“The Pitt” and “Hacks” have earned their keep this year for HBO Max. The drama and comedy series combined delivered some 40% of the Emmy Award nominations haul that HBO and its streaming sibling HBO Max delivered in a field that includes a number of surprise contenders and shakeups in key categories.
“The Pitt” led the field with 25 noms, as befitting the reigning Emmy drama series champ. “Hacks” commanded an even two dozen bids for the farewell season of Deborah Vance and Co. HBO’s tally was also padded by its new David Harbour drama “DTF St. Louis,” which grabbed 13 mentions.
Netflix ranked second to HBO Max, in a rerun of last year’s nominations standings. The streamer’s anthology franchise “Beef” packed a punch with its second installment, with 16 noms across top categories. Limited series “The Beast in Me” came in with nine. The final season of “Stranger Things” pulled in seven noms, as did the Jason Bateman-Jude Law vehicle “Black Rabbit,” returning drama series “The Diplomat” and the latest installment of the “Monster” franchise, “The Ed Gein Story”
Apple TV had its best-ever showing this year with 89 noms, thanks largely to two buzzy freshman series: The spooky dramedy “Widow’s Bay” (competing in the comedy heats), with 19, and the Rhea Seehorn-Vince Gilligan tour de force “Pluribus,” with 18.
Among the major studio groups, the Walt Disney Co. tallied up 125 nominations across its many platforms, from Hulu to ABC to National Geographic TV. ABC’s Oscars telecast snared nine noms, followed by FX’s “The Bear” with eight and seven apiece for ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” FX’s “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” and “Paradise.”
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