2026 Emmy nomination enjoyable information by the numbers

The solely factor constant in regards to the Emmy nominations is its inconsistency. Part of the enjoyable of nomination morning is combing by the poll to seek out the quirks that give the 25,000 voting membership its distinctive attraction.

Here are a couple of enjoyable information we discovered:

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The variety of performing nominations for titles like Bait (lead actor Riz Ahmed), The Four Seasons (supporting actor Colman Domingo), Half Man (supporting actor Richard Gadd), The Morning Show (supporting actor Billy Crudup), Rooster (lead actor Steve Carell), The Testaments (lead actress Chase Infiniti), Wonder Man (lead actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). The performing department clearly had its favorites, and needed to unfold the wealth.

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Leave it to the aforementioned Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to deliver the Marvel and DC tv universes collectively. Six years in the past, the actor gained Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor for enjoying Dr. Manhattan in HBO’s model of Watchmen, a sequel collection to Alan Moore’s seminal superhero saga that DC revealed in 1986. And now he’s in Best Comedy Actor competition for Wonder Man primarily based on the Marvel Comics hero and wannabe actor. Clearly, his subsequent step is headlining a Spawn TV collection so he can add Image Comics to his Emmy pull checklist.

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The variety of nominees for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. There are solely two contenders within the class, for the primary time for the reason that class was launched in 2005 (final 12 months three titles vied for the prize). PBS’ The Librarians is up towards National Geographic’s The Tale of Silyan, which did not make the shortlist for the Academy Awards.

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The variety of Best Drama Directing nominations for Salli Richardson-Whitfield, the primary Black lady to earn double nods within the class. Richardson-Whitfield is acknowledged for her work on The Gilded Age and Task; she’s up towards Hanelle Culpepper (Paradise), Noah Wyle (The Pitt), Vince Gilligan (Pluribus), and Saul Metzstein (Slow Horses). She’s additionally nominated as an govt producer for The Gilded Age, which is contending for Best Drama Series.

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Chester A. Arthur won’t ever win anybody’s award for Best Commander in Chief, however America’s twenty first president might have an Emmy coming to his presidential library. Death by Lightning scene-stealer Nick Offerman is just the third actor in historical past to painting Arthur in both movie or tv, preceded by Emmett Corrigan in 1932’s Silver Dollar and Larry Gates in 1963’s Cattle King. And Offerman’s Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor nomination makes him the one considered one of that trio to obtain any awards consideration. Now we all know who to solid within the President John Tyler biopic.

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The variety of occasions Jason Bateman is on the poll. The multihyphenate shouldn’t be solely nominated for his efficiency as lead actor in Black Rabbit and supporting actor in DTF St. Louis, but additionally for steering Black Rabbit and as an govt producer for DTF St. Louis, which earned a nod for Best Limited Series.

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The variety of nominations for Wicked: One Wonderful Night — that is six extra nominations than the movie that impressed it. The selection particular scored with Emmy voters, incomes recognition for a mess of crafts, together with choreography, hairstyling, lighting design, music course, and technical course — however the film (Wicked: For Good) was famously shut out on the Academy Awards.

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The variety of nominations for Pluribus, probably the most for the debut season of a Vince Gilligan present, greater than double Better Call Saul‘s freshman haul (seven) and nicely forward of Breaking Bad‘s (4).

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The variety of years since David E. Kelley was final nominated for Best Comedy Series. Ally McBeal was nominated in 1999 and gained the highest prize; now his newest challenge, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, can be competing towards front-runner Hacks.

40

That’s the variety of years between James Cameron’s Aliens lighting up {the summertime} field workplace and scoring an Oscar for Stan Winston’s still-impressive visible results — considered one of two wins amongst its seven general nominations — and the franchise’s first TV collection, Alien: Earth, getting a nod for the corresponding Emmy. Here’s hoping these statuettes are acid-proof.

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The age of the oldest Emmy nominee, David Attenborough. He’ll be competing towards himself for lending his voice as narrator to 2 separate tasks — A Gorilla Story (Netflix) and Ocean With David Attenborough (National Geographic) — to not point out Jodie Foster (Breakdown), Werner Herzog (Ghost Elephants) and Octavia Spencer (Lost Women of Alaska).