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Laverne Cox announces this year's Emmy nominees for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series during the 72nd Emmy Awards Nominations. /AFP

Laverne Cox announces this year's Emmy nominees for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series during the 72nd Emmy Awards Nominations. /AFP

Emmy Awards going virtual, HBO and Netflix top the nominations

The Emmy Awards ceremony will be held online this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A day after announcing nominations for this year's edition, the Television Academy on Wednesday informed top nominees that the ceremony in September will be held virtually.

The Emmys – television's equivalent of the Oscars – will air on ABC on September 20 and will be the first major awards show in Hollywood since the coronavirus crisis began.

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