{"id":1551499,"date":"2022-07-13T06:19:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T10:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551499"},"modified":"2022-07-13T06:20:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T10:20:09","slug":"succession-squid-game-to-face-off-for-top-emmy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/succession-squid-game-to-face-off-for-top-emmy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Succession,\u2019 \u2018Squid Game\u2019 to face off for top Emmy award"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuccession-squid-game-to-face-off-for-top-emmy-award%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551499&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Lisa Richwine<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -\u201cSuccession,\u201d the HBO series about a conniving media mogul and his feuding family, racked up 25 Emmy nominations on Tuesday, including one for the prestigious best drama prize.<\/p>\n<p>It will square off against Netflix Inc\u2019s South Korean thriller \u201cSquid Game,\u201d the first non-English language show to be nominated for an Emmy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSquid Game\u201d tells the story of cash-strapped contestants who compete for prize money, sometimes with fatal consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix sci-fi hit \u201cStranger Things,\u201d and HBO\u2019s \u201cEuphoria,\u201d about teens navigating sex, drugs and social media, also were nominated for the drama trophy at television\u2019s highest honors.<\/p>\n<p>Feel-good series \u201cTed Lasso\u201d will defend its title as best comedy, one of the show\u2019s 20 nominations. The fish-out-of-water story from Apple TV+ will compete against \u201cHacks,\u201d \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d and \u201cThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLasso\u201d star Hannah Waddingham, who won a supporting actress Emmy last year, said she was shocked by her second nomination because she thought: \u201cI\u2019ve had my minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a bit of a magic moment for all of us,\u201d she said of the show\u2019s cast. Ten \u201cLasso\u201d actors were nominated.<\/p>\n<p>HBO\u2019s \u201cThe White Lotus,\u201d about vacationers and staff at a ritzy oceanfront resort, secured 20 nominations and scored a slot in the best limited series field.  <\/p>\n<p>Winners of the Emmys will be announced on Sept. 12.<\/p>\n<p>Television Academy CEO Frank Scherma said the group received a record number of submissions this year, a sign that production was thriving after shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Streaming television shows dominated the nominations, continuing a trend as audiences flock to online viewing. HBO and HBO Max received 140 nominations overall. Netflix scored 105.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018CRYING SHAKING AND THROWING UP\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Fourteen of the nominations for \u201cSuccession,\u201d which won best drama in 2020, came in acting categories. Brian Cox, who stars as patriarch Logan Roy, will compete for best actor against Jeremy Strong, who plays his troubled son Kendall. <\/p>\n<p>Newcomer \u201cSeverance,\u201d a psychological thriller about office workers, earned 14 nominations and will compete for best drama, leaving star and acting nominee Adam Scott at a loss for words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s overwhelming. I was really deeply surprised and flattered and honored,\u201d Scott said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbbott Elementary,\u201d a new series from Walt Disney Co\u2019s broadcaster ABC, made its way into the best comedy race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrying shaking and throwing up has new meaning to me because I real life did all three,\u201d Quinta Brunson, who was nominated for writing and acting on the show, wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Martin and Martin Short will compete for best comedy actor for Hulu\u2019s \u201cOnly Murders in the Building,\u201d about true-crime podcasters, though voters passed over their co-star Selena Gomez in acting categories.<\/p>\n<p>Contenders for best comedy actress include Rachel Brosnahan for her role as a 1950s housewife and comedian on \u201cMrs. Maisel,\u201d along with Issa Rae of \u201cInsecure\u201d and \u201cHacks\u201d star Jean Smart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHacks,\u201d about a seasoned female comedian looking to extend her career, received a nomination for the second year in a row for best comedy series. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a really important thing, especially in this moment in time in our country, to highlight women and to tell their stories,\u201d Jen Statsky, co-creator of \u201cHacks,\u201d said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>For best drama actress, nominees included previous winner Zendaya for \u201cEuphoria,\u201d Laura Linney for drug-dealing drama \u201cOzark,\u201d and Melanie Lynskey for new series \u201cYellowjackets\u201d about high school girls forced to survive in the wilderness.<\/p>\n<p>The final seasons of tear-jerker \u201cThis is Us\u201d and comedy \u201cblack-ish\u201d did not make the cut in major categories this year. Emmy voters also skipped over popular Western \u201cYellowstone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles; Additional reporting by Tyler Clifford and Alicia Powell in New York; Editing by Deepa Babington)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/succession-squid-game-to\/28th-screen-actors-guild-awards\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI6C050-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI6C050-VIEWIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/succession-squid-game-to\/the-netflix-series-squid-game-is-played-on-a-mobile\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI6C052-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI6C052-VIEWIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/?attachment_id=2725477\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI6B0SI-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI6B0SI-VIEWIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -\u201cSuccession,\u201d the HBO series about a conniving media mogul and his feuding family, racked up 25 Emmy nominations on Tuesday, including one for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1551499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1551499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1551499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1551499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1551499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}