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18-07-2025
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Emmy Noms Analysis: Reading Between the Lines of Tuesday's Announcement
On one level, the biggest surprise about Tuesday morning's Emmy nominations was how unsurprising they were — indeed, my final pre-noms forecast correctly projected, of the eventual nominees for best series, seven of eight dramas, eight of eight comedies and five of five limited/anthology series. But when you put them under a microscope, I think they tell an interesting story about today's TV landscape. HBO/HBO Max collected a platforms-leading and company-best 142 noms. Meanwhile, the biggest hauls for individual shows all traced back to Apple TV+ (which had its best year yet with 81 overall noms) and HBO/HBO Max, with the leaderboard topped by Apple's sophomore drama Severance (27, up from 14 for its prior season), HBO's limited series The Penguin (24), Apple's rookie comedy The Studio (23, matching the comedy series record set last year by FX's The Bear), the third installment of HBO's drama franchise The White Lotus (23, up from 20 for season one and matching the figure for season two) and the second season of HBO's drama The Last of Us (16, down from 24 for season one). Not far behind were Max's returning comedy Hacks (14) and rookie drama The Pitt (13). More from The Hollywood Reporter Emmy Awards: Nominations List (Updating Live) 2025 Emmy Nominations: Watch the Livestream Nominees in Two Emmys Categories Will Be Announced Ahead of Official TV Academy Livestream And yet, in a sense, Netflix — which finished in second-place with 121 noms, led by Adolescence (13) and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (11) — had as impressive a morning as anyone, landing at least one nom for 44 programs (next-best was HBO/HBO Max with 23 nominated programs) across 69 categories (bested only by HBO/HBO Max's 73). What does that tell us? Like everyone else, the roughly 24,000 TV Academy members have limited bandwidth. They check out the buzzy shows that everyone is talking about (with the exception of Taylor Sheridan's, which were yet again totally ignored), wherever they may be. But, beyond that, it seems that their reflexive move is to check out what's on Netflix. It's not that Netflix's shows are consistently stronger than other platforms' shows — they aren't. And Netflix didn't get noms for every show that it was pushing — see the underperformance of Squid Game and Everybody's Live With John Mulaney. But Netflix simply has more — and a wider variety of — offerings than anyone else. And yes, also devotes more personnel and resources to campaigning than anyone else. As a result, it seems to me, wherever a category's presumptive final slot was up for grabs, it broke for Netflix — see: acting noms for The Residence (Uzo Aduba), which has already been canceled; Sirens (Meghann Fahy), which is pure popcorn; anthology series Black Mirror (Rashida Jones); and the critically polarizing The Four Seasons (Colman Domingo). These ran up the streamers' numbers, as did strong showings in variety (Beyoncé Bowl, Conan O'Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and stand-up specials from Ali Wong, Sarah Silverman and Adam Sandler), nonfiction (Will & Harper, Martha, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, Our Oceans, Chef's Table and Simone Biles Rising) and below-the-line categories (Bridgerton, Cobra Kai and Emily in Paris). One platform that punched above its weight was Hulu/FX on Hulu, which certainly didn't have as great a morning as it had a year ago, but still landed at least one nominee in each of the top three program categories: best drama (Paradise, for which Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden and Julianne Nicholson also landed far-from-assured noms), best comedy (The Bear and What We Do in the Shadows) and best limited/anthology (Dying for Sex). The only other platforms that can say the same: HBO/HBO Max (The Last of Us, The Pitt and The White Lotus for drama, Hacks for comedy and The Penguin for limited/anthology) and Netflix (The Diplomat for drama, Nobody Wants This for comedy and Adolescence, Black Mirror and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story for limited/anthology). The broadcast networks — CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and PBS — had far less cause for celebration, given that they landed only one series nom (ABC's Abbott Elementary for best comedy) and only five acting noms (Kathy Bates for CBS' Matlock; Bowen Yang for NBC's Saturday Night Live; and Quinta Brunson, Janelle James and Sheryl Lee Ralph for Abbott Elementary). And for the first time in recent memory, not a single host of SNL was nominated in the comedy guest acting categories. However, a so-so haul for SNL's 50th season — seven noms — was boosted to an SNL season-record 31 if one also counts its noms for SNL50: The Anniversary Special (12), SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (six), SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night Live (three), Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music (two) and SNL 50th The Anniversary Special: Immersive Experience (one). And the networks did claim two of the three talk series slots, for ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! and CBS' The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (which are both underdogs to the defending champion, Comedy Central's The Daily Show). But if they are going to continue to take turns broadcasting the Emmys, then, as I have been saying for years, they really ought to insist of having separate categories for their programming, or else all they are doing is promoting their edgier competition and putting themselves out of business. In any event, I suppose I was most surprised by the underperformance of Apple's rookie drama Your Friends & Neighbors (not even a mention for TV Academy favorite Jon Hamm, and just a single nom, for its title theme music?); the overperformance of Apple's limited/anthology Presumed Innocent (which rolled out a full year ago, but still scored noms for not just Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, as I expected, but also Bill Camp and Ruth Negga); the fact that Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, which won best drama for its first season, ended its run with just one nom, for guest acting; and the out-of-nowhere best comedy supporting actor nom for Jeff Hiller for the final season of HBO's Somebody Somewhere. I was pleasantly surprised to see noms for Brian Tyree Henry (best limited/anthology actor for Apple's Dope Thief) and Sharon Horgan (best drama actress for Apple's Bad Sisters), and bummed by the misses of Patrick Ball (best drama supporting actor for The Pitt), Chase Sui Wonders (best comedy supporting actress for The Studio) and Diego Luna (best drama actor for Andor), each of whom were eminently worthy. Alas, no one gets everything they hope for. Phase two of the Emmy season has officially arrived, and the next month or so, leading up to the Aug. 18-27 window for final voting, is going to be a mad dash to the finish, given that many of the highest-profile categories are still up for grabs. In the best comedy race, can one of two past winners, The Bear or Hacks, hold off one of two popular rookies, The Studio and Nobody Wants This? Which of the eight nominees for best drama — none of which have won that award before, but which include fan favorites The Pitt, Severance and The White Lotus — will prevail? And can anything stop Adolescence in the limited/anthology race, or does Netflix have a third consecutive juggernaut, after Beef and Baby Reindeer, on its hands? Only time will tell. Let the games begin (again)! Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise Solve the daily Crossword
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18-07-2025
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Critics' Conversation: 2025 Emmy Nominations Take a Typically Shallow Dive Into TV's Best
DANIEL FIENBERG: Say what you will about Emmy voters, but when they like something, they REALLY like it. My biggest takeaway, as I'm picking my way through the nominations for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, is how top-heavy the list is. Twenty-seven nominations for Severance! Twenty-four nominations for The Penguin! Twenty-three nominations apiece for The Studio and The White Lotus! More from The Hollywood Reporter Emmy Noms Analysis: Reading Between the Lines of Tuesday's Announcement 'Severance' Dominated in Emmys Nominations - But for the Wrong Season Emmys Nominations Snubs: 'Squid Game' Shut Out, 'Handmaid's Tale' Only Lands One Nod - Uzo Aduba Surprises So many of these juggernauts received nominations so completely across the board — the dominance of White Lotus and Severance in the supporting categories is especially impressive — that I found myself more distracted by the standouts from those casts who didn't get nominated than those who did. Where's Rhenzy Feliz for The Penguin? Or Chase Sui Wonders for The Studio? Or Lisa from Blackpink for The White Lotus (or Carrie Coon's vacation buddies, I suppose)? It's a myopia that leads to the consistent impression that Emmy voters watch a maximum of 10 shows on the drama and comedy sides and the exact same five limited series, especially in a tremendously weak year for that category. That means the usual frustrations for this critic, including the annual ignoring of My Brilliant Friend and Dark Winds. The injustice against Zahn McClarnon will be my eternal bone to pick with these voters. The terrific second season of Pachinko got two nominations — cinematography and production design — which isn't nothing, but it's very little. But I don't want to start off negative. There are some nominations that make me extremely happy, whether it's the directing and writing nods for the mind-boggling 'Pilot's Code' episode of The Rehearsal or recognition for the bizarrely awesome Common Side Effects for animated series. Angie, what nominations, be they unexpected or inevitable (yay, Harrison Ford for Shrinking), made you most joyful this morning? ANGIE HAN: Well, you named three of them. But I was also thrilled to see Somebody Somewhere finally get some love in its final season, for its tremendous writing and Jeff Hiller's wonderful supporting performance. It delights me that Catherine O'Hara is nominated twice for two very different roles, in The Last of Us and The Studio, and Ayo Edebiri for directing and starring in The Bear. And of all of Severance's many, many, many