The nominations for the 73rd Emmys were announced on Tuesday, and to anyone’s surprise, Disney has absolutely cleaned up with 146 nominations in all categories. The media giant received nominations across all of its platforms and networks, but Disney Plus had a particularly stellar morning with massive shows from both The Mandalorian and WandaVision.
The Mandalorian Season 2 received 24 nominations, following on from the latest season of Netflix The crown for the most nominations of any series that year. Under a litany of technical awards, The Mandalorian also received a Best Drama Series nomination, as well as guest actor nominations for Timothy Olyphant and Carl Weathers, and a supporting actor nomination for Giancarlo Esposito.
Disney’s other Emmy contender was WandaVision, which was entered as a Limited Series for this year’s competition. The series received a total of 23 nominations, including “Best Limited Series” and nominations for the two main characters. Meme star Kathryn Hahn has since been nominated as a supporting actress for the series. Disney’s other Marvel show, The falcon and winter soldierHe received five nominations, including one for a guest appearance by Don Cheadle.
Elsewhere in the nominations Ted Lasso had a particularly impressive day with 20 nominations. This means that the Apple TV Plus soccer comedy is only two nominations away 30 rocks‘s all-time comedy record of 21 nominations. Perhaps the funniest part of the show’s nominations came in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category, where it earned four of the eight category nominations – including one for series co-creator Brendan Hunt.
Other highly nominated shows and series include HBOs Mare from Easttownwho earned 16, Netflix’s Queen’s Gambitwho earned 18, Saturday night livewho earned 21, Hulus The story of the maid, at 21, and HBOs Lovecraft land, the 18.
The Emmy Awards will air on Sunday, September 19 at 8 p.m. ET.
CORRECTION: In an earlier version of this story, Emmy nominations were reported to be incorrect The falcon and the winter soldier.
