LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� led all nominees with 25 in a dominant sophomore season, while got a graduation party with a record-setting 24 to lead all comedies in its final season as .
The totals give HBO Max the top spot for both drama and comedy, with 鈥淗补肠办蝉鈥� breaking the record for most nominations for a comedy series held jointly by last year and in 2024. HBO Max led all outlets with 122 overall nominations and has three shows up for both best drama and best comedy series.
The nominees announced for included the late for his guest acting on 鈥淭he Bear,鈥� show, and newlywed Taylor Swift for 鈥淭he Eras Tour – The Final Show鈥� concert special.
鈥淗补肠办蝉鈥� gets a special send-off and 鈥淭he Pitt鈥� grows up
Emmy voters love a departing show, and have loved the tension-between-comedy-generations 鈥淗补肠办蝉鈥� since its first season, allowing it to run up the numbers as a fifth-year senior. Star in a comedy for all four previous seasons and it would be stunning if she didn鈥檛 claim a fifth.
Her sidekick throughout the series , who last year broke through and won supporting actress in a comedy in her fourth nomination, got a fifth. Her castmate, the show鈥檚 co-creator Paul W. Downs, got three nominations, for acting, writing and producing.
The day-in-the-life series was a rookie upstart last year with big wins including best drama series, best actor for Noah Wyle and best supporting actress for Katherine LaNasa.
Already a beloved veteran show, it owned this year鈥檚 acting categories. Wyle was nominated again for best actor (along with nods for his directing and producing) as was LaNasa. Taylor Dearden, Fiona Dourif and Sepideh Moafi also got nominations, with 鈥淭he Pitt鈥� taking four of the seven supporting actress spots and three supporting actor slots.
In an era when major Emmy contenders 鈥� like 2025鈥檚 top drama nominee 鈥� take years off between seasons, for another round. And its claim on the acting categories was helped by the between-seasons absence of and its elite ensembles.
A solid showing for Apple TV
Two new shows from Apple TV, the one-woman-against-the-hivemind drama and the horror comedy both scored big in their first seasons.
from 鈥淏reaking Bad鈥� and 鈥淏etter Call Saul鈥� creator Vince Gilligan, got 18 nods. They included best actress in a drama for its only lead cast member Rhea Seahorn, considered the favorite to win.
鈥淲idow鈥檚 Bay鈥� got 19, including best actor for star Matthew Rhys, who was also nominated as a producer and for his acting in the limited series 鈥淭he Beast in Me.鈥�
Two other Apple TV shows are also up for best comedy, whose stars Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer got acting nominations, and 鈥淪hrinking.鈥�
The 鈥淪hrinking鈥� nominations included best supporting actor in a comedy for Harrison Ford. The force could be with Ford, with many prognosticators saying this will be the year the Hollywood legend finally wins an EGOT-tier award. His castmate Jason Segel is up for lead actor.
Big day for Bateman, Short and Brunson
Many close observers also think this will be the year the perennially nominated Martin Short wins best actor in a comedy for 鈥淥nly Murders in the Building.鈥� He was nominated for three trophies, including nods for his producing of 鈥淥nly Murders in the Building鈥� and hosting 鈥淭he Match Game.鈥� A Netflix documentary about him, 鈥淢arty, Life is Short,鈥� also got two nominations.
Jason Bateman got four nominations, for his performing and producing on both 鈥淏lack Rabbit鈥� and 鈥淒TF St. Louis.鈥�
ABCs remained a rare bright spot for the traditional broadcast networks that have been marginalized in top categories by cable and streaming shows. Creator, star and two-time Emmy winner Quinta Brunson was nominated for three more, and the show got seven.
Reiner, Swift, Bunny and Fox are among the notable nominees
The vast range of Emmy categories brings unexpected stars and beloved figures into the mix.
who was killed along with wife in December, has a chance at his third Emmy. He was nominated for guest actor for 鈥淭he Bear,鈥� about 50 years after winning two for his acting on 鈥淎ll in the Family.鈥�
Five-time Emmy winner Michael J. Fox, also got a nomination in the same category for playing a patient with Parkinson鈥檚 disease, which the actor was diagnosed with in the 1990s, on 鈥淪hrinking.鈥�
The Super Bowl halftime show is nearly always nominated, but this year’s featuring on NBC went above and beyond with nine nominations.
Swift’s 鈥淓ras Tour鈥� concert special got five nominations days after her , one of them for the singing superstar herself as producer. She has one previous Emmy, for interactive media in 2015, to go with her 14 Grammys.
And after a year of targeting from the Trump administration for late-night hosts and their shows, the now-off-the-air got nine nominations and got six.
鈥淏eef鈥� and 鈥淓uphoria鈥� are back in the mix
was tops in the limited or anthology series categories with 16 nominations. 鈥淏eef鈥� had a dominant first season in 2023, and the anthology鈥檚 all-new grudge holders, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac and Charles Melton, all got nominations.
鈥淓uphoria鈥� made its Emmys return after a long absence and got seven nominations. Zendaya, who won best actress in a drama for the first two seasons in 2020 and 2022, got a nod for the recently aired third season.
Liza Col贸n-Zayas and Jeff Hiller announced the nominees at the Television Academy in Los Angeles. The 78th , airing on NBC, will be held Sept. 14. Mariska Hargitay, the longtime star of NBC’s 鈥淟aw & Order: Special Victims Unit,鈥� will host and is a double nominee for directing and producing the documentary 鈥淢y Mom Jayne.鈥�
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