Overview
- Severance led all drama contenders with 27 nominations, the highest total for any series this year.
- The Studio tied the comedy record with 23 nods while HBO’s The Penguin secured 24 nominations in limited series and Netflix’s Adolescence earned 13.
- Kathy Bates, at 77, became the oldest nominee for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama and 15-year-old Owen Cooper the youngest supporting actor nominee in a limited series.
- Netflix’s Squid Game season 2 was shut out and The Handmaid’s Tale received only one nomination despite past Emmy success.
- The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live on CBS from Los Angeles’s Peacock Theater on September 14, with Nate Bargatze set to host.