Another year, another round of outrage over supposed 'snubs' at an awards show.
The 2024 Emmy nominations are here and two of Hollywood's biggest actresses did not make the cut. Cue countless think pieces. Firstly, there was Emma Stone, whose mind-bending turn in The Curse received universal praise.
However, Stone and the Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie series didn't get any noms.
Then there's Nicole Kidman's Expats, with both the actress and the Prime Video series left out of this year’s nominations.
Along with these two snubs that everyone's talking about, Kate Winslet was also expected to get a nomination for her performance in The Regime. The political satire failed to receive a single nomination.
TV criticism is a subjective art and people are within their rights to feel slighted by these women missing out on nominations, despite the fact that Kidman and Winslet already have four Emmys between them. But it's worth noting how outrage over these snubs is overshadowing what we should be celebrating: it's actually been a phenomenal year of television and so many deserving people have been honoured — especially women from minority groups
Starting with Lily Gladstone, a Native American actress who controversially lost out to Stone at the Academy Awards. She was nominated in the supporting actress category for a limited series for Under The Bridge, alongside another Afro-Indigenous star, Kali Reis from True Detective: Night Country, which is the first time any Indigenous woman was nominated for an acting category at the Emmys.
The final season of Reservation Dogs finally scored nomination for outstanding comedy series, and its star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai was nominated for lead actor, a first for any Indigenous actor in the award's history.
I mean, it's embarrassing it's taken this long but this is the progress we should be talking about.
Latino talent scored the acknowledgment they deserve with the likes of Only Murders in the Building's Selena Gomez, Griselda's Sofia Vergara, The Bear's Liza Colón-Zayas, Shōgun's Néstor Carbonell and Baby Reindeer's Nava Mau getting nominations.
Mau is also the second transgender actress recognised in the main acting categories.
True Detective: Night Country showrunner Issa López nabbed a triple nomination for directing, writing and producing the fourth season of the anthology series, becoming the first Latino to be nominated in the directing category.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith star Maya Erskine and Anna Sawai actress in Shōgun both became only the second and third Asian women nominated in the lead actress category in a drama series.
For the lead actress in a comedy category, this year will mark the first time women of colour have made up the majority of the category with Gomez, Abbott Elementary's Quinta Brunson, Loot's Maya Rudolph and The Bear's breakout star Ayo Edebiri all nominated, with Edebiri becoming the youngest Black woman nominated for lead comedy actress. She was previously nominated and won the award for best supporting actress.
And finally, at the age of 91, Carol Burnett is the oldest female to nab a comedy acting Emmy nominee for her performance in Apple TV+’s Palm Royale. What a woman!
So yep, there's so much to celebrate in the weeks leading up to the big night, which will be held on Monday September 16, 2024, so mark your calendars!
Read the full list of Emmys 2024 nominations:
Best drama series
The Crown
Fallout
The Gilded Age
The Morning Show
Mr & Mrs Smith
Shōgun
Slow Horses
3 Body Problem
Best comedy series
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Palm Royale
Reservation Dogs
What We Do in the Shadows
Best limited or anthology series
Baby Reindeer
Fargo
Lessons in Chemistry
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country
Lead actor in a drama series
Idris Elba – Hijack
Donald Glover – Mr & Mrs Smith
Walton Goggins – Fallout
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun
Dominic West – The Crown
Lead actress in a drama series
Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show
Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age
Maya Erskine – Mr & Mrs Smith
Anna Sawai – Shōgun
Imelda Staunton – The Crown
Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show
Lead actor in a comedy series
Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows
Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs
Lead actress in a comedy series
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building
Maya Rudolph – Loot
Jean Smart – Hacks
Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale
Lead actor in a limited or anthology series
Matt Bomer – Fellow Travelers
Jon Hamm – Fargo
Tom Hollander – Feud: Capote vs The Swans
Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer
Andrew Scott – Ripley
Lead actress in a limited or anthology series
Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country
Brie Larson – Lessons in Chemistry
Juno Temple – Fargo
Sophia Vergara – Griselda
Naomi Watts – Feud: Capote vs The Swans
Supporting actor in a drama series
Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun
Jon Hamm – The Morning Show
Mark Duplass – The Morning Show
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
Takehiro Hira – Shōgun
Jack Lowden – Slow Horses
Jonathan Pryce – The Crown
Supporting actress in a drama series
Christine Baranski – The Gilded Age
Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show
Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown
Greta Lee – The Morning Show
Lesley Manville – The Crown
Karen Pittman – The Morning Show
Holland Taylor – The Morning Show
Supporting actor in a comedy series
Lionel Boyce – The Bear
Paul W Downs – Hacks
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear
Paul Rudd – Only Murders in the Building
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live
Supporting actress in a comedy series
Carol Burnett – Palm Royale
Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
Meryl Streep – Only Murders in the Building
Supporting actor in a limited or anthology series
Jonathan Bailey – Fellow Travelers
Robert Downey Jr – The Sympathizer
Tom Goodman-Hill – Baby Reindeer
John Hawkes – True Detective: Night Country
Lamorne Morris – Fargo
Lewis Pullman – Lessons In Chemistry
Treat Williams – Feud: Capote vs The Swans
Supporting actress in a limited or anthology series
Dakota Fanning – Ripley
Lily Gladstone – Under The Bridge
Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer
Aja Naomi King – Lessons In Chemistry
Diane Lane – Feud: Capote vs The Swans
Nava Mau – Baby Reindeer
Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country
Television Movie
Mr Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie
Quiz Lady
Red, White & Royal Blue
Scoop
Unfrosted
Scripted variety series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
Talk series
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Variety special (live)
The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show Starring Usher
66th Grammy Awards
The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady
The Oscars
The 76th Annual Tony Awards
Variety Special (pre-recorded)
Billy Joel: The 100th Live at Madison Square Garden
Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer
Dick Van Dyke 98 Years Of Magic
Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die
Trevor Noah: Where Was I
Directing for a drama series
Stephen Daldry – The Crown
Mimi Leder – The Morning Show
Hiro Murai – Mr & Mrs Smith
Frederick EO Toye – Shōgun
Saul Metzstein – Slow Horses
Salli Richardson-Whitfield – Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Directing for a comedy series
Randall Einhorn – Abbott Elementary
Christopher Storer – The Bear
Ramy Youssef – The Bear
Guy Ritchie – The Gentlemen
Lucia Aniello – Hacks
Mary Lou Belli – The Ms Pat Show
Directing for a limited or anthology series
Weronika Tofilska – Baby Reindeer
Noah Hawley – Fargo
Gus Van Sant – Feud: Capote vs The Swans
Millicent Shelton: Lessons in Chemistry
Steven Zaillian – Ripley
Issa López – True Detective: Night Country
Writing for a drama series
Peter Morgan and Meriel Sheibani-Clare – The Crown
Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner – Fallout
Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover – Mr & Mrs Smith
Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks – Shōgun
Rachel Kondo and Caillin Puente – Shōgun
Will Smith – Slow Horses
Writing for a comedy series
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Christopher Storer – The Bear
Meredith Scardino and Sam Means – Girls5eva
Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs and Jen Statsky – Hacks
Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider – The Other Two
Jake Bender and Zach Dunn – What We Do in the Shadows
Writing for a limited or anthology series
Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer
Charlie Brooker – Black Mirror
Noah Hawley – Fargo
Ron Nyswaner – Fellow Travelers
Steven Zaillian – Ripley
Issa López – True Detective: Night Country
Writing for a variety series
The Daily Show
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding reality competition program
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Traitors
The Voice
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