Emmys
Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande and Zendaya are used to running up against each other on the Billboard Hot 100 and running into each other at music awards shows.
But now they may also be bumping into each other at non-music awards shows. Pop Stan accounts are buzzing about the possibility that these multi-threats could be nominated for acting awards early next year. Oscar nominations are extremely hard to come by, but Golden Globes (having separate comedy and drama categories) and SAG Awards (having both individual and ensemble categories) are a bit easier to crack.
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Let’s take a closer look at these pop stars who are hoping for acting nods.
Lady Gaga
Film: Joker: Folie à Deux
Acting Nods: Gaga received an Oscar nod for actress in a leading role six years ago for playing Ally in A Star Is Born. She also received BAFTA and Golden Globe nods for both that role and for House of Gucci (2022). She won a Globe for TV’s American Horror Story: Hotel (2016). And she has received four SAG Award nominations – as lead actress and also as part of the cast of both A Star Is Born and House of Gucci.
Notes: Gaga more than held her own with Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born. If she’s good in this sequel to 2019’s Joker, she could easily be nominated. Joker: Folie à Deux is a musical psychological thriller directed by Todd Phillips, who received three Oscar nominations for his work on Joker – directing, writing and best picture. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, reprising his Oscar-winning role as the Joker, with Gaga joining the cast as his love interest Harley Quinn. Joker: Folie à Deux is scheduled for an international theatrical release on Oct. 2, followed by a U.S. release on Oct. 4.
Selena Gomez
Film: Emilia Pérez
Acting Nods: Gomez was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for the third season of Only Murders in the Building. She has been nominated for a Golden Globe in that category in each of the last two years. And she has been nominated for a SAG Award for ensemble in a comedy series all three years the show has been on the air.
Notes: It took a while for the Emmy acting nod to come, but that’s always been a very competitive category, back to the days of Lucy and Mary Tyler Moore. And Gomez had to prove that she was a full partner with comedy greats Steve Martin and Martin Short. Over the course of three seasons, she has done that.
Emilia Pérez is a Spanish-language French musical crime comedy written and directed by Jacques Audiard. It also stars Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Adriana Paz, Mark Ivanir and Édgar Ramírez. The film premiered on May 18 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize and its female ensemble won the best actress award. The film has grossed $4.7 million worldwide since its theatrical release in August.
Ariana Grande
Film: Wicked
Acting Nods: Grande was nominated for a SAG Award for cast in a motion picture for Don’t Look Up.
Notes: Wicked is an upcoming musical fantasy directed by Jon M. Chu. It’s the first of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, which received 10 Tony nominations in 2004 (winning three). The film stars Cynthia Erivo and Grande. Wicked will premiere in London on Nov. 18, with a U.S. theatrical release scheduled for Nov. 22. The sequel, Wicked Part Two, is scheduled to be released on Nov. 21, 2025.
Zendaya
Film: Challengers
Acting Nods: Zendaya won two Primetime Emmys for outstanding lead actress in a drama series (2020 and 2022) for her role as Rue on HBO’s Euphoria. The first win made her, at age 24, the youngest winner in the history of the category. The second made her the first Black actress to win twice. Zendaya also won a Golden Globe for best performance by an actress in a television series – drama (2023) for that role. And she was nominated for a SAG Award for female actor in a drama series in 2023.
Notes: This is a lead role, which would make a nomination harder to land. But she was very good in the sexy and critically acclaimed film.
Challengers is a romantic sports drama directed by Luca Guadagnino, who received an Oscar nod for best picture as a producer of Call Me by Your Name. It stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. The film has grossed $50.1 million in domestically and $94.2 million worldwide since opening in April.
The Daily Show won outstanding talk series at the 2024 Primetime Emmys, which were held at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday (Sept. 15). It’s the franchise’s 13th win in that category (or predecessor categories). The Daily Show With Jon Stewart won 11 times. The Daily Show With Trevor Noah won once, last year. This year, the show won with six rotating hosts: Stewart, Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta, Desi Lydic and Dulcé Sloan.
This brings Stewart’s total of Primetime Emmys to 23. The record for most Emmy wins is held by Sheila Nevins, who has won 32 Primetime Emmys for her work on HBO programs.