nominations, the one that amuses me most is for choreography — not because it's not merited, but because it helps to cement 'dance scenes involving Tramell Tillman' as one of the show's signatures. As ever, though, my 'I'm so glad that's keep getting followed by 'but's. I was pleased to see Andor — particularly its standout installment 'Who Are You?' — garner some recognition, but disappointed its main cast didn't fare better. I smiled to see Hacks scene-stealer Robby Hoffman in the mix, but then frowned when I realized Megan Stalter and Paul W. Downs had been left out. I was excited for Noah Wyle, Katherine LaNasa and Shawn Hatosy getting in there for The Pitt, but bummed the rest of its excellent ensemble got shut out. I'm never not gonna root for Meghann Fahy and Colman Domingo, but remain unconvinced Sirens and The Four Seasons are their strongest work. I was happy, if unsurprised, that The Studio made such a strong showing, but rolled my eyes at their celebrity cameos eating up 5 of the 6 slots for guest actor in a comedy series. At least the category's female counterparts showed some more variety. I could go on, but I'm sure I'm not the only one simultaneously celebrating and grumbling this morning. So lay it on me: What are some of your 'Yay, but also …' nominations? DF: My 'Yay, but also…' picks would be a lot of those shows that you mentioned: Great that The Pitt was as well-recognized as it was, but I'd have found room for Taylor Dearden and Gerran Howell. Huzzah that voters noticed that Shrinking took a big jump forward in its second season, but I'm still going to be sad about Ted McGinley, thoroughly redefining the parameters of his already impressive career. It's a bit strange, given all those nominations for Andor, to then have Forest Whitaker as the only nominated cast member (unless you count the nomination for Alan Tudyk as the voice of K-2SO) when Genevieve O'Reilly, Denise Gough and Diego Luna (also ignored for La Máquina) are right there. I spent a lot of time pondering how some shows did or didn't benefit from being miscategorized (or questionably categorized) this year. The Bear dropped from 23 to 13 nominations in its third season — always a challenge to remember which season any round of nominations is for — but with the Severance and White Lotus domination on the drama side, it's doubtful the FX/Hulu favorite would have done better if it had dropped the 'comedy' ruse. And speaking of The White Lotus and misplaced comedies, my favorite satire of vapid affluence continued to benefit from voters pretending it's a drama. I don't think The Rehearsal is miscategorized in the comedy field, just that it's a show that's impossible to properly place, though it got some key nominations. HBO wasn't as successful treating Fantasmas as a variety series, though it did get a hairstyling nomination. And while I wondered if Sam Rockwell and Pedro Pascal would suffer from the extra episodic appearances that bumped them out of the guest field and into supporting and lead actor, respectively, they appear to have done OK. And I spent some time dwelling on the impact of long delays on some of the Emmy contenders. Obviously voters had no trouble jumping right back into Severance and Andor after long absences, but former outstanding drama series nominees like The Handmaid's Tale, House of the Dragon and Squid Game found less support this time around (due as much to shifts in quality as decline in momentum, to be sure). It still seems like a better bet to return on a regular schedule. How many Emmy voters could tell you anything specific about whichever season of Slow Horses they were honoring this time around? Once you have Gary Oldman doing Gary Oldman things — snarking and farting, primarily — it doesn't matter. What else have you been dwelling on? AH: I always thought it clever of The Bear to drop a new season each year just as voting gets underway on the previous season. Granted, it doesn't seem to have helped that much this time, perhaps because neither the third nor fourth seasons are as beloved as the first two. But I would imagine that steady momentum helps to keep the show front of mind — useful when we're talking about a voting body that has sometimes seemed to stick with certain nominees out of sheer habit. That's not to say returning favorites like Hacks or Severance or The White Lotus are undeserving, just that I doubt anyone was particularly stunned to see them clean up. On the flip side, the Emmys have never been known for particularly edgy taste, so while I might wish The Rehearsal, Fantasmas and Interview with the Vampire would get more appreciation, I can't say I'm particularly shocked they didn't. I'll take the fact that they received any nominations at all as a minor victory. It's more than shows like Industry or A Man on the Inside got, anyway. But now I feel like I'm just nitpicking again. So I'll zoom out and say that on the whole, I found this crop of nominees to be … about what I expected. Which is to say it's neither unprecedentedly great nor egregiously terrible, even if there are a few small surprises (good and bad) sprinkled throughout. And now that we know who's nominated, it's time to turn our attention to who's going to win. Obviously, I have my preferences about whom I'd like to see on that stage