The Netflix global success “Squid Game” and the HBO series “Succession” have been nominated several times and are treated as particularly promising. Both were also nominated in the royal category “Best Drama Series”.
Battle of the streaming giants
The streaming service HBO, together with HBO Max, has a total of 140 nominations this year – even more than Netflix. The main reason for this is the most-nominated series of the year “Succession” (to be seen on Sky), which is about a media mogul and his scheming heirs. The Netflix global success “Squid Game” is the first non-English language series to make history with its nomination in the main category.
Actors from both series also have hopes for an award – “Succession” clearly leads the field with a total of 25 nominations, including 14 nominations for acting performances in leading roles, supporting parts and guest appearances. “The teenage drama “Euphoria” (Sky) has 16 nominations, “Squid Game” has 14, as has the working world satire “Severance” (Apple TV+).
The other nominations for Best Drama Series are Better Call Saul, Ozark, Stranger Things (all three Netflix) and Yellowjackets (Sky). Last year’s winner “The Crown” (Netflix) cannot be selected this year because no new season had appeared.
“True stories” particularly popular
In the comedy categories, one of the favorites is “Abbott Elementary” (ABC), a warm-hearted series about the teachers at a Philadelphia public school. Last year’s winner, the football comedy “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+) and the Las Vegas tragic comedy “Hacks” about an aging comedian also have several nominations, each also as best comedy series. “Ted Lasso” has 20 nominations for its second season, making it the leader in those categories.
In addition to the holiday satire “The White Lotus” (HBO/Sky), which has been nominated 20 times, the mini-series mainly nominated material based on real events, including series on Pamela Anderson, the fraudster Anna Delvey and the failed medical start-up Theranos.
Among the television shows, the long-running hit “Saturday Night Live” has once again cleared up – the sketch show has had 315 nominations in its history and has received 86 so far emmys to win. Among the best late night shows, John Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel and Trevor Noah, among others, may have hopes for one emmy make.
Obama nominated for “Best Narrator”.
First time for one emmy Former US President Barack Obama (60) was nominated. In the race for the world’s most coveted television award, Obama can hope for an award in the category “Best Storyteller”. The 44th US President has been nominated for his voice role in the Netflix documentary series “Our Great National Parks”. In the five-part series, which Obama also co-produced, he presents national parks from around the world. Other nominees in the category include David Attenborough, Lupita Nyong’o, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and W. Kamau Bell.
Winners in major categories will be announced on September 12th in Los Angeles announced. The awards in minor and creative categories – such as costumes and editing – will be presented on September 3rd and 4th.
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