This Is Us and Mandy Moore Snubbed by Emmys for Final Season

Fans of This Is Us were crying tears — but they weren't from joy — on Tuesday as the 74th annual Emmy Awards nominations were announced.

The hit NBC drama, which aired its series finale in May, received only one nomination for outstanding original music and lyrics for the song "Day Of The Wedding / Song Title: The Forever Now," which was composed by Siddhartha Khosla and written by Mandy Moore's husband Taylor Goldsmith. (The song was performed by Moore during "The Day of the Wedding" episode, which aired in April.)

However, fans expected the show to receive more recognition, especially since Sterling K. Brown previously won for his role and later launched a campaign for Moore, who played his onscreen mom, to receive a nomination for her heartbreaking portrayal of Pearson family matriarch Rebecca in the show's final season.

In addition being a 2019 Emmy nominee, Moore, 38, has also been nominated for a Golden Globe for best supporting actress and won two Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series.

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The show received more than 35 Emmy nominations across its six seasons, including four wins — Brown's 2017 win, two guest actor wins for Ron Cephas Jones and another guest actor statuette for Gerald McRaney.

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Ron Batzdorff/NBC Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson

Following Tuesday's announcement, Moore celebrated her husband's nomination in a statement on Instagram. "So unendingly proud of @siddkhoslamusic and @taylordawesgoldsmith for getting an Emmy nom for their song "Forever Now" on our final season of #ThisIsUs," she wrote.

She continued, "Do I wish our show was recognized in what I think was its finest hour? Sure. And Dan Fogelman's brilliant writing for 6 seasons (hello THE TRAIN)? @kenolin1's impeccable direction? Our insanely, wildly talented cast and crew? Yah [sic].... But nothing can take away what our show meant to SO MANY (us included). That's an incredible legacy to be a part of. I will be grateful forever. #thisisus"

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Creator Dan Fogelman also reacted to the news on social media, writing in a tweet, "The Emmy noms didn't break for #ThisIsUs today - if you're happy when they go your way, you've got to take it on the chin when they don't. That entire group wins a 'Danny' in my book. And so proud that my college roomie @SiddKhoslaMusic will be repping us with Taylor!"

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Moore's portrayal of Rebecca's struggle with Alzheimer's disease, particularly in the emotional penultimate episode "The Train," led fans and costars alike to petition for her to receive an Emmy.

"The Way Mandy Moore Plays Rebecca At Every Age, and makes me forget it's not like 3 different Characters is AMAZING ACTING," wrote one user. "She Definitely Deserves An Emmy At The End Of This #ThisIsUs"

"IF THEY DON'T FINALLY GIVE MANDY MOORE AN EMMY AFTER THIS SEASON… WE RIOT #ThisIsUs #ThisIsUsFinalChapter" joked someone else.

Ron Batzdorff/NBC Sterling K. Brown as Randall and Mandy Moore as Rebecca on This Is Us

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In April, Brown, 46, also raved about his costar in a video posted on Instagram. The actor said at the time he wants "anybody who votes" within the Television Academy to ensure Moore won at the 2022 Emmy Awards.

"Mandy Moore is killing the game, son. She is killing the game and she deserves to be recognized," he said. "Man, that woman. Y'all know Mandy Moore is eight years younger than me and she plays my mama."

"There's never a moment on set where I'm like, 'Mandy Moore's too young to play my mama.' No, she is my mama," he continued. "And the beautifully subtle nuanced work and the portrayal of someone going through what her character's going through, it's just exquisite, man."

Ron Batzdorff/NBC Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson on This Is Us

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Speaking about the support from her friends and fans, Moore told PEOPLE in May that it was "so kind."

"That is beyond my wildest comprehension," she added of fans petitioning for her to receive an Emmy. "I'm very, very flattered. I'm just flattered that our show is still in the conversation after 106 episodes, that we're in the conversation with all these other fancy shows that have limitless budgets, that make 8 or 10 episodes per year and we're making 18, and doing work that we're really proud of and that moves people."

"We're giving them permission to feel their emotions and to cry and talk about their lives," she continued." And to be a part of something like that, it's so once in a lifetime and that's what I take away from all of this."

Moore also opened up about what she would miss most about playing Rebecca Pearson.

"I'm gonna miss my friends the most. I will miss the work obviously, but my friends and this experience, it will never be this way again," she told PEOPLE. "I get to play the ultimate mother who's still human and who still makes mistakes but I think there's so much to learn from her. And even the choices she makes that I don't often agree with or often agree with. All of it, I feel like I'm a little less prepared for life because I don't get to keep playing this woman."

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While This Is Us barely received any nominations for its last season, several other series did get recognized for their final batch of episodes.

After wrapping its fourth and final season in April, Netflix's Ozark earned 13 nominations on Tuesday, including outstanding drama series, drama lead actor (Jason Bateman), drama lead actress (Laura Linney), drama supporting actress (Julia Garner), and drama guest actor (Tom Pelphrey).

HBO's Insecure, which concluded its fifth and final season in December, earned three nominations, including for outstanding actress in a comedy series for star and creator Issa Rae. BBC America's Killing Eve and ABC's Black-ish also earned two nominations each after wrapping their respective series in April.

The 74th Emmy Awards will air live on Sep. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC.