Netflix dethrones HBO in Emmy nominations
LOS ANGELES —“Game of Thrones” roared back onto the Emmy battlefield, topping Thursday’s nominations with 22 bids but facing a formidable opponent in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” last year’s top drama series.
The nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmys held a clear sign of how much the ground is shifting: Streaming service Netflix captured the most nominations overall, 112, taking away a title that HBO held since 2001 and giving broadcast TV more reason to fear its future in awards and viewers.
Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” was the top comedy nominee with 16 bids, poised to take advantage of this year’s absence of three-time winner “Veep.” “Atlanta” will face newcomers, including “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Glow” and “Barry.”
“Saturday Night Live,” with its Trump administration focus, was rewarded with 21 nods.
HBO’s fantasy dragonsand-swords saga is up for top series honors but drew only supporting acting bids for Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Peter Dinklage.
“The Handmaid’s Tale,” the dystopian sci-fi series, drew 20 bids, including one for last year’s best actress winner, Elisabeth Moss, and supporting bids for Alexis Bledel, Ann Dowd, Yvonne Strahovski and Joseph Fiennes.
The Emmys ceremony airs Sept. 17 on NBC.
Nominees in major categories
Antonio Banderas (“Genius: Picasso”); Darren Criss (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”); Benedict Cumberbatch (“Patrick Melrose”); Jeff Daniels (“The Looming Tower”); John Legend (“Jesus Christ Superstar”); Jesse Plemons (“USS Callister”)
Laura Dern (“The Tale”); Jessica Biel (“The Sinner”); Michelle Dockery (“Godless”); Edie Falco (“The Menendez Murders”); Regina King (“Seven Seconds”); Sarah Paulson (“American Horror Story: Cult”)
Donald Glover (“Atlanta”); Bill Hader (“Barry”); Anthony Anderson (“Blackish”); William H. Macy (“Shameless”); Larry David (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”); Ted Danson (“The Good Place”)
Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”); Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”); Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”); Allison Janney (“Mom”); Lily Tomlin (“Grace and Frankie”); Issa Rae (“Insecure”)
Jason Bateman (“Ozark”); Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”); Ed Harris (“Westworld”); Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”); Milo Ventimiglia (“This Is Us”); Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld”)
Claire Foy (“The Crown”); Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”); Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”); Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”); Keri Russell (“The Americans”); Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld”)
“Atlanta” (FX); “Barry” (HBO); “Black-ish” (ABC); “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO); “GLOW” (Netflix); “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon); “Silicon Valley” (HBO); “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix)
The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu); “Game of Thrones” (HBO); “This Is Us” (NBC); “The Crown” (Netflix); “The Americans” (FX); “Stranger Things” (Netflix); “Westworld” (HBO)