Nominations for the 2020 Emmy Awards were released on July 28, and Reese Witherspoon was not surprisingly nominated for any of her characters in Big Little Lies, Little fires everywhereor The morning show. After they rejected her, Witherspoon fans expressed their outrage on social media.
Fans were disappointed. Reese Witherspoon was not nominated
Upon entering the 2020 Emmy Awards, Witherspoon was eligible to be nominated for her work in Season 2 of Big Little Lies, Season 1 of Little fires everywhereand season 1 of The morning show.
by Big Little Lies, its co-stars Laura Dern and Meryl Streep were nominated. Jennifer Aniston was nominated for her work on The morning showand Kerry Washington was nominated for Little fires everywhere.
“I am so surprised that Reese Witherspoon has not received an Emmy nomination for Big Little Lies, The Morning Show, or Little Fires Everywhere. She was outstanding in all three. # Emmys2020 ”, wrote a Twitter user.
“Like Reese Witherspoon at 3 different shows this year and got Emmy rejected by all of them,” wrote one fan on Twitter.
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“None of the Reese Witherspoon characters received a nomination for how …” one fan tweeted.
Reese Witherspoon produced all three shows.
Witherspoon may not have earned an actress nomination, but her work on the shows was still recognized. Hello Sunshine is a media company founded by Witherspoon, and Pacific Standard, the Witherspoon production company, is a subsidiary of Hello Sunshine.
In addition to acting on Little fires everywhere, Big Little Liesand The morning showWitherspoon also served as a producer through her company Hello Sunshine. In total, the three shows received 18 nominations, with Little fires everywhere earning a nomination for the Exceptional Limited Series.
What an incredible honor! 3 of our @hellosunshine productions are nominated for a total of 18 Emmy … I am very proud of our team that works tirelessly behind the scenes to bring these stories to life! BRAVO to the cast and crew @ LittleFiresHulu @ TheMorningShow @ Big_Little_Lies, ”Witherspoon tweeted.
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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay congratulated Witherspoon on her hard work, tweeting: “Reese entering @hellosunshine Zooms this morning as the boss that is … Congratulations, ma’am. Huge job. None of those shows will happen without you! You are the most professional TV producer this year. And I am very proud of you.
What to Expect From Season 2 of ‘The Morning Show’
Big Little Lies and Little fires everywhere they have no future seasons announced. However, there will be a second season of The morning show, and a second season of the show could give Witherspoon another shot at an acting nomination.
Season 2 production is currently halted due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). In an interview with Deadline, actor Mark Duplass said the creative team at The morning show he’s using the time to rewrite part of the upcoming season.
“We filmed two episodes before closing due to the pandemic, but I know they are rewriting as well, which is crazy because that’s what happened in the first season,” he said.
Duplass continued: “They had a complete set of scripts [then] and they rewrote everything to include the #MeToo movement, and now we have to deal with another bigger global phenomenon. I don’t know what they’re doing, but I know they’re rewriting. “
