An Emmy for Megan is a comedy web series created, directed, written, and starring Megan Amram. It depicts Amram's quest to win an Emmy by meeting the minimum standards to qualify for a nomination in the Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category.
The first series was nominated for two awards at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in the categories of Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series and the Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for Amram. The series lost to James Corden's Next James Corden, and Amram lost to Christina Pickles.
The second series was nominated for two awards at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in the categories of Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series and the Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for Patton Oswalt.
The first series aired on IFC on September 17, 2018, to counterprogram the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Cast Megan Amram (Seasons 1–2) Patton Oswalt (Season 2)
Guest appearances
J. J. Abrams Rachel Axler Awkwafina (Season 2) Kate Berlant (Season 2) Alex Borstein (Season 2) D'Arcy Carden James Corden (Season 2) Ted Danson John Early (Season 2) Nathan Fielder (Season 2) Leslie Grossman (Season 2) Rian Johnson Jimmy Kimmel Andrew Law (Season 2) Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Season 2) Natasha Lyonne (Season 2) Ira Madison III (Seasons 1–2) Audra McDonald (Season 2) Lin-Manuel Miranda (Season 2) Mandy Moore (Season 2) Natalie Morales (Season 2) John Mulaney (Season 2) Megan Mullaly (Season 2) Cliff Murray (Seasons 1–2) Nick Offerman (Season 2) Kaitlin Olson (Season 2) Brian Polk (Seasons 1–2) Retta (Season 2) Alison Rich (Seasons 1–2) Seth Rogen RuPaul Shannon Woodward (Seasons 1–2) Alan Yang
Episodes
Season 1 (2018)
Season 2 (2019)
Awards and nominations +Award nominations for An Emmy for Megan Year Association Category Nominee(s) Result 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series An Emmy for Megan Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Megan Amram 2019 Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series An Emmy for Megan Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Patton Oswalt
References
External links
An Emmy for Megan on Emmys.com