The Daily Show won in a stacked category that also included Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and Late Night With Seth Meyers. None of these other shows have ever won in this category. This is the 12th nomination in the category for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which puts it in a tie with Real Time With Bill Maher for the most nods here without a win. It’s the seventh nod for Colbert’s show and the second for Meyers’ show.
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Kimmel expressed mock dismay at the result. “Jon, you should be ashamed of yourself. You said you were retiring.”
The Primetime Emmys were ably hosted by the father-and-son team of Eugene and Dan Levy, who each won multiple Emmys four years ago for their work on Schitt’s Creek.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver won outstanding scripted variety show for the second year in a row, again beating Saturday Night Live. Prior to these two wins, Last Week Tonight won outstanding variety talk series seven years running. In addition, Oliver and his writers have won the Emmy for writing in variety nine years in a row. Oliver won his first three Primetime Emmys as a writer on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
Shōgun won four awards on the telecast, including outstanding drama series. Adding in the 14 awards it won at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys, the show won 18 Emmys for its first season – more than any other series in a single year. Shōgun is the first show to win outstanding drama series for its freshman season since The Handmaid’s Tale seven years ago.
Much of the dialog on Shōgun is in Japanese. It was the second non-English-language series to be nominated for outstanding drama series, following the Korean-language Squid Game, which was nominated (but didn’t win) two years ago.
This increasing globalization at the Emmys mirrors what is happening in both film and popular music. At the Oscars earlier this year, for the first time, three films that are largely in a language other than English – Anatomy of a Fall, Past Lives and The Zone of Interest – were nominated for best picture. And in the past decade, we’ve witnessed the exploding popularity of Latin music and K-pop. Two years ago, Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti became the first Spanish-language album to receive a Grammy nod for album of the year.
The Bear also won four awards on the telecast. Adding in the seven awards it won at the Creative Arts Emmys, the show won 11 Emmys for its second season. That allows it to break its own record, set last year, for the most wins for a comedy series in a single season. But, in a surprise, it lost best comedy series to Hacks, which won three total awards.
Trailing Shōgun and The Bear in terms of most 2024 Emmy wins (combining tonight’s telecast and the Creative Arts Emmys) are: Baby Reindeer and Saturday Night Live (six each); Jim Henson Idea Man (five); Blue Eye Samurai, The Oscars and Ripley (four each); Hacks, Billy Joel: The 100th—Live at Madison Square Garden, The Crown, The Morning Show, Only Murders in the Building and Welcome to Wrexham (three each; and The Daily Show, Girls State, How I Met Your Father, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Love On The Spectrum, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Traitors (two each).
Only Murders in the Building was nominated for outstanding comedy series for the third year in a row, which makes Selena Gomez (who is an executive producer of the show) the most-nominated Latina producer in Emmy history. (Gomez has said she is “a proud third-generation American-Mexican.”) Gomez was also nominated for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for the first time, but lost to Hacks‘ Jean Smart. Gomez, one of five Latinx nominees this year, was seated in the front row with her boyfriend, music producer Benny Blanco.
The Traitors won outstanding reality competition program in its second year on the air. It beat four past winners in the category: The Amazing Race (10 wins), RuPaul’s Drag Race (five wins), The Voice (four wins) and Top Chef (one win). Alan Cumming, host of The Traitors, won outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys.
This ends an eight-year streak in which RuPaul Charles has won at least one Primetime Emmy. He has won 14 Primetime Emmys, which is more than any other person of color.
Music played a major role on the Emmy telecast.
Jelly Roll sang his current hit “I Am Not Okay,” which soundtracked the In Memoriam spot. The song, which he co-wrote with Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley and Casey Brown, was highly effective, more so than the sometimes overly obvious classics which are generally used in this spot. The segment included Martin Mull, game show host Peter Marshall, talk show host Phil Donahue and exercise guru Richard Simmons and was capped by comedy legend Bob Newhart. Jimmy Kimmel chose two words that described Newhart to a T: “politely hilarious.” There was another tribute to Newhart, when the music at the end of the show was the theme to The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78).
