Emmy Nominations 2023: Pick Your Winner

With the ongoing writers' strike in America, there's very little known about the 75th Emmy Awards, which is scheduled to be held on September 18 (there is some speculation that the awards presentation might be delayed) and will stream live on Lionsgate Play on September 19. However, the nominations for the 2023 Emmy Awards dropped last night and we’ve got the full list for you, complete with which ones are available to viewers in India. And as a bonus, we’ve highlighted our favourites from each category in bold. 

Best Drama Series

Andor (Disney+ Hotstar)

Better Call Saul (Netflix)

The Crown (Netflix)

House of the Dragon (Jio Cinema)

The Last of Us (Jio Cinema)

Succession (Jio Cinema)

The White Lotus (Jio Cinema)

Yellowjackets (Jio Cinema)

If we had to pick one: Succession. This is not only because the show was a critical favourite, but also because this year was its final season.

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)

Brian Cox (Succession) 

Kieran Culkin (Succession)

Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)

Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us)

Jeremy Strong (Succession)

The one they missed: Paddy Considine from House of the Dragon. As a monarch tasked with keeping the realm together but helplessly unable to prevent his own family from splintering, Paddy Considine as Viserys brought a weary vulnerability to his ageing character, struggling to keep his mind sharp even as his body deteriorated.

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters)

Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets)

Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)

Keri Russell (The Diplomat)

Sarah Snook (Succession)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

F. Murray Abraham (The White Lotus)

Nicholas Braun (Succession)

Michael Imperioli (The White Lotus)

Theo James (The White Lotus)

Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)

Alan Ruck (Succession)

Will Sharpe (The White Lotus)

Alexander Skarsgård (Succession)

The one they missed: Claes Bang in Bad Sisters, as the baddest of bad husbands. If you’re looking for a show full of wicked charm, look up Bad Sisters on Apple TV+.

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)

Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)

Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus)

Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus)

Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus)

Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)

J. Smith-Cameron (Succession)

Simona Tabasco (The White Lotus)

Best Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary (Disney+ Hotstar)

Barry (Jio Cinema)

The Bear (Disney+ Hotstar)

Jury Duty (Prime Video)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

Only Murders in the Building (Disney+ Hotstar)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

Wednesday (Netflix) 

Unpopular opinion: Ted Lasso will be a favourite but this season doesn’t deserve much love. 

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)

Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)

Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)

PSA: Poker Face is available on Jio Cinema. 

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Bill Hader (Barry)

Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)

Jason Segel (Shrinking)

Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)

Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

The one they missed: Donald Glover in Atlanta, which had its final season this year. Glover has been among the show’s most powerful performers.  

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Carrigan (Barry)

Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso)

Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)

James Marsden (Jury Duty)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)

Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)

Henry Winkler (Barry)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)

Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)

Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)

Juno Temple (Ted Lasso)

Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)

Jessica Williams (Shrinking)

Best Limited or Anthology Series

Beef (Netflix)

Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)

Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)

Fleishman Is in Trouble (Disney+ Hotstar)

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+)  

The one they missed: A Small Light, which tells the story of Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, has received much praise. Also, maybe an Emmy nomination would convince one of the streaming platforms to make it available to Indian viewers.

Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie

Lizzy Caplan (Fleishman Is in Trouble)

Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy)

Dominique Fishback (Swarm)

Kathryn Hahn (Tiny Beautiful Things)

Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & the Six)

Ali Wong (Beef)

PSA: George and Tammy is available on Jio Cinema. 

Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie

Taron Egerton (Black Bird)

Kumail Nanjiani (Welcome to Chippendales)

Evan Peters (Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)

Daniel Radcliffe (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story)

Michael Shannon (George & Tammy)

Steven Yeun (Beef)

Pleasant surprise: It’s nice to see Kumail Nanjiani’s performance of Steve Banerjee get some love since he was excellent even though the show — available on Disney+ Hotstar — was middling. 

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie

Murray Bartlett (Welcome To Chippendales)

Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)

Richard Jenkins (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)

Joseph Lee (Beef)

Ray Liotta (Black Bird)

Young Mazino (Beef)

Jesse Plemons (Love & Death)

The one they missed: Domnhall Gleeson as the foodie serial killer who holds a psychiatrist hostage, in The Patient (streaming on Disney+ Hotstar).  

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie

Annaleigh Ashford (Welcome To Chippendales)

Maria Bello (Beef)

Claire Danes (Fleishman Is In Trouble)

Juliette Lewis (Welcome to Chippendales)

Camila Morrone (Daisy Jones & The Six)

Niecy Nash-Betts (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)

Merritt Wever (Tiny Beautiful Things)

Best Writing for a Comedy Series

Bill Hader for Barry 

Christopher Storer for The Bear

Mekki Leeper for Jury Duty

John Hoffman, Matteo Borghese and Rob Turbovsky for Only Murders in the Building 

Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider for The Other Two

Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly and Jason Sudeikis for Ted Lasso 

PSA: The Other Two is streaming on Jio Cinema. Also if Christopher Storer doesn’t win in this category, we might need to break something. 

