Emmys: HBO Leads Nominations Again, WBD and Disney Top Conglomerate Race

Rick Porter
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HBO is once again the leader among Emmy nominations — though it’s a little closer than it was a year ago.

The premium cable outlet and sibling streamer Max gathered 127 nominations for the 75th Emmy Awards on Wednesday. That’s 13 fewer nods than the two platforms combined to receive in 2022.

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HBO and Max’s total is two dozen more than second-place Netflix, which had 103 nominations. Apple TV+ finished third with 50 nominations, Hulu and Amazon’s Prime Video got 42 each, and Disney+ has 40. (There’s a bit of fuzziness with the Hulu numbers, as the Television Academy counted shows like The Bear and Fleishman Is in Trouble under FX, which produced them, even though they streamed solely on Hulu. Disney says Hulu has 64 total nominations rather than 42 as listed by the Academy, with the FX/Hulu shows accounting for the discrepancy.)

Per the Television Academy, all of the HBO and Max hopefuls were submitted as “HBO Max” programs, the streamer’s former name. But Max originals accounted for just two of the 127 nominees: a supporting actor nod for Jesse Plemons in the limited series Love & Death and a comedy writing nomination for The Other Two.

HBO’s nominations were heavily concentrated, with 74 of them — 58 percent of the total — coming from just three series: Succession (27 nominations), The Last of Us (24) and The White Lotus (23). Fifteen other HBO and Max programs also earned nominations.

Netflix’s total was more spread out: 34 of its titles earned nominations, led by 13 each for limited series Beef and Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and 12 for comedy Wednesday.

HBO’s dominance of the platform race — and Warner Bros. TV’s position as an active seller of shows to other outlets — helped parent company Warner Bros. Discovery lead the media conglomerate race as well. WBD had 181 total nominations, including 41 for WBTV productions (most notably multiple nominees Ted Lasso and Abbott Elementary), beating out the 163 for Disney, including productions for third parties.

Based on where Emmy nominees air, however, Disney earned the most nominations of any media conglomerate with 153. Four Disney platforms earned more than 20 nominations, with FX (37) and ABC (26) joining Hulu and Disney+. National Geographic chipped in eight noms. That was enough to edge out the 141 nominations for HBO parent Warner Bros. Discovery, whose other outlets earned a combined 14 nods Wednesday. Netflix’s 103 nominations, Amazon’s 68 (including MGM) and Apple’s 54 — including four for outstanding commercial — complete the top five. Sony Pictures Television, which produces The Last of Us along with HBO, has 53 nominations, the most for a studio that doesn’t have a sibling network or streamer.

A year ago, HBO and HBO Max combined for 140 nominations (with HBO accounting for 108 of those) to 105 for second-place Netflix. HBO’s dominance also led Warner Bros. Discovery to the most nominations among media conglomerates in 2022 with 155 across its portfolio. Disney had 141, while Netflix’s 105 beat out the 75 for Paramount Global and 39 for NBCUniversal.

Platform, company and program totals for the 2023 Emmy nominations — based on submissions to the Television Academy — are below.

Platform

HBO Max: 127
Netflix: 103
Apple TV+: 46
Hulu: 42
Prime Video: 42
Disney+: 40
FX: 37
NBC: 27
ABC: 26
CBS: 20
Roku Channel: 12
Fox: 11
MTV: 9
AMC: 8
National Geographic: 8
Peacock: 8
Showtime: 8
Bravo: 7
CNN: 7
Paramount+: 7
PBS: 6
Comedy Central: 5
Freevee: 4
Adult Swim: 3
Discovery Channel: 3
Starz: 2
BET+: 1
Facebook & Meta Horizon Worlds: 1
Food Network: 1
Google: 1
Meta Quest: 1
Oculus: 1
Tubi: 1

Conglomerate

Warner Bros. Discovery: 141/181 including productions for other outlets
Disney: 153/163
Netflix: 103
Amazon: 46/68
Apple: 54
Paramount Global: 50/56
Sony: 53
NBCUniversal: 42/48
Fox: 12
Roku: 12

Program (five or more)

27 nominations
Succession (HBO)

24 nominations
The Last of Us (HBO)

23 nominations
The White Lotus (HBO)

21 nominations
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

14 nominations
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)

13 nominations
The Bear (FX)
Beef (Netflix)
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)

12 nominations
Wednesday (Netflix)

11 nominations
Barry (HBO)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

9 nominations
Daisy Jones & The Six (Prime Video)
The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

8 nominations
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Andor (Disney+)
House of the Dragon (HBO)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Roku Channel)

7 nominations
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Fleishman Is in Trouble (FX)
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+)

6 nominations
The Crown (Netflix)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime Video)
100 Foot Wave (HBO)
Prey (Hulu)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Welcome to Wrexham (FX)

5 nominations
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna (Fox)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter & Love (NBC)
Moonage Daydream (HBO)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Welcome to Chippendales (Hulu)

July 12, 11:45 a.m. Updated with program and outlet/conglomerate totals.


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