The for the Television Academy鈥檚 hotly anticipated Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday, with FX Productions鈥 historical drama series 鈥淪h艒gun鈥 taking the lead with 25 nods. Sh艒gun, which tells the tale of a power struggle in feudal Japan, marks the second-ever non-English language series to be nominated for an Outstanding Drama Series award, only after Squid Games in 2022. Other nominations included Anna Sawai for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, as well as Hiroyuki Sanada for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
On its heels was 鈥淭he Bear鈥, another production by FX, this time a comedy. The Bear is about a young chef in Chicago who takes over running his family sandwich shop after his brother died. The series has broken the record for the highest number of nominations received in a year for a comedy. Last year, the first series of the show had already performed well with 13 nominations.
Other high performing TV shows included the mystery comedy-drama 鈥淥nly Murders In The Building鈥 by Hulu (21) and the fourth season of 鈥淭rue Detective: Night Country鈥 by HBO (19). NBC鈥檚 broadcast 鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥 nearly doubled its nominations since last year at 17, up from 9.
With competition fierce among the streaming industry鈥檚 major players, Netflix dominated the lineup this year, securing 107 nominations in total. Alongside 鈥淭he Crown鈥 (18), the network also received nominations for 鈥淩ipley鈥 (13) and 鈥淏aby Reindeer鈥 (11). Meanwhile, FX received 93 nominations and HBO/Max was given 91.
