Overview

• Andor Season 2 garnered 14 nominations at the 77th Emmy Awards, topping its first season’s eight nods and earning a slot in Outstanding Drama Series.
• The only acting nods went to Forest Whitaker for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series and Alan Tudyk for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.
• Diego Luna, Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgård and other core cast members were shut out of all major acting categories.
• Commentators in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Den of Geek and Gizmodo pointed to the snubs as signs of an ongoing bias against sci-fi and franchise performances.
• Showrunner Tony Gilroy acknowledged disappointment over missing lead recognitions even as he celebrated broadened nominations for writing, directing and technical crafts.