LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� could be a record-setting freshman, could have a dominant sophomore season and is set for a graduation celebration as Emmy nominations are announced Wednesday morning.
Recent winners Liza Col贸n-Zayas and Jeff Hiller are set to name the nominees at the Television Academy in Los Angeles. The 78th , airing on NBC, will be held Sept. 14 at the Peacock Theater, the longtime Emmys home that will soon also be . Mariska Hargitay, who for decades has been one of NBC’s standard bearers as the star of 鈥淟aw & Order: Special Victims Unit,鈥� will host.
HBO Max’s beloved 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.
And in an era when major Emmy contenders 鈥� like 2025’s top drama nominee 鈥� tend to take years off between seasons, for another round, part of its game-changing model of marrying classic network tendencies with modern streaming prestige.
Wyle and LaNasa are virtual shoo-ins for new nominations. And several residents, interns and attending physicians from their big will almost certainly join them. It could dominate the supporting acting categories the way that 鈥� another major Emmy contender sitting this one out 鈥� has in recent years.
But 鈥淭he Pitt鈥� could easily be surpassed in the nomination count by 鈥淧luribus,鈥� the one-woman-against-the-world Apple TV+ series from 鈥淏reaking Bad鈥� and 鈥淏etter Call Saul鈥� creator Vince Gilligan. It has a chance of breaking a 32-year-old record for most Emmy nominations for a debut season, set by 鈥淣YPD Blue鈥� with 26 in 1994.
鈥淧濒耻谤颈产耻蝉鈥� is the sort of clever, consummately crafted series Emmy voters love. It should run up the score in the technical categories. The only thing holding back its total may be its premise. Rhea Seehorn is the lone lead actor. She should be the favorite to win best actress once her inevitable nomination arrives on the heels of her win. Karolina Wydra, who plays the show’s spokeswoman for the rest of humanity, has a strong chance at a supporting nomination.
This year’s batch of comedies benefits from the absence of last year’s rookie juggernaut Emmy voters love a departing show, and have loved 鈥淗补肠办蝉鈥� since its first season. Those two colliding phenomena should bring a healthy nomination total for its fifth and final season.
Star in a comedy for all four previous seasons. It would be stunning if she didn’t claim a fifth. Her sidekick throughout the series , who last year broke through and won supporting actress in a comedy in her fourth nomination, is sure to get another nod, as is their castmate, the show’s co-creator Paul W. Downs.
Downs’ competition will likely include . The buzz says this could be the year the Hollywood legend finally wins one of the EGOT-level awards if he gets a nomination for best supporting actor in a comedy for His castmate is also a likely nominee.
Despite the absence of 鈥淭he Studio,鈥� AppleTV+, which established a major Emmy comedy presence with could have three best comedy series nominees. 鈥淪hrinking鈥� could be joined by newcomers whose stars Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer are likely acting nominees, and the acclaimed horror comedy
should throw its weight around in the limited or anthology series categories, especially after one of its big competitors, the cops-and-crooks drama switched to the drama category when it announced a second season. from FX could be its main competition.
And big names always emerge in the Emmys’ guest acting categories. This year’s potential candidates include the late for his recurring part on 鈥淭he Bear鈥� and for his three-episode arc as a patient with Parkinson’s disease on 鈥沦丑谤颈苍办颈苍驳.鈥�
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