In addition, the producers laid in clever music cues throughout the show. Leading into a segment on TV dads, they played The Temptations’ 1972 classic “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.” Leading into a segment on coaches, they played Survivor’s 1982 motivational anthem “Eye of the Tiger.” A tribute to producer Greg Berlanti, who received the 2024 Governors Award, featured Paula Cole’s 1997 hit “I Don’t Want to Wait,” the theme from his breakthrough hit Dawson’s Creek. Ron Howard and Henry Winkler capped a bit about Happy Days’ 50th anniversary with Winkler as The Fonz hitting the jukebox to get it to play the show’s theme song, Pratt & McClain’s “Happy Days,” a top five hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976.
In one other music note, John Oliver paid tender tribute to his dog who had recently died, and noted, “I feel like Sarah McLachlan now.”
You’d think Joshua Jackson would be used to hearing Paula Cole‘s “I Don’t Want to Wait” by now, after the 1997 song opened his teen drama series Dawson’s Creek for six seasons on WB in the late ’90s and early 2000s. But he was still caught off-guard Sunday night (Sept. 15) when he took the […]
Jelly Roll made his Emmys debut on Sunday night (Sept. 15) to soundtrack the “in memoriam” segment with his poignant song “I Am Not Okay.” When the country hitmaker took the stage at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, he introduced his song — the Beautifully Broken single that has so far peaked at No. 23 on […]
In addition to being a double nominee at the Primetime Emmys on Sunday, Sept. 15, Selena Gomez is slated to present on the show. Gomez is nominated for outstanding actress in a comedy series for the first time for her role in Only Murders in the Building. She is also nominated as an executive producer of the show, which is up for outstanding comedy series for the third year in a row. Her co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short, who are also double Emmy nominees this year, are also slated to present on the show.
Another music superstar, Reba McEntire, is also a presenter. McEntire’s new sitcom, Happy’s Place, is set to premiere on NBC on Friday, Oct. 18. McEntire’s first sitcom, Reba, ran from 2001 to 2007.
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The 76th Emmy Awards, hosted by the father-and-son team of Eugene Levy and Dan Levy, will broadcast live on ABC Sunday, Sept. 15 (8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT) from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles, and will be available for streaming on Hulu Sept. 16-22. Jesse Collins Entertainment is producing the show.
Both father and son won multiple Primetime Emmys four years ago for Schitt’s Creek. Dan won four; Eugene won two.
Jimmy Kimmel, who won his third Primetime Emmy at the Creative Arts Emmys over the weekend as host of the 2024 Oscars and is also nominated for outstanding talk series, is also set to present. Kimmel had hosted the Primetime Emmys the last three times it aired on ABC (in 2012, 2016, 2020), but is not hosting this year. (The show rotates among the three legacy networks and Fox.)
TV legend Dick Van Dyke, whose legacy was saluted when Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic won outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) at the Creative Arts Emmys, will also present.
In addition, there will be special appearances from Olympic gold medalist swimmer Caeleb Dressel and Olympic bronze medalist rugby player Ilona Maher.
Here’s a complete list of the presenters for the 2024 Primetime Emmys
Christine Baranski
Kathy Bates
Meredith Baxter
Candice Bergen
Gael Garcia Bernal
Matt Bomer
Zach Braff
Connie Britton
Nicola Coughlan
Billy Crystal
Viola Davis
Giancarlo Esposito
Colin Farrell
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Lily Gladstone
Selena Gomez
Dulé Hill
Ron Howard
Brendan Hunt
Joshua Jackson
Allison Janney
Don Johnson
Mindy Kaling
Jimmy Kimmel
Padma Lakshmi
Greta Lee
John Leguizamo
George Lopez
Diego Luna
Jane Lynch
Steve Martin
Nava Mau
Reba McEntire
Janel Moloney
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Niecy Nash-Betts
Taylor Zakhar Perez
Mekhi Phifer
Melissa Peterman
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Sam Richardson
Maya Rudolph
Richard Schiff
Martin Sheen
Martin Short
Jean Smart
Jimmy Smits
Antony Starr
Gina Torres
Dick Van Dyke
Susan Kelechi Watson
Damon Wayans
Kristen Wiig
Henry Winkler
Bowen Yang
Steven Yeun
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are nominated for a Primetime Emmy for outstanding music and lyrics for a song they co-wrote for Only Murders in the Building. If they win on Sept. 8, the second night of the Creative Arts Emmys, they will become the 20th and 21st individuals to EGOT – to win at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony in competition.
