The nominations for the Television Academy’s hotly anticipated Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday, with FX Productions’ historical drama series “Shōgun” taking the lead with 25 nods. Shōgun, which tells the tale of a power struggle in feudal Japan, marks the second-ever non-English language series to be nominated for an Outstanding Drama Series award, only after Squid Games in 2022. Other nominations included Anna Sawai for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, as well as Hiroyuki Sanada for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
On its heels was “The Bear”, another production by FX, this time a comedy. The Bear is about a young chef in Chicago who takes over running his family sandwich shop after his brother died. The series has broken the record for the highest number of nominations received in a year for a comedy. Last year, the first series of the show had already performed well with 13 nominations.
Other high performing TV shows included the mystery comedy-drama “Only Murders In The Building” by Hulu (21) and the fourth season of “True Detective: Night Country” by HBO (19). NBC’s broadcast “Saturday Night Live” nearly doubled its nominations since last year at 17, up from 9.
With competition fierce among the streaming industry’s major players, Netflix dominated the lineup this year, securing 107 nominations in total. Alongside “The Crown” (18), the network also received nominations for “Ripley” (13) and “Baby Reindeer” (11). Meanwhile, FX received 93 nominations and HBO/Max was given 91.
