LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Severance” could separate itself from the competition and reach the upper echelons of the Emmy Awards when nominations are announced Tuesday morning.
The dystopian workplace drama from Apple TV+ achieved a convergence of acclaim and audience buzz for its second season that often leads to the kind of Emmy dominance enjoyed in recent years by “Succession” and “Shogun.”
But a flowering of Emmys tends to follow HBO’s “The White Lotus” wherever it goes, and HBO Max’s newcomer “The Pitt” could challenge for nominations and for wins when the trophies are handed out in September.
All will benefit from the absence of “Shogun,” which last year led all Emmy nominees with 25 and set a record for wins in a season with 18. Its second season is still in the early stages of production and it shouldn’t be around for next year’s Emmys either.
Adam Scott and Britt Lower are virtual locks for lead acting nominations for what amounted to dual roles as their characters’ “innie” work selves and “outie” home selves. Tramell Tillman is just as likely to get a nod for playing their tone-shifting, pineapple-wielding supervisor, and Ben Stiller is bound to get a directing nomination.
“Severance” got 14 nominations for its first season in 2023, but won just two, for its music and its title sequence.
Nominations will be streamed live beginning at 11:30 a.m. Eastern at Emmys.com/nominations. The reality competition series and talk series nominees will be announced earlier on “CBS Mornings” at around 7:45 a.m. Eastern.
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Apple TV+'s Hollywood satire “The Studio” could draw a host of comedy nominations for its first season as it takes on previously dominant Emmy veterans like “Hacks” and “The Bear.”
“The Studio” star and co-creator Seth Rogen could get nods for acting, writing and directing, and the show’s all-star guest stars, including Zoë Kravitz, Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard, may also add some novelty to the nominations.
“Hacks” star Jean Smart has won best lead actress in a comedy for all three previous seasons of the HBO Max series, and is the favorite for the fourth. The show won best comedy series last year too.
“The Bear” set a record for comedy nominations with 23 last year for its acclaimed second season. This year, its third season is up for Emmys (even though its fourth has already aired). It got a more lukewarm reception, leaving its status coming into the nominations murky.
“The White Lotus,” HBO’s darkly comic resort drama, submits all the members of its big ensemble cast in supporting categories, which they tend to dominate. Its Thailand-set third season included ballyhooed performances from Walton Goggins, Carrie Coon, Parker Posey and Sam Rockwell among several others.
