2022 Emmy nominations: ‘Succession’ leads with 25 nods, ‘Squid Game’ also scores

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Succession” received a leading 25 Emmy nominations Tuesday, but the satirical drama about the rich and ruthless has a landmark rival in “Squid Game,” the first non-English language series to vie for television’s top honor.

“Squid Game,” a South Korea-set drama in which the poor are fodder for brutal games, earned a best drama nomination and 13 other bids for September’s Emmy Awards. “Succession” captured the best drama trophy and eight other awards when it last vied for Emmys, in 2020.

“Ted Lasso” was the top comedy series nominee with 20 bids and has the chance to earn its second consecutive best comedy trophy, as with academy voters proved undeterred by its sophomore season turn to the emotional dark side.

Other top nominees included the tropical resort-set anthology dramedy “The White Lotus,” which also received 20 nominations; the comedies “Hacks” and “Only Murders in the Building” with 17 bids each, and teenage dysfunction drama “Euphoria.” Its star, Zendaya, was crowned best actress in 2020 was nominated again.

• “Better Call Saul”
• “Euphoria”
• “Ozark”
• “Severance”
• “Squid Game”
• “Stranger Things”
• “Succession”
• “Yellowjackets”

Outstanding comedy series

• “Abbott Elementary”
• “Barry”
• “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
• “Hacks”
• “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
• “Only Murders in the Building”
• “Ted Lasso”
• “What We Do in the Shadows”

Outstanding limited series

• “Dopesick”
• “The Dropout”
• “Inventing Anna”
• “Pam & Tommy”
• “The White Lotus”

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series

• Brian Cox, “Succession”
• Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game”
• Bob Odenkirk “Better Call Saul”
• Adam Scott, “Severance”
• Jeremy Strong, “Succession”

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series

• Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve”
• Laura Linney, “Ozark”
• Melanie Lynskey, “Yellowjackets”
• Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”
• Reese Witherspoon, “The Morning Show”
• Zendaya, “Euphoria”

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series

• Nicholas Braun, “Succession”
• Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
• Kieran Culkin, “Succession”
• Park Hae-soo, “Squid Game”
• Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”
• John Turturro, “Severance”
• Christopher Walken, “Severance”
• Oh Yeong-su, “Squid Game”

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series

• Patricia Arquette, “Severance”
• Julia Garner, “Ozark”
• Jung Ho-yeon, “Squid Game”
• Christina Ricci, “Yellowjackets”
• Rhea Seehorn, “Better Call Saul”
• J. Smith-Cameron, “Succession”
• Sarah Snook, “Succession”
• Sydney Sweeney, “Euphoria”

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series

• Donald Glover, “Atlanta”
• Bill Hader, “Barry”
• Nicholas Hoult, “The Great”
• Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
• Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
• Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series

• Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
• Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
• Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant”
• Elle Fanning, “The Great”
• Issa Rae, “Insecure”
• Jean Smart, “Hacks”

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series

• Anthony Carrigan, “Barry”
• Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso”
• Nick Mohammed, “Ted Lasso”
• Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
• Tyler James Williams, “Abbot Elementary”
• Henry Winkler, “Barry”
• Bowen Yang, “”Saturday Night Live”

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series

• Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
• Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
• Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary”
• Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”
• Sarah Niles, “Ted Lasso”
• Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary”
• Juno Temple, “Ted Lasso”
• Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”

Outstanding lead actor in a limited series or TV movie

• Colin Firth, “The Staircase”
• Andrew Garfield, “Under the Banner of Heaven”
• Oscar Isaac, “Scenes from a Marriage”
• Michael Keaton, “Dopesick”
• Himesh Patel, “Station Eleven”
• Sebastian Stan, “Pam & Tommy”

Outstanding lead actress in a limited series or TV movie

• Toni Collette, “The Staircase”
• Julia Garner, “Inventing Anna”
• Lily James, “Pam & Tommy”
• Sarah Paulson, “Impeachment: American Crime Story”
• Margaret Qualley, “Maid”
• Amanda Seyfried, “The Dropout”

Outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or TV movie

• Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus”
• Jake Lacy, “The White Lotus”
• Will Poulter, “Dopesick”
• Seth Rogen, “Pam & Tammy”
• Peter Sarsgaard, “Dopesick”
• Michael Stuhlbarg, “Dopesick”
• Steve Zahn, “The White Lotus”

Outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or TV movie

• Connie Britton, “The White Lotus”
• Jennifer Cooolidge, “The White Lotus”
• Alexandra Daddario, “The White Lotus”
• Kaitlyn Dever, “Dopesick”
• Natasha Rothwell, “The White Lotus”
• Sydney Sweeney, “The White Lotus”
• Mare Winningham, “Dopesick”

Outstanding reality/competition series

• “The Amazing Race”
• “Top Chef”
• “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
• “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls”
• “The Voice”
• “Nailed It!”

Outstanding variety talk series

• “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
• “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
• “Late Night With Seth Meyers”
• “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah”
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

Television Academy President Frank Scherma kicked off the nomination announcement by saying that a record number of shows had been submitted, which reflects that series production was an all-time high after being drastically reduced during the pandemic.

JB Smoove of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and Melissa Fumero of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” announced this year’s contenders in a livestreamed ceremony on Emmys.com.

The Emmy ceremony is set for Sept. 12 and will air on NBC, with a host yet to be announced.