COM grads up for Emmys across multiple categories

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July 28, 2026
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COM grads up for Emmys across multiple categories

More than a dozen graduates of Boston University’s College of Communication earned Emmy Award nominations or played key roles in nominated programs this month, with winners to be announced next month by the Television Academy.

The nominees, by category, include:

Outstanding Animated Program: Holly Schlesinger (COM’98), Executive Producer, Bob’s Burgers

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series: Liz Patrick (COM’93), Director, Saturday Night Live, Host: Olivia Rodrigo.

Outstanding Drama Series: Jenn Carroll (COM’10), Co-Executive Producer, Pluribus. Other COM alumni working on the series: Meredith Aebi (COM’20), Script Coordinator; Dianna DiPrimio (COM’06), Apple TV Creative Content Producer; and Ariel Levine (COM’12) , Producer/Writer.

Outstanding Music Supervision: Thomas Golubić (COM’93), Music Supervisor, Pluribus, “We Is Us.”

Outstanding Variety Series: Rory Albanese (COM’99), Supervising Producer, Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series: Rory Albanese (COM’99), Writer, Jimmy Kimmel Live! 

Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series: Matt Negrin (COM’09), Producer, The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains.

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series: Jeff Ross (COM’87), Executive Producer, The Beast in Me.

Outstanding Variety Special (Live): Jeff Ross (COM’87), Producer, The Oscars.

Outstanding Commercial: Your Way Out – Coinbase Isle of Any, Ad agency MJZ, Production company. Jordan Pories (COM’17) is the Creative Director at Coinbase.

Read the full list of nominees.