Emmy: The productions that dominate the nominations

The television platform HBO managed to monopolize nominations for the Emmy 2023 this Wednesday with three of its series “Succession”, “The Last of Us” and “The White Lotus”, as the most nominated for this edition, whose celebration is threatened by conflicting affairs in Hollywood.

“Succession,” the drama of the Roy family that has come to an end, leads the nominations for the second year in a row with 27, while “Last of Us,” a fiction starring Pedro Pascal, has 24, and “The White Lotus,” a satire Mike White is 23 years old.

The only series that follows these titles is a comedy “Ted Lasso”from Apple TV +, nominated in 21 categories with its third season.

Television Academy monitors delivery prizesscheduled for September 18, if this Wednesday Hollywood Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) decides to join a strike by industry writers who are demanding better working conditions.

“We hope that the ongoing union negotiations can lead to a fair and speedy resolution,” Academy President Frank Scherma said before introducing the nominees for the 75th edition.

“Succession” surpasses itself

After 25 nominations in 2022. “Succession” he surpassed himself with two more nominations.

The actors of the billionaire and dysfunctional Roy family will have to fight each other for the award because the series grabbed three of the six nominations for the best actor in a drama series and four of the eight nominations for the best actor in a drama series. distribution in drama series.

The three most nominated productions HBO face off in the category for best drama series, along with “Dragon House”from the same platform, as well as “Andor” (Disney+), “Better Call Saul” (AMC), “The Crown” (Netflix) and “Yellowjackets” (Paramount+).

Recognition for the best comedy series of a slow already series awarded such as “Abbott Elementary” (ABC), “Ted Lasso,” “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) and “Barry” (HBO), as well as the final season of 20-time Emmy winner “The Marvelous” Ms. Maisel.” ” (Amazon Studios).

However, this category also includes new productions like the first one seasons “The Bear” (FX), “Jury Duty” (Amazon Studios) and “Wednesday”, the Netflix phenomenon.

The list of the best limited series consists of “Fleishman in Trouble”, “Daisy Jones and the Six”, the viral titles “Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” and “Beef” and “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, from the Star Wars universe.

Pascal and Ortega, Latino representatives at the Emmys

For this edition, the Chilean Peter Pascal he became the first Latino nominee in the category of best actor in a drama series since Jimmy Smits, of Puerto Rican descent, achieved this in 1999.

In this installment, the 48-year-old actor faces Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong, all from “Succession”, as well as Jeff Bridges, from “The Old Man” and Bob Odenkirk, star of “Better Call Saul”. .

Pascal will also have two more chances to win the award as he was nominated for Best Guest Actor in a Series comedy for participating in “Saturday Night Live” and Best Narrator for his work in “Patagonia: Life On The Edge Of The World.”

American actress with Latin roots Jenna Ortega (“Wednesday”) will fight for the title of best actress in a comedy series, and will face another favorite and already Golden Globe winner Quinta Brunson, the creator and star of “Abbott Elementary”, as well as Rachel Brosnahan, who will say goodbye in this edition to her character Miriam Maisel.

The category for best actor in a comedy series has among its nominees Bill Hader, for “Barry”; Jason Segel, for “Shrinking”; Jeremy Allen White, for “The Bear”; Jason Sudeikis, for “Ted Lasso,” and Martin Short, for “Only Murders in the Building.”

the shadow of the strike

This Wednesday is the deadline for negotiations between the Union of Film and Television Producers and the Actors’ Union Hollywood (SAG-AFTRA), and the result could determine the future of the world-famous gala.

If no agreement is reached with the studios, the actors would join strike from screenwriters completely paralyzing the American entertainment industry and affecting international events such as the Emmys and San Diego Comic-Con.