Best Writing for a Drama Series

Beau Willimon for Andor 

Sharon Horgan, Dave Finker, Brett Baer for Bad Sisters

Gordon Smith and Peter Gould for Better Call Saul

Craig Mazin for The Last of Us

Jesse Armstrong for Succession

Mike White for The White Lotus

Best Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie

Lee Sung-jin for Beef 

Joel Kim Booster for Fire Island

Taffy Brodesser-Akner for Fleishman is in Trouble

Patrick Aison (writing + story) and Dan Trachtenberg (story) for Prey 

Janine Nabers (teleplay) and Donald Glover (story) for Swarm

Al Yankovic and Eric Appel for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 

Unpleasant surprise: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is too much of a parody. It starts off well, but after a point, the film seems to be intent upon outdoing its own craziness.  

Best Directing for a Drama Series

Benjamin Caron for Andor 

Dearbhla Walsh for Bad Sisters 

Peter Hoar for The Last of Us

Andrij Parekh for Succession 

Mark Mylod for Succession 

Lorene Scafaria for Succession

Mike White for The White Lotus 

Best Directing for a Comedy Series

Bill Hader for Barry 

Christopher Storer for The Bear

Amy Sherman-Palladino for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 

The Mary Lou Belli for Ms. Pat Show 

Declan Lowney for Ted Lasso 

Tim Burton for Wednesday

Best Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or TV Movie

Lee Sung-jin for Beef 

Jake Schreier for Beef 

Carl Franklin for Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story 

Paris Barclay for Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story 

Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton for Fleishman Is In Trouble

Dan Trachtenberg for Prey

Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Jon Bernthal for The Bear

Luke Kirby for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Nathan Lane for Only Murders in the Building

Pedro Pascal for Saturday Night Live

Oliver Platt for The Bear

Sam Richardson for Ted Lasso

The one they missed: Andy Serkis in Andor, which has to be among the most interesting of the shows set in the world of Star Wars. 

Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Murray Bartlett for The Last of Us

James Cromwell for Succession

Lamar Johnson for The Last of Us

Arian Moayed for Succession

Nick Offerman for The Last of Us

Keivonn Montreal Woodard for The Last of Us

Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Becky Ann Baker for Ted Lasso

Quinta Brunson for Saturday Night Live

Taraji P. Henson for Abbott Elementary

Judith Light for Poker Face

Sarah Niles for Ted Lasso

Harriet Walter for Ted Lasso

Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Hiam Abbass for Succession

Cherry Jones for Succession

Melanie Lynskey for The Last of Us

Storm Reid for The Last of Us

Anna Torv for The Last of Us

Harriet Walter for Succession

Best Talk Series

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 

Late Night With Seth Meyers 

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 

The Problem With Jon Stewart 

Best Reality Competition

The Amazing Race 

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Survivor 

Top Chef 

The Voice 

Best Animated Program

Bob’s Burgers 

Entergalactic (Netflix)

Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal 

Rick And Morty (Netflix)

The Simpsons (Disney+ Hotstar)

Best Structured Reality Program

Antiques Roadshow 

Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 

Love Is Blind (Netflix)

Queer Eye (Netflix)

Shark Tank (Jio Cinema)

Best Unstructured Reality Program

Indian Matchmaking (Netflix)

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked 

Selling Sunset (Netflix)

Vanderpump Rules (Jio Cinema)

Welcome to Wrexham (Disney+ Hotstar)

Complaint: Dear Netflix, please bring back RuPaul’s Drag Race 

Best Television Movie

Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas 

Fire Island (Disney+ Hotstar)

Hocus Pocus 2 (Disney+ Hotstar)

Prey (Disney+ Hotstar)

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 

Best Game Show

Family Feud 

Jeopardy! 

The Price Is Right 

That’s My Jam 

Wheel of Fortune (ABC)

Best Scripted Variety Series

A Black Lady Sketch Show (Jio Cinema)

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (Jio Cinema)

Saturday Night Live 

Best Variety Special (Live)

The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna 

Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (Netflix)

Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium

The Oscars 

75th Annual Tony Awards 

Best Variety Special (Pre-recorded)

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love 

John Mulaney: Baby J (Netflix)

Lizzo: Live In Concert 

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter

Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (Netflix)

Wanda Sykes: I’m An Entertainer (Netflix)

Best Host for a Reality or Competition Program

Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness for Queer Eye

Nicole Byer for Nailed It!

Padma Lakshmi for Top Chef

Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph for Baking It

RuPaul for RuPaul’s Drag Race

Best Host for a Game Show

Mayim Bialik for Jeopardy!

Steve Harvey for Family Feud

Ken Jennings for Jeopardy!

Keke Palmer for Password

Pat Sajak for Wheel of Fortune

Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special

Being Mary Tyler Moore 

Judy Blume Forever (Prime Video)

My Transparent Life 

Pamela, A Love Story (Netflix)

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+)

Best Documentary or Nonfiction Series

Dear Mama 

100 Foot Wave (Jio Cinema)

Secrets of the Elephants (Disney+ Hotstar)

The 1619 Project 

The U.S. and the Holocaust 

Best Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special

The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama & Oprah Winfrey (Netflix)

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (Netflix)

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy 

Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi (Disney+ Hotstar)

United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell

Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking

The Accused: Damned Or Devoted?

Aftershock 

Last Flight Home 

The Territory