LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The bear” I started crying on Wednesday morning. Emmy Nominations With a record 23 comedy series nominees, “Shogun” leads all nominees with 25 in a dominant year across all categories for FX.
Nominations for “The Bear,” which is preparing for a second season of the show in which a team of sandwich makers try to create a restaurant for the elite, included best comedy series and best actor in a comedy series for Jeremy Allen White — both awards the show won in 2011. Strike ceremony postponed in January – Along with Best Actress Ayo Edebiriwho won Best Supporting Actress last time.
The film was also boosted by a slew of guest acting nominations, including Jamie Lee Curtis and Olivia Colman, two of the many Oscar winners to receive nominations.
“Shogun” took advantage of the absence of last year’s top three nominees — “Succession,” “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us” — to dominate the drama and give FX, with a total of 93 nominations, the kind of strong year that’s often reserved for HBO, which even in this “unusual” year had 91 nominations.
that it Nominations Awards included Best Drama Series, Best Actress in a Drama Series for Anna Sawai, and Best Actor for Hiroyuki Sanada.
The series shook up the drama race when its creators said in May that despite reaching the end of James Clovel’s novel about political intrigue in early 17th-century Japan, they would explore making more than one season, shifting the critical favorite from limited series to the more popular drama category.
True Detective: Night Country This was a bright spot for HBO, which lost “Succession” to retirement and is now between seasons of “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us.”
The series, a spinoff of the “True Detective” franchise, led the limited series or selected series nominations with 19, including best actress for Jodie Foster for her portrayal of a police chief investigating mysterious deaths in the dark of a northern Alaska winter.
Callie Rice, who plays Foster’s partner in the investigation and rival on the show, and who was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, has joined the cast. Lily GladstoneIn the same category for his role in “Under the Bridge”, he became the first Indigenous woman to receive an Emmy nomination for acting. Dee Farah Won-a-Tai from “Reservation Dogs” became the first Indigenous actor to be honored with the award for Best Actor in a Comedy.
The only previous indigenous candidate for parliament, According to VarietyAugust Schellenberg was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for his performance as Sitting Bull in HBO’s “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.”
“True Detective” is expected to compete for the Emmy for best limited series with “Fargo,” which has 15 nominations and gives FX a chance to win a hat trick if its favorites win the drama and comedy categories.
Netflix has a pair of contenders in this category. “Baby Reindeer” has become a small, emerging cultural phenomenon at the Emmys in recent months. It earned 11 nominations, including best actor for star and creator Richard Judd. “Ripley,” a black-and-white retelling of Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” earned 13 nominations, including acting nods for Andrew Scott and Dakota Fanning. The shows, along with dozens of honors in the craft and comedy special categories, helped Netflix lead all outlets with 107 nominations.
Foster was one of only a handful of Oscar winners to receive Emmy nominations, along with fellow multiple Oscar winner Meryl Streep, nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in “Only Murders in the Building,” Best Supporting Actor winner Robert Downey Jr., nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his portrayal of multiple characters in “The Sympathizer,” and Gary Oldman, nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his role in “Slow Horses.”
Hulu’s multiple Emmy-nominated series “Only Murders” outdid itself this year with 21 awards, trailing “Shogun” and “The Bear.” Stars Steve Martin and Martin Short were also nominated for best actor, and in her first Emmy nomination, Selena Gomez was nominated for best actress.
Other Emmy nominees also returned. Jon Hamm, who has only one Emmy nomination (out of 16 previous nominations, mostly for “Mad Men,” has two, one for best actor in a limited series or anthology for “Fargo” and one for best supporting actor in a drama series for “The Morning Show.” His “Morning Show” castmate Jennifer Aniston is the favorite to win the Emmy for best drama actress, in addition to her best comedy actress win for “Friends.”
Four-time Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub is up for a fifth for reprising his role as Adrian Monk in “The Last Case of Mr. Monk: A Monk Movie.”
Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph, stars of Saturday Night Live and Bridesmaids, took home best actress in a comedy series for their Apple TV+ shows about wealthy women: Wiig for Palm Royale and Rudolph for Loot. Both were also nominated for their return to hosting Saturday Night Live.
Returning to its traditional schedule, the show will take place on September 15 at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles and will air on ABC.
This image released by Netflix shows Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales, in a scene from “The Crown.” (Keith Bernstein/Netflix via AP)
Several shows still airing didn’t fall within this year’s June 2023 to May 2024 eligibility window, whether due to streaming oddities, elite cable calendars or strikes — including “House of the Dragon,” “Bridgerton,” “Yellowjackets” and “Severance.”
As happened last year, a new full season of “The Bear” was released after the season it was nominated for on Hulu, FX’s streaming partner that has been a major driver of viewers and voters for its shows.
“The Crown,” which received 19 nominations, and “Hacks,” which received 16 nominations, are both returning to the Emmys after years off. Both have had outstanding seasons.
Elizabeth Debicki is considered the favorite to win the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Princess Diana in the final days before her death in the sixth and final season of “The Crown.”
Jean Smart will compete with Edebiri for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Season 3 of “Hacks,” in which comedian Deborah Vance tries to land a late-night show.
Quinta Brunson is also nominated in the category. “Abbott Elementary,” which she also produced on ABC, remains a driver of diversity at the Emmys with a slate of other black actors nominated, including Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tyler James Williams. It remains the only bright spot in the major categories for shows from traditional broadcast networks.
Ralph and fellow Emmy winner Tony Hale announced the nominations Wednesday morning.
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Associated Press Entertainment Writer Jonathan Landrum Jr. contributed.
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This story has been corrected to show that Netflix was the leading outlet with 107 nominations, not FX with 93.
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