Moreover, Pasek and Paul would be the second pair to achieve the EGOT as a team. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice won each of the four awards as a team – a Tony for best original score for Evita, a Grammy for best cast show album for Evita, an Oscar for best original song for “You Must Love Me” from Evita and an Emmy for outstanding variety special (live) for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.
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In addition, Pasek, who will be 39 years and three months old on Emmy night, would become the second-youngest EGOT winner ever, trailing only Robert Lopez, who 39 and one week old when he achieved the feat in March 2014. Paul, who will be 39 years, eight months and five days old that night, would become the third-youngest EGOT ever. John Legend, who was 39 years, eight months and 12 days old when he achieved the feat in September 2018, would fall from his current runner-up status to fourth place.
Pasek would be the fourth individual who is publicly LGBTQ to achieve the EGOT, following actor Sir John Gielgud (1991), producer Scott Rudin (2012) and Sir Elton John (2024).
Pasek and Paul won their first EGOT-qualifying award, an Oscar for best original song, in February 2017 for co-writing “City of Stars” from La La Land with composer Justin Hurwitz. They won a Tony for best original score that June for Dear Evan Hansen and won a second Tony in June 2022 for being among the platoon of producers of A Strange Loop, which was voted best musical. They won their first Grammy, best musical theater album, in January 2018 for Dear Evan Hansen and their second, best compilation soundtrack for visual media, in February 2019 for The Greatest Showman.
They are nominated for a Primetime Emmy for co-writing the song “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” for Only Murders in the Building with another songwriting team, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Series star Steve Martin, who is nominated for a Primetime Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series, performed the tongue-twisting song.
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But Pasek and Paul haven’t won the award yet. The competition is strong. Eli Brueggemann, who won in this category six years ago for co-writing “Come Back Barack” for Saturday Night Live, is nominated again this year for another SNL song, “Maya Rudolph Mother’s Day Monologue,” which he co-wrote with Rudolph, Mike DiCenzo, Jake Nordwind and Auguste White.
Other nominees in the category are Sara Bareilles for writing “The Medium Time” from Girls5eva; John Hawkes, for writing “No Use” from True Detective: Night Country; and Walter Afanasieff, Kara Talve, Hans Zimmer and Charlie Midnight for cowriting “Love Will Survive” from The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Barbra Streisand recorded the latter song. She also recorded “Ordinary Miracles” from Barbra Streisand: The Concert, a Marvin Hamlisch/Alan & Marilyn Bergman song which won in the category 29 years ago.
This is the second Primetime Emmy nod for Pasek and Paul. They were nominated in the same category six years ago for writing a song from A Christmas Story Live!
Sir Elton John was the most recent person to complete the EGOT. He did so when he won a Primetime Emmy for Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium at the ceremony in January (which was delayed for four months by union strikes).
If Pasek and Paul achieve the feat, this would be the fourth time that two or more people became EGOTs in the same calendar year. Helen Hayes and Rita Moreno both became EGOTs in 1977. Mel Brooks and Mike Nichols both scored in 2001. Webber, Rice and Legend all completed their EGOT journeys in 2018.
Here’s a look at this year’s Primetime Emmy nominations in all seven music categories.
Selena Gomez finally has a Primetime Emmy nomination in an acting category, and it couldn’t be sweeter. That’s why the 31-year-old star is celebrating the news with a cake, writing on Instagram Stories Wednesday (July 17) that she couldn’t be more thankful for the recognition. After receiving word that she’d received a nod for outstanding […]
The Greatest Night in Pop, deep dive into the 1985 recording session that produced “We Are the World,” is nominated for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special — and Lionel Richie is celebrating the accomplishment. “I am still amazed by what we accomplished in 1985 and I’m even more amazed after receiving an Emmy nomination for […]
Music fans looking for music nominees in the 20 program categories at the 76th Primetime Emmy nominations didn’t have to look far. The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show Starring Usher is nominated for outstanding variety special (live), where it is squaring off against The Grammys, The Oscars, The Tonys and a surprise contender, The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady.
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This is the fifth consecutive year that the Super Bowl halftime show has been nominated in this category. This streak started in 2020 with the show starring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. It continued in 2021 with The Weeknd; in 2022 with the hip-hop salute starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent; in 2023 with Rihanna and this year with Usher.
