Attention, TV obsessives: The nominations for the 76th Annual Emmy Awards are hot and fresh out the kitchen, honoring the best and brightest of the medium from the past year.
Now, you might be thinking, “Wait a minute, didn’t we just do the Emmys like a few months ago?” And the answer is: Well, yes!
You see, due to last year’s actor and writer strikes, the 2023 ceremony was pushed back from its traditional September air date to January 15. That was then, this is now, and the Television Academy is getting things back on track for the most recent TV season, sharing who will be in contention at the actual 2024 ceremony—slated to air Sunday, September 15. Following? Great!
The nominations were announced in a livestream this morning by Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary star & Broadway goddess) and Tony Hale (Veep star & witness to this iconic Lip Sync), and honestly it’s a really exciting bunch! Though a few of our LGBTQ+ favorites got snubbed (how do you nominated Matt Bomer & Jonathan Bailey, but not their show, Fellow Travelers???), it was a pretty historic year for queer nominees all around—seriously, just look at the Limited Series noms for Lead Actor and Supporting Actress: They’re both majority LGBTQ+ performers!
Below, here’s our round-up of nominees in most of the major categories—as well as some hot takes on who did (and who didn’t) make the cut. We’ve indicated all openly LGBTQ+ nominees with a 🌈 and series with specific LGBTQ+ themes or prominent queer characters with a 🍭.
You can find a complete list of nominees on the Emmys website.
inbama
Most deserving: GA & FT
Likely to win: Red, White, etc.
kylede
For Best Reality program, how do you not mention the line up this gay year? A gay brother and his str8 sister….A gay midwestern 21 year old and his mom, and a lesbian couple who after the show filmed and right before their last episode aired, had their first child (with a special note of congratulations fromthe producers)…AND THEN the GAY BEAR COUPLE FROM NYC winning the whole thing!!!! It was one of the gayest seasons ever….(lets not mention the best friend single mom firefighters or the closer than brother airforce pilots and all the gay energy those couples gave off) It should have been mentioned here
OzJay
Some bizarre nominations there. How could they possibly nominated Baby Reindeer or Lessons in Chemistry ahead of Fellow Travelers? And Bomer as leading actor with Bailey as supporting, when the series is actually more Skippy’s story than Hawk’s.