Emmy Nominations 2023: Succession Leads the Pack With 27 Nods, The Last of Us in Close Second
The 2023 Emmy nominations were announced last night by Community star Yvette Nicole Brown, with HBO's hit drama Succession season 4 receiving 27 nominations, which included best actor/ actress nods for Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, and Sarah Snook, in the Drama category. Following close behind was The Last of Us with a whopping 24 nominations, becoming the first live-action video game adaptation to be recognised by the Television Academy, including one for Best Drama Series. Of course, both leads Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey earned their Outstanding Actor/ Actress nods, with co-creator Craig Mazin securing a spot for best direction. That goes to episode 3 of the show, ‘Long, Long Time,' written by Peter Hoar, which improved the source material by crafting a wholesome queer romance story. The main actors in the episode Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett also received nominations in the Best Guest Actor space.
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Coming in third — by a tiny margin — is the second season of The White Lotus which received 23 nominations, securing spots among Best Drama Series, writing and direction, and supporting roles. It makes sense for none of the cast to be listed among the best actor/ actress spots since they largely shared an equal amount of screen time. It's nice to see HBO dominating the Emmy Awards once again with their quality lineup of shows, although it was a bit strange to see House of the Dragon only receiving one nomination — for Outstanding Drama Series.
Despite being one of the biggest shows of last year — ironically, based on succession within the Targaryen family — none of the actors were recognised. Not even Paddy Considine, who played King Viserys in the series, making impossible
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