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This is also the fifth consecutive year that The Oscars has been nominated in the category. In that time frame, The Tonys have been nominated four times; The Grammys, three times.
Billy Joel: The 100th – Live at Madison Square Garden is nominated for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded). The Greatest Night in Pop, a look at the 1985 recording session that produced “We Are the World” (in which Billy Joel was a participant) is nominated for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special. STAX: Soulsville U.S.A., a look at the legendary, Memphis-based R&B label of the 1960s, is nominated for outstanding documentary or nonfiction series.Carpool Karaoke: The Series is nominated for outstanding short form comedy, drama or variety series.
For the 13th consecutive year, The Voice is nominated for outstanding reality competition program. Former category juggernaut American Idol was again passed over for a nod.
The Bear set a new record for most nominations in a single year among comedies with 23. The distinction was previously held by 30 Rock, with 22 nods in 2009. Shōgun is this year’s leader among dramas with 25 nominations.
Final-round online voting begins Aug. 15. The 76th Emmy Awards will broadcast live on ABC on Sunday, Sept. 15, (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/5:00-8:00 p.m. PT) from the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live and stream the next day on Hulu. The 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards take place at the Peacock Theater over two nights on Saturday, Sept. 7, and Sunday, Sept. 8, with an edited presentation to air on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on FXX.
Emmy Award winners Jesse Collins and Dionne Harmon along with Emmy-nominated Jeannae Rouzan-Clay of Jesse Collins Entertainment are set to return as executive producers of the 76th Emmy Awards.
Here’s a complete list of the nominations in the 20 program categories for the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Outstanding variety special (live)
The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show Starring Usher • CBS • Jesse Collins Entertainment, DPS and Roc Nation
66th Grammy Awards • CBS • Fulwell 73
The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady • Netflix • Casey Patterson Entertainment, 199 Productions and Hartbeat Productions for Netflix
The Oscars • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
76th Annual Tony Awards • CBS • White Cherry Entertainment in association with Tony Award Productions
Outstanding variety special (pre-recorded)
Billy Joel: The 100th – Live at Madison Square Garden • CBS • A Sony Music Vision and Enliven Entertainment Production / A Grammy Studios Production in association with Maritime Pictures
Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer • Netflix • Netflix | Lathan TV | Pilot Boy
Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic • CBS • Smart Dog Media and White Label Productions in association with CBS
Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Done + Dusted
Trevor Noah: Where Was I • Netflix • Bob Bain Productions, Inc. for Netflix
Outstanding reality competition program
The Amazing Race • CBS • WorldRace Productions, Inc.
RuPaul’s Drag Race • MTV • World Of Wonder
Top Chef • Bravo • Magical Elves
The Traitors • Peacock • Studio Lambert
The Voice • NBC • MGM Television and Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon and ITV Studios The Voice USA, I
Outstanding scripted variety series
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Peyance Productions and Avalon Television
Saturday Night Live • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding talk series
The Daily Show • Comedy Central • Central Productions, LLC
Jimmy Kimmel Live! • ABC • ABC Signature in association with Kimmelot
Late Night With Seth Meyers • NBC • Universal Television and Broadway Video
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert • CBS • CBS Studios
Outstanding comedy series
Abbott Elementary • ABC • Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions and Fifth Chance in association with Warner Bros. Television and 20th Television
The Bear • FX • FX Productions
Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO | Max • HBO
Hacks • HBO | Max • Universal Television in association with Paulilu, First Thought Productions, Fremulon Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment
Only Murders in the Building • Hulu • 20th Television
Palm Royale • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios
Reservation Dogs • FX • FX Productions
What We Do in the Shadows • FX • FX Productions
Outstanding drama series
The Crown • Netflix • Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix
