LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� went on a tear at Wednesday morning鈥檚 with a comedy-series record 23, and 鈥淪hogun鈥� led all nominees with 25 in a dominant year across categories for FX.
Nominations for the 鈥淭he 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 鈥� both awards it won at 鈥� along with best actress for , 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.
鈥淪hogun鈥� took full advantage of the absence of last year鈥檚 top three nominees 鈥� 鈥淪uccession,鈥� 鈥淭he White Lotus鈥� and 鈥淭he Last of Us鈥� 鈥� to dominate in drama and give FX, with 93 overall nominations, the kind of strong year often reserved for HBO, which even in this 鈥渙ff鈥� year received 91.
Its 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鈥檚 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.
was a bright spot for HBO, which lost 鈥淪uccession鈥� to retirement and is between seasons on 鈥淭he White Lotus鈥� and 鈥淭he Last of Us.鈥�
The show, a semi-spinoff of the 鈥淭rue Detective鈥� 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鈥檚 investigating partner and rival on the show and is nominated for best supporting actress in a limited series, joins , in the same category for 鈥淯nder the Bridge,鈥� as the first Indigenous women to get Emmy acting nominations. D鈥橮haraoh Woon-A-Tai of 鈥淩eservation Dogs鈥� becomes the first Indigenous actor to be recognized for lead with his best actor in a comedy nom.
The only previous Indigenous acting nominee, , was August Schellenberg, who received an Emmy nomination in 2007 for his performance as Sitting Bull in the HBO TV movie 鈥淏ury My Heart at Wounded Knee.鈥�
鈥淭rue Detective鈥� is expected to vie for the best limited series Emmy with 鈥淔argo,鈥� which had 15 nominations and gives FX a shot at a triple crown if its favorites win drama and comedy series.
Netflix has its own pair of contenders in the category. 鈥淏aby Reindeer鈥� became a minor cultural phenomenon and Emmy upstart in recent months. It got 11 nominations, including best actor for star and creator Richard Gadd. 鈥淩ipley,鈥� a black-and-white retelling of Patricia Highsmith’s novel 鈥淭he Talented Mr. Ripley,鈥� got 13 nominations including acting nods for Andrew Scott and Dakota Fanning. The shows along 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 鈥淥nly Murders in the Building;鈥� reigning best supporting actor winner Robert Downey Jr., up for best supporting actor in a limited series for playing several characters in 鈥淭he Sympathizer;鈥� and Gary Oldman, up for best actor in a drama series for 鈥淪low Horses.鈥�
鈥淥nly Murders,鈥� a perennial Emmy nominee for Hulu with few wins, outdid itself this year with 21, behind only 鈥淪hogun鈥� and 鈥淭he Bear.鈥� 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 favorites also returned. Jon Hamm, who had one Emmy from 16 previous nominations, most of them for 鈥淢ad Men,鈥� got two nominations, one for actor in a limited or anthology series for 鈥淔argo鈥� and another for supporting actor in a drama for 鈥淭he Morning Show.鈥� His 鈥淢orning Show鈥� castmate Jennifer Aniston is considered by many the favorite to win the best drama actress Emmy to go with the comedy actress trophy she won for 鈥淔riends.鈥�
And four-time Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub has a shot at his fifth for reprising his role as Adrian Monk in 鈥淢r. Monk鈥檚 Last Case: A Monk Movie.鈥�
Former 鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥� and 鈥淏ridesmaids鈥� co-stars Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph each landed best actress in a comedy noms for Apple TV+ shows about wealthy women: Wiig for 鈥淧alm Royale鈥� and Rudolph for 鈥淟oot.鈥� Each also were nominated for their returns to host 鈥淪NL.鈥�
Getting back to its traditional schedule, the show will be held Sept. 15 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and air on ABC.
Many still-airing shows didn鈥檛 fall into this year鈥檚 eligibility window of June 2023 through May 2024, whether because of streaming and elite cable calendar quirks or the strikes 鈥� including 鈥淗ouse of the Dragon,鈥� 鈥淏ridgerton,鈥� 鈥淵ellowjackets鈥� and 鈥淪everance.鈥�
And, as happened last year, 鈥淭he Bear鈥� has had an entire new season drop after the one that it鈥檚 nominated for on Hulu, the FX streaming partner that was a major driver of viewers and voters for its shows.
鈥淭he Crown鈥� with 19 nominations and 鈥淗acks鈥� 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 鈥淭he Crown.鈥�
And Jean Smart will vie with Edebiri for best actress in a comedy for the third season of 鈥淗acks,鈥� in which her comedian Deborah Vance tries to land a late-night show.
Quinta Brunson also was nominated in the category. ABC’s 鈥淎bbott Elementary,鈥� 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.
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AP Entertainment Writer Jonathan Landrum Jr. contributed.
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This story has been corrected to show that Netflix was the leading outlet with 107 nominations, not FX with 93.
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