Apple Lands Record 54 Emmy Award Nominations

Numerous Apple TV+ Original series and commercials have secured an impressive 54 nominations, topping last year’s record. Prominent among these are nominations for outstanding performances in Apple TV+’s flagship series “Ted Lasso” and first-time nods for the stars of “Shrinking” and “Black Bird”.

A total of 15 acting category nominations, including nine top acting nominations for the third season of “Ted Lasso,” were received by Apple TV+ stars. Jason Segel and Jessica Williams of “Shrinking”, and Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser of “Black Bird”, all received their first Emmy nominations. Sharon Horgan from the hit series “Bad Sisters” also clinched her first nomination in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category.

Apple’s commercials continued to make Emmy history, securing the highest number of nominations for Outstanding Commercial in any given year since the category was established in 1997. Four out of the seven nominations in this category went to Apple for their commercials “The Greatest” (Apple), “Call Me with Timothée Chalamet” (Apple TV+), “Quiet the Noise” – AirPods (Apple), and “R.I.P. Leon” (Apple).

“Ted Lasso”, in its first two seasons, joined the ranks of comedy legends by winning the Outstanding Comedy Series award, becoming the eighth series in the genre to do so in 74 years of Emmy history. The second season of “Ted Lasso” also became the most Emmy-winning comedy for the second consecutive year, with four total wins.

Among the 54 nominations for Apple, “Ted Lasso” season three led the way with 21 nominations, followed by “STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie” with seven nominations, “Bad Sisters” and “Black Bird” with four nominations each. Other shows like “Schmigadoon! season two”, “The Problem With Jon Stewart season two”, “Shrinking”, “Five Days at Memorial”, “Prehistoric Planet season two”, “Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me”, “For All Mankind season three experience”, “Carpool Karaoke: The Series season five”, and “Hello Tomorrow!” also received nominations.

The award nominations underscore Apple’s commitment to delivering high-quality content and its success in reaching audiences through its Apple TV+ platform. The winners will be announced at the Emmy Awards ceremony later this year.