baze, Written by 
Karen Chee, Written by 
Bryan Donaldson, Written by 
Sal Gentile, Written by 
Matt Goldich, Written by 
Dina Gusovsky, Written by 
Jennifer Hagel, Written by 
Allison Hord, Written by 
Michael Karnell, Written by 
John Lutz, Written by 
Seth Meyers, Written by 
Ian Morgan, Written by 
Seth Reiss, Written by 
Amber Ruffin, Written by 
Mike Scollins, Written by
 Mike Shoemaker, Written by 
Ben Warheit, Written by

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert • CBS
Opus Moreschi, Head Writer 
Jay Katsir, Head Writer 
Aaron Cohen, Written by 
Stephen Colbert, Written by 
Tom Purcell, Written by 
Barry Julien, Written by 
Paul Dinello, Written by 
Matt Lappin, Written by 
Michael Brumm, Written by 
Emmy Blotnick, Written by 
Cullen Crawford, Written by 
Ariel Dumas, Written by 
Glenn Eichler, Written by 
Django Gold, Written by 
Gabe Gronli, Written by 
Greg Iwinski, Written by 
Daniel Kibblesmith, Written by 
Kate Sidley, Written by 
Jen Spyra, Written by 
Brian Stack, Written by 
John Thibodeaux, Written by 
Michael Pielocik, Written by
 Asher Perlman, Written by 
Eliana Kwartler, Written by

Saturday Night Live • NBC  
Michael Che, Head Writer 
Colin Jost, Head Writer 
Kent Sublette, Head Writer 
Bryan Tucker, Senior Writer 
James Anderson, Written by 
Steven Castillo, Written by 
Andrew Dismukes, Written by 
Anna Drezen, Written by 
Alison Gates, Written by 
Steve Higgins, Written by 
Sam Jay, Written by 
Erik Kenward, Written by 
Michael Koman, Written by 
Alan Linic, Written by 
Eli Coyote Mandel, Written by 
Lorne Michaels, Written by 
John Mulaney, Written by 
Josh Patten, Written by 
Simon Rich, Written by 
Gary Richardson, Written by 
Pete Schultz, Written by 
Marika Sawyer, Written by 
Will Stephen, Written by 
Julio Torres, Written by 
Bowen Yang, Written by 
Megan Callahan, Weekend Update Written by 
Dennis McNicholas, Weekend Update Written by
 Katie Rich, Weekend Update Written by
Fran Gillespie, Writing Supervised by 
Sudi Green, Writing Supervised by 
Streeter Seidell, Writing Supervised by

See the full list of nominees here.