The Daily Show received 7 Emmy nominations
LOS ANGELES - Trevor Noah’s South African charm is magnetic, and The Daily Show’s latest Emmy nominations are proof.
The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards nominees were announced on Tuesday, July 12, with the late-night series and its spin-offs scoring seven nominations, including in the main Outstanding Variety Talk Series category.
According to Deadline, this marks its fifth consecutive nomination in the main late-night category; however, The Daily Show has lost out to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, which has won the award six years in a row.
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The seven nominations are the most The Daily Show has received at one time since Noah took over the reins from Jon Stewart in 2015.
And while the show itself has remained a TV-viewing favourite, it is the show’s expanding universe that helped it bring in more nominations
Daily Show team and incredibly lucky to be part of a place where we can laugh, cry, debate and create together to bring some perspective and humour to this hectic world,” showrunner, exec producer and writer Jen Flanz said in a statement.
“I’m grateful for the support of Paramount, MTVE and Comedy Central and truly appreciative for Trevor, who is as wonderful to work with off camera as he is on.”
Sharing the nomination announcement on Twitter, Noah wrote: “Just wow!! Thank you for the incredible honour … And a big congrats to @ thedailyshow team and to Chris McCarthy and the whole Viacom /Comedy Central fam! I told you we work well together!”
The seven nominations include Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming, Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series, and Outstanding Writing for A Variety Series.