After black artists earned a record 49 Primetime Acting and Reality Emmy Award nominations in 2021, the number has dropped to 31 this year, a 37% drop.
However, this year’s figure surpasses that of 2019, when there were only 26 non-Caucasian reality TV actors and hosts.
Three Emmy categories were completely devoid of nominees from different backgrounds: Lead Actress in a Limited Series / Anthology, Supporting Actress in a Limited Series / Anthology, and Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
Even the Television Academy did not recognize Latin and Hispanic artists Oscar Isaac (Limited Lead Actor / Anthological Series, wedding scenes) Y Coleman on Sunday (guest dramatic actor, Euphoria) was the only candidate.
Like last year, six candidates in the reality / competition host category were people of color, including nicole bayer (nail it! A nominated reality / competition presenter who was also recognized in the Variety Special Writing space. Nicole Bayer: BBW (Big Beautiful Stranger), RuPaul (RuPaul’s Drag Race) padma laksmi (the best chef), brown camaro Y with France from strange eye Y Raimondo Giovanni of departure Shark tank.
but squid game made history as the first non-English language show to receive major Emmy (14 in total, including drama series) and ABC nominations Elementary Abbot It won seven overall nominations for Freshman Show, including the comedy series, Breakthrough Shows Like FX reserve dogs On Native Americans, AppleTV + Pachinko and perennial Emmy Black (which had a final season) was largely overlooked by TV Academy voters.
History was still being made today fifth Brunson by ABC Elementary Abbot who became the first black woman to receive Primetime Emmy nominations for both lead actress in a comedy and screenplay for a comedy series in the same year.
Last year, the Disney + theatrical version of the Tony-winning hit musical hamilton (6 valid cuts) also serial land of love (5 valid cuts) e the a sewing fairy tale (# 4) strengthened the recognition of artists of color, causing difficult comparisons hamilton Y land of love she was once a sister a sewing fairy tale This year was not eligible. Also breaking the diversity data of 2022 is the omission of repeated nominees such as Giancarlo Esposito (You better call Saul.), Kenan Thompson (SNL, Kenan), Anthony Anderson (Black), Tracey Ellis Ross (Black) and Sterling K. Brown (We are).
in recognized acting categories SANDRA Ah (dramatic lead actress, eve of the killing), Zendaya (dramatic lead actress, euphoria; The former Emmy winner has been nominated twice this year for the HBO Music and Lyrics series). Lee Jung Jae (main character, squid game), fifth Brunson (protagonist of the comedy, Elementary Abbot; (also nominated in a comedy series for an ABC program) isa rae (protagonist of the comedy, Unreliable), donald glover (protagonist of the comedy, atlanta), Oscar Isaac (Limited Lead Actor / Anthological Series, wedding scenes), himself patel (Lead actor in limited series / anthology, Station Eleven), Jung Ho Yeon (dramatic supporting actress, squid game), Park Hae Soo (supporting dramatic actor, squid game), oh-yong-soo (supporting dramatic actor, squid game), Janelle James (Supporting actor in a comedy, Elementary Abbot), sheryl lee ralph (Supporting actor in a comedy, Elementary Abbot), sara niles (Supporting actor in a comedy, ted lasso), Tohib Jimoh (Supporting actor in a comedy, ted lasso), Nick Muhammad (Supporting actor in a comedy, