British Shows Dominate The Emmy 2024 Nominations

The Emmys are the broadest of the big four American award categories, encompassing everything from feature films that air on TV to digital shorts on YouTube. But after a strike that took up the majority of 2023, the 2024 Emmys struggled. The absence of significant drama shows debuting before the cut-off made what is usually the top category a challenging brief to fill. While comedies did well, the entire nominations list found itself doing what streaming services have been doing since Netflix imported the entire BBC 2 lineup in 2014: filling the gaps with British shows.

However, the choices were....odd, to say the least. The Crown, which has been a dominant series, faltered in its final season, but you wouldn't know it from the nominations. Meanwhile, The Gilded Age barely scraped by avoiding the canceled guillotine by inches... but you wouldn't know it from the nominations! Meanwhile, Shogun and The Traitors walked in with the self-assurance of two series that know they're shoo-ins to win this year.

From nominations to the British-ish Three-Body Problem to the excretable Baby Reindeer to a surprise nomination to Red, White & Royal Blue, it felt like the British were walking away with America's main TV award show again. Let's run down everyone who got nominated this year, from the surprises to the shoo-ins.

Shogun

• Drama Series
• Lead Actor (Hiroyuki Sanada)
• Lead Actress (Anna Sawai)
• Supporting Actor (Tadanobu Asano)
• Supporting Actor (Takehiro Hira)
• Directing 
• Writing
• Guest Actor (Néstor Carbonell)
• Production Design
• Casting
• Cinematography
• Period Costumes
• Period/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
• Period/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup
• Prosthetic Makeup
• Main Title Design
• Main Title Theme Music
• Original Dramatic Score
• Sound Editing
• Sound Mixing 
• Special Visual Effects
• Stunt Performance

The Crown

• Drama Series
• Lead Actor (Dominic West)
• Lead Actress (Imelda Staunton)
• Supporting Actor (Jonathan Pryce)
• Supporting Actress (Elizabeth Debicki)
• Supporting Actress (Lesley Manville)
• Directing 
• Writing
• Guest Actress (Claire Foy)
• Production Design
• Casting
• Cinematography
• Picture Editing 
• Contemporary Costumes 
• Period/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup
• Original Dramatic Score
• Sound Mixing 
• Special Visual Effects

Ripley

• Limited Or Anthology Series
• Lead Actor (Andrew Scott)
• Supporting Actress (Dakota Fanning)
• Directing 
• Writing
• Production Design
• Casting
• Cinematography
• Picture Editing 
• Period Costumes
• Sound Editing
• Sound Mixing 
• Special Visual Effects

Baby Reindeer

• Limited Or Anthology Series
• Lead Actor (Richard Gadd)
• Supporting Actor (Tom Goodman-Hill)
• Supporting Actress (Jessica Gunning)
• Supporting Actress (Nava Mau)
• Directing 
• Writing
• Casting
• Picture Editing 
• Contemporary Costumes 
• Music Supervision

Slow Horses

• Drama Series
• Lead Actor (Gary Oldman)
• Supporting Actor (Jack Lowden)
• Directing 
• Writing
• Guest Actor (Jonathan Pryce)
• Casting
• Picture Editing 
• Original Dramatic Score

Feud: Capote vs the Swans

• Lead Actor (Tom Hollander)
• Lead Actress (Naomi Watts)
• Supporting Actor (Treat Williams)
• Supporting Actress (Diane Lane)
• Directing 
• Casting
• Period Costumes
• Period/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
• Main Title Theme Music

The Gilded Age

• Drama Series
• Lead Actress (Carrie Coon)
• Supporting Actress (Christine Baranski)
• Production Design
• Period Costumes
• Period/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling

Three-Body Problem

• Drama Series
• Cinematography
• Picture Editing 
• Main Title Design
• Sound Editing
• Sound Mixing 

Welcome to Wrexham

• Reality Program
• Directing 
• Cinematography
• Picture Editing 
• Sound Editing
• Sound Mixing 

The Traitors

• Reality-Competition Program
• Host (Alan Cumming)
• Directing 
• Casting
• Cinematography

Planet Earth III

• Outstanding Narrator (Sir David Attenborough)
• Cinematography
• Original Dramatic Score
• Sound Editing
• Sound Mixing 

Fellow Travelers

• Lead Actor (Matt Bomer)
• Supporting Actor (Jonathan Bailey)
• Writing

Black Mirror Season 6

• Writing
• Picture Editing 
• Sound Mixing 

The Gentlemen

• Directing 
• Production Design
• Stunt Coordination

Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas

• Production Design
• Technical Direction

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

• Original Dramatic Score
• Original Music And Lyrics

Masters of the Air

• Sound Editing
• Sound Mixing 

Hijack

• Lead Actor (Idris Elba)

Mary & George

• Period Costumes

The Regime

• Contemporary Costumes 

The New Look

• Period Costumes

Red, White & Royal Blue 

• Television Movie

Scoop

• Television Movie

The Primetime Emmy Awards will air on ABC and stream on Hulu on Sunday, September 15, 2024. An edited-down version of the two-night Creative Arts Emmys will air on FXX and stream on Hulu the night before, on Saturday, September 14, 2024.