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 HBO and its new HBO Max
streaming platform led all networks with 130
nominations, followed by Netflix Inc with 129.
The Apple TV+ streaming service scored 35 nods -
its best-ever showing - mostly for the
heartwarming comedy "Ted Lasso."
Best drama series contenders include Netflix's
British royal series "The Crown" for a season
that focused on the early years of the
disastrous marriage of Prince Charles and
Princess Diana.
"The Crown" nabbed a leading 24 nods, including
nine for actors such as Josh O'Connor and
newcomer Emma Corrin as the royal newlyweds and
Olivia Colman as a middle-aged Queen Elizabeth.
"We are all pinching ourselves that after four
series, 'The Crown' is still being embraced and
enjoyed in this way," creator Peter Morgan said
in a statement.
The Emmy Awards will be handed out at a ceremony
in Los Angeles on Sept. 19, hosted by actor
Cedric the Entertainer. While they are awarded
by the Los Angeles-based Television Academy, the
Emmys are considered the highest TV honors
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in the world.
"Star Wars" spinoff drama "The Mandalorian," a
Disney+ series that features the beloved Baby
Yoda character, tied "The Crown" with 24
nominations, including best drama series and
others for writing and special effects.
"Bridgerton," Netflix's modern twist on
19th-century British romance, won a best drama
series nod, as well as an acting nomination for
breakout Black British star Regé-Jean Page.
"Bridgerton" creator Chris Van Dusen said the
show offered a respite during the grim days of
COVID-19 lockdowns and sickness.
"At the end of the day, ‘Bridgerton’ is a
beautiful, escapist world that you get to enter
in. It’s a show about romance and love and joy,"
Van Dusen said in an interview.
NEW SHOWS ON NEW PLATFORMS
TV viewing exploded during the pandemic, sending
viewers to the vast libraries of programming on
streaming platforms. The health crisis also
disrupted production, leaving previous winners
like "Succession" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
out of the Emmy running this year.
"It's incredible how much content there is,"
Variety editor Marc Malkin said in an interview.
"All these shows that are coming through
streamers are shaking up the Emmys race like
never before."
In the comedy field, 75% of the nominees were
new to the field, led by "Ted Lasso," about an
underdog English soccer team coached by an
American, which scored 20 nods, including for
its star and co-writer Jason Sudeikis, and six
other actors.
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 Hannah Waddingham, nominated
for playing a cynical soccer team owner, said
the acclaim for "Ted Lasso" was surreal.
"I'm a south London girl who's just fallen into
a role that fits in a show that's just been
written by absolute ninjas. And that alchemy of
all of us together has created something that
seems to have moved people," she said in an
interview.
Its biggest competitors for best comedy series include
the HBO Max streaming shows "The Flight
Attendant," with Kaley Cuoco, and "Hacks," about
a veteran female comic played by Jean Smart.
Other notable nods went to a documentary about
Britney Spears and to Oprah Winfrey's explosive
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in March with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan
about why they quit the royal family in early
2020. Tuesday's nominees
reflected the trend to greater diversity in
television.
"Pose" star Mj Rodriguez became the first
transgender performer to pick up a lead Emmy
acting nomination, for her role in the LGBTQ
drama series. In 2014, Laverne Cox was the first
transgender actress to be nominated for an
acting Emmy for her guest role in "Orange Is the
New Black."
Rosie Perez ("The Flight Attendant,") Sterling
K. Brown ("This is Us",) Billy Porter ("Pose"),
Uzo Aduba ("In Treatment") and Anthony Ramos
("Hamilton") were among a strong showing for
actors of color. Crime story
"Mare of Easttown," starring Kate Winslet, and
British rape drama "I May Destroy You," starring
and created by Michaela Coel, will face off for
best limited series against chess drama "The
Queen's Gambit" and harrowing slavery tale "The
Underground Railroad."
Walt Disney Co led all media companies with 146
nominations combined across all of its
platforms, including the Disney+ and Hulu
streaming services and traditional networks
including ABC. Marvel's
innovative superhero dramedy "WandaVision,"
which streamed on Disney+, scored 23
nominations, including for stars Paul Bettany
and Elizabeth Olsen.
Creator Jac Schaeffer called the show a love
letter to television that explores a woman's
grief.
“I think people had spent the previous year
retreating into their content because we were
all trapped at home and we were all afraid and
angry and grieving, and the sort of balm to
those wounds was oftentimes TV,” she said.
(Additional reporting by Rollo Ross; editing by
Jonathan Oatis and Marguerita Choy)
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