The 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, scheduled for September, will be the second Emmys held this year. Last year’s awards, delayed by the writers and actors strikes which brought film and television production in Hollywood to a halt for most of 2023, were held in January.
Australian actress Sarah Snook was one of the key winners in the January ceremony, collecting an Emmy for her performance as Shiv Roy in Succession. Two other television series, The Bear and Beef, also swept those awards.
Sarah Snook won the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for Succession.Credit: AP
The upcoming awards cover programming which aired in the US between June, 2023, and May, 2024.
Though television’s awards season is a little patchier than the film award season which leads to the Oscars each year, there is one early indicator of how this year’s Emmys may go.
The 40th annual Television Critics Association awards, held last week in Los Angeles, poured most of their focus on Hacks (outstanding achievement in comedy), Shogun (drama) and Baby Reindeer (movie, miniseries or special). There seems little doubt that those three shows will also claim a large slice of the Emmy buzz pie.
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The creative arts Emmys are held the week before the primetime Emmys, and cover almost 100 categories, including visual effects, picture and sound editing, lighting design, music, cinematography, choreography, casting and art direction.
The primetime Emmys honour acting, writing, directing and key program categories: comedy, drama, limited series, realty competition, scripted variety and talk show.
The winners are voted by the approximately 24,000 members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS).
List of nominees in key categories
- 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.
- Lead actor in a comedy: 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).
- Drama series: The Crown, Fallout, The Gilded Age, The Morning Show, Mr & Mrs Smith, Shōgun, Slow Horses, 3 Body Problem.
- 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).
- Limited or anthology series: Baby Reindeer, Fargo, Lessons In Chemistry, Ripley, True Detective: Night Country.
- Lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie: Matt Bomer (Fellow Travelers), Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer), Jon Hamm (Fargo), Tom Hollander (Feud: Capote vs The Swans), Andrew Scott (Ripley).
- Lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie: Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country), Brie Larson (Lessons in Chemistry), Juno Temple (Fargo), Sofia Vergara (Griselda), Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote vs The Swans).
The winners of the Creative Arts Emmys will be announced on September 8 and 9, Australian time. The winners of the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on September 16, Australian time.
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