Can you believe it’s time for the Emmy nominations again already? It seems like awards season comes around quicker each year. Except this time, the actors and writers strike played a part in pushing the 2023 ceremony back to January of this year.
(The Bear. FX.)
“I know it may seems like we just celebrated the Emmys – because we did,” Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego cracked during the nominations announcement Wednesday. In order to be eligible for the 2024 Emmys, television programming had to air between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024.
The Bear set a new record for a comedy in one year, earning a whopping 23 nominations, which is 10 more than last year. The drama series, Shogun, landed the most nominations of all this year, with 25 nods total. Both produced by FX, those two shows helped boost the company to its highest number of Emmy nominations in history, 93 total. They landed in second place among TV platforms overall, just behind Netflix, which had 107 nominations.
However, the Television Academy had a few surprises up their sleeve when the full list of nominations for the 76th Emmy awards was announced.
(Shogun. Kathy Yu. FX.)
Although The Bear and Shogun have proven to dominate the nominations, the competition has loosened up a bit. A lot of shows which used to soak up the Emmy love from years past have either concluded or weren’t eligible this year — including Succession, The Last of Us, Ted Lasso and The White Lotus — which left room for some fresh faces to pop up in.
Being able to see shows like Reservation Dogs, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 3 Body Problem, Fallout, Palm Royale, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans and What We Do in the Shadows land major nominations in performer and series categories highlighted how much more room there was for additional recognition this time around.
There was also a surprising roster of 36 performers who were first-time nominees, including True Detective: Night Country co-star Kali Reis, film star Ryan Gosling (for hosting Saturday Night Live) and Reservation Dogs’ magnetic star D’Pharoah Woon-A-Tai. I also loved seeing supporting actors on The Bear get more attention, including Liza Colon-Zayas and Lionel Boyce.
Apple TV+’s The Morning Show snatched 4 of the 7 total nominations for best supporting actress in a drama and 3 of the 7 nominations for supporting actor. Likewise, The Bear, Abbott Elementary, Hacks, and Only Murders in the Building saw almost everyone from their core cast nominated for major awards.
(Under The Bridge. Bettina Strauss, Hulu.)
Kali Reis and Lily Gladstone, who's also nominated as best supporting actress in a limited series for Hulu’s Under the Bridge, made history as the first Indigenous actresses to be nominated for an Emmy — a wonderful surprise on a day when lots of actors from marginalized groups did well.
Seeing names like Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada from Shogun, Donald Glover from Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Idris Elba from the criminally underrated Apple TV+ series Hijack, Reservation Dogs’ D’Pharoah Woon-A-Tai and a surprise nod for Selena Gomez from Only Murders in the Building were just a sample of the wide array of talent spotlighted this season.
A full list of all nominations can be viewed here. The Emmy's are set to air live from Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 15th at 8pm ET. A host for the ABC Emmys ceremony has not yet been named, but Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay are set to executive produce the telecast for the second year in a row.
Be sure to tune in to see if your favorite primetime television shows win!
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