HBO’s Succession, The Last Of Us lead nominees for TV’s Emmy awards
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Nominated actors (from left) Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin in a still from the nominated HBO show Succession.
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LOS ANGELES – HBO drama Succession, the story of a cut-throat fight for control of a family media empire, led the nominees for television’s Emmy awards on Wednesday, with 27 nods for the show’s final season.
Nominations for the highest honours in television were announced as Hollywood was in the throes of labour tensions that may delay the Emmys ceremony beyond its normal September date. Film and TV writers walked off the job two months ago, and actors may go on strike as soon as Wednesday evening.
When the Emmys do take place, two-time Best Drama winner Succession will vie for the trophy again alongside fellow HBO show The Last Of Us, a dystopian video-game adaptation that landed a second-best 24 Emmy nominations.
“Thank you to the Television Academy for sending us off in such style,” said Succession Supporting Actor nominee Alan Ruck. The show about the dysfunctional Roy family ended its four-season run in May.
Others competing for Best Drama include HBO’s Game Of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon, vacation-gone-wrong story The White Lotus and Star Wars series Andor. Previous nominees Better Call Saul, Yellowjackets and The Crown are also in the mix.
Ted Lasso, another double Emmy winner for Best Comedy, will compete for it against Abbott Elementary, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, The Bear, Barry, Jury Duty, Only Murders In The Building and Wednesday.
For limited series, the list includes Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and Beef, as well as Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+. The White Lotus won the category in 2022, but was moved to the drama race in 2023.
HBO, a unit of Warner Bros Discovery, outpaced all networks with 127 nominations. Netflix landed 103 nods.
In acting categories, Succession’s Roy family patriarch Brian Cox will compete with two of his warring TV sons – Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin – for Best Drama Actor. Sarah Snook, another Roy sibling, is considered the favourite to win Best Drama Actress.
Previous Emmy winner Jason Sudeikis, co-creator and star of Ted Lasso, was nominated for Best Comedy Actor for the third season of the fish-out-of-water story on Apple TV+.
First-time nominees Jeremy Allen White of The Bear and Jason Segel of Shrinking are also among those who will compete for Best Comedy Actor.
In the comedy actress category, voters nominated Mrs Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan, Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson, Dead To Me actress Christina Applegate, Natasha Lyonne for her starring role in Poker Face, and Jenna Ortega of Wednesday.
“As a person who just wanted to make a TV show, this will never stop being amazing,” said Brunson on Twitter.
The nominations featured some notable strides on diversity, said Mr Clayton Davis, senior awards editor at Variety. The Last Of Us star Pedro Pascal became the second Latino in history nominated for Best Actor. The first was Jimmy Smits, who was nominated five times in the 1990s for his role on NYPD Blue.
Black women received the most nominations ever in a single category, said Mr Davis, with Janelle James and Sheryl Lee Ralph of Abbott Elementary, Ayo Edebiri of The Bear and Jessica Williams of Shrinking in the running for Best Supporting Actress in a comedy.
Winners will be chosen by the roughly 20,000 members of the Television Academy.
Voters passed over the popular Western drama Yellowstone and spin-off 1923. They also left out Harrison Ford, who played acclaimed roles in 1923 and Shrinking.
As of now, the Emmys ceremony is scheduled to take place on Sept 18 and air live on the Fox broadcast network. Organisers will decide closer to that date whether to reschedule, said an academy spokesman.
At the start of the nominations announcement, Mr Frank Scherma, chairman and chief executive of the Television Academy, said: “We hope the ongoing guild negotiations can come to an equitable and swift resolution.” REUTERS, AFP
Here is a list of the nominees in key categories for the 75th Emmy Awards, which are scheduled to be handed out in Los Angeles on Sept 18.
Outstanding drama series
Andor
Better Call Saul
The Crown
House Of The Dragon
The Last Of Us
Succession
The White Lotus
Yellowjackets
Outstanding comedy series
Abbott Elementary
Barry
The Bear
Jury Duty
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Only Murders In The Building
Ted Lasso
Wednesday
Lead actor, drama
Jeff Bridges, The Old Man
Brian Cox, Succession
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Pedro Pascal, The Last Of Us
Jeremy Strong, Succession
Lead actress, drama
Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Bella Ramsey, The Last Of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Sarah Snook, Succession
Lead actor, comedy
Bill Hader, Barry
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders In The Building
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Lead actress, comedy
Christina Applegate, Dead To Me
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
Jenna Ortega, Wednesday
Supporting actor, drama
F. Murray Abraham, The White Lotus
Nicholas Braun, Succession
Michael Imperioli, The White Lotus
Theo James, The White Lotus
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
Alan Ruck, Succession
Will Sharpe, The White Lotus
Alexander Skarsgard, Succession
Supporting actress, drama
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown
Meghann Fahy, The White Lotus
Sabrina Impacciatore, The White Lotus
Aubrey Plaza, The White Lotus
Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul
J. Smith-Cameron, Succession
Simona Tabasco, The White Lotus
Supporting actor, comedy
Anthony Carrigan, Barry
Phil Dunster, Ted Lasso
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
James Marsden, Jury Duty
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
Henry Winkler, Barry
Supporting actress, comedy
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Juno Temple, Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
Jessica Williams, Shrinking
Outstanding limited or anthology series
Beef
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Daisy Jones & The Six
Fleishman Is In Trouble
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lead actor, limited series or movie
Taron Egerton, Black Bird
Kumail Nanjiani, Welcome To Chippendales
Evan Peters, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Daniel Radcliffe, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Michael Shannon, George & Tammy
Steven Yeun, Beef
Lead actress, limited series or movie
Lizzy Caplan, Fleishman Is In Trouble
Jessica Chastain, George & Tammy
Dominique Fishback, Swarm
Kathryn Hahn, Tiny Beautiful Things
Riley Keough, Daisy Jones & The Six
Ali Wong, Beef
Supporting actor, limited series or movie
Murray Bartlett, Welcome To Chippendales
Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird
Richard Jenkins, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Joseph Lee, Beef
Ray Liotta, Black Bird
Young Mazino, Beef
Jesse Plemons, Love & Death
Supporting actress, limited series or movie
Annaleigh Ashford, Welcome To Chippendales
Maria Bello, Beef
Claire Danes, Fleishman Is In Trouble
Juliette Lewis, Welcome To Chippendales
Camila Morrone, Daisy Jones & The Six
Niecy Nash-Betts, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Merritt Wever, Tiny Beautiful Things
Programmes with most overall nominations
Succession: 27
The Last Of Us: 24
The White Lotus: 23
Ted Lasso: 21
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel: 14
The Bear: 13
Beef: 13
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story: 13
Wednesday: 12
Barry: 11
Only Murders In The Building: 11
