Paramount Receives 56 Primetime Emmy Nominations, 7 For Paramount+

 

At 11:30 AM Eastern today, even with a looming actors' strike on top of the Writers Guild of America strike that might push the actual ceremony to November or even January, the nominees for the Primetime Emmy Awards were released. The megaconglomerates of Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney received 181 and 163 respectively. How did Paramount fare? Well, it's in the title, let's break it down.

Starting with Paramount+ itself, Star Trek: Picard received two nominations for makeup: Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) and Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup. The dearly departed Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies received two nominations as well in Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming. Tulsa King was nominated for Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Comedy Series or Variety Program, Last Flight Home was nominated for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, and the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert was nominated for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special.

Showtime landed eight nominations. Four of them were earned by George & Tammy:  Jessica Chastain for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Michael Shannon for Outstanding Lead Actor in Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, and Outstanding Period Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Breakout hit Yellowjackets has garnered Outstanding Drama Series, a nomination for Melanie Lynskey for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series. The L Word: Generation Q received one nomination, for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.

CBS Television Network and CBS Studios earned 22 nominations. The Amazing Race received five of them: Outstanding Reality Competition Program, Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program, Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Reality Program, and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program. The 65th Grammys received nominations for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special, Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special, and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Special. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert is nominated for Outstanding Talk Series once again, Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. The 75th Tonys also received a nomination for Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special as well as Outstanding Variety Special. FBI: Most Wanted received two nominations in stunt categories, Outstanding Stunt Performance, and Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, a category in which S.W.A.T. is also nominated. The Price is Right is nominated for Outstanding Game Show. For CBS Studios shows Apple TV's Carpool Karaoke: The Series is nominated for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series, and Netflix's Dead to Me received Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Christina Applegate.

MTV Entertainment Studios earned 18 Primetime Emmy nominations, including for Emily in Paris, also on Netflix, which received three: Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling, Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Series, Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic). RuPaul's Drag Race received seven nominations, the most of the portfolio: Outstanding Reality Competition Program, Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program, Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program, Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program, Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series, and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera). Spinoff RuPaul's Drag Race Untucked scored nominations for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program and Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program. 

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah was nominated for Outstanding Talk Series, Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, and Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming. Awkwafina Is Hangin' With Grandma is a YouTube offshoot of Nora From Queens and it has been nominated for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series. Wanda Sykes is nominated for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, voicing Gladys on Crank Yankers, and The Other Two creators Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider are nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the episode "Cary & Brooke Go to an AIDS Play". And finally, BET+ original series The Ms. Pat Show was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.

Source: Paramount