Diversity, firsts and extra from the 73rd Emmy Awards nominations

By Associated Press
LOS ANGELES: Assorted information and figures drawn from the nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards: 

Fennell finds honours throughout fields Fresh off an Oscar win for finest authentic screenplay for “Promising Young Woman,” which she additionally directed, Renaissance lady Emerald Fennell has earned an Emmy nomination for appearing. She’s up for Best Supporting Actress in a drama for enjoying Camilla Parker Bowles in “The Crown.” Fennell beforehand earned two nominations for her writing and manufacturing of “Killing Eve” in 2019. 

Diversity firsts:Mj Rodriguez of ” Pose,” nominated for Best Actress in a drama, breaks floor as the primary trans lady to be nominated in a lead appearing class. She’s the third trans particular person total to be nominated, after Laverne Cox’s 2014 visitor drama actress nod for “Orange Is the New Black” and Rain Valdez’s 2020 nomination for short-form comedy or drama actress for “Razor Tongue.” And Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett, of the cancelled HBO sci-fi drama “Lovecraft Country” are the primary Black actors to be nominated within the lead appearing class for a similar drama sequence. They’re amongst 46 individuals of color nominated throughout all appearing classes. Timing is form to RashadPhylicia Rashad landed her third straight Emmy nomination for “This Is Us” after getting harsh criticism for her celebration of the releasing of her former co-star Bill Cosby. The voting that led to Rashad’s nod for finest visitor actress in a drama sequence ended on June 28, two days earlier than the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reversed Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and allowed him to be launched from jail. Rashad celebrated the transfer by tweeting “FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!” Her critics included Howard University, the place she had simply been made dean of the College of Fine Arts. Rashad later tweeted that “I fully support survivors of sexual assault coming forward.” Rashad’s first two Emmy nominations in 1985 and 1986 got here for enjoying Cosby’s spouse Clair Huxtable on “The Cosby Show.” APOLLO 73 At age 73, Carl Weathers has earned his first nomination for a significant appearing award with a nod for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series for “The Mandalorian.” Best identified for enjoying Apollo Creed in 4 “Rocky” movies, the previous NFL participant has been appearing because the mid-Seventies in films together with “Predator,” “Action Jackson” and “Happy Gilmore.” Nominations by the numbers:306: Emmy nominations by the years for “Saturday Night Live”. With 21 new nods in 2021, the sketch establishment extends a document that’s unlikely ever to be damaged. It has almost double the whole of the closest contender, “Game of Thrones” which earned 161. 24: Nods for the queen and the bounty hunter. “The Crown” and “The Mandalorian” are the 12 months’s prime nominees with two dozen nods apiece.23: Nominations for faux TV. “WandaVision” with its synthesized faux-shows within the model of “I Love Lucy”, “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “Malcolm In The Middle,” has a shot at an entire bunch of very actual Emmys. 20: Nominations for the coach. The whole for “Ted Lasso” tops the 19 earned by “Glee” in 2010 to make it probably the most nominated first-season comedy ever. It fell simply in need of the document for a comedy sequence, 22, set by “30 Rock” in 2009. 6: First-time nominations for solid members of “Ted Lasso.” Most of the half-dozen performers have been nearly unknown within the U.S. earlier than the upstart soccer comedy. They embody star Jason Sudeikis together with Brett Goldstein, Nick Mohammed, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift and Juno Temple. 5: First-time nominations for solid members of “Hamilton”. There are few issues “Hamilton” hasn’t executed, few awards it hasn’t received, however the Broadway present’s tv model on Disney+ introduced the primary profession Emmy nods to Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Anthony Ramos, Phillipa Soo and Daveed Diggs. 4: Men from “Ted Lasso” nominated in the identical class. Goldstein, Mohammed, Swift and Brendan Hunt make up half the nominees for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. 3: Actors nominated for 2 completely different reveals. Jean Smart is up for finest actress in a comedy sequence for “Hacks” and Best Supporting Actress in a restricted sequence or TV film for “Mare of Easttown”. Aidy Bryant was nominated for finest actress in a comedy for “Shrill” and Best Supporting Actress in a comedy for “Saturday Night Live”. Her “SNL” castmate Kenan Thompson was nominated for finest supporting actor in a comedy for that present and finest actor in a comedy for “Kenan.” 2: Nominees for Best Variety Sketch Series. The class will likely be a sport of one-on-one between “Saturday Night Live” and “A Black Lady Sketch Show” in a 12 months of slim sketch pickings. The comparatively new class had simply three nominees final 12 months, however has included both 5 – 6 in yearly since 2015. 1: Acting nomination for Rosie Perez, who scored her first this 12 months, for Best Supporting Actress in a comedy sequence in “The Flight Attendant”. Her Emmy nominations resume is deep and diversified, although. She was nominated 3 times for her choreography on “In Living Color” and as soon as as a number on “The View.” 0: The variety of instances Netflix has received the Emmys prime prize, Best Drama Series, regardless of a dominant efficiency within the sheer variety of nominations in recent times. It has a really sturdy probability this 12 months to lastly win Best Drama Series with prime nominee “The Crown.”