FX’s ‘The Bear”s 23, ‘Shōgun’s 25 Nominations Rule Supreme Over 2024 Emmys

After January’s Emmy ceremony awarded series airing in the 2022-2023 season, the 2024 Emmy nominations were announced today. For contenders to be eligible, they would have had to air between June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. The Hollywood Reporter details FX Network’s Shōgun and comedy series The Bear lead with the most nominations. View a listing of the major nominees at the end of this article.

The nominations were livestreamed on the Emmy website and YouTube channel, with Emmy winners Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tony Hale doing the honors with Television Academy chair, Chris Abrego. According to The Hollywood ReporterShōgun scored 25 nominations as the second non-English language series nominated for Best Drama. The Bear followed with a record-breaking 23 nominations, the most for a comedy series in a year. The leading top five was rounded out with Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building with 21, HBO’s anthology crime series, True Detective, with 19, and Netflix’s final season of The Crown, earning 18 nominations.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix topped all other networks and platforms with 107 nominations. In a first, FX scored the second-place spot above HBO (and Max), with 93 to the latter’s 91. Apple TV followed with 70 nominations, nearly 40 more than the next contender, ABC, bookending the top five with 38. Hulu and Disney+ bring up the rear with 26 and 19 nominations, respectively.

With it leading the drama pack, Shōgun earned acting nominations for its leads Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada. They portrayed Toda Mariko and Lord Yoshii Toranaga, respectively. Joining them are supporting actor nominees Takehrio Hira, for his portrayal of Lord Ishido, and Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige. Néstor Carbonell earned a Guest Actor nomination for his role as Vasco Rodrigues.

Other top drama contenders include Prime Video’s Fallout and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Apple TV’s Slow Horses and The Morning Show, Netflix’s The Crown and 3 Body Problem, and HBO’s The Gilded Age. Sanada shares the lead actor space with Donald Glover, Walton Goggins, Gary Oldman, Dominic West, and Hijack’s Idris Elba. Frontrunner Sawai will contend with Carrie Coon, Maya Erskine, Jennifer Aniston, Imelda Staunton, and Reese Witherspoon.

On the comedy side, The Bear dominates, spreading the love for its second season. Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri are up for outstanding lead actor and actress, while Ebon-Moss Bachrach and Lionel Boyce earned supporting actor nominations. Liza Colón-Zayas earns her first series nomination for her portrayal of Tina. White contends with Only Murders’ two Martins, Larry David in the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Matt Berry for What We Do In the Shadows, and Reservation Dogs’ D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, his first Emmy nomination. Edebiri is joined by Abbott’s Quinta Brunson, Loot’s Maya Rudolph, Hacks Jean Smart, Kristen Wiig for Palm Royale, and Selena Gomez for Only Murders. 

ABC airs the 2024 Emmys live on Saturday, September 15, 8-11 p.m. ET. Most awards will be presented during the Creative Arts ceremonies scheduled for September 7 and 8. Visit Emmys.com for the full nomination list.

Best Drama Series

The Crown (Netflix)
Fallout (Prime Video)
The Gilded Age (HBO)
The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Prime Video)
Shogun (FX)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
3 Body Problem (Netflix)

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show, Apple)
Carrie Coon (The Gilded Age, HBO/Max)
Maya Erskine (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Prime Video)
Anna Sawai (Shogun, FX)
Imelda Staunton (The Crown, Netflix)
Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show, Apple)

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Idris Elba (Hijack, Apple)
Donald Glover (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Prime Video)
Walton Goggins (Fallout, Prime Video)
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses, Apple)
Hiroyuki Sanada (Shogun, FX)
Dominic West (The Crown, Prime Video)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Christine Baranski (The Gilded Age, HBO/Max)
Nicole Beharie (The Morning Show, Apple TV+)
Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown, Netflix)
Greta Lee (The Morning Show, Apple TV+)
Lesley Manville (The Crown, Netflix)
Karen Pittman (The Morning Show, Apple TV+)
Holland Taylor (The Morning Show, Apple TV+)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Tadanobu Asano (Shogun, FX)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show, Apple TV+)
Mark Duplass (The Morning Show, Apple TV+)
Jon Hamm (The Morning Show, Apple TV+)
Takehiro Hira (Shogun, FX)
Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Apple TV+)
Jonathan Pryce (The Crown, Netflix)

Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Néstor Carbonell (Shogun, FX)
Paul Dano (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Prime Video)
Tracy Letts (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, HBO/Max)
Jonathan Pryce (Slow Horses, Apple TV+)
John Turturro (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Prime Video)

Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Michaela Coel (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Prime Video)
Claire Foy (The Crown, Netflix)
Marcia Gay Harden (The Morning Show, Apple TV+)
Sarah Paulson (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Prime Video)
Parker Posey (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Prime Video)

Best Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO/Max)
Hacks (HBO/Max)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
Reservation Dogs (FX)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows, FX)
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO/Max)
Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building, Hulu)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building, Hulu)
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear, FX)
D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Reservation Dogs, FX)

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary, ABC)
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear, FX)
Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building, Hulu)
Maya Rudolph (Loot, Apple)
Jean Smart (Hacks, HBO/Max)
Kristen Wiig (Palm Royale, Apple TV+) 

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Lionel Boyce (The Bear, FX)
Paul W. Downs (Hacks, HBO/Max)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear, FX)
Paul Rudd (Only Murders in the Building, Hulu)
Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary, ABC)
Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live, NBC)

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Carol Burnett (Palm Royale, Apple TV+)
Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear, FX)
Hannah Einbinder (Hacks, HBO/Max)
Janelle James (Abbott Elementary, ABC)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary, ABC)
Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building, Hulu)

Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Jon Bernthal (The Bear, FX)
Matthew Broderick (Only Murders in the Building, Hulu)
Ryan Gosling (Saturday Night Live, NBC)
Christopher Lloyd (Hacks, HBO/Max)
Bob Odenkirk (The Bear, FX)
Will Poulter (The Bear, FX)

Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Olivia Colman (The Bear, FX)
Jamie Lee Curtis (The Bear, FX)
Kaitlin Olson (Hacks, HBO/Max)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Only Murders in the Building, Hulu)
Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live, NBC)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live, NBC)

Best Limited or Anthology Series

Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Fargo (FX)
Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+)
Ripley (Netflix)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO

Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Matt Bomer (Fellow Travelers, Showtime)
Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer, Netflix)
Jon Hamm (Fargo, FX)
Tom Hollander (Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, FX)
Andrew Scott (Ripley, Netflix)

Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country, HBO/Max)
Brie Larson (Lessons in Chemistry, Apple)
Juno Temple (Fargo, FX)
Sofía Vergara (Griselda, Netflix)
Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, FX)

Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Jonathan Bailey (Fellow Travelers, Showtime)
Robert Downey Jr. (The Sympathizer, HBO/Max)
Tom Goodman-Hill (Baby Reindeer, Netflix)
John Hawkes (True Detective: Night Country, HBO/Max)
Lamorne Morris (Fargo, FX)
Lewis Pullman (Lessons in Chemistry, Apple TV+)
Treat Williams (Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, FX)

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Dakota Fanning (Ripley, Netflix)
Lily Gladstone (Under the Bridge, Hulu)
Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer, Netflix)
Aja Naomi King (Lessons in Chemistry, Apple TV+)
Diane Lane (Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, FX)
Nava Mau (Baby Reindeer, Netflix)
Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country, HBO/Max)

Best Talk Series

The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Best Reality Competition Series

The Amazing Race (CBS)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Traitors (Peacock)
The Voice (NBC)

Lorin Williams: TV Editor @ Mxdwn Television. Hoosier. TV enthusiast. Podcaster. Pop culture fiend.
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