Emmy Nominations Predictions: ‘WandaVision,’ ‘I May Destroy You,’ M.J. Rodriguez

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargePBS led all networks in nominations for the 42nd annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, landing 52 overall — thanks to the strength of signature series “Frontline,” “Independent Lens,” “POV,” “Nova,” “PBS News Hour” and “Nature.”The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced this year’s nominees on Tuesday morning, noting that more than 2,200 submissions were entered, from content that premiered in calendar year 2020.

PBS leads the nominations for the 42nd annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, as it usually does, this year scoring 52 noms over last year’s 48. Vice News Tonight, which topped all programs with 16 noms in 2020, equaled that number this year but is tied with CBS’ 60 Minutes.

Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, currently nominated for 20 Emmy Awards, debuted its second season on July 23 delivering the streamer’s biggest premiere day ever, largest opening weekend ever and #1 debut across all series and movies, the company said. As usual, Apple — like most SVOD players — did not provide hard numbers to back its claims.

Ted Lasso. The hit Apple+ television series stars Jason Sudeikis as the endlessly positive American football coach Ted Lasso, who is unexpectedly brought in to oversee a Premier League team, despite having no knowledge of association football before being hired.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeGreetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is July 19, 2021, which means it’s 31 days until final-round voting starts on Aug. 19; 42 days until final voting ends on Aug.

Michaela Coel, “I May Destroy You” – HBO Ethan Hawke, “The Good Lord Bird” – Showtime Thuso Mbedu, “The Underground Railroad” – Amazon Elizabeth Olsen, “WandaVision” – Disney+ Mj Rodriguez, “Pose” – FX Omar Sy, “Lupin” – Netflix Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit” – Netflix Kate Winslet, “Mare of Easttown” – HBO Bo Burnham, “Bo Burnham: Inside” – Netflix Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant” – HBO Max Maya Erskine, “Pen15” – Hulu Renee Elise Goldsberry, “Girls5Eva” – Peacock Charlotte Nicdao,

The 2021 TCA Award nominees have been revealed and AppleTV+ freshman series Ted Lasso is leading the charge with five nominations including Individual Achievement In Comedy for stars Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham, as well as nominations for Outstanding New Program, Outstanding Achievement In Comedy, and Program Of The Year.

Just days after the Emmy nominations were revealed, the Television Critics Association announced their own nominees for this year’s TCA Awards. Not surprisingly, “Ted Lasso” led all programs with five nods while “Hacks,” “WandaVision,” “I May Destroy You,” and “Mare of Easttown” took four.

Clayton Davis With diversity among key nominees at the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards up 17% year over year, there is great potential for even more records to be shattered come the Sept. 19 ceremony.Four of the six slots for lead drama actor went to Black actors, two of whom are former winners — Sterling K.

Jennifer Aniston is celebrating Friends: The Reunion‘s Emmy nomination!

Variety chief TV critics Daniel D’Addario and Caroline Framke run through the most interesting and exciting honors.D’Addario: “Game of Thrones” is long gone, but here’s one way its impact is still felt — genre has taken over the Emmys. “The Mandalorian” shares the most-nominated-series distinction (with “The Crown,” which at times can feel like high fantasy in its own way).

Hacks actor Carl Clemons-Hopkins welcomed his first Emmy nomination with open arms. Their phone, ringing off the hook with messages and calls of congratulations? Not so much.

here. We don’t know if he has a chance, but here’s hoping if Cheadle is skipped, he’ll be back next year after Disney+’s “Armor Wars,” which puts War Machine front and center, for the lead actor category.

With every year’s Emmy nominations announcement comes question marks and raised eyebrows as some nominations are deemed unexpected. Titles like "Ted Lasso," "WandaVision" and "The Crown" dominated their respective categories this year, leaving little space for competition that many thought would surely squeak their way into this year’s honorees.

The most Marvel-ous nominations. Marvel has taken on Ragnarok, Ultron and Thanos, but now they’re fighting for the Emmys. The first superhero series from Marvel Studios scored big with the 2021 Emmy nominations.

Reno 911!, Die Hart and Mapleworth Murders, which all began as original series on the ill-starred Quibi and now stream as Roku Originals, collected a total of eight Emmy nominations.

Oprah Winfrey just landed her eighth Primetime Emmy nomination. On Tuesday, it was revealed that was up for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special at the 73rd annual Emmy Awards. The explosive special, which marked Harry and his wife’s first interview since leaving the royal family, was seen by over 49.1 million viewers worldwide when it debuted in March.

The Television Academy should be proud in many ways of their nominations for the 73rd Annual Emmy Awards, a diverse list to be sure that includes 37 different programs receiving five or more nominations including such great newcomers as Hacks and Ted Lasso,  an impressive 45 first time performer nominees, including Mj Rodriguez, up for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Pose, making her the first transgender performer ever in a lead acting category.

Bowen Yang has made both Emmys and Saturday Night Live history.

(Very) Good morning, “Ted Lasso.” The Jason Sudeikis comedy just broke “Glee’s” record for most Emmy nominations ever for a freshman comedy.We’ll raise a cup of tea to that.“Ted Lasso” hauled in 20 nominations this year, the most for a first-year comedy. “Glee” nabbed 19 back in 2010.Overall, Apple TV+ landed 35 Emmy nominations on Tuesday.