Emmy Award Nominees Announced By Melissa Fumero and JB Smoove: What Do The Shows Nominated Say About Our Collective Taste?
The nominations for the 74th Emmy Awards have been announced.
Today at 11:30, Melissa Fumero and JB Smoove took to live stream to announce the next big contenders in TV's biggest awards.
What makes the Emmy Awards especially unique is that certain shows can win time and time again for different seasons. Ted Lasso and Hacks swept at last year's awards, and are back again for more.
Other shows are new to the line-up, inculding the record-brekaing phenomenon Squid Game and similarly obsession-worthy Only Murders in the Building. Each of these shows is already nominated in multiple categories.
It is also a banner year for historically-based limited-series. The Dropout, Inventing Anna, Dopesick, Impeachment: An American Crime Story, Pam & Tommy, and even The Great are once and for all solidifying our cultural obsession with televised retellings of true events.
This years slate of winners will be incredibly interesting for it will show us where we are trending in terms of genre. There has been a massive pull towards the murder-comedy genre. Could Only Murders in the Building have a shot at beating out Ted Lasso for outstanding comedy series? Only time will tell.
We can't wait to watch the Emmy Awards on September 12th. For now, here are the other nominees that have been announced.
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Late Night with Seth Meyers
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Outstanding Compitition Series
- The Amazing Race
- Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls
- Nailed It!
- RuPaul's Drag Race
- Top Chef
- The Voice
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Rachel Brosnahan: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Quinta Brunson: Abbott Elementary
- Kaley Cuoco: The Flight Attendant
- Elle Fanning: The Great
- Issa Rae: Insecure
- Jean Smart: Hacks
Charles on Only Murders in the building
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Donald Glover: Atlanta
- Bill Hader: Barry
- Nicholas Holt: The Great
- Steve Martin: Only Murders in the Building
- Martin Short: Only Murders in the Building
- Jason Sudeikis: Only Murders in the Building
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Abbott Elementary
- Barry
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Hacks
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Only Murders in the Building
- Ted Lasso
- What We Do in the Shadows
Lily James and Sebastian Stan as Pam and Tommy
Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie
- Colin Firth: Staircase
- Andrew Garfield: Under the Banner of Heaven
- Oscar Issac: Scenes from a Marriage
- Michael Keaton: Dopesick
- Himesh Patel: Station Eleven
- Sebastian Stan: Pam and Tommy
Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie
- Toni Collette: Staircase
- Julia Garner: Inventing Anna
- Lily James: Pam and Tommy
- Sarah Paulson: Impeachment: American Crime Story
- Margaret Qualley: Maid
- Amanda Seyfried: The Dropout
Oustanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Dopesick
- The Dropout
- Inventing Anna
- Pam and Tommy
- The White Lotus
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Jodie Comer: Killing Eve
- Laura Linney: Ozark
- Melanie Lynskey: Yellowjackets
- Sandra Oh: Killing Eve
- Reese Witherspoon: The Morning Show
- Zendaya: Euphoria
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Jason Bateman: Ozark
- Brian Cox: Succession
- Lee Jung-Jae: Squid Game
- Bob Odenkirk: Better Call Saul
- Adam Scott: Severance
- Jeremy Strong: Succession
Outstanding Drama Series
- Better Call Saul
- Euphoria
- Ozark
- Severance
- Squid Game
- Stranger Things
- Succession
- Yellowjackets