come September … but if I had to pick just one, I'm going with Hiller. What about you — who is your one specific contender in one specific category that you plan to root for above all others? DF: Let's see … one thing to root for? I'd have gone with Liza Colón-Zayas for The Bear, but Emmy voters already gave her a win last year, for her nearly non-existent work in the second season, rather than waiting a year for the well-deserved victory here. So I guess I'll turn my rooting interest to Harrison Ford, finally getting some exposure after a career spent on the industry's fringes. Yes, I'm kidding, but this is still Ford's first Emmy nomination. Honorary awards aside, Ford has never won a competitive Oscar, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award or Emmy. If it sounds weird to make Harrison Ford the ultimate underdog … the Emmys are weird. It's why we 'love' them. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise Solve the daily Crossword
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16-07-2025
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Netflix boss doesn't regret The Residence axing despite Emmy nominations
Netflix boss Bela Bajaria doesn't regret cancelling The Residence despite its Emmy nominations. The streaming giant's chief content officer has reflected on her decision to scrap the murder mystery comedy - which starred Uzo Abuda as police consultant Cordelia Cupp - after the show received a number of nominations for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards. Asked if she has second guessed the decision to pull the plug, Bela told The Hollywood Reporter: "No, because I always knew she'd be recognised." Uzo was shortlisted in the Best Actress in a Comedy Series category, while the show's first episode The Fall of the House of Usher has been nominated for Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode. The episode is also in the running for Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More). Bela insisted she "loves" the series, and has no regrets about the news of its cancellation dropping two weeks before the Emmy nominations. She said: "No, I don't really look at when the news or not the news… I think was is great is — we love The Residence. We championed it, we made it. "Uzo [Aduba] has been part of the Netflix family for a long time and has been recognized before for awards. So, she gave an incredible performance. "Not surprised at all by her nom. We thought that she would and should absolutely get it. So, to me, that's great, that work. That work was completed and people loved it, and she was amazing and then gets recognised for it." She claimed the focus is more on how "great" the programme and Uzo both were. Bela also claimed Netflix will back cancelled shows in award season just as much as those on air. She added: "We're gonna support— yeah! I mean for her and the show, like, we did — of course. "Here's the thing: I think what people forget is, like I said before, we developed it, we championed it, we really marketed — we did all of the things. "And they're all people involved who we work with and continue to work with and will continue to — so we're always going to support that, for sure."
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15-07-2025
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‘The Bear' serves up 13 Emmy nominations and 1 surprising snub
There may be some Emmys on the menu once again for The Bear. The FX comedy series closed out nomination morning with 13 nods, including Best Comedy Series and Best Comedy Actor for Jeremy Allen White. Nominated this time around for 2024's Season 3, The Bear is following up a strong second season, for which it earned 23 nominations, winning 11 total at last September's ceremony. Despite the impressive showing, the series was ultimately upset by HBO Max's Hacks, which claimed the top prize for Best Comedy Series after The Bear had won the year before. More from Gold Derby All the snubs (Selena Gomez, 'Squid Game') and surprises (Uzo Aduba, 'Survivor') at the 2025 Emmy nominations Here's how 'The Studio' scored a record 23 Emmy nominations The morning wasn't without its misses, however, as The Bear failed to secure a nomination for Best Comedy Writing after previously winning the category. Keep reading for a complete rundown of The Bear's nominations and snubs at the 2025 Emmy Awards nomination. The Bear earned its third nomination in a row for Best Comedy Series, an award it previously won in its first season. It was nominated alongside reigning winner Hacks, The Studio, Only Murders in the Building, Shrinking, What We Do in the Shadows, Nobody Wants This, and Abbott Elementary. The Emmys said, "Yes, chef" for a third time, nominating Jeremy Allen White once again in the Comedy Lead Actor category. The two-time winner is joined by Seth Rogen, Martin Short, Adam Brody, and Jason Segel. Ayo Edebiri will once again square off against Jean Smart for Comedy Lead Actress. This is Edebiri's third time being nominated for playing sous-chef Sydney Adamu. Quinta Brunson, Kristen Bell, and Uzo Aduba round out the category. July may end up being a banner month for Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Not only will he star in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, but he's