Canadian Seth Rogen's The Studio leads comedy noms for Primetime Emmys. Here's who's vying for TV's top prize
No love for last seasons of The Handmaid's Tale, Squid Game — and all the others who didn't make the cut
Canadian Seth Rogen nabbed three major nominations as the 77th Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Rogen created the Apple TV+ comedy The Studio, which was among the nominees for outstanding comedy series along with Abbott Elementary (ABC), The Bear (FX/Hulu), Hacks (HBO/HBO Max), Nobody Wants This (Netflix), Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), Shrinking (Apple TV+) and What We Do In the Shadows (FX/Hulu).
Rogen was personally nominated for outstanding performance in a comedy series. His fellow nominees include Canadian Martin Short for Only Murders in the Building, Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This, Jason Segel in Shrinking and Jeremy Allen White in The Bear.
He is also nominated in the directing and writing for a comedy series categories.
The Studio centres on the story of a newly appointed head of a movie studio, played by Rogen, who is desperate for the approval of Hollywood celebrities.
It led the comedy categories with 23 nominations in total, besting the record for a new comedy series set by another Apple TV+ show: Ted Lasso, with 20 nominations in its first season in 2021.
Rogen's co-stars Kathryn Hahn and Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara were nominated in the supporting actress in a comedy series category, while Ike Barinholtz was nominated in the supporting actor category. The Studio also claimed nominations for several guest performances — including the first acting nomination for film director Martin Scorsese, playing himself.
The outstanding lead actress in a comedy series nominations included Uzo Aduba for the recently cancelled Netflix series The Residence, first-time nominee Kristen Bell in Nobody Wants This, previous winner Quinta Brunson in Abbott Elementary, Ayo Edebiri in The Bear and last year's winner Jean Smart for Hacks.
Severance leads all nominees
Apple TV+ also led the way in the drama categories with the series Severance collecting 27 nominations, including outstanding drama series and for lead actor and actress Adam Scott and Britt Lower, respectively.
Severance will face off in the outstanding drama series category against Andor (Disney+), The Diplomat (Netflix), The Last of Us (HBO/HBO Max), Paradise (Hulu), The Pitt (HBO Max), Slow Horses (Apple TV+) and The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max).
Scott is up against Sterling K. Brown for Paradise, Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, Pedro Pascal in The Last of Us and The Pitt's Noah Wyle.
Lower is nominated alongside Sharon Horgan for Bad Sisters, Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us, The Diplomat's Kerri Russell and Matlock star Kathy Bates — now the oldest-ever nominee in the lead actress in a drama category at the age of 77.
Among Severance's many nominations are two for Quebec's Jessica Lee Gagné, one for cinematography on the episode titled Hello, Ms. Cobel and the other for her directorial debut on the episode Chikhai Bardo.
The White Lotus earned 23 nominations across various categories for its third season, seven of which were in the supporting actress and actor in a drama series categories.
Stars Carrie Coon, Natasha Rothwell, Aimee Lou Wood and Parker Posey — a fan favourite for her portrayal of lorazepam-loving mom Victoria Ratliff, with some of the most meme-able lines of the show — will compete against each other, as well as Patricia Arquette in Severance, Katherine LaNasa in The Pitt and Julianne Nicholson in Paradise.
Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs and Sam Rockwell are nominated for their performances in The White Lotus. They are nominated alongside James Marsden for Paradise and Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman and John Turturro, all for Severance.
The Penguin scores big but faces tough competition
HBO's The Penguin garnered 24 nominations overall, but faces tough competition in the limited or anthology series category from the highly popular Adolescence — one of Netflix's most popular shows ever — and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, also on Netflix.
Colin Farrell is nominated in two categories for The Penguin, one for producing and another for best lead actor for his portrayal as the titular character in the Batman spin-off series.
Farrell is up against Adolescence's Stephen Graham, both as a producer and as a lead actor for his heartbreaking performance as the father of a teenager — played by supporting actor nominee Owen Cooper — who is accused of murdering one of his classmates.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, an account of the high-profile 1990s murder cases involving two brothers convicted of killing their wealthy parents, racked up nods for three of its four principal actors.
Star Cooper Koch, who played Erik Menendez, is up for best actor while Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny are nominated in their respective supporting actor categories for their performances as José and Kitty Menendez. Nicholas Alexander Chavez was not nominated for his role as Lyle Menendez.
Handmaid's Tale, Four Seasons, Squid Game lead snubs
There was no love this year for past outstanding drama series winner The Handmaid's Tale and past nominee Squid Game, both of which ended their runs this year, or newcomer Four Seasons and its stars Tina Fey and Steve Carell.
The latter, released on Netflix this spring, did net a single nod for Coleman Domingo in the supporting actor in a comedy category.
The Handmaid's Tale also collected a single acting nomination, Cherry Jones for best guest actress, although lead actress and previous best leading actress winner Elisabeth Moss was snubbed.
Squid Game, which collected six Emmys in 2022, got no nominations this year.
Only Murders in the Building got eight nominations overall, including best comedy series and best actor in a comedy for Martin Short, but co-stars Steve Martin and Selena Gomez were shut out after being nominated last year.
Other series that cleaned up with nominations previously saw notable snubs.
White Lotus's Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola and Patrick Schwarzenegger, whom many critics thought might make the cut, didn't survive in a field crowded with their costars.
It was a similar situation for many of the supporting players in the medical drama The Pitt.
Yellowjackets and Agatha All Along, both popular shows with strong casts, were also jilted by Emmy voters.
Early nominations for talk, reality shows
The nominees for outstanding talk series are The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
The Amazing Race, RuPaul's Drag Race, Survivor, Top Chef and The Traitors are nominated for outstanding reality/competition series.
Both of those categories were announced earlier in the day on CBS Mornings.
CBS will air the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 14, with comedian Nate Bargatze slated to host.
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With files from The Associated Press