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Despite an actor’s strike looming over the entertainment industry (following on from the writer’s strike), the Emmys are still scheduled to kick off this year’s awards season.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Emmy Awards, which celebrate the best of primetime television, and the usual suspects are ahead as usual.

Of course, the zombie epic The Last of Us is up for at least an Outstanding Drama Series nomination, with Succession‘s Jeremy Strong, Brian Cox, and Kieran Culkin hoping to be honoured with Lead Actor nominations. The show is taking its last bow, and earning a leading 27 nominations is already a terrific mic drop.

Deadline writes that in the race for the main Drama Series, Succession will go up against fellow HBO hits that include House of the Dragon, The Last of Us and The White Lotus in addition to Andor, The Crown and Yellowjackets.

On the comedy side, the lineup is not entirely surprising: Ted Lasso, Barry, Only Murders in the Building, Abbott Elementary and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel are back in the running, but Academy voters left room for three new players in Wednesday, The Bear and Jury Duty.

Meanwhile, the Limited Series category has once again shaped up to be a competitive situation: Beef will compete against fellow Netflix hit Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, while Daisy Jones & The Six will vie for the prize alongside Fleishman Is in Trouble and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Otherwise, Rihanna could land her very first Emmy nomination for The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Rihanna, which could be up for Outstanding Variety Special (Live).

Our boy Trevor Noah is also up for an Emmy in the Outstanding Variety Talk Series category for his wonderful role in The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, which he quit this year for other passion projects.

Anyway, here are this year’s nominations, so you can see all the snubs and surprises:

Outstanding Drama Series
Andor
Better Call Saul
The Crown
House of the Dragon
The Last of Us
Succession
The White Lotus
Yellowjackets

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets
Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
Sarah Snook – Succession
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jeff Bridges – The Old Man
Brian Cox – Succession
Kieran Culkin – Succession
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us
Jeremy Strong – Succession

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus
Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown
Meghann Fahy – The White Lotus
Sabrina Impacciatore – The White Lotus
Aubrey Plaza – The White Lotus
Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul
J. Smith-Cameron – Succession
Simona Tabasco – The White Lotus

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
F. Murray Abraham — The White Lotus
Nicholas Braun — Succession
Michael Imperioli — The White Lotus
Theo James — The White Lotus
Matthew Macfadyen — Succession
Alan Ruck — Succession
Will Sharpe — The White Lotus
Alexander Skarsgård — Succession

Outstanding Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
Barry
The Bear
Jury Duty
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso
Wednesday

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate – Dead to Me
Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
Jenna Ortega – Wednesday

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Bill Hader – Barry
Jason Segel – Shrinking
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Alex Borstein — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Ayo Edebiri — The Bear
Janelle James — Abbott Elementary
Sheryl Lee Ralph — Abbott Elementary
Juno Temple — Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham — Ted Lasso
Jessica Williams — Shrinking

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Carrigan — Barry
Phil Dunster — Ted Lasso
Brett Goldstein — Ted Lasso
James Marsden — Jury Duty
Ebon Moss-Bachrach — The Bear
Tyler James Williams — Abbott Elementary
Henry Winkler — Barry

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Beef
Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Daisy Jones & The Six
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Obi-Wan-Kenobi

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Taron Edgerton – Black Bird
Kumail Nanjiani – Welcome to Chippendales
Evan Peters – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Michael Shannon – George & Tammy
Steven Yeun – Beef

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Lizzy Caplan – Fleishman Is in Trouble
Jessica Chastain – George & Tammy
Dominique Fishback – Swarm
Kathryn Hahn – Beef
Riley Keough – Tiny Beautiful Things
Ali Wong- Beef

You can check out more nominations here.

Televised on Fox, the big show arrives on Monday, September 18, 2023.

[source:deadline]