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The Soft Devastation of Netflix’s Emmy Morning
107 nominations look incredible … until you see what they’re actually for.
Counting only the Best Series, Acting, Writing, and Directing categories — which is to say, the ones that will be presented on the Primetime Emmys telecast in September — FX emerges with a commanding lead of 39 nominations, with Netflix tied with Apple TV+ in a distant second with 28 nods apiece. It turns out I undersold: TMS scored TEN acting nominations for (deep breath) Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Jon Hamm, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Greta Lee, Nicole Beharie, Karen Pittman, Holland Taylor, and Marcia Gay Harden. It’s a far cry from last year, when HBO boasted four Outstanding Drama Series nominees (including The White Lotus, The Last of Us, and House of the Dragon) and ran roughshod over the Emmy ceremony with Succession ’s final-season sweep.
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