Fallout • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks
The Gilded Age • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Universal Television and Neamo Film and Television
The Morning Show • Apple TV+ • Media Res in association with Apple
Mr. & Mrs. Smith • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, Big Indie Pictures
Shō gun • FX • FX Productions
Slow Horses • Apple TV+ • See-Saw Films in association with Apple
3 Body Problem • Netflix • Netflix Studios / Bighead Littlehead / The Three-Body Universe / T-Street / Plan B Entertainment / Primitive Streak
Outstanding limited or anthology series
Baby Reindeer • Netflix • A Netflix Series / A Clerkenwell Films Production
Fargo • FX • FX Presents an MGM/FXP Production
Lessons in Chemistry • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios
Ripley • Netflix • Showtime and Endemol Shine North America in association with Entertainment 360 and Filmrights for Netflix
True Detective: Night Country • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Peligrosa, Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls and Passenger
Outstanding television movie
Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie • Peacock • UCP
Quiz Lady • Hulu • 20th Century Studios
Red, White & Royal Blue • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, Berlanti/Schechter Films
Scoop • Netflix • Netflix presents a Lighthouse Film and Television production in association with Voltage TV
Unfrosted • Netflix • Netflix presents A Columbus 81 Production / A Skyview Entertainment Production / A Good One Production
Outstanding structured reality program
Antiques Roadshow • PBS • GBH
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives • Food Network • Knuckle Sandwich and Citizen Pictures
Love Is Blind • Netflix • Kinetic Content for Netflix
Queer Eye • Netflix • Scout Productions Inc. and ITV Entertainment LLC for Netflix
Shark Tank • ABC • MGM Television in association with Sony Pictures Television
Outstanding unstructured reality program
Below Deck Down Under • Bravo • 51 Minds
Love on the Spectrum U.S. • Netflix • Northern Pictures for Netflix
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked • MTV • World Of Wonder
Vanderpump Rules • Bravo • Evolution Media
Welcome to Wrexham • FX • Boardwalk Pictures
Outstanding documentary or nonfiction series
Beckham • Netflix • A Netflix Documentary Series / A Studio 99 Production in association with Ventureland
The Jinx – Part Two • HBO | Max • HBO Documentary Films presents a Hit The Ground Running Production
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV • Investigation Discovery • Maxine Productions and Sony Pictures Television – Nonfiction in association with Business Insider
STAX: Soulsville U.S.A. • HBO | Max • HBO Documentary Films presents in association with Concord Originals, Polygram Entertainment, Warner Music Entertainment, A Laylow Pictures production, A White Horse Pictures production
Telemarketers • HBO | Max • HBO Documentary Films presents a production of Elara Pictures and All Facts in association with Rough House Pictures
Outstanding documentary or nonfiction special
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life • HBO | Max • HBO Documentary Films and Castle Rock Entertainment
Girls State • Apple TV+ • Concordia Studio presentation of a Mile End Films production in association with Apple
The Greatest Night in Pop • Netflix • A Netflix Documentary / An MRC Film / A Dorothy St Pictures Production in association with Makemake Entertainment
Jim Henson Idea Man • Disney+ • Imagine Documentaries Productions, Disney Branded Television
Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces • Apple TV+ • Apple Original Films presents an A24 / Tremolo Production
Outstanding emerging media program
Emperor • Meta Quest • An Atlas V, Reynard Films, France Télévisions production in association with Albyon
Fallout: Vault 33 • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, Kilter Films, Bethesda Game Studios
The Pirate Queen With Lucy Liu • Meta • Singer Studios and Meta
Red Rocks Live in VR • Meta / Facebook • Meta, Dorsey Pictures, Lightsail VR, 7 Cinematics
Wallace & Gromit in The Grand Getaway • Meta • An Atlas V, Aardman, Meta production in association with No Ghost and Albyon
Exceptional merit in documentary filmmaking
Beyond Utopia (Independent Lens) • PBS • Ideal Partners in association with 19340 Productions, XRM Media, the Random Good Foundation and the Human Rights Foundation
Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project • HBO | Max • Confluential Films and Rada Studio in association with JustFilms | Ford Foundation in association with Bertha Doc Society
Stamped From the Beginning • Netflix • A Netflix Documentary / A One Story Up production
Outstanding game show
