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The groundbreaking FX Networks series picked up nine nominations overall for its final season. On the Comedy side, the series race is between Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, HBO Max’s duo The Flight Attendant and Hacks, ABC’s Black-ish, Netflix’ Emily In Paris, The Kominsky Method and upstart Cobra Kai, and Hulu’s Pen15. ( Schitt’s Creek‘s Dan Levy did pick up a nom for his SNL host stint today.) There will be no repeats both the Drama and Comedy series best-of categories, with last year’s winners Succession and Schitt’s Creek, respectively, not eligible this time around. Overall, The Crown and Mandalorian were followed in the totals by WandaVision with 23 noms, Handmaid’s Tale and Saturday Night Live with 21 noms and Ted Lasso scoring 20. The latter’s haul makes the Jason Sudeikis-starring series t he most-nominated freshman comedy series in TV history. Multiple acting noms today include a couple of SNL veterans, Kenan Thompson and Aidy Bryant, getting nominated for both SNL and their own shows Kenan and Shrill, respectively.

Jean Smart scored twice, for HBO Max’s Hacks and HBO’s Mare of Easttown, the latter of which is part of a killer Limited Series race that includes HBO’s I May Destroy You, Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Amazon’s The Underground Railroad and Disney+’s first Marvel series WandaVision. With today’s noms set, final voting by members of the Television Academy will run from August 19-30.

The Primetime Emmys will air live Sunday, September 19, on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
