LOS ANGELES — “The Pitt” led all nominees with 25 in a dominant sophomore season, while “Hacks” led all comedies with 24 for its final season as the Emmy nominations were announced Wednesday.
HBO Max’s emergency room series “The Pitt” 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’s acting categories. Wyle was nominated again, as was LaNasa. Taylor Dearden, Fiona Dourif and Sepideh Moafi also got nominations, with “The Pitt” taking four of the seven supporting actress spots.
Three of their castmates were nominated for best supporting actor: Patrick Ball, Shawn Hatosy and Gerran Howell.
Emmy voters love a departing show, and have loved “Hacks” since its first season. Those two colliding phenomena let it rake in nominations for its fifth and final season.
“Hacks” star Jean Smart has won best actress in a comedy for all four previous seasons. It would be stunning if she didn’t claim a fifth in September.
Her sidekick throughout the series Hannah Einbinder, who last year broke through and won supporting actress in a comedy in her fourth nomination, got a fifth nomination Wednesday, as did her castmate, the show’s co-creator Paul W. Downs.
Recent winners Liza Colón-Zayas and Jeff Hiller announced the nominees at the Television Academy in Los Angeles. The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, airing on NBC, will be held Sept. 14 at the Peacock Theater, the longtime Emmys home that will soon also be home to the Oscars. Mariska Hargitay, who for decades has been one of NBC’s standard-bearers as the star of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” will host.
Two new shows from AppleTV+, the one-woman-against-the-hivemind drama “Pluribus” and the horror comedy “Widow’s Bay,” both scored big in their first seasons.
“Pluribus,” from “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” creator Vince Gilligan, got 18 nods. They included best actress in a drama for its only lead cast member Rhee Seahorn, who is considered the favorite to win the category.
“Widow’s Bay” got 19, second only to “Hacks” among comedies, including a best actor nod for star Matthew Rhys. Two other Apple shows got best comedy nods, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” whose stars Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer also got acting nominations, and “Shrinking.”
The nominations for “Shrinking” included a best supporting actor in a comedy nod for Harrison Ford. The buzz is strong for Ford, with prognosticators picking him to finally win an EGOT-tier award after a storied career. His castmate Jason Segel got a lead actor nomination for the show about therapists crossing boundaries.
Netflix’s “Beef” was tops in the limited or anthology series categories with 16 nominations. “Beef” had a dominant first season in 2023, and the anthology’s all-new grudge holders, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac and Charles Melton, all got nominations.
Here’s the list of nominees:
Drama series
“The Diplomat”; “The Gilded Age”; “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”; “Paradise”; “The Pitt”; “Pluribus”; “Slow Horses”; “Your Friends & Neighbors”
“We’re blown away. We have an incredible company of people making this show and we’re so proud their work’s been recognized. And what a thrill to see this epic foursome – Keri, Rufus, Allison, and Brad – all nominated for their crackling work,” said Debora Cahn, “The Diplomat” executive producer and writer, in a statement to Spectrum News.
Comedy series
“Abbott Elementary”; “The Bear”; “Hacks”; “Margo’s Got Money Troubles”; “Nobody Wants This”; “Only Murders in the Building”; “Shrinking”; “Widow’s Bay”
Limited series, anthology series or movie
“All Her Fault”; “The Beast in Me”; “Beef”; “DTF St. Louis”; “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette”
“Thank you so much to the Television Academy for recognizing the show. These nominations are the results of so many names not seen on the ballots — assistants, caterers, day players, and so many more,” said Lee Sung Jin, “Beef” creator, writer and director, in a statement to Spectrum News. “I am immensely proud of the work and vulnerability this cast and crew poured into the show, and it means the world to have it resonate with so many peers whose work I respect so much.”
Drama actor
Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”; Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”; Mark Ruffalo, “Task”; Rufus Sewell, “The Diplomat”; Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”
“What a lovely and unexpected honour. I’m very grateful to the Television Academy, and genuinely delighted to be included in this list of incredible actors. Working on ‘The Diplomat’ has been one of the great pleasures of my career, and I’m well aware of how lucky I am to get the chance at this stage to do stuff like this and even get paid for it,” Sewell said in a statement.
