'The Bear' and 'Shogun' Dominate the Emmy Nominations
by EG
Over the past year, the FX cable channel has aired some of the most talked-about series on TV, and now that's paying off. At this week's Emmy nominations, the channel collected nearly 100 nominations and set some records in the process. Read on for details.
Via Variety.
Emmy voters are paying attention. The Television Academy announced nominations for the 76th Emmys on Wednesday morning, and the announcement was filled with historic-making choices and several critically acclaimed names and titles that had been overdue for recognition.
Leading the charge was FX’s “Shogun,” which scored a stunning 25 nominations (including limited series) and scored first-time acting nominations for stars Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai. It was an amazing morning for FX, which landed 93 noms all together — helped also by the record-breaking 23 nominations (the most in Emmy history) for its comedy series “The Bear.”
“The Bear” was already an Emmy superstar, having landed 10 wins in 2023 — making it the most Emmys won by a series in its first season. This time, “The Bear” stars Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lionel Boyce and Liza Colón-Zayas all received acting nods.
FX’s surge made it the second-most nominated network this year, behind only Netflix (107). And that put it above HBO and Max (91), which wasn’t one of the top two networks for the first time in multiple decades. (This is a bit of a “bye” year for HBO, as a number of its top contenders either ended their runs or didn’t air last season due to production delays.)
“This one really caught us by surprise and in the best possible way.,” said FX chief John Landgraf. “You just feel this overwhelming sense of pride for the artists for the nominees.”
Besides “Shogun” and “The Bear,” FX pulled off a comedy series nomination for “Reservation Dogs,” something that fans and TV critics had been pushing for years. But “Rez Dogs” wasn’t the only previous snub finally rectified: In its third season, “Only Murders in the Building” finally landed an acting nomination for star Selena Gomez.
Get the rest of the story at Variety.