The Final of Us Is Sweeping Emmy Nominations This 12 months

The seventy fifth Emmy Awards revealed its nominations on July 12, and a online game adaptation is likely one of the most nominated reveals of the 12 months. HBO’s The Final of Us, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, has 24 whole nominations, second solely to HBO’s different powerhouse present, Succession, which has 27. The third-most nominated collection on the 2023 Emmys is The White Lotus—but one other HBO collection. It’s a bizarre time for HBO Max, the corporate’s affiliated streaming service, to alter its identify and advertising supplies, but it surely did, anyway.

In line with Selection, Succession’s notable nominations have additionally made Emmy historical past, with Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, and Jeremy Robust all incomes nods for lead actor in a drama—essentially the most ever for a single collection.

However it’s The Final of Us’ noms that many people will discover essentially the most attention-grabbing. In any case, online game variations are not often profitable (save for the extra youth-focused ones like The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film and Sonic), and they’re virtually by no means critically acclaimed. The Final of Us, which was written by Naughty Canine’s Neil Druckmann and Chernobyl’s Craig Mazin, is each.

Notably, the episode that broke everybody’s hearts obtained nominations for the actors who play Invoice and Frank, whereas Henry and Sam, one other heartbreaking duo, have been honored as nicely—and Keivonn Montreal Woodard, who performs Sam, is barely 10 years previous. It’s a bit of irritating to see Ramsey, who’s non-binary, thrust into the “actress” class, however awards reveals are nonetheless reasonably antiquated in that regard.

Listed here are the collection’ 24 nominations:

The Final Of Us Emmy nominations

• Excellent Drama Collection
• Excellent Lead Actor in a Drama Collection, Pedro Pascal
• Excellent Lead Actress in a Drama Collection, Bella Ramsey
• Excellent Visitor Actor in a Drama Collection, Murray Bartlett
• Excellent Visitor Actor in a Drama Collection, Lamar Johnson
• Excellent Visitor Actor in a Drama Collection, Nick Offerman
• Excellent Visitor Actor in a Drama Collection, Keivonn Montreal Woodard
• Excellent Visitor Actress in a Drama Collection, Melanie Lynskey
• Excellent Visitor Actress in a Drama Collection, Anna Torv
• Excellent Visitor Actress in a Drama Collection, Storm Reid
• Excellent Manufacturing Design for a Narrative Modern Program
• Excellent Casting for a Drama Collection
• Excellent Modern Costumes for a Collection
• Excellent Directing for a Drama Collection
• Excellent Image Enhancing for a Drama Collection
• Excellent Modern Hairstyling
• Excellent Foremost Title Design
• Excellent Modern Make-up (Non-Prosthetic)
• Excellent Prosthetic Make-up
• Excellent Writing for a Drama Collection
• Excellent Music Composition for a Collection (Authentic Dramatic Rating)
• Excellent Sound Enhancing for a Comedy or Drama Collection
• Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Collection
• Excellent Particular Visible Results in a Season or a Film

What this implies for the way forward for online game variations is unclear, however count on the Discourse to get spicy but once more.