Here's how ‘The Studio' scored a record 23 Emmy nominations
As predicted by Gold Derby, the series was nominated for Best Comedy Series, where it has long been a front-runner. It will compete for the title alongside Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Hacks, Nobody Wants This, Only Murders in the Building, Shrinking, and What We Do in the Shadows.
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Multihyphenate Seth Rogen earned his first lead actor in a comedy nomination; he was previously nominated for supporting actor for Hulu's Pam & Tommy. He was also nominated for writing and directing for his work on The Studio. This brings his Emmy nomination total to eight over the course of his career; he was previously nominated for his producing work on Pam & Tommy as well as Prime VIdeo's The Boys.
Yes, Sal Saperstein can get to say thank you — Ike Barinholtz can count himself among this year's first-time Emmy nominees for his hilarious turn as the obsequious studio executive. The category includes returning champion The Bear star Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Colman Domingo (The Four Seasons), Harrison Ford and Michael Urie (both from Shrinking), Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere), and Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live).
Emmys darling Catherine O'Hara added to her collection; the Schitt's Creek star now has 10 total nominations, along with two wins (she's also nominated this year for her guest turn on The Last of Us). Also nommed is her costar Kathryn Hahn, who played the label-obsessed head of marketing. They'll vie for the title against Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear), Hannah Einbinder (Hacks), Janelle James and Sheryl Lee Ralph (both from Abbott Elementary), and Jessica Williams (Abbott Elementary).
As expected, the show overdelivered with guest acting nominations, given the stellar cameos — it nearly swept the category. Bryan Cranston, Dave Franco, Ron Howard, Anthony Mackie, and Martin Scorsese are all on the ballot — their non-Studio competition is The Bear's Jon Bernthal.
Zoë Kravitz made the cut for her drug-addled turn on The Studio, making it a total of 10 actors from the cast, which was nominated in every eligible category (no one was submitted for lead actress). She'll compete against The Bear's stars Olivia Colman and Jamie Lee Curtis, Hacks' Robby Hoffman and Julianne Nicholson, and Poker Face's Cynthia Erivo.
Rogen was also nominated for writing and directing, alongside cocreator Evan Goldberg, for standout episodes "The Promotion" (writing) and "The Oner" (directing). Playing it safe — and strategic — The Studio had submitted just one episode for writing, penned by Rogen, Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez, and just one for directing.
Television Academy voters also overwhelmingly endorsed the intentionally retro look and feel of the show, awarding it with a sweep of below-the-line nominations as well, with nods for production design, cinematography, casting, costumes, hairstyling, music composition, music supervision, sound editing, and sound mixing.
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