Shogun leads all Emmy nominees with 25 and The Bear sets comedy series record with 23

The Bear went on a tear at Wednesday morning’s (Jul 17) Emmy nominations with a comedy-series record 23, and Shogun led all nominees with 25 in a dominant year across categories for FX.

Nominations for the The Bear, up for its second season in which its rag-tag band of sandwich makers tries to create an elite restaurant, included best comedy series and best actor in a comedy series for Jeremy Allen White – both awards it won at January’s strike-delayed ceremony — along with best actress for Ayo Edebiri, who won best supporting actress last time around.

It was also boosted by a bounty of guest acting nominations, including Jamie Lee Curtis and Olivia Colman, two of many Oscar winners who landed nominations.

Shogun took full advantage of the absence of last year’s top three nominees – Succession, The White Lotus and The Last Of Us – to dominate in drama and give FX, with 93 overall nominations, the kind of strong year often reserved for HBO, which even in this “off” year received 91.

Its nominations included best drama series, best actress in a drama series for Anna Sawai and best actor for Hiroyuki Sanada.

The show shook up the drama race when its makers said in May that despite reaching the end of the story of James Clavell’s novel about political machinations in early 17th century Japan, they would explore making more than one season, shifting the critical darling from the limited series category to the more prestigious drama one.

True Detective: Night Country was a bright spot for HBO, which lost Succession to retirement and is between seasons on The White Lotus and The Last Of Us.

The show, a semi-spinoff of the True Detective franchise, led all limited or anthology series nominees with 19, including a best actress nomination for Jodie Foster for playing a police chief investigating mysterious deaths in the darkness of a north Alaskan winter.

Kali Reis, who plays Foster’s investigating partner and rival on the show and is nominated for best supporting actress in a limited series, joins Lily Gladstone, in the same category for Under The Bridge, as the first Indigenous women to get Emmy acting nominations. D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai of Reservation Dogs becomes the first Indigenous actor to be recognised for lead with his best actor in a comedy nom.

The only previous Indigenous acting nominee, according to Variety, was August Schellenberg, who received an Emmy nomination in 2007 for his performance as Sitting Bull in the HBO TV movie Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee.

True Detective is expected to vie for the best limited series Emmy with Fargo, which had 15 nominations and gives FX a shot at a triple crown if its favourites win drama and comedy series.

Netflix has its own pair of contenders in the category. Baby Reindeer became a minor cultural phenomenon and Emmy upstart in recent months. It got 11 nominations, including best actor for star and creator Richard Gadd.

Ripley, a black-and-white retelling of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Talented Mr Ripley, got 13 nominations including acting nods for Andrew Scott and Dakota Fanning. The shows, with dozens of acknowledgements in craft and comedy special categories, helped Netflix lead all outlets with 107 nominations.

Foster was another of the Academy Award winners to get Emmy nods, along with fellow multiple Oscar winner Meryl Streep, up for best supporting actress in a comedy for Only Murders In The Building; reigning best supporting actor winner Robert Downey Jr, up for best supporting actor in a limited series for playing several characters in The Sympathizer; and Gary Oldman, up for best actor in a drama series for Slow Horses.

Only Murders, a perennial Emmy nominee for Hulu with few wins, outdid itself this year with 21, behind only Shogun and The Bear. Leads Steve Martin and Martin Short were nominated for best actor, and, in her first Emmy nomination as a performer, Selena Gomez got a nod for best actress.

Old Emmy favourites also returned. Jon Hamm, who had one Emmy from 16 previous nominations, most of them for Mad Men, got two nominations, one for actor in a limited or anthology series for Fargo and another for supporting actor in a drama for The Morning Show. His Morning Show castmate Jennifer Aniston is considered by many the favourite to win the best drama actress Emmy to go with the comedy actress trophy she won for Friends.

And four-time Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub has a shot at his fifth for reprising his role as Adrian Monk in Mr Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie.

Former Saturday Night Live and Bridesmaids co-stars Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph each landed best actress in a comedy noms for Apple TV+ shows about wealthy women: Wiig for Palm Royale and Rudolph for Loot. Each also were nominated for their returns to host SNL.

Getting back to its traditional schedule, the show will be held Sep 15 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Many still-airing shows didn’t fall into this year’s eligibility window of June 2023 through May 2024, whether because of streaming and elite cable calendar quirks or the strikes – including House Of The Dragon, Bridgerton, Yellowjackets and Severance.

And, as happened last year, The Bear has had an entire new season drop after the one that it’s nominated for on Hulu, the FX streaming partner that was a major driver of viewers and voters for its shows.

The Crown with 19 nominations and Hacks with 16 each make triumphant returns to the Emmys after their own years off. Each had especially acclaimed seasons.

Elizabeth Debicki is considered the closest thing in these Emmys to a lock to win best supporting actress in a drama for playing Princess Diana in the last days before her death in the sixth and final season of The Crown.

