No matter how you parse the math, Netflix got a lot of nominations for the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards . One hundred and seven, to be exact, up a few from last year’s total of 103. This either puts them at the top of the list of most nominated platforms (if we’re counting all the separate arms of the Disney Multimedia Entertainment Empire LLC as distinct entities) or second if we lump Disney+, FX, Hulu, and ABC together.
The last several Emmys have seen Netflix and HBO jockeying for position at the top of the heap, and with HBO having a decidedly down year — 91 puny noms after last year’s 127, which led the field — you’d think Netflix would be doing an end-zone dance. And perhaps outwardly, they are. But drill down on those 107 nominations to the top categories on the ballot, and you start to walk away with a different impression.
One in which Netflix is losing ground to the likes of FX and Apple, and almost none of its major nominees are coming back. Every article about the Emmy nominations this morning led with FX for good reason: They boasted the year’s most nominated drama ( Shōgun , 25 nods), the year’s most nominated comedy ( The Bear , 23 nods), and the year’s second-most nominated limited series ( Fargo , 15 nods). More importantly, they also dominated the most high-profile categories on the ballot.
Counting only the Best Series, Acting, Writing, and Directing categories — which is to say, the ones that will be presented on the Primetime Emmys tel.
