‘The Walking Dead’ Emmy Plans: Spinoff ‘The Ones Who Live’ Submits for Limited Series, Danai Gurira Up for Both Acting and Writing

AMC Networks remain hopeful the Emmy chances for its zombie apocalypse property are not dead.

The network announced its Emmy submission strategy for the three spinoffs from “The Walking Dead” universe: “Daryl Dixon,” “Dead City,” and “The Ones Who Live.”

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“The Ones Who Live” picks up after the conclusion of the original series, reuniting beloved characters Rick Grimes and Michonne, portrayed by Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira. This series will be submitted for outstanding limited or anthology series, along with its stars in the lead acting categories. Gurira, who wrote the fourth episode “What We,” will also be considered in the writing category, alongside director Michael Slovis. Additional noms will be pursued for Matthew Jeffers and Pollyanna McIntosh in their supporting roles, along with other artisan categories.

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“Daryl Dixon,” starring Norman Reedus, will compete in the drama series categories. As the titular character, Reedus will aim for a lead drama actor nod, while his co-star Clémence Poésy, who plays nun Isabelle Carriere, being considered for a supporting mention. Reedus’ travel show “Riding with Norman Reedus,” now in its sixth season, will vie for a hosted nonfiction series or special.

“Dead City,” which features the characters Maggie and Negan (Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in Manhattan in search of Maggie’s son (and Glenn, rest in peace) will see both actors competing in the lead races. The season finale “Doma Smo” will represent for both director Gandja Monteiro and writer Eli Jorne.

Despite its popularity, “The Walking Dead,” which ran from 2010 to 2021, struggled to make a significant impact at the Emmys, with only 16 nominations and two wins across 177 episodes and 11 seasons. Other spinoffs like “Fear the Walking Dead,” “World Beyond,” and “Tales of the Walking Dead” have also been ignored.

Beyond the “Walking Dead” universe, AMC is submitting other projects for Emmy consideration, including Scott Frank’s neo-noir miniseries “Monsieur Spade” starring Clive Owen, the dramas “Parish” featuring Giancarlo Esposito and “Dark Winds” and the comedy “Cooper’s Bar” with Rhea Seehorn. Moreover, they’ll seek love for its documentary series “Planet Earth III” narrated by David Attenborough, the reality competition program “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula,” and the doc “The Disappearance of Shere Hite” narrated by Dakota Johnson, which will compete in exceptional merit.

Emmy submissions are due May 9 with the eligibility deadline for all series concluding their runs by May 31. Nominations-round voting runs from June 13 to June 24.

AMC’s Emmy submissions are below. All are subject to change.

“Monsieur Spade”

• Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series

• Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Clive Owen

• Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Cara Bossom

• Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Scott Frank

• Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Scott Frank & Tom Fontana

• Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More) – Benoît Barouh, Production Designer

• Outstanding Casting For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Constance Demontoy, Casting by (UK); Olivia Scott-Webb, Casting by (France); Agnès Alberny, Casting by (France)

• Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – David Ungaro, AFC (103)

• Outstanding Period Costumes – Nathalie Chesnais, Head Costume Supervisor

• Outstanding Picture Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – François Gedigier (102)

• Outstanding Period Or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling – Dominique Segonds, Hair Dresser and Hair Supervisor

• Outstanding Period Or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) – Florence Rodriguez, Makeup Artist and Makeup Supervisor

• Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics – Laetitia Sadier and Lukas Frank

• Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music – Carlos Rafael Rivera, Original Music by

• Outstanding Music Supervision – Thibault Deboaisne, Music Supervision

• Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special – Nicolas Moreau, Sound EditorOutstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Téphane Bucher, Production Mixer; Olivier Dô Hûu, Re-Recording Mixer (102)

“Parish”

• Outstanding Drama Series

• Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series – Giancarlo Esposito

• Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series – Zackary Momoh

• Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series – Skeet Ulrich

• Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series – Bradley Whitford

• Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series – Paula Malcomson

• Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series – Karen Gaviola (106)

• Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series – Theo Travers, Hanna Mcintosh, Eduardo Javier Canto, Ryan Maldonado (106)

• Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More) – Alec Hammond, Production Designer (101)

• Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series – Sharon Bialy, Casting by; Gohar Gazazyan, Casting by; Sherry Thomas, Casting by

• Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour) – Amy Vincent, ASC (101

• Outstanding Contemporary Costumes – Carol Cutshall, Costume Designer

• Outstanding Picture Editing For A Drama Series – Matthew V Colonna (101

• Outstanding Main Title Design – Untold Studios

• Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) – Wow Jones & Jimijame$, Music by

• Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics – Wow Jones & Jimijame$, Music by (103

• Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music – Wow Jones & Jimijame$, Music by

• Outstanding Music Supervision – Joel C. High, Music Supervisor (101

• Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) – Daniel Colman Mpse, Supervising Sound Editor (101)

• Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) – Bj Lehn, Production Sound Mixer; Mark D. Fleming CAS, Re-Recording Mixer; Myron Nettinga, Re-Recording Mixer

• Outstanding Stunt Coordination For Drama Programming And/Or Outstanding Stunt Performance – Andy Dylan, Stunt Coordinator

“Dark Winds” — Season 2

• Outstanding Drama Series

• Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series – Zahn McClarnon

• Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series – Kiowa Gordon

• Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series – Jessica Matten

• Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series – Jeri Ryan

• Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series – Chris Eyre (206)

• Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series – John Wirth & Graham Roland (206)

• Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series – Rene Haynes CSA, Casting by; Jennifer Schwalenberg CSA, Local Casting

• Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour) – Paul Elliot (203

• Outstanding Picture Editing For A Drama Series – Bridget Durnford (204

• Outstanding Picture Editing For A Drama Series – Christopher A. Smith (206

• Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) – Kevin Kiner, Music by; Sean Kiner, Music by; David Kiner, Music b

• Outstanding Music Supervision – Rick Clark, Music Supervisor (206

• Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) – Rob Webber, Sound Supervisor (204)

• Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) – David Stevens, Production Sound Mixer; Rick Ash, Re-Recording Mixer; Scott Webber, Re-Recording Mixer (206)

“The Walking Dead: Dead City”

• Outstanding Drama Series

• Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series – Jeffrey Dean Morgan

• Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series – Lauren Cohan

• Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series – Gandja Monteiro (106)

• Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series – Eli Jorne (106)

• Outstanding Main Title Design – Picture Mill

• Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie – Ajoy Mani, Visual Effects Producing Supervisor; Johann Kunz, Special Effects Supervisor

“The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon”

• Outstanding Drama Series

• Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series – Norman Reedus

• Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series – Clémence Poésy

• Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series – Daniel Percival (102)

• Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series – David Zabel & Jason Richman (102)

• Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More) – Clovis Weil (103)

• Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour) – Tomaso Fiorillo (102)

• Outstanding Picture Editing For A Drama Series – Shari Mead (102)

• Outstanding Main Title Design – Prologue Films

• Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup – Greg Nicotero

• Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) – David Sardy (105)

• Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie Or Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode – Joa M’changama, VFX Supervisor

“The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live”

• Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series

• Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Andrew Lincoln

• Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Danai Gurira

• Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Matthew Jeffers

• Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Pollyanna Mcintosh

• Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Michael Slovis (104)

• Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Danai Gurira (104)

• Outstanding Main Title Design – Huge Designs

• Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie Or Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode – Johann Kunz, SPFX Supervisor; Charlotta Forssman, VFX Supervisor

• Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie – Adrian Peng Correia (101), Wesley Cardino (Episode TBC)

“Planet Earth III”

• Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series

• Outstanding Narrator – David Attenborough, Narrator

• Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program – Will Ridgein (Ocean)

• Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program – Luke Nelson, Kevin Flay, Justin Maguire, John Shier, Barrie Britton, Daniel Hunter, Edward Saltau, Pete Cayless, Justine Evans, Jake Davis, Oliver Mueller, Ronan Donovan, Alain Lusignan, Ryan Deboodt, Cyril Ruoso, Pascal Lorent, Stuart Trowell, Rolf Steinmann, Braydon Moloney (Extremes)

• Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) – Hans Zimmer, Original Music by; Jacob Shea, Original Music by; Sara Barone, Original Music by

• Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program – Johnny Crew & Tim Owens (Freshwater)

• Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program – Graham Wild & Oliver Baldwin & Olga Reed (Deserts And Grasslands)

“The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula” Season 5

• Outstanding Reality Competition Program (501)

• Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality Competition Program – The Boulet Brothers

• Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming – Mindy L’amour, Venus Prototype

• Outstanding Hairstyling For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program – Marco’s Wigs

• Outstanding Makeup For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program – The Boulet Brothers

“Cooper’s Bar” Season 2

• Outstanding Comedy Series

• Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series – Rhea Seehorn

• Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series – Hannah Davis (204)

• Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series – David Conolly & Hannah Davis & Nick Morton (204)

“Ride With Norman Reedus” Season 6

• Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series Or Special

“The Disappearance of Shere Hite”

• Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking

• Outstanding Narrator – Dakota Johnson

• Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program – Eileen Meyer

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