It will be a big year for Apple TV+ at the 75th Emmy Awards — set for September 18 — as the streaming service has received a record 54 nominations for 13 hit Apple Original titles, making it become the third most Emmy-nominated network in just over three years since its global launch.
Leading the nomination count for Apple TV+ is Ted Lasso, which has also become the most nominated comedy for the third consecutive year with 21 in total. The series also has nine total acting nominations, becoming only the fifth comedy in history to receive Emmy Award nominations for all of its original series regulars, joining All in the Family, The Golden Girls, Schitt’s Creek, and Will & Grace.“We are incredibly grateful to the Television Academy for recognising this wide array of Apple Original programming. It has been an absolute pleasure to collaborate with these gifted artistes, and we couldn’t be happier to see them acknowledged for their exceptional work today,” said Jamie Erlicht, Apple’s head of Worldwide Video.
Apple Original documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie leads this year’s documentary films and docuseries with a total of seven Emmy Award nominations. For the first year, Apple TV+ breaks through in late night programming as The Problem With Jon Stewart is recognised with nominations for Outstanding Talk Series, Directing for a Variety Series, and Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series. That’s not all. Apple Originals Shrinking, Bad Sisters, Black Bird, Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, Prehistoric Planet, Five Days at Memorial, and Hello Tomorrow! are recognised with first-time Emmy Award nominations. And Carpool Karaoke: The Series scores with its sixth consecutive series nomination, following its fifth win in a row.