Emmy Awards
‘Barry’ Stars Talk the Show’s Dark Tones and Plans for Season Four: “We’re Going to Manage to Keep Things Funny”
Barry, now in its third season, is up for 14 awards at this year’s Emmys, with two in the same category. Anthony Carrigan, who plays lovable Chechen mobster NoHo Hank, and Henry Winkler, who plays Barry’s (Bill Hader) acting teacher turned biggest threat Gene Cousineau, will go head-to-head this year for supporting actor in a […]
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CJ Chair, ‘Parasite’ Producer Miky Lee to Receive 2022 International Emmy Directorate Award
Miky Lee, vice chair of Korean media giant CJ Group, will be honored by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with its 2022 International Emmy Directorate Award, in celebration of her life’s work. In her position at CJ, Lee championed a new generation of Korean directors, including Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho, […]
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What the ‘Yellowstone’ Snub Really Means for the Emmys
The shutout of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone was, for many, the most egregious “snub” of the July 12 Emmy nominations announcement. The Montana-set neo-Western created by Taylor Sheridan (who, in addition to writing the episodes occasionally directs and appears as a supporting character) was a massive ratings hit from the outset, particularly in the heartland, but […]
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Mandy Moore on ‘This Is Us’ Emmys Snub: “Nothing Can Take Away What Our Show Meant”
Mandy Moore — along with her supportive onscreen daughter — is disappointed that This Is Us didn’t get recognized in a big way by the 2022 Emmy Awards for its final outing. The hit NBC family drama only earned one Emmy nomination on Tuesday, in the category of best original music and lyrics for the […]
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Half of This Year’s Emmy-Nominated Actors of Color Came From Three Shows
Squid Game’s historic 14 nominations went a long way toward buoying the diversity numbers for the 2022 Emmy acting nominees. Nearly 20 percent (five: lead actor Lee Jung-jae, supporting actors Park Hae-soo and Oh Young-soo, supporting actress Jung Ho-yeon and guest actress Lee You-mi) of this year’s nominated actors of color (26) hail from the […]
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Critics’ Conversation: The 2022 Emmy Nominations Are a Mix of Inspired and Inane
THR's TV critics break down the 2022 Emmy nominations — and oversights — that most surprised, delighted, perplexed or disappointed them.
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Emmy Nominations 2022: Historic, Record-Breaking and Otherwise Notable Nominees
When the 2022 Emmy Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday morning, Netflix’s Squid Game, HBO’s Succession, NBC’s Saturday Night Live and Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso were among the TV shows breaking notable records. With 14 nods, Squid Game made history by becoming the first-ever non-English-language show and series solely produced outside of a Western […]
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‘Better Call Saul’ Star Bob Odenkirk Reflects on Heart Attack Ahead of Final Season Episode
Last July, Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk suffered a heart attack while filming an episode for the sixth and final season of the AMC show. After receiving another Emmy nomination on Tuesday for his starring role, the actor reflected on the near-death experience and said next week’s episode is the one in which the […]
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Emmy Nominations: ‘Yellowstone’ Shut Out as Selena Gomez, Sadie Sink Miss Acting Nods
Despite breaking through with the Screen Actors Guild Awards this winter and prognosticators predicting it would land multiple nominations, Yellowstone was shut out of the 2022 Emmy Awards nominations, failing to earn a single nod, even for acclaimed stars Kevin Costner and Kelly Reilly. Other series that failed to land any Emmy nominations this year, […]
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With ‘Squid Game’ Nominations, Emmys Finally Truly Go Global
Two years ago, Netflix broke ground for the Emmys with eight nominations for Unorthodox, its German-American limited series that was told in English, Yiddish and German. Now in 2022, another of the streamer’s programs have helped the Television Academy truly go global. Squid Game is the first series solely produced outside of a Western country […]
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Barack Obama Lands Emmy Nomination for ‘Our Great National Parks’
Barack Obama is now an Emmy nominee. The 44th president of the United States scored a nomination for the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards for narrating the Netflix docuseries Our Great National Parks. He’s one of five nominees for outstanding narrator, along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (History’s Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War), David Attenborough (Discovery+’s […]
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Dave Chappelle’s ‘The Closer’ Lands 2 Emmy Nominations Despite Public Backlash
Dave Chappelle’s standup special, The Closer, has landed two nominations for the 2022 Emmys, despite backlash from Netflix employees and viewers over the comedian’s jokes targeting trans people. The special received nods for best pre-recorded variety special, and for Stan Lathan in the variety special directing category. In the variety special category, The Closer is joined by […]
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