Nomination day for the Emmy Awards dawned bright and warm, but the people at FX couldn’t have known how close to the sun they would be flying.
Despite its decades-long history of groundbreaking programming dating back to The Shield, Nip/Tuck and Rescue Me, FX has always been an Emmy also-ran to HBO and Netflix.
And although Netflix was officially on top of the leaderboard – and HBO third – FX came charging in with a stunning 25 nominations for its limited series Shogun and a record-breaking 23 nominations for its comedy series The Bear, racking up 93 noms altogether. That included first-time noms for its critically lauded but Emmy-overlooked until now, after it’s over, Reservation Dogs. Also, Selena Gomez landed her first-ever acting nomination for the popular series Only Murders in the Building, which scored a host of other nods including for costars Steve Martin and Martin Short.
Because of the eligibility calendar, The Bear’s nominations are for its second season, although the third is currently airing. Series stars Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lionel Boyce and Liza Colón-Zayas all received acting nods.
For HBO and Max, to come in third in the nomination totals reflected the fact that a number of its acclaimed series has ended and due to strike delays, others, like House of the Dragon, had not yet started in time for consideration.
Among Netflix s 107 total nods were 11 for probably the buzziest series of the season, Baby Reindeer, including for lead actor and creator Richard Gadd.
Fellow streamer Apple TV + also had a lot to crow about, including nods for The Morning Show, Lessons in Chemistry and Palm Royale.
The 76th annual Emmy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC September 15 at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET from downtown Los Angeles. A host has yet to be named.
Here are the nominees in the major categories:
Drama series
- “The Crown”
- “Fallout”
- “The Gilded Age”
- “The Morning Show”
- “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
- “Shōgun”
- “Slow Horses”
- “3 Body Problem”
Limited or anthology series
- “Baby Reindeer”
- “Fargo”
- “Lessons in Chemistry”
- “Ripley”
- “True Detective: Night Country”
Comedy series
- “Abbott Elementary”
- “The Bear”
- “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
- “Hacks”
- “Only Murders in the Building”
- “Palm Royale”
- “Reservation Dogs”
- “What We Do in the Shadows”
Lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie
- Matt Bomer, “Fellow Travelers”
- Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”
- Jon Hamm, “Fargo”
- Tom Hollander, “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans”
- Andrew Scott, “Ripley”
Lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie
- Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”
- Brie Larson, “Lessons in Chemistry”
- Juno Temple, “Fargo”
- Sofía Vergara, “Griselda”
- Naomi Watts, “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans”
Lead actress in a drama series
- Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”
- Carrie Coon, “The Gilded Age”
- Maya Erskine, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
- Anna Sawai, “Shо̄gun”
- Imelda Staunton, “The Crown”
- Reese Witherspoon, “The Morning Show”
Lead actor in a drama series
- Idris Elba, “Hijack”
- Donald Glover, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
- Walton Goggins, “Fallout”
- Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
- Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun”
- Dominic West, “The Crown”
Lead actor in a comedy series
- Matt Berry, “What We Do in the Shadows”
- Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
- Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
- Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
- Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
- D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, “Reservation Dogs”
Lead actress in a comedy series
- Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
- Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
- Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
- Maya Rudolph, “Loot”
- Jean Smart, “Hacks”
- Kristen Wiig, “Palm Royale”
Outstanding talk series
- “The Daily Show”
- “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
- “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
- “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
Reality competition program
- “The Amazing Race”
- “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
- “Top Chef”
- “The Traitors”
- “The Voice”