Celebrity Family Feud • ABC • Fremantle
Jeopardy! • ABC/Syndicated • Quadra Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television
Password • NBC • Fremantle in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio and Electric Hot Dog
The Price Is Right at Night • CBS • Fremantle
Wheel of Fortune • ABC/Syndicated • Quadra Productions, Inc. / Sony Pictures Studios
Outstanding hosted nonfiction series or special
Conan O’Brien Must Go • HBO | Max • Max in association with Conaco
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr. • PBS • WETA Washington D.C., McGee Media, Inkwell Media, Kunhardt Films
How to With John Wilson • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Blow Out Productions, Johnsmovies and Atlantic Pictures
My Next Guest With David Letterman and John Mulaney • Netflix • Jax Media and Worldwide Pants, Inc. for Netflix
The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy • Apple TV+ • Twofour in association with Apple
Outstanding short form comedy, drama or variety series
Carpool Karaoke: The Series • Apple TV+ • CBS Studios in association with Fulwell 73 and Apple
The Eric Andre Show • Adult Swim • Abso Lutely Productions and Williams Street
Late Night With Seth Meyers Corrections • NBC • Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions and Universal Television
Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question • Hulu • Hulu
Real Time With Bill Maher: Overtime • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Bill Maher Productions
Outstanding short form nonfiction or reality series
After the Cut – The Daily Show • YouTube • Central Productions, LLC
The Crown: Farewell To a Royal Epic • Netflix • Once Upon A Time / Netflix
Hacks: Bit by Bit • HBO | Max • Universal Television in association with Paulilu, First Thought Productions, Fremulon Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment
Saturday Night Live Presents: Behind the Sketch • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Shōgun – The Making of Shōgun • FX • FX Networks in association with More Media
Outstanding animated program
Blue Eye Samurai • “The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride” • Netflix • A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
Bob’s Burgers • “The Amazing Rudy” • FOX • 20th Television Animation
Scavengers Reign • “The Signal” • HBO | Max • Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street
The Simpsons • “Night of the Living Wage” • FOX • A Gracie Films production in association with 20th Television Animation
X-Men ‘97 • “Remember It” • Disney+ • Marvel Studios
In the nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards, which were announced on Wednesday (July 17), Rickey Minor has two of the five nods for outstanding music direction. Minor is nominated for his work on The Oscars and The 46th Kennedy Center Honors. He has won twice in the category, for his work on Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America (2017) and The Kennedy Center Honors (2020).
The other nominees in the category this year include the 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which had three music directors – Adam Blackstone, Don Was and Omar Edwards. Like Minor, Blackstone and Was are past winners in this category.
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Two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer has three nominations across the seven music categories in the Primetime Emmy nods. He’s up for two awards (alongside Kara Talve) for his work on The Tattoist of Auschwitz and for a third for his work on Planet Earth III.
Others with two nods in music categories, besides Minor and Talve, include Marc Shaiman, Saturday Night Live’s Eli Brueggemann and the team of Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross and Nick Chuba.
Maya Rudolph, who is nominated for outstanding music and lyrics for co-writing “Maya Rudolph Mother’s Day Monologue” for her hosting turn on Saturday Night Live, has three other nominations this year in non-music categories. She is nominated in performance categories for SNL and Loot and character voiceover for Big Mouth.
Final-round online voting begins Aug. 15. The 76th Emmy Awards will broadcast live on ABC on Sunday, Sept. 15, from 8 to 11 p.m. ET/5 to 8 p.m. PT, from the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live, and stream the next day on Hulu. The 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards take place at the Peacock Theater over two nights on Saturday, Sept. 7, and Sunday, Sept. 8, with an edited presentation to air on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FXX.
Emmy Award winners Jesse Collins and Dionne Harmon along with Emmy-nominated Jeannae Rouzan-Clay of Jesse Collins Entertainment are set to return as executive producers of the 76th Emmy Awards.
