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LOS ANGELES (AP):
Severance separated itself from the field with 27 Emmy nominations Tuesday, while The Studio led comedy nominees with a record-tying 23 in a dominant year for Apple TV+. No other dramas came close to the dystopian workplace series Severance, which achieved a convergence of acclaim and audience buzz for its second season that brought an expected Emmy bounty.
Lead acting nominations came for Severance stars Adam Scott and Britt Lower for what amounted to dual roles as their characters’ “innie” work selves and “outie” home selves. Tramell Tillman got a supporting nod for playing their tone-shifting, pineapple-wielding supervisor. Patricia Arquette was nominated for supporting actress for playing an ousted outcast from the sinister family business at the centre of the show. And Ben Stiller got a nomination for directing the Season 2 finale.
Apple’s Hollywood satire The Studio was expected to make a significant showing for its first season, but it romped over more established shows like Hacks, which got 14, and The Bear, which got 13. It tied a comedy record set last year by The Bear with 23 nominations.
Seth Rogen, who co-created the series with longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg, personally got three nominations – for acting, writing and directing.
Rogen told the AP that “my ego is in shock” and called the raft of nominations “very validating in a way that I’m not used to being validated.”
His show’s A-list roster of guest stars brought in a bounty, with nominations for Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Dave Franco and Zoë Kravitz. The men made for five of the six nominees in the guest actor in a comedy category.
The Penguin, HBO’s dark drama from the Batman universe, was surprisingly dominant in the limited series category with 24 nominations, including nods for leads Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti.
Netflix’s acclaimed Adolescence got 13 limited series nominations, including a supporting actor nod for 15-year-old Owen Cooper, who plays a 13-year-old suspected of a killing.
Many expect Cooper to become the youngest Emmy winner in more than 40 years, largely because of a breathtaking episode that is one long therapy session inside a juvenile jail. Like all Adolescence episodes, it’s done in one long shot.
His psychologist scene partner, Erin Doherty, was also nominated, for limited series supporting actress.
“If you just sit and listen, and let someone talk, that is such a gorgeous offering,” Doherty told the Associated Press. “I don’t think we do it that often. I’m trying to take that forward.”
The White Lotus
HBO’s high-end soap The White Lotus got its usual flowering of drama acting nominations for its Thailand-set third season, with four cast members including Carrie Coon getting supporting actress nods, and three including Walton Goggins up for supporting actor. It pulled in 23 nominations overall.
The Pitt, HBO Max’s prestige medical procedural, got 13 nominations, including best drama and best actor for its star, ER veteran Noah Wyle. One of its nurses, Katherine LaNasa, was able to squeeze in among the women of The White Lotus for a supporting actress nod.
“I love telling stories about the human condition and I really love acting, and so to suddenly get recognised and sort of applauded for it is just a delightful surprise,” LaNasa told the AP.
Wyle, who was nominated five times without a win for ER, could join Scott to make best actor in a drama a two-man race, with both seeking their first Emmy.
The broadcast networks have largely become Emmy non-entities in the top categories. Oscar-winner Kathy Bates was a big exception this year. She’s considered a heavy favourite to win best actress in a drama for CBS’ Matlock. She’s the first person nominated in the category from a network show since 2019, and would be the first to win it since 2015. At 77, she’s also the oldest ever nominee in the category.
ABC’s Abbott Elementary, which has been a bright spot for network television in recent years, earned six Emmy nominations, including acting and writing nods for creator Quinta Brunson. Sheryl Lee Ralph received her fourth consecutive nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Barbara Howard, the beloved veteran teacher. Ralph won the award in 2022, the year of her first nomination, and was also nominated in 2023 and 2024.
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