earned his third nomination for Comedy Supporting Actor — a category he has won twice. Last year, Liza Colón-Zayas joined the ranks of her Emmy-winning costars after taking home Best Comedy Supporting Actress. This year, she has scored another nomination in the category, along with Hannah Einbinder, Catherine O'Hara, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Katheryn Hahn, Jessica Williams, and Janelle James. Despite his character being dead at the start of the series, Jon Bernthal has made a habit of scoring a nomination for his work as Carmy's older brother, Michael, on The Bear. This year, he earned his third nomination for the part (he won once) and is honored alongside The Studio's Bryan Cranston, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Anthony Mackie, and Dave Franco. It must run in the family! After winning Comedy Guest Actress last year, Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis is once again on the short list for playing Carmy's mom. Joining her is fellow Bear guest actress and Oscar winner Olivia Colman. They're nominated with Julianne Nicholson, Cythia Erivo, Robby Hoffman, and Zoë Kravitz. After two previous nominations and a win for its first season, The Bear didn't make the cut in Best Comedy Writing, falling short of shows such as The Rehearsal, Somebody Somewhere, What We Do in the Shadows, The Studio, Hacks, and Abbott Elementary. Not only did Edebiri make the cut for Actress, but she's double-nominated for her work behind the camera on the episode "Napkins." The Bear also earned nominations for casting, editing, sound editing, and sound mixing. Best of Gold Derby Everything to know about 'The Pitt' Season 2, including the departure of Tracy Ifeachor's Dr. Collins Everything to know about 'Too Much,' Lena Dunham's Netflix TV show starring Megan Stalter that's kinda, sorta 'based on a true story' Cristin Milioti, Amanda Seyfried, Michelle Williams, and the best of our Emmy Limited Series/Movie Actress interviews Click here to read the full article.
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15-07-2025
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2025 Emmys outrage: Why your favorite genre shows like ‘Outlander,' ‘Interview With the Vampire,' and ‘Squid Game' were snubbed
The 2025 Emmy nominations present a curious case for genre television. While sci-fi, horror, and fantasy hits like Severance, The Last of Us, and Andor received multiple nominations on Tuesday, many fan-favorite outside-the-box programs — think Outlander, Interview With the Vampire, Squid Game, The Wheel of Time, and Dark Winds — were snubbed in major categories by the Television Academy, resulting in social media outrage. So, what gives? More from Gold Derby All the snubs (Selena Gomez, 'Squid Game') and surprises (Uzo Aduba, 'Survivor') at the 2025 Emmy nominations Here's how 'The Studio' scored a record 23 Emmy nominations First, a bit of a backstory. Prior to 2005, Emmy-winning dramas almost always took place in police stations, hospitals, or courtrooms — yawn. But Lost changed all of that. ABC's science-fiction hit won Best Drama Series 20 years ago and opened the door for the fantastic to be taken seriously by the Television Academy. Game of Thrones continued the voters' newfound love affair with genre fare when it won Best Drama Series four times between 2015 and 2019. GoT was ineligible in 2017, which is when the dystopian The Handmaid's Tale prevailed. Post-Lost, nominees for Best Drama Series have fully embraced all types of stories, including super-powered individuals (Heroes and The Boys), serial killers (Dexter), vampires (True Blood), robots (Westworld), 1950s monsters (Lovecraft Country), 1980s monsters (Stranger Things), 2070s monsters (Fallout), aliens (The Mandalorian and Andor), dragons (House of the Dragon), cannibals (Yellowjackets), virtual reality (3 Body Problem), and mind control (Severance). But, as is always the case with awards shows, not everything can make it in, and the list of snubbed programs would be too long to name. Here are some beloved genre shows that were snubbed in the 2025 Emmy nominations. It has now been seven years since Starz's romance epic was last cited at the Emmys. It was nominated in 2018 and 2016 for Best Period Costumes, in 2016 for Best Period Production Design, and in 2015 for Best Music Composition. The list of egregious snubs through the years includes Caitriona Balfe as time-traveling doctor Claire Randall Fraser and Sam Heughan as her Highlander true love, Jamie Fraser, plus all of the show's writers, directors, and producers. So, what's with all of the Outlander hate? The Television Academy has always had a tough time puckering up to romance shows. The only major exception in recent years was Bridgerton, which won two trophies for hairstyling in 2021 and 2022. Of course, that period series had the benefit of being one of the most watched programs in Netflix history. Comparatively, Outlander airs on Starz, a network that frequently gets forgotten by Emmy voters, despite rigorous campaigning. Outlander submitted six actors on the 2025 Emmy ballot for Season 7, Part 2: leads Heughan and Balfe, and supporting players John Bell as Young Ian Murray, David Berry as Lord John Grey, Richard Rankin as Roger MacKenzie, and Sophie Skelton as Brianna