Shogun and The Bear top the Emmy race this year, while Netflix hit Baby Reindeer is also making a strong impression.
The nominations, announced on Wednesday, were led by FX’s historical epic drama set in Japan with 25 nominations, including for best drama series.
Also in that category are the final season of The Crown, Amazon’s hit video game adaptation Fallout, the costume drama The Gilded Age, the third season of The Morning Show, Amazon’s acclaimed remake of Mr and Mrs Smith, the spy drama Slow Horses and Netflix’s 3 Body Problem.
FX also topped the comedy categories, with The Bear breaking the record for most comedy nominations in a single year with 23 nominations, including for Best Comedy Series.
Also in that category were the hit ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary, the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, the third season of Hacks, the brand new Apple series Palm Royale, the long-awaited recognition for Reservation Dogs, the FX cult favorite What We Do in the Shadows, and Only Murders in the Building.
The latest murder mystery series was the third-most nominated show of the day with 21 nominations, including the first recognition for star Selena Gomez, who is nominated for best actress in a comedy series. She will compete with Abbott Elementary’s Quinta Brunson, The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri, Loot’s Maya Rudolph, Hacks’ Jean Smart and Palm Royale’s Kristen Wiig.
Her co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short top the comedy actor category, competing alongside What We Do in the Shadows’ Matt Berry, Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Larry David, The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White and Reservation Dogs’ D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai.
Netflix breakout Baby Reindeer also picked up 11 nominations after becoming a surprise hit for the streamer. The drama series, about a comedian dealing with a stalker, earned nominations for star Richard Gadd and co-star Jessica Gunning.
In the short series and anthology series category, the series is up against Fargo, Lessons in Chemistry, Ripley and True Detective: Night Country, which received a whopping 19 nominations, including one for lead actress Jodie Foster.
Foster’s co-star Kali Reis and recent Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone also made history as the first Indigenous women to be nominated for acting Emmys. Gladstone was nominated for her role in the true crime series Under the Bridge.
In the Best Lead Actor in a Drama category, British actors Idris Elba, Gary Oldman and Dominic West will compete against Walton Goggins, Donald Glover and Hiroyuki Sanada, while the Best Lead Actress in a Drama category will see British actor Imelda Staunton compete against Jennifer Aniston, Carrie Coon, Maya Erskine, Anna Sawai and Reese Witherspoon.
Recent Oscar winners Robert Downey Jr. and Da’Vine Joy Randolph also received nominations for their roles in The Sympathiser and Only Murders in the Building, respectively. Randolph will face competition from Olivia Colman and Jamie Lee Curtis in the comedy guest actress category.
Notable snubs include the acclaimed surreal drama The Curse, starring recent Oscar winner Emma Stone, Kate Winslet’s HBO satire The Regime and Apple’s big-budget drama Masters of the Air, which received just three technical nominations.
To qualify, the programs had to be broadcast between June 2023 and May 2024.
The awards will be handed out in September, just eight months after the previous ceremony was postponed due to twin strikes in Hollywood. “While this year has been marked by significant challenges for our industry and its workforce, it has been abundant with remarkable programming, extraordinary performances and impactful storytelling,” Television Academy President Cris Abrego said in a statement.
The 76th Emmy Awards will take place on September 15.