Canadian Seth Rogen's The Studio leads comedy noms for Primetime Emmys. Here's who's vying for TV's top prize
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Canadian Seth Rogen nabbed three major nominations as the 77th Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Rogen created the Apple TV+ comedy The Studio, which was among the nominees for outstanding comedy series along with Abbott Elementary (ABC), The Bear (FX/Hulu), Hacks (HBO/HBO Max), Nobody Wants This (Netflix), Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), Shrinking (Apple TV+) and What We Do In the Shadows (FX/Hulu).
Rogen was personally nominated for outstanding performance in a comedy series. His fellow nominees include Canadian Martin Short for Only Murders in the Building, Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This, Jason Segel in Shrinking and Jeremy Allen White in The Bear.
He is also nominated in the directing and writing for a comedy series categories.
The Studio centres on the story of a newly appointed head of a movie studio, played by Rogen, who is desperate for the approval of Hollywood celebrities.
It led the comedy categories with 23 nominations in total, besting the record for a new comedy series set by another Apple TV+ show: Ted Lasso, with 20 nominations in its first season in 2021.
Rogen's co-stars Kathryn Hahn and Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara were nominated in the supporting actress in a comedy series category, while Ike Barinholtz was nominated in the supporting actor category. The Studio also claimed nominations for several guest performances — including the first acting nomination for film director Martin Scorsese, playing himself.
The outstanding lead actress in a comedy series nominations included Uzo Aduba for the recently cancelled Netflix series The Residence, first-time nominee Kristen Bell in Nobody Wants This, previous winner Quinta Brunson in Abbott Elementary, Ayo Edebiri in The Bear and last year's winner Jean Smart for Hacks.
Apple TV+ also led the way in the drama categories with the series Severance collecting 27 nominations, including outstanding drama series and for lead actor and actress Adam Scott and Britt Lower, respectively.
Severance will face off in the outstanding drama series category against Andor (Disney+), The Diplomat (Netflix), The Last of Us (HBO/HBO Max), Paradise (Hulu), The Pitt (HBO Max), Slow Horses (Apple TV+) and The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max).
Scott is up against Sterling K. Brown for Paradise, Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, Pedro Pascal in The Last of Us and The Pitt's Noah Wyle.
Lower is nominated alongside Sharon Horgan for Bad Sisters, Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us, The Diplomat's Kerri Russell and Matlock star Kathy Bates — now the oldest-ever nominee in the lead actress in a drama category at the age of 77.
Among Severance's many nominations are two for Quebec's Jessica Lee Gagné, one for cinematography on the episode titled Hello, Ms. Cobel and the other for her directorial debut on the episode Chikhai Bardo.
The White Lotus earned 23 nominations across various categories for its third season, seven of which were in the supporting actress and actor in a drama series categories.
