LOS ANGELES, United States —
HBO’s “Succession” topped this year’s Emmy
nominations, earning 25 nods on Tuesday, as “
Squid Game” became the first
non-English-language drama series shortlisted for glory for television’s
equivalent of the Oscars.
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“Succession”, which
follows a rich, powerful family vying to inherit a media empire, led the drama
nominees, while “Ted Lasso” and “The White Lotus” topped the comedy and limited
series categories with 20 nominations each.
Two other comedies
— HBO’s “Hacks” and Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” — each racked up 17
nominations for the 74th Emmy Awards, to be handed out at a glitzy ceremony in
Los Angeles on September 12.
“With production at
a historic high, the Academy has received a record number of Emmy submissions
this season,” said Television Academy CEO Frank Scherma, praising “this
platinum age of television”.
Television
productions have ramped back up, after being shuttered or scaled back in the
first year of the
coronavirus pandemic.
“Succession” will
compete for best drama with “Squid Game”, a violent South Korean satire in
which society’s marginalized compete for cash in fatal versions of children’s
games — and Netflix’s most-watched series ever.
“Squid Game” also
picked up multiple acting nominations, including best lead actor for Lee
Jung-jae, to earn 14 nods in total.
The groundbreaking
show is hoping to follow in the footsteps of South Korean film “Parasite”,
which rocked Hollywood in 2020 by becoming the first non-English-language film
to win best picture at the Oscars.
Others in the
running for the best drama Emmy include “Euphoria”, “Ozark”, “Better Call Saul”
and “Stranger Things”.
“Succession” stars
Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong will compete with Lee for best actor in a drama
series, while former Oscar winner Adrien Brody earned a guest actor nomination.
“I am a huge fan of
‘Succession’ and am beyond thrilled to have been included in such an
extraordinary show,” said Brody of the series, which already won best drama in
2020 with its second season.
“Euphoria” star and
past winner Zendaya, 25, became the youngest acting nominee to be shortlisted
twice, for best actress in a drama — a category in which “The Morning Show”
actress
Jennifer Aniston missed out to co-star Reese Witherspoon.
‘Emmy nominated,
baby!’
HBO — and its
streaming platform HBO Max — won the network nominations battle, earning a
combined 140 compared to Netflix’s 105.
In the comedy
categories, past winners Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”), Bill Hader (“Barry”) and
Donald Glover (“Atlanta”) will battle it out for best actor, as will Jean Smart
(“Hacks”) and Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs Maisel”) for best actress.
Selena Gomez missed
out on an acting nomination for “Only Murders in the Building” — even though
her male co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short earned nods.
But she still made
history as the second ever Latina nominated as a producer in the category.
“Abbott
Elementary”, ABC’s school-based mockumentary, earned seven nods including
acting, writing and comedy series nominations for creator Quinta Brunson.
“Crying shaking and
throwing up has new meaning to me because I real life did all three,” Brunson
tweeted.
“Still
speechless... Emmy nominated, baby!
A-list flocks to
limited series
In the limited
series categories, “The White Lotus” — a satirical look at hypocrisy and wealth
among the visitors to a luxury Hawaii hotel — scored eight acting nominations
for an ensemble cast including Jennifer Coolidge and Murray Bartlett.
Elsewhere,
A-listers including Colin Firth (“The Staircase”), Andrew Garfield (“Under the
Banner of Heaven”), Oscar Isaac (“Scenes from a Marriage”) and Michael Keaton
(“Dopesick”) will vie for best actor in a limited series.
But there were
notable big-name omissions on the short list for best actress in a limited
series, including Julia Roberts (“Gaslit”) and Jessica Chastain (“Scenes from a
Marriage”).
Instead, the
category will feature Amanda Seyfried (“The Dropout”), Julia Garner (“Inventing
Anna”) and Sarah Paulson (“Impeachment: American Crime Story”) among others.
The Emmys will be broadcast in the US on NBC and Peacock.
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