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The Surprises
Eleven Nominations forFleabagFor its first season, Phoebe Waller-Bridgesfourth-wall-shatteringcharacter study received zero nominations.
Alfie Allen was nominated?Ladies, gentlemen: Reek was nominated for an Emmy.
Hence the surprise of seeing his supporting actor nomination alongside co-stars Peter Dinklage and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
Ever with, Oh yeah?
Well, were giving it 32 Emmy nominations,bitches.
But I guess they decided to acknowledge the fact that those left behind, including Wright, persevered post-scandal.
(The series earned three nominations, including one for supporting actor Michael Kelly.)
But it came out the other side with 16 nominations, including an impressive 8 across the acting categories.
BoJack Horsemanfinally earned an Outstanding Animated Program nominationAfter years of horsin around get it?!?!
Emmy voters finally gaveBoJack Horsemanthe Emmy nomination it has deserved since at least season two.
Beyonce was nominated!Shes been nominated three times before, so I guess its not so surprising.
The Handmaids Talereceived 11 nominations even though its second season was not eligible for Emmy consideration.Wait, what?
In fact,Homecomingonly got one nomination, for cinematography, and thats it.
Ill attribute this toGame of Thronessyndrome.
Better Things: snubbed entirelySo this is interesting to me.
gets nothing, after being nominated before?
And its also one of the fewfemale-driven and directed serieson television?
Just making sure I understand.
Short shrift for theVeepcastJulia Louis-Dreyfus was nominated, obviously.
So was Tony Hale and Anna Chlumsky.
Aw, you ignored DArcy Carden, a.k.a.
Janet?The Good Placeepisode Janet was nominated forwriting.
Again, are wesurewere not in the bad place?
So that means it got nothing for actors Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, or Kyle Chandler.
But Emmy voters stuck with programs theyve previously nominated instead.
You might even say that this apparent contradiction requires … a closer look.