MacKenzie. No guest stars were entered this year. The good news? Season 2 of AMC's blood-sucker received two below-the-line bids for Best Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling and Best Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic). But it was snubbed for series, acting, writing, directing, etc., despite an impressive 98 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. Based on The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, the story was already made into a 1994 film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, which received two Oscar nominations for Best Score and Best Art Direction. Interview With the Vampire didn't even get in for its "Theatres des Vampires" production design or its atmospheric cinematography, which seems Le'strange. AMC used to be an Emmy favorite when dramas like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and The Walking Dead were the talk of the town, but things changed when streaming outlets took over the industry. AMC's last major awards contender was Better Call Saul, which couldn't win a single Emmy despite 53 nominations. The four acting submissions for Season 2 of Interview With the Vampire were: lead actor Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac, supporting actor Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt, supporting actress Delainey Hayles as Claudia, and guest actor Luke Brandon Field as Young Daniel Molloy. In 2022, Season 1 of Squid Game received 14 Emmy nominations and won six: director (Hwang Dong-hyuk), actor (Lee Jung-jae), guest actress (Lee You-mi), production design, stunt performance, and visual effects. How did Season 2 receive exactly zero bids? Blame the buzz. The second season was really just Part 1 of the final story, and it likely left voters feeling unfulfilled, especially with its cliffhanger ending. The third season, aka Part 2 of that last chapter, streamed in June and will be eligible at the 2026 Emmys. Reviews for Season 2 were still adequate — 83 percent on Rotten Tomatoes — but viewers simply weren't as enamored by Seong Gi-hun/Player 456's return to the deadly games. Gold Derby's users had predicted (or hope-dicted) that the show were receive a Best Drama Series nomination and that featured star Choi Woo-seok as Thanos would contend in Best Drama Supporting Actor, but that simply wasn't to be. Better luck next year? The Prime Video fantasy series was canceled in May after three seasons, essentially ending its 2025 Emmy campaign. Yes, occasionally, canceled shows do reap bids. But it's likely that TV Academy members simply didn't want to waste a vote on something the network and studio were no longer backing. The Wheel of Time was also snubbed in its first two seasons, suggesting that it was never on voters' radars to begin with. The series was developed by Rafe Judkins and based on the books of the same name by Robert Jordan. "We were really running and gunning it," Judkins told Gold Derby about the epic scope of the heralded fourth episode of Season 3, "The Road to the Spear." Meanwhile, fans are running and gunning to try to get it picked up by another network, so far to no avail. Ten members of the ensemble cast were submitted on this year's Emmy ballot: lead stars Daniel Henney as Lan Mandragoran and Rosamund Pike as Moiraine Damodred; supporting players Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara, Josha Stradowski as Rand al'Thor, Madeleine Madden as Egwene Al'Vere, Sophie Okonedo as Siuan Sanche, and Zöe Robins as Nynaeve al'Meara; and guest performers Robert Strange as Eelfinn, Natasha Culzac as Sevanna, and Olivia Williams as Morgase Trakand. One of Gold Derby's 10 best shows of 2025 (so far), Dark Winds was overlooked despite its 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes score for Season 3. From the opening cameos of show producers Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin as jailbirds, to the heart-shattering final moments, this season was yet another triumph for the still-never-nominated AMC series. (Hmm, we're beginning to wonder if there's an AMC curse at the Emmys.) The psychological thriller set in 1970s embraces and elevates Indigenous culture, which series star Zahn McClarnon describes as "telling our own stories in an authentic way." The program led into those themes at its FYC event in June, but alas, the cultural zeitgeist has yet to be blown away by Dark Winds. Remember, sometimes it takes a few years for a show to really catch on at the Emmys, so fingers crossed voters will tune in when Season 4 airs in the future. Besides McClarnon as Joe Leaphorn, five other performers were hoping to hear their names called as Emmy nominees: supporting actors Kiowa Gordon as Jim Chee, Deanna Allison as Emma Leaphorn, Jenna Elfman as Sylvia Washington, and Jessica Matten as Bernadette Manuelito; and guest star Bruce Greenwood as Tom Spenser. Best of Gold Derby Everything to know about 'The Pitt' Season 2, including the departure of Tracy Ifeachor's Dr. Collins Everything to know about 'Too Much,' Lena Dunham's Netflix TV show starring Megan Stalter that's kinda, sorta 'based on a true story' Cristin Milioti, Amanda Seyfried, Michelle Williams, and the best of our Emmy Limited Series/Movie Actress interviews Click here to read the full article.
