2022 Emmy Nominations: ‘Succession,’ ‘The White Lotus,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ dominate; Quinta Brunson, Zendaya make Emmy history

The third season of Succession is the CEO of the 2022 Emmy nominations with a stunning 25 nods, shooting past its 2020 haul of 18. That includes 14 individual acting nominations across all available categories except lead actress. Brian Cox and current winner Jeremy Strong were nominated for lead actor in a drama series, Sarah Snook and J. Smith Cameron both got into supporting actress, and no less than four of the six spots for guest actor were taken by Succession guest stars, including Adrien Brody and Alexander Skarsgård.

This year’s nominations were announced by J.B. Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), who will star together in the Netflix series Blockbuster, and Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma.

“Television continues to keep the world entertained, informed, and connected. With production at a historic high, the Academy has received a record number of Emmy submissions this season,” said Scherma. “As we prepare for the entertainment industry’s biggest night, we are thrilled to honor the innovators, creators, performers and storytellers who are propelling this platinum age of television.”

The Primetime Emmy Awards utilize a traditional, if archaic, calendar that recognizes the best in American primetime programming airing between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022. The Emmys have gone through several rule changes in recent years, including this year where they have blurred the lines between the distinction of comedy and drama designation based on run-time. Since 2015, program were classified by their runtimes, with half-hour shows automatically being deemed comedies and hourlong programs going to the drama categories.

Double nominations were the name of the game today with Julia Garner earning her third nod for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Ozark (where she’s won twice) and her first as Lead Actress in a Limited Series, which she earned for the Netflix scammer series Inventing Anna. Sydney Sweeney grabbed nominations for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work in the second season of Euphoria (16 nods overall) and also for her supporting role in the HBO limited series The White Lotus, which earned a massive 20 nominations.

Freshman series Abbott Elementary earned seven Emmy nominations this morning, including Comedy Series, Lead Actress (Quinta Brunson), Supporting Actress (Janelle James and Sheryl Lee Ralph) and Supporting Actor (Tyler James Williams). With her writing nomination, Brunson becomes the first Black woman to earn three Emmy nominations in the same year for the same show.

With Euphoria‘s nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, Zendaya is now the youngest woman ever nominated for producing at the Emmys, at 25. She is also the youngest two-time lead acting nominee ever, winning in 2020, where she was also the youngest ever winner for Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Adding her two Music and Lyrics nominations for original songs, she earned four nominations today.

The blockbuster hit that is the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things managed 13 nominations, including Drama Series, but missed out on all of its acting shots, including previous nominees Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour, as well as breakout star Sadie Sink.

Another Netflix blockbuster broke into the Emmys in a big way and that it is the international hit Squid Game. With 14 nominations, it’s the first non-English language program to be nominated for a top series category and its Korean cast, including Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Oh Yeong-su and Jung Ho-yeon, the first to be nominated for drama acting.

With the six nominations for Searchlight Television’s first production The Dropout, including Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series, these mark the first ever Emmy nods for Searchlight Pictures. 

Although she missed out on a lead acting nomination, Selena Gomez’s nomination in the Outstanding Comedy Series marks only the second time a Latina has ever been among the producing nominees for comedy series in the 74-year history of the Emmys. The first was Salma Hayek for Fox’s Ugly Betty back in 2007. In addition, only one Latina woman has won as a producer in any of the top series categories in history (Celia D. Costas for Angels in America in 2004).

Both Chadwick Boseman and Jessica Walter received posthumous Emmy nominations today, in the Character Voice-Over Performance category. Boseman earned his for reprising his role as T’Challa in the Marvel series What If… and Walter earned her second nomination in a row for her work in FX’s Archer.

Last year, The Crown, The Mandalorian, WandaVision and Ted Lasso topped the nominations with The Crown and Ted Lasso winning their respective drama series and comedy series categories. This year, only Ted Lasso competes with a new season.

The 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Gala will be held over two nights, Saturday, September 3 and Sunday, September 4. The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards will be live Monday, September 12 on NBC as well as stream live on Peacock for the first time. No host has been announced yet.

Here are the nominees. See the complete list here.

