Culture Editor Meryl Gottlieb and Opinion Editor Will Gibbs weigh in on the nominations for the 67th annual Emmy Awards.
The nominations for the 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday. HBO’s Game of Thrones led the charge yet again with 24 nominations — giving HBO a new best by raking in a total of 124 nominations. (ABC was a sad second with only 42 total nominations.) American Horror Story: Freak Show came in second place with 19 nominations.
This is the year of an odd mix of nominees because several shows are competing for the last time and many new shows have broken ground with fresh concepts and characters. This is also one of the first in a few years where The Academy recognized the popular, prevalent online channels — not only Netflix, but Amazon Prime too.
This year’s nominations were also subject to several shakeups to the rules. The expansion of the categories (from six to seven in the overall series and up to eight in the acting categories) allowed several fresh faces to gain some footing, such as Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Amy Schumer, while some long-time nominees were nowhere in sight (The Big Bang Theory, Julianna Marguiles). Half-hours shows were deemed comedies while hour-long series were deemed dramas. It’s a cheap way of defining the differences and might have cost Orange is the New Black in the long-run as it only garnered four nominations this year compared to last year’s 12.
Here’s how we think the ceremony, which will be hosted by Andy Samberg and take place on Sept. 20 on Fox, will play out.
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