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The nominations for this year’s Emmy Awards were announced yesterday and they’re full of surprises.

More the “what are they doing here?” kind than the “where’s their nomination?” kind, though.

Honestly, we’re all crying out loud at the fact that Emily In Paris might get an Emmy, a show so “mesmerisingly awful” writes The Guardian, that “when it was nominated for a Golden Globe this year, it caused such a crisis that it almost permanently ended the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as an entity”.

The snubs were just as surprising, with no nomination for the kind of bold, boundary-pushing content that we need to see more of, AKA Small Axe.

Fargo was also somewhat ignored, as well as Tina Fey’s Girls5Eva, which probably deserved a little bit of recognition.

The Undoing might just be the biggest snub (on paper), with only Hugh Grant receiving something:

But that’s probably because, while very clearly designed from the ground up to be as prestigious as possible, it was also very bad and stupid.

Otherwise, most of the content that made the cut plays down the line.

Besides the amazing nomination for best actress going to MJ Rodriguez, who is the first trans woman ever to be nominated in that category.

Hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards will air on September 19 on CBS and Paramount Plus.

Let’s check out the Emmy nominees in a couple of categories, courtesy of Variety.

The production taking the lead with 130 nominations is HBO and HBO Max. Yeah, I lap their shows up big time.

Netflix was one point behind them with 129 nominations in total, and it can thank The Crown for 24 of those.

Drama Series

The Boys (Amazon Prime Video)

Bridgerton (Netflix)

The Crown (Netflix)

The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)

Lovecraft Country (HBO)

The Mandalorian (Disney Plus)

Pose (FX)

This Is Us (NBC)

Comedy Series

Black-ish (ABC)

Cobra Kai (Netflix)

Emily in Paris (Netflix)

Hacks (HBO Max)

The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)

The Kominsky Method (Netflix)

Pen15 (Hulu)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV Plus)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)

Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft Country)

Josh O’Connor (The Crown)

Regé-Jean Page (Bridgerton)

Billy Porter (Pose)

Matthew Rhys (Perry Mason)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Uzo Aduba (In Treatment)

Olivia Colman (The Crown)

Emma Corrin (The Crown)

Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Mj Rodriguez (Pose)

Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft Country)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)

Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)

William H. Macy (Shameless)

Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)

Kenan Thompson (Kenan)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Aidy Bryant (Shrill)

Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant)

Allison Janney (Mom)

Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)

Jean Smart (Hacks)

Variety Talk Series

Conan

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

Trevor! Who cares about the rest…

Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix)

David Byrne’s American Utopia (HBO)

8:46 – Dave Chappelle (Netflix)

Friends: The Reunion (HBO Max)

Hamilton (Disney Plus)

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (HBO Max)

Animated Program

Big Mouth (Netflix)

Bob’s Burgers (Fox)

Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal (Adult Swim)

The Simpsons (Fox)

South Park: The Pandemic Special (Comedy Central)

For the rest of the categories and nominees in each, head here.

The nomination categories not mentioned here are things like outstanding production design, outstanding casting, outstanding choreography, cinematography, costumes, directing, editing, makeup, hair, lighting, music composition, visual effects, stunts, and so, so much more.

[sources:variety&theguardian]