hbo dominated wednesday mornings emmy nominations with the elite trio of succession the white lotus and the last of us combining for a whopping 74 but the dominant theme darkening the scene is the ongoing writers strike and the looming possibility that actors may join them in as little as a daysuccession and its deeply dysfunctional dynasty of onepercenters led all emmy nominees in its fourth and final season with 27 including best drama which it has won two of the past three yearsread also75th emmy awards to be held on september 19 succession house of the dragon beef rings of power frontrunners on nominations listcan any tv show topple succession at the emmys will amazons lavish lord of the rings prequel rule them all and with ongoing hollywood strikes will televisions finest even be honoured this year nominations for televisions equivalent of the oscars will be announced in a livestreamedit got three nominations for best actor in a drama with brian cox jeremy strong and kieran culkin all getting nods for playing men of the roy clan and sarah snook getting a best actress nomination it also got four nominations for bestsupporting actor in a drama the cursed vacationers at a sicilian resort from the second season of the white lotus truly dominated the supporting categories however landing five nominations for best supporting actress in a drama including nods for jennifer coolidge and aubrey plaza and four more for bestsupporting actor bella ramsey and pedro pascal the duo on a fungusfilled quest in the last of us each got lead acting nominations the show based on a popular playstation video game was second behind succession with 24 nominations the white lotus had 23 ted lasso was tops among comedies with 21 nominations including best comedy series and best actor for jason sudeikis the apple tv series won both awards for each of its first two seasons but its threepeat prospects depend on whether emmy voters favour other contenders like the bear or marvelous mrs maisel the critic favourite original comedy series the marvelous mrs maisel ended its run with a bang by earning fourteen nominations the nominations suggested that hbo which got the most overall nominations by far with 127 can still dominate even as streamingonly outlets have taken over so much of elite tv the distinction is increasingly blurred however with a huge segment of viewers watching succession and the cable channels other offerings on the streaming service now known as max cox 77 got his best actor in a drama nod despite appearing in fewer than half of this seasons succession episodes though as the roy family patriarch he loomed just as large over the episodes he didnt appear in a win would be his first for the role though he won an emmy for bestsupporting actor in a tv movie in 2001 strong won in 2020 for playing eldest boy kendall roy culkin got his first nomination for