Succession, Ted Lasso and Squid Game lead the list of diverse Emmy nominations

People-fun and recognized Abbott Elementary School made a splashy debut in its first year, earning seven nominations, including a best comedy nomination and a major acting bid for its creator, Quinta Brunson. Recognition for the ABC show is a rare bright spot for the broadcast network, which is otherwise closed off from a race of comedy and drama series.

Another nomination for best comedy series is barry, Limit Your Enthusiasm, hacking, Wonderful Mrs Maisel, Only Murder in Buildings, Ted Lasso and What We Do in the Shadows.

Best drama series nominations include Better Call Saul, Euphoria, Termination, Stranger Things and yellow jacket.

Modern vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows and yellow jacket, a mix of thriller and adult story that creates a huge buzz, showing that Emmy voters have a sense of humor and adventure. The controversy seems to have left them unaffected: Dave Chappelle: Getting Closerwhich has drawn criticism for its transgender ridicule, has picked up a pre-recorded variety-specific nomination.

Only Murder in the Building, A cheerful criminal romp led by the charming trio of Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short, has secured the best comedy actor bid for veteran star but left Gomez off the acting roster.

When Squid Games have followed in the footsteps of dear Oscar 2020 Parasitealso made in South Korea, Pachinko, a sweeping and widely acclaimed South Korean family drama, failed to earn an Emmy nod.

South Korean drama Squid Game has been nominated for best drama series, a first for a non-English show.Credit:Netflix

Emmy rules allow non-English shows with US production partners to compete, but it will take a resurgence of streaming services to make that happen. The Emmys were once dominated by broadcast and later cable shows made primarily for North America, but streamers targeted that market and most others — and found that shows made in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere could be carried around the world.

The longstanding lack of shows with any dialogue other than English was demonstrated by the 1980 NBC miniseries Shogun, based on James Clavell’s novel about early 17th century Japan. A bilingual production by a US studio was groundbreaking but not a trendsetter when it came to winning a best limited series Emmy and nodding acting.

Squid Games boosted the rare Asian representation with her five acting nominations, including a lead actor offer for Lee Jung-jae and a supporting actress for Jung Ho-yeon. The show has proven to be a breakthrough at this year’s Screen Actors Guild, where Lee and Jung received the guild’s first acting trophy for a non-English show.

The series is “a phenomenon that would be very strange if not done well” with Emmy voters, said Eric Deggans, television critic for National Public Radio. The impressive number of acting nods he’s received shows that the academy “appreciates the performance they put in as well as the impact on the whole show”.

Brian Tyree Henry as Alfred Miles, LaKeith Standfield as Darius and Donald Glover as Earnest Marks in Atlanta.Credit:Matthias Clamer/FX

Other performers of Asian descent received nominations, including Sandra Oh for Killing Eve and Bowen Yang for Live Saturday Night. But there are missed opportunities for black actors, including the stars black-ishand for the introduction of a black-led series of events Atlanta and Feeling insecuresaid Deggan.

Voters also missed the opportunity to pay homage to the well-reviewed Native American comedy Reservation Dog and other series with original characters and culture, Rutherford Fallsand there is little Latino representation in the nominations.

Another nominee for best comedy series actress besides Brunson and Rae is Rachel Brosnahan, The wonderful Mrs Maisel, Kaley Cuoco, Air hostessElle Fanning, Bigand last year’s winner, Jean Smart for Hacking.

Other nominations for actor in a comedy series include Bill Hader, barry; Nicholas Hoult, BigJason Sudeikis, Ted Lassoand Martin Short and Steve Martin, Only Murder in Buildings.

For drama series actors, the field also includes Jason Bateman, OzarksBrian Cox, successBob Odenkirk, Better Call SaulAdam Scott, Terminationand Jeremy Strong, success.

Another nominee for best drama series actress is Jodie Comer, Killing EveLaura Linney, OzarksMelanie Lynskey, yellow jacketand Reese Witherspoon, Morning Show.

The limited series nominations are drunk, who dropped out of school, Find Anna, White Lotus, Pam & Tommy.

The nominees for the variety talk series are Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Sunday Tonight with John Oliver, Late Night with Seth Meyers and Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The Emmys ceremony is set for September 12 with a host yet to be announced.

AP.

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