Apple TV+ Scores Record-Breaking 81 Emmy Award Nominations
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Nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards were announced this week, and Apple scored a record-breaking 81 Emmy Award nominations across 14 Apple Original titles on its Apple TV+ streaming service.
Unsurprisingly, Severance was the most-nominated series, with 27 nods. Rookie series The Studio received 23 nominations in total, marking the first time a freshman comedy series received that many nominations, beating out the record set by Ted Lasso in 2021 (which in turn had edged out Glee).
Apple also received best program nominations for drama (Slow Horses) and comedy (Shrinking), making it the only streaming service to have multiple shows nominated in the Outstanding Comedy and Drama Series categories. Apple also led the pack in the acting nominations, with 31 performance nominations in total.
“Everyone at Apple is celebrating the talent, creativity, and hard work of all of our Emmy nominees this morning,” said Zack Van Amburg, Apple’s head of Worldwide Video. “Severance and The Studio have exceeded our wildest expectations in earning the most nominations for both drama and comedy series, alongside the phenomenal Shrinking and Slow Horses. These shows have connected deeply with audiences around the world, and we’re incredibly appreciative to the Television Academy for recognizing the breadth of storytelling that has been an honor for us to champion. We send our warmest congratulations to all of today’s nominees.”
Severance
Severance is the most-nominated series this time around, with 27 nominations overall, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Adam Scott), and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Britt Lower).
Here are the show’s staggering list of nominations:
- Outstanding Drama Series
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Adam Scott
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Britt Lower
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Zach Cherry
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Tramell Tillman
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: John Turturro
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Patricia Arquette
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Jane Alexander
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Gwendoline Christie
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Merritt Wever
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series: Jessica Lee Gagné
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series: Ben Stiller
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: Dan Erickson
- Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)
- Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
- Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series
- Outstanding Choreography For Scripted Programming
- Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour)
- Outstanding Picture Editing For A Drama Series (X3)
- Outstanding Title Design
- Outstanding Music Supervision
- Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
- Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
- Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode
- Outstanding Stunt Performance
The Studio
The Studio is the most-nominated freshman comedy series in history, with 23 nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Seth Rogen), and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (Bryan Cranston, Dave Franco, and others.
The nominations are:
- Outstanding Comedy Series
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Seth Rogen
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Ike Barinholtz
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Kathryn Hahn
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Catherine O’Hara
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Bryan Cranston
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Dave Franco
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Ron Howard
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Anthony Mackie
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Martin Scorsese
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Zoë Kravitz
- Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
- Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Heck, Alex Gregory, Frida Perez
- Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour)
- Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
- Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (Half-Hour)
- Outstanding Contemporary Costumes For A Series
- Outstanding Picture Editing For A Single Camera Comedy Series
- Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling
- Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
- Outstanding Music Supervision
- Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour)
- Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
Shrinking
Apple’s well-received comedy Shrinking nabbed its first-ever nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, and Harrison Ford received his first Emmy Award nomination for his performance as the grumpy yet lovable therapist. Jason Segel received a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy, while Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress nominations were bestowed upon Michael Urie and Jessica Williams, respectively.
Slow Horses
This writer’s personal favorite among Apple TV+ series, the darkly funny Slow Horses, also scored in several categories. Last year’s Emmy winner for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series tallied nominations for Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Lead Actor (Sir Gary Oldman), Outstanding Director (Adam Randall), Outstanding Casting, and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Will Smith). If you haven’t yet watched Slow Horses, give it a try. Just sit back and enjoy Oldman, as he chews any nearby scenery. There’s a reason Apple has already renewed it for a seventh season.
Other Nominations
Other Apple TV+ Emmy-nominated series and films include Presumed Innocent, with 4 nominations, Disclaimer with 2 nods, Bad Sisters star Sharon Horgan for Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Dope Thief with one nom, The Gorge with two nominations, including Outstanding Television Movie, and several more.
Apple’s Emmy nominations weren’t limited to series and films, as it also received Outstanding Commercial nominations for two of its TV ads, “Heartstrings” (AirPods Pro) and “Flock” (Apple Privacy.)
A full list of nominations is available here.