Drama Series

• Better Call Saul (AMC)
• Euphoria (HBO)
• Ozark (Netflix)
• Severance (Apple TV+)
• Squid Game (Netflix)
• Stranger Things (Netflix)
• Succession (HBO)
• Yellowjackets (Showtime)

Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Barry (HBO)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
• Hacks (HBO)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video)
• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
• What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Limited Series

• Dopesick (Hulu)
• The Dropout (Hulu)
• Inventing Anna (Netflix)
• Pam and Tommy (Hulu)
• The White Lotus (HBO)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Jason Bateman (Ozark)
• Brian Cox (Succession)
• Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)
• Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
• Adam Scott (Severance)
• Jeremy Strong (Succession)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)
• Laura Linney (Ozark)
• Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets)
• Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
• Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show)
• Zendaya (Euphoria)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Donald Glover (Atlanta)
• Bill Hader (Barry)
• Nicholas Hoult (The Great)
• Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
• Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
• Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
• Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
• Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant)
• Elle Fanning (The Great)
• Issa Rae (Insecure)
• Jean Smart (Hacks)

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Colin Firth (The Staircase)
• Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven)
• Oscar Isaac (Scenes From a Marriage)
• Michael Keaton (Dopesick)
• Himesh Patel (Station Eleven)
• Sebastian Stan (Pam and Tommy)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Toni Collette (The Staircase)
• Julia Garner (Inventing Anna)
• Lily James (Pam and Tommy)
• Sarah Paulson (Impeachment: American Crime Story)
• Margaret Qualley (Maid)
• Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)

Variety Talk Series  

• The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
• Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC)
• The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Competition Program

• The Amazing Race (CBS)
• Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Amazon Prime Video)
• Nailed It! (Netflix)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
• Top Chef (Bravo)
• The Voice (NBC)

Television Movie

• Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers (Disney+)
• Ray Donovan: The Movie (Showtime)
• Reno 911!: The Hunt For QAnon (Paramount+)
• The Survivor (HBO/HBO Max)
• Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (The Roku Channel)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Patricia Arquette (Severance)
• Julia Garner (Ozark)
• Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game)
• Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets)
• Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)
• J. Smith-Cameron (Succession)
• Sarah Snook (Succession)
• Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria)

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Nicholas Braun (Succession)
• Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
• Kieran Culkin (Succession)
• Park Hae-soo (Squid Game)
• Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
• John Turturro (Severance)
• Christopher Walken (Severance)
• Oh Yeong-su (Squid Game)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
• Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
• Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
• Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
• Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso)
• Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)
• Juno Temple (Ted Lasso)
• Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Carrigan (Barry)
• Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
• Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso)
• Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso)
• Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
• Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)
• Henry Winkler (Barry)
• Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

• Connie Britton (The White Lotus)
• Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
• Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus)
• Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick)
• Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus)
• Sydney Sweeney (The White Lotus)
• Mare Winningham (Dopesick)

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

• Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus)
• Jake Lacy (The White Lotus)
• Will Poulter (Dopesick)
• Seth Rogen (Pam & Tommy)
• Peter Sarsgaard (Dopesick)
• Michael Stuhlbarg (Dopesick)
• Steve Zahn (The White Lotus)

Guest Actress in a Drama Series

• Hope Davis (Succession)
• Marcia Gay Harden (The Morning Show)
• Martha Kelly (Euphoria)
• Sanaa Lathan (Succession)
• Harriet Walter (Succession)
• Lee You-mi (Squid Game)

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

• Adrien Brody (Succession)
• James Cromwell (Succession)
• Colman Domingo (Euphoria)
• Arian Moayed (Succession)
• Tom Pelphrey (Ozark)
• Alexander Skarsgård (Succession)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

• Jane Adams (Hacks)
• Harriet Sansom Harris (Hacks)
• Jane Lynch (Only Murders In The Building)
• Laurie Metcalf (Hacks)
• Kaitlin Olson (Hacks)
• Harriet Walter (Ted Lasso)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jerrod Carmichael (Saturday Night Live)
• Bill Hader (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
• James Lance (Ted Lasso)
• Nathan Lane( Only Murders In The Building)
• Christopher McDonald (Hacks)
• Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso)

Variety Sketch Series

• A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO/HBO Max)
• Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Variety Special (Live)

• The 64th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
• Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: The Facts Of Life and Diff’rent Strokes (ABC)
• The Oscars (ABC)
• Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent (NBC)
• Tony Awards Presents: Broadway’s Back! (CBS)

Emmy nominations leaders:

• 25 – Succession
• 20 – Ted Lasso, The White Lotus
• 17 – Hacks, Only Murders In The Building
• 16 – Euphoria
• 14 – Barry, Dopesick, Severance, Squid Game
• 13 – Ozark, Stranger Things
• 12 – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• 10 – Pam & Tommy