Outstanding music direction
The 46th Kennedy Center Honors • CBS • Done + Dusted in association with ROK Productions; Rickey Minor, Music Director
Late Night With Seth Meyers • Episode 1488 • NBC • Universal Television and Broadway Video; Fred Armisen, Eli Janney, Music Directors
The Oscars • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Rickey Minor, Music Director
2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony • ABC • Tenth Planet Productions; Adam Blackstone, Don Was, Omar Edwards, Music Directors
Saturday Night Live • Host: Ryan Gosling • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video; Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis, Eli Brueggemann, Music Directors
Outstanding original music and lyrics
Girls5eva • “New York” / Song Title: “The Medium Time” • Netflix • Universal Television for Netflix; Sara Bareilles, Music & Lyrics
Only Murders In The Building • “Sitzprobe” / Song Title: “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” • Hulu • 20th Television; Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Music & Lyrics
Saturday Night Live • “Host: Maya Rudolph” / Song Title: “Maya Rudolph Mother’s Day Monologue” • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video; Eli Brueggemann, Music; Maya Rudolph, Auguste White, Mike DiCenzo, Jake Nordwind, Lyrics
The Tattooist of Auschwitz • “Episode 6” / Song Title: “Love Will Survive” • Peacock • Synchronicity Films, Peacock, SKY Studios; Kara Talve, Hans Zimmer, Walter Afanasieff, Music; Charlie Midnight, Lyrics
True Detective: Night Country • “Part 5” / Song Title: “No Use” • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Peligrosa, Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls and Passenger; John Hawkes, Music & Lyrics
Outstanding music composition for a series (original dramatic score)
The Crown • “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” • Netflix • Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix; Martin Phipps, Composer
Mr. & Mrs. Smith • “First Date” • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, Big Indie Pictures; David Fleming, Composer
Only Murders in the Building • “Sitzprobe” • Hulu • 20th Television; Siddhartha Khosla, Composer
Palm Royale • “Maxine Saves a Cat” • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios; Jeff Toyne, Composer
Shōgun • “Servants of Two Masters” • FX • FX Productions; Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba, Composers
Silo • “Freedom Day” • Apple TV+ • AMC Studios in association with Apple; Atli Örvarsson, Composer
Slow Horses • “Strange Games” • Apple TV+ • See-Saw Films in association with Apple; Daniel Pemberton, Toydrum, Composers
Outstanding music composition for a limited or anthology series, movie or special (original dramatic score)
All The Light We Cannot See • “Episode 4” • Netflix • 21 Laps Entertainment for Netflix; James Newton Howard, Composer
Fargo • “Blanket” • FX • FX Presents an MGM/FXP Production; Jeff Russo, Composer
Lawmen: Bass Reeves • “Part I” • Paramount+ • MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios, Bosque Ranch Productions and Yoruba Saxon; Chanda Dancy, Composer
Lessons in Chemistry • “Book of Calvin” • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios; Carlos Rafael Rivera, Composer
The Tattooist of Auschwitz • “Episode 1” • Peacock • Synchronicity Films, Peacock, SKY Studios; Kara Talve, Hans Zimmer, Composers
Outstanding music composition for a documentary series or special (original dramatic score)
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life • HBO | Max • HBO Documentary Films and Castle Rock Entertainment; Marc Shaiman, Composer
Beckham • “Seeing Red” • Netflix • A Netflix Documentary Series / A Studio 99 Production in association with Ventureland; Anže Rozman, Camilo Forero, Composers
Jim Henson Idea Man • Disney+ • Imagine Documentaries Productions, Disney Branded Television; David Fleming, Composer
Planet Earth III • “Extremes” • BBC America • A BBC Studios Natural History Unit Production co-produced with BBC America, ZDF and France Télévisions for BBC; Jacob Shea, Sara Barone, Hans Zimmer, Composers
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed • HBO | Max • HBO Documentary Films presents an Altitude Film Entertainment; Production in association with Berlanti/Schechter Films and Dog Star Films; Laura Karpman, Composer
Outstanding original main title theme music
Feud: Capote vs. the Swans • FX • FX Productions, 20th Television; Thomas Newman, Composer
Lessons in Chemistry • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios; Carlos Rafael Rivera, Composer
Masters of the Air • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios with Amblin Television / Playtone; Blake Neely, Composer
Palm Royale • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios; Jeff Toyne, Composer
Shōgun • FX • FX Productions; Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba, Composers
Outstanding music supervision
Baby Reindeer • “Episode 4” • Netflix • A Netflix Series / A Clerkenwell Films Production; Catherine Grieves, Music Supervisor
Fallout • “The End” • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks; Trygge Toven, Music Supervisor
Fargo • “The Tragedy of the Commons” • FX • FX Presents an MGM/FXP Production; Maggie Phillips, Music Supervisor
Mr. & Mrs. Smith • “A Breakup” • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, Big Indie Pictures; Jen Malone, Music Supervisor
Only Murders in the Building • “Grab Your Hankies” • Hulu • 20th Television; Bruce Gilbert, Lauren Marie Mikus, Music Supervisors
True Detective: Night Country • “Part 4” • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Peligrosa, Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls and Passenger; Susan Jacobs, Music Supervisor