After years of Taylor Sheridan’s series failing to be recognized with Emmy nominations in prominent categories, a number of awards experts thought this might be his year with Landman and The Madison.
But neither series landed any Emmy nominations, despite Landman scoring a best drama series ensemble nod from the Actor Awards earlier this year and star Billy Bob Thornton earning a Critics Choice nod for the show’s second season and The Madison being led by the all-star duo of Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell. Instead, Sheridan’s shows were once again almost entirely shut out apart from a stunt coordination nod for Tulsa King.
Other well-received series that were shut out include Industry, Matlock, Elsbeth, The Lowdown, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins and St. Denis Medical.
The lack of recognition for Industry means that it will end its five-season run without a single Emmy nod.
Shows that underperformed compared to what experts predicted include The Comeback, which only landed two noms for best actress and writing for a comedy series, failing to make the best comedy series category, and Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer follow-up Half Man, which only landed one nomination for best supporting actor for Gadd himself after Baby Reindeer‘s strong Emmys performance.
Your Friends and Neighbors broke into the drama series category but that was its only Emmy nod this year, with star Jon Hamm failing to make the drama actor cut. On the opposite side, Task received actor, supporting actor, writing and directing nods but was left out of the drama series category.
In terms of individual snubs, Nobody Wants This stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody were not nominated for acting Emmys for the Netflix rom-com after they both made the cut last year, and Matlock star Kathy Bates was a surprising omission from the list of drama actress nominees after she was a frontrunner for the best drama actress award she ultimately lost to Severance‘s Britt Lower last year. Love Story actors Paul Anthony Kelly, who played John F. Kennedy Jr., and Grace Gummer, who played Caroline Kennedy, were both left out of this year’s nods despite the show landing six noms, including for best limited or anthology series and star Sarah Pidgeon, who played Carolyn Bessette. Beef actress Cailee Spaeny missed out on an acting nod (but as an executive producer is part of the team up for the show’s limited/anthology series nod). And, in a fall from its past Emmy heights, none of the Bear stars were nominated for acting except for Ayo Edebiri. As well, no one from the regular Saturday Night Live cast landed acting nods. And though both the late James Burrows and Eric Dane had Emmy-eligible appearances in The Comeback and Euphoria, respectively, neither were nominated for those roles.
And while maybe not a huge snub, it was surprising to see Secret Lives of Mormon Wives miss out on a second consecutive unstructured reality program nod after it broke in last year.
In terms of more surprises, Ryan Murphy’s critically panned All’s Fair landed two nominations. And other shows performed better than expected including Spider-Noir (11 noms), The Gilded Age and Margo’s Got Money Troubles (8 noms each) and Black Rabbit (7 noms), with Jason Bateman’s Black Rabbit best actor nod, in particular, a surprise.
On the unscripted side, Dancing With the Stars surprisingly scored its first reality competition program nomination since 2016, and Love Island emcee Ariana Madix was a surprise inclusion in the best reality host category.
