EMMY NOMS: LOOKIN' SHARP

Two FX series lit up the scoreboard when the 2024 Emmy nominations were announced Wednesday morning (7/17) at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre. The Bear set a new single-year record in the comedy-series field, earning 23 noms in all—including series, lead actor (Jeremy Allen White), lead actress (Ayo Edebiri) and three supporting roles (Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Ebon Moss-Bachrach). And Shōgun led on the drama side with 25 noms, including series, lead actress (Anna Sawai), lead actor (Hiroyuki Sanada) and supporting actor (Tadanobu Asano, Takehiro Hira).

Only Murders in the Building snagged 21 nods in the comedy field, while Hacks picked up 16.

Drama-wise, The Crown got 18 total nominations; Fallout, The Morning Show and Mr. & Mrs. Smith landed 16 apiece.

A pair of moonlighting musical artists scored major noms: Selena Gomez for lead actress in a comedy series (Only Murders in the Building) and Donald Glover for lead actor in a drama series (Mr. & Mrs. Smith).

Other familiar names included Billy Joel, Lionel Richie, USHER and JAY-Z.

Billy Joel: The 100th–Live at Madison Square Garden picked up four noms, including outstanding variety special (pre-recorded), and Richie got one for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special as an executive producer of The Greatest Night in Pop, which also earned two other noms.

The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show Starring USHER earned three nominations, including outstanding variety special (live). USHER shares it with JAY-Z and Jesse Collins, who double-dipped in the category for executive-producing the 2024 Grammys with fellow EP Ben Winston and producer/host Trevor Noah.

The nominees for music supervision are Catherine Grieves (Baby Reindeer), Trygge Toven (Fallout), Maggie Phillips (Fargo), Jen Malone (Mr. & Mrs. Smith), Bruce Gilbert and Lauren Marie Mikus (Only Murders in the Building) and Susan Jacobs (True Detective: Night Country). Shockingly—especially for dad-rock connoisseurs like us—The Bear’s extremely deserving Christopher Storer and Josh Senior were snubbed in the category.