'Succession' and 'Ted Lasso' lead 2022 Emmy nominations

The American Television Academy announced on Tuesday the candidates for the 74th Emmy Awards, whose winners will be announced on Monday, September 12 at a gala that still has no presenter.

The nominations have followed the usual line of these awards, without big surprises or shrillness that are out of the script.

It could be intuited that

the drama that has taken over from other major prestigious productions released by HBO, would receive a shower of nominations for its third season, broadcast last fall, after winning the award for best drama in 2020.

And so it has been: the series about the dirty, dirty rags of a family of billionaires leads the nominations with a total of 25 nominations to try to add new statuettes to the nine it already has.

In the comedy categories, there were no surprises either, and last year's winner,

(Apple TV+), has added 20 nominations in the second year in the awards for the history of the kind soccer coach played by Jason Sudeikis and who has conquered to his team, the public and the awards.

Other 20 candidates he has conquered

(HBO), in this case in the miniseries categories.

In the competition for the award for the best drama of the season,

will face off against a diverse group that includes everything from great global successes such as

(Netflix) and

(Netflix), to stories that drink of television from the recent past such as

(Netflix),

(in Spain, on Movistar Plus+) and

(on Movistar Plus+), and even a proposal that combines the psychological

with science fiction such as

(Apple TV+ ) and that dark reinvention of the youth drama that is

(HBO).

Among the acting nominations in drama, the presence of the two protagonists of

(HBO Max) with its last season, Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh, stands out, and the brutal dominance of the actors of

, with seven nominations between main actors and of distribution.

An image from the second season of 'Ted Lasso'.

Television comedy is experiencing a golden moment due to the breadth of options offered by platforms, cable channels and free-to-air television for the development of the genre.

's rivals,

(in Spain, on Disney+) stands out

with its 17 nominations, which include those of genre veterans Steve Martin and Martin Short.

Selena Gomez, the third leg of the leading trio of this kind of cluedo that satirises and pays homage to true crime

, has, however, been left without a prize option.

It is also worth highlighting the presence of

(in Spain, on Disney+), set in a public nursery school and shot in mockumentary style, which was the great revelation of free-to-air television last season in the United States.

Another mockumentary,

(in Spain, on HBO Max)

is also up for the award, together with other highly acclaimed titles such as

(all three, on HBO Max) or that machine for getting Emmy nominations (sum 66 in its four seasons) that is

(Amazon Prime Video).

The competition will also be interesting in the category of best miniseries or anthology series, which includes not only productions that had a single season, but also those that will have more but tell independent and self-contained stories.

Stories based on real events dominate in this territory, and this is demonstrated by four of the five nominees:

(Disney +), about the opioid crisis in the United States;

(Disney +), with the story of Elizabeth Holmes and the scam that was her supposedly revolutionary company Theranos;

(Netflix), the story of con artist Anna Delvey fictionalized by Shonda Rhimes for television;

Y

(in Spain, on Disney+), about the sex video starring Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee in the 1990s.

The only one that is purely fiction in this category is social satire.

(HBO Max), which stands out with its 20 nominations and an overwhelming dominance in some acting categories: five of the seven actresses who compete for the award for best supporting performance in a miniseries are provided by

.

Michael Keaton in 'Dopesick'.

Gene Page (HULU)

By channels or platforms, HBO has regained the dominance that it lost two years ago at the hands of Netflix.

After a very even confrontation last year (channel and platform had 130 and 129 nominations respectively), at the 2022 Emmys the balance is once again on the side of the cable channel.

Between HBO and HBO Max, the brand has 140 nominations.

By contrast, Netflix has dropped to 105. Disney-owned platform Hulu has garnered 58 nominations, more than double last year, buoyed heavily by

.

Apple TV+ has also received a big push, going from 35 nominations to 51 this year.

Disney + has had worse luck, which has had to settle for 34 applications compared to the 71 it received last year.

Amazon Prime Video has added 30.

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