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Despite multiple nominations, the show’s last season only won two lesser awards.

On Tuesday night, actor Anthony Anderson filled in for Jimmy Kimmel as the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Prior to the show, the Academy announced their nominations for this year’s Emmy Awards. The final season of Anderson’s show, Black-ish, was only nominated for two minor awards, contemporary costumes and contemporary hairstyling, and Anderson took the opportunity to vent about it on the talk show.

“Look, I don’t want to bring the mood down, but I do have a bone to pick with the Academy,” Anderson said during his opening monologue. “You know who did not get nominated for a Primetime Emmy this morning? America’s sweetheart: me. That’s right, me, Anthony Anderson! And neither did my show ‘Black-ish’ or my co-star Tracee Ellis-Ross! Can you believe that s—, mama?”

“You know what did get nominated for Best Comedy? ‘Barry,’ a show about a murderer! And ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ a show about vampires who murder people,” he listed. “And ‘Only Murders in the Building, a show about a podcast — about a murder! So ‘Black-ish’ wasn’t nominated, but we’ve been named the lead suspect in all of those white people murder shows.”

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“Look now – I’m not saying the voters were stupid for not nominating me or ‘Black-ish’ or Tracee,” Anderson joked. “I’m just saying they’re racist.”

“You know who else never won an Emmy? Nelson Mandela — I think,” Anderson added, sarcastically noting that “At least I’ll always have my Oscar for Kangaroo Jack. They can never take that away from me.”