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Maya Rudolph and Donald Glover.Planet Earth IIIandThe Idol.
.One Pasek and One Paul Could EGOT
.
Theyre up for Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?
fromOnly Murders in the Building, co-written with Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman.
(He did, for the third time, for playing media CEO Cory Ellison onThe Morning Show.)
Matching Emmy nominations for couples seems to be the thing for the 2024 Emmys.
& Mrs. Smith) and Holland Taylor (Supporting Actress in a Drama forThe Morning Show).
This year, the series premieres ofShogunandMr.
& Mrs. Smithgot writing nominations;The GentlemenandMr.
But even the surprising (and welcome!)
.Dont Worry!The IdolIs an Emmy Nominee!
HBO had aroughgo of it on nomination morning.
But the other part was that so many of its big prestige offerings this season flopped and flopped hard.
A year ago, Emmy watchers likely looked ahead to shows likeThe Regime(Kate Winslet back on HBO!
),The Idol(Euphoriabut about a pop star!
), andThe Sympathizer(Pulitzer Prizewinning source material!)
as the shows that would lead the Emmy charge into 2024.
Yeah, not so much.
Instead,The Regime,The Idol, andThe Sympathizereach got one nomination apiece.
No wonder Warner Bros.
Discovery is thinking aboutyet another corporate restructure.
For the human-sizeBattleshipboards and re-creation of the original series giant mechanical doll alone, it deserves to win.
Are they not watching Summers Best TV Show(TMJoe Reid)???
ForTom Hanks and Rita Wilsons nieceand her single-episode tantrumtour de force alone, this should have been a nominee.
Maybe Billy Gardell is the Jon Hamm, hopping from one highly successful show to another.
Maybe Wanda Sykes and the rest ofThe UpshawsareThe Bearfor this multi-cam TV world.
Maybe Kelsey Grammer istheirproblematic president.
Everyone Is Gay!
How about a nod toward the truly inspirational number of out queer performers nominated this year.