Drama actress
Carrie Coon, “The Gilded Age”; Chase Infiniti, “The Testaments”; Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”; Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus”; Zendaya, “Euphoria”
Supporting actor drama series
Patrick Ball, “The Pitt”; Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”; Shawn Hatosy, “The Pitt”; Gerran Howell, “The Pitt”; Jack Lowden, “Slow Horses”; Tom Pelphrey, “Task”; Carlos-Manuel Vesga, “Pluribus”
Supporting actress drama series
Taylor Dearden, “The Pitt”; Fiona Dourif, “The Pitt”; Allison Janney, “The Diplomat”; Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt”; Sepideh Moafi, “The Pitt”; Julianne Nicholson, “Paradise”; Karolina Wydra, “Pluribus”
“I’m absolutely delighted and grateful to the Television Academy. Playing Grace Penn continues to be one of the great privileges of my career,” said Janney in a statement.
Comedy actor
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Wonder Man”; Steve Carell, “Rooster”; Matthew Rhys, “Widow’s Bay”; Jason Segel, “Shrinking”; Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Comedy actress
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”; Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”; Elle Fanning, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles”; Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback”; Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Supporting actor comedy series
Colman Domingo, “The Four Seasons”; Paul W. Downs, “Hacks”; Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”; Nick Offerman, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles”; Stephen Root, “Widow’s Bay”; Michael Urie, “Shrinking”; Tyler James Williams, “Abbott Elementary”
Supporting actress comedy series
Dale Dickey, “Widow’s Bay”; Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”; Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary”; Kate O’Flynn, “Widow’s Bay”; Michelle Pfeiffer, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles”; Megan Stalter, “Hacks”; Jessica Williams, “Shrinking”
Lead actor limited series, anthology series or movie
Riz Ahmed, “Bait”; Jason Bateman, “Black Rabbit”; Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”; Oscar Isaac, “Beef”; Matthew Rhys, “The Beast in Me”
Lead actress limited, anthology series or movie
Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me”; Sally Field, “Remarkably Bright Creatures”; Carey Mulligan, “Beef”; Sarah Pidgeon, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette”; Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault”
“I have loved this project from page one and every day of filming after. I’m proud and honored that ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ has been nominated for 3 Emmys! Thank you to Netflix for their unwavering support and to the Academy for this recognition,” said Field in a statement to Spectrum News.
Supporting actor limited, anthology series or movie
Jason Bateman, “DTF St. Louis”; Richard Gadd, “Half Man”; David Harbour, “DTF St. Louis”; Richard Jenkins, “DTF St. Louis”; Charles Melton, “Beef”; Nick Offerman, “Death by Lightning”
“I am so powerfully grateful for these two pats on the back, for the many-splendored ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles,’ thanks to the writing prowess of David Kelley, Eva Anderson and their team, but especially to shine some light on ‘Death By Lightning,’ a resplendent production all sprung from the pen of Mike Makowsky. It’s the writing first,” Nick Offerman said in a statement to Spectrum News.
“Wow. In shock. I feel so deeply grateful to the Television Academy for this nomination, as well as their recognition of so many in our ‘Beef’ family,” said Melton in a statement. “Lee Sung Jin created a space in ‘Beef’ for me as an actor to explore identity, ambition, and belonging. I owe him an enormous debt of gratitude and share this nomination with him, our brilliant writers, directors, cast, and crew, and our partners at A24 and Netflix.”
Supporting actress limited, anthology series or movie
Linda Cardellini, “DTF St. Louis”; Dakota Fanning, “All Her Fault”; Laurie Metcalf, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”; Joy Sunday, “DTF St. Louis”; Youn Yuh-jung, “Beef”; Constance Zimmer, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette”
Music Supervision
“The Boys,” “Hacks,” “Nobody Wants This,” “Pluribus,” “Stranger Things,” “Widow’s Bay”
“‘Stranger Things’ is proof that music can save us in our darkest moments. I’m deeply honored that the Duffer Brothers entrusted me to help bring their incredible story to life through music, and truly grateful for this nomination,” said Nora Felder, music supervisor, in a statement.
Documentary or Nonfiction Special
“John Candy: I Like Me” (Amazon Prime Video), “Marty, Life Is Short” (Netflix), “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” (HBO Max), “My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay” (HBO Max), “Ocean With David Attenborough” (National Geographic)
“‘Martin Short’ is a generational talent that has been an unrelenting source of joy and laughter for audiences around the globe. We are so excited to help celebrate his remarkable and undeniable legacy,” said Imagine Documentaries through a statement. “We’re especially thrilled to see his dear friend Lawrence Kasdan recognized for his direction, bringing Martin’s story to the screen with such warmth, heart, and admiration as well Sierra Neal and Bennett Piscitelli recognition for weaving together his story with their editing.”
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