And Jean Smart will vie with Edebiri for best actress in a comedy for the third season of Hacks, in which her comedian Deborah Vance tries to land a late-night show.

Quinta Brunson also was nominated in the category. ABC's Abbott Elementary, which she also created, remains a driver of Emmy diversity with another slate of black acting nominees, including Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tyler James Williams. And it remains the lone bright spot in the major categories for shows from traditional broadcast networks.

Ralph and fellow Emmy winner Tony Hale announced the nominations Wednesday morning.

Here's the partial list of top nominees for the annual prime-time Emmy Awards, announced Wednesday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. For the complete list, visit Emmys.com.

DRAMA SERIES

The Crown, Netflix

Fallout, Prime Video

The Gilded Age, HBO/Max

The Morning Show, Apple TV+

Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Prime Video

Shogun, FX

Slow Horses, Apple TV+

3 Body Problem, Netflix

COMEDY SERIES

Abbott Elementary, ABC

The Bear, FX

Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO/Max

Hacks, HBO/Max

Only Murders In The Building, Hulu

Palm Royale, Apple TV+

Reservation Dogs, FX

What We Do In The Shadows, FX

LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES

Baby Reindeer, Netflix

Fargo, FX

Lessons In Chemistry, Apple TV+

Ripley, Netflix

True Detective: Night Country, HBO/Max

ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Idris Elba, Hijack

Donald Glover, Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Walton Goggins, Fallout

Gary Oldman, Slow Horses

Hiroyuki Sanada, Shogun

Dominic West, The Crown

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show

Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age

Maya Erskine, Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Anna Sawai, Shogun

Imelda Staunton, The Crown

Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show

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

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

Kristin Wiig, Palm Royale

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Lionel Boyce, The Bear

Paul W. Downs, Hacks

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear

Paul Rudd, Only Murders In The Building

Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary

Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Carol Burnett, Palm Royale

Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear

Hannah Einbinder, Hacks

Janelle James, Abbott Elementary

Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary

Meryl Streep, Only Murders In The Building

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Christine Baranski, The Gilded Age

Nicole Beharie, The Morning Show

Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown

Greta Lee, The Morning Show

Lesley Manville, The Crown

Karen Pittman, The Morning Show

Holland Taylor, The Morning Show

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Tadanobu Asano, Shogun

Billy Crudup, The Morning Show

Mark Duplass, The Morning Show

Jon Hamm, The Morning Show

Takehiro Hira, Shogun

Jack Lowden, Slow Horses

Jonathan Pryce, The Crown

LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES

Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country

Brie Larson, Lessons In Chemistry

Juno Temple, Fargo

Sofia Vergara, Griselda

Naomi Watts, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans

LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES

Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers

Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer

Jon Hamm, Fargo

Tom Hollander, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans

Andrew Scott, Ripley

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES

Jonathan Bailey, Fellow Travelers

Robert Downey Jr., The Sympathizer

Tom Goodman-Hill, Baby Reindeer

John Hawkes, True Detective: Night Country

Lewis Pullman, Lessons In Chemistry

Treat Williams, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans

Lamorne Morris, Fargo

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES

Dakota Fanning, Ripley

Lily Gladstone, Under The Bridge

Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer

Aja Naomi King, Lessons In Chemistry

Diane Lane, Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans

Nava Mau, Baby Reindeer

Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country

OUTSTANDING TALK SERIES

The Daily Show, Comedy Central

Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC

Late Night With Seth Meyers, NBC

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, CBS

TELEVISION MOVIE

Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie, Peacock

Quiz Lady, Hulu

Red, White And Royal Blue, Prime Video

Scoop, Netflix

Unfrosted, Netflix

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM

The Amazing Race, CBS

RuPaul's Drag Race, MTV

Top Chef, Bravo

The Traitors, Peacock

The Voice, NBC

SCRIPTED VARIETY SERIES

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, HBO/Max

Saturday Night Live, NBC

LIVE VARIETY SPECIAL

The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show Starring Usher, CBS

66th Grammy Awards, CBS

The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady, Netflix

76th Annual Tony Awards, CBS

PRE-RECORDED VARIETY SPECIAL

Billy Joel: The 100th Live At Madison Square Garden, CBS

Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer, Netflix

Dick Van Dyke 98 Years Of Magic, CBS

Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die, HBO/Max

Trevor Noah: Where Was I, Netflix

ANIMATED PROGRAM

Blue Eye Samurai, Netflix

Bob's Burgers, Fox

Scavengers Reign, HBO/Max

The Simpsons, Fox

X-Men '97, Disney+

OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM

RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race

Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Shark Tank

Alan Cumming, The Traitors

Kristen Kish, Top Chef

Jeff Probst, Survivor

OUTSTANDING GAME SHOW HOST

Steve Harvey, Celebrity Family Feud

Ken Jennings, Jeopardy!

Jane Lynch, Weakest Link

Keke Palmer, Password

Pat Sajak, Wheel Of Fortune