By Sandra Queiroz
The nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards were announced on Tuesday, July 15 at the Los Angeles Television Academy.
The event was hosted by Harvey Guillén (‘What We Do in the Shadows’) and Brenda Song (‘Running Point’).
The series ‘Severance’, ‘The Penguin’, The White Lotus’ and ‘The Studio’ picked up the most nominations in a race that could be very competitive this year.
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The second season of the dystopian workplace drama ‘Severance’, from AppleTV+ leads the nominations with 27.
The nominations include Best Drama Series, Best Actress in a Drama Series for Britt Lower, Best Actor in a Drama Series for Adam Scott, and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Patricia Arquette.
As well as three for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, namely Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman and John Turturro.
‘Severance’ will compete for Best Drama Series with ‘Andor’, ‘The Diplomat’, ‘The Last of Us’. ‘Paradise’, ‘The Pitt’, ‘Slow Horses’ and ‘The White Lotus’.
HBO Max’s ‘The Penguin’ got 24 nominations, including Best Limited or Anthology Series, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, and Deirdre O’Connell.
Also from HBO Max, ‘The White Lotus’ received 23 nominations for its third season.
Four nominations were for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Carrie Coon, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell and Aimee Lou Wood) and three for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs and Sam Rockwell).
The series was also nominated for Best Drama.
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The AppleTV+ comedy ‘The Studio’ leads with 23 nominations, a record for most nominations for a comedy in a single year.
In the comedy categories, Seth Rogen was nominated for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Writer.
Additionally, Kathryn Hahn and Catherine O’Hara were nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Ike Barinholtz for Best Supporting Actor.
‘The Studio’ will contend with last year’s winner, ‘Hacks’, as well as ‘The Bear’, ‘Abbott Elementary’, ‘Only Murders in the Building’, ‘Nobody Wants This’, ‘Shrinking’ and ‘What We Do in the Shadows’.
‘The Bear’ was last year’s favourite, but this year it received less Emmy votes.
The series was awarded 13 nominations, 10 less than last year, after some controversy.
Some industry players were shocked that a tense workplace series could be nominated in the comedy category.
The Netflix acclaimed series ‘Adolescence’ received 13 nominations, including Best Limited or Anthology Series.
It’s believed to be the category’s favourite.
It will compete with ‘The Penguin’, ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’, ‘Dying for Sex’ and ‘Black Mirror’.
The limited series’ leading star, Stephen Graham, was nominated for Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series.
Jack Thorne, who created the drama with Graham, is nominated for Best Writing in a Limited or Anthology Series alongside him.
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Other notable nominations
Kathy Bates scored a nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the rebooted CBS series ‘Matlock’.
Bates, at 77, is the oldest actress to ever get a nomination in the category.
She contends with Sharon Horgan (‘Bad Sisters’), Brit Lower (‘Severance’), Bella Ramsey (‘The Last of Us’) and Keri Russell (‘The Diplomat’) for the award.
The 15-year-old British actor Owen Cooper made history by becoming the youngest ever to be nominated.
He features on the list for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his role in ‘Adolescence’.
The teenager will compete with his co-star Ashley Walters, while Christine Tremarco and Erin Doherty will compete for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
Harrison Ford landed his first Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance in ‘Shrinking’.
Noah Wyle was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his work in ‘The Pitt’ – his first nomination in 26 years.
Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard were nominated for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for the first time ever, for their guest appearances on ‘The Studio’.
Network ranking
HBO Max scored 142 Emmy nominations in total – the most of any network and the highest tally HBO Max has ever recorded.
This is thanks to ‘The Penguin’, ‘The White Lotus’, ‘The Last of Us’, ‘Hacks’ and ‘The Pitt’.
It’s a comeback from last year when the network fell to third place among all networks for the first time in decades.
Netflix remained in second place with 120 nominations but it still holds the record for the most nominations ever in a year for a platform – 160 in 2020.
It’s tied with CBS for most wins – 44 in 2021, the same number of wins CBS had in 1974.
Apple TV+ was in third with 81, its highest in total.
Apple TV+ remains the least watched, ranking below Paramount+, Peacock, HBO Max and free streamers like Pluto and Tubi.
The 77th Emmy Awards is set to air live on CBS from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on September 14, and will be hosted by Nate Bargatze.
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