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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 18 July 2019
'Game of Thrones' reigns with record 32 Emmy nominations

By LYNN ELBER
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO's
"Game of Thrones" slashed
its way to a record-setting
32 Emmy nominations Tues-
day for its eighth and final
season, leading HBO back
to dominance over Netf-
lix, the streaming service
that bumped it last year
from atop the increasingly
crowded television heap.
The bloodthirsty saga's total
eclipsed the all-time series
record of 27 nods earned
by "NYPD Blue" in 1994.
If "Game of Thrones" suc-
cessfully defends it best
drama series title and
claims a fourth trophy, it
will join the quartet of most-
honored dramas that in-
cludes "Hill Street Blues,"
''L.A. Law," ''The West Wing"
and "Mad Men."
The Emmy voters' acclaim This image released by HBO shows Emilia Clarke, left, and Kit Harington in a scene from the final episode of "Game of Thrones."
stands in sharp contrast to Associated Press
fan reaction to the show's
last hurrah, which included field includes "Better Call shot at solo glory if she wins edy series nomination for color — Anthony Ander-
howls of laughter for a to- Saul," ''Bodyguard," ''Killing again. its penultimate season and son for "black-ish" and Don
go coffee cup inadvertent- Eve," ''Ozark," ''Pose," ''Suc- The final season of "Veep" bids for stars Eugene Levy Cheadle for "Black Mon-
ly included in one scene cession" and, as the only received nine nominations, and Catherine O'Hara. day" — and three of the
and a finale that detrac- network entry, "This is Us." including a best support- Other top nominees in- four categories had only
tors called unsatisfying. But Mandy Moore, who plays ing actress bid for Anna clude the nuclear disaster white nominees.
the show's ratings never fal- the NBC drama's matriarch, Chlumsky. miniseries "Chernobyl" with Categories dominated
tered for the series based earned her first best actress "I'm feeling really jazzed. It 19 nominations and "Satur- by the overwhelmingly
on George R.R. Martin's nod, with fellow cast mem- might be the coffee I just day Night Live," which drew white "Game of Thrones"
novels, setting new highs ber Chris Sullivan earning had. But this feels so much on Robert De Niro's talents were also short on inclu-
for HBO. his first nod, for supporting sweeter because it's the to play Robert Mueller last sion , including supporting
A wealth of recognition for actor. last time around for this season, with 18. "When They actress in a drama — zero
the cast and guest stars , Last year's best comedy show," she said. See Us," the miniseries that nominees — and support-
including the show's only series, "The Marvelous Mrs. There was no warm and dramatized the Central ing drama actor, with only
previous winner, Peter Din- Maisel," led the comedy fuzzy goodbye for "The Big Park Five case and its after- Giancarlo Esposito of "Bet-
klage with three awards, pack with 20 bids, including Bang Theory," the long- math, received 16 bids. ter Call Saul" receiving a
helped "Game of Thrones" for its star and defending running sitcom that failed "Thank you to the real men nomination.
add to its already record champion Rachel Brosna- to capture a best comedy for inviting me to tell their In the overall tally contest
haul of nominations, now han. nod or any for its actors. story," tweeted Ava DuVer- among outlets, HBO re-
at 161 total. "I'm at the dog park this The show has company nay, executive producer of ceived a whopping 137
Series star Emilia Clarke's morning with my fur chil- in other hit sitcoms of the "When They See Us." nominations Tuesday, rid-
decision to seek a best dren and started getting a past: Neither "Friends" nor The leading miniseries ing the dragon wings of
actress nomination after a lot of texts and phone calls "Frasier" were nominated nominee is "Fosse/Verdon," "Game of Thrones" and the
series of supporting actress all at once. I'm so excited for best series for their final the biopic about dancer big tallies for "Chernobyl"
bids paid off. She's com- to learn that the 'Maisel' year, both in 2004. Gwen Verdon and chore- and "Barry." Netflix, which
peting in a category that's family has been invited TV academy members' ographer Bob Fosse that last year ended HBO's 17-
notable for its diversity, in- back to the party. This cat- out-with-the-old approach earned 17 bids, including year reign to win the most
cluding past winner Viola egory is ridiculous. I can't created openings for a the first Emmy nominations Emmy nominations, was
Davis for "How to Get Away believe I get to be a part of number of buzzy com- for stars Michelle Williams bumped to second this
with Murder" and repeat anything with these amaz- edy newcomers and their and Sam Rockwell. year with 117. Amazon's
nominee Sandra Oh for "Kill- ing women," Brosnahan stars and creators, includ- There was a significant Prime Video was second
ing Eve," who has another told The Associated Press . ing Phoebe Waller-Bridge's drop in diversity among to Netflix among streamers
chance to become the first She'll vie with Emmy record- "Fleabag" and Natasha Ly- this year's group of nomi- with 47 nominations.
actress of Asian descent to holder Julia Louis-Dreyfus onne's "Russian Doll." Other nees compared to 2018, Broadcast networks, steadi-
win the trophy. She lost last of "Veep," who didn't com- best comedy contenders when more than a third of ly eclipsed by the rise of
year to Claire Foy for Netf- pete in last year's awards include "Barry," which won the 101 nominees in act- cable and now streaming,
lix's "The Crown." because her breast cancer acting trophies last year for ing categories were ethnic were far behind, with NBC
Two actors of color, Billy treatment delayed pro- Bill Hader and Henry Win- minorities. This year, the fig- getting 58 nods to top CBS'
Porter for "Pose" and previ- duction of the political sat- kler, and sole network entry ure was less than a quarter, 43, ABC's 26 and Fox's 18.
ous winner Sterling K. Brown ire. Louis-Dreyfus, who with "The Good Place." with diversity especially ab- The 71st Emmy Awards
for "This Is Us," earned dra- Cloris Leachman shares the A surprising entry : the quirky sent in comedy. will air Sept. 22 on Fox,
ma series nods. record for most Emmys won "Schitt's Creek," which re- Just two of the 26 acting with the host yet to be
The rest of the drama series by a performer, eight, has a ceived its first best com- nominees were people of announced.q