While the Emmy Awards no longer draw massive TV audiences - last year's ceremony pulled a record low 6.1 million viewers - the industry recognition they provide is valuable to streaming services looking for any advantage in marketing their wares amid the massive number of available viewing choices. The major category winners for the 73rd Emmy Awards will be presented on Sept. Cuoco earned a best actress nominee for her portrayal of a partying airline employee who wakes up in a hotel room next to a murdered man she slept with the night before. “The Flight Attendant” with Kaley Cuoco is another HBO Max contender with nine nominations, including best comedy.

Both actresses were nominated and the series is up for best comedy. HBO did not have the help of its most buzzworthy show and multi-Emmy winner, 'Succession,' as the addictive family-business drama did not air during the 2021 eligibility period, which ran from June 1, 2020, through May 31.īut HBO Max, which launched last year to push WarnerMedia into the streaming landscape, broke through with 15 nominations for its comedy series “Hacks,” the tale of a boomer stand-up comedian (Jean Smart) collaborating with a perpetually dissatisfied Gen Z writer (Hannah Einbinder). HBO also earned nine nominations for 'I May Destroy You,' the critically acclaimed limited series starring creator Michaela Coel as a young writer in London trying to unravel the mystery of a sexual assault she cannot remember.

The Shonda Rhimes-produced period drama 'Bridgerton' landed 12 nominations for Netflix, including one for breakout star Regé-Jean Page, who was committed to the program for only one season. Netflix also saw 18 nominations for 'The Queen’s Gambit,” the wildly popular limited series starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a young chess master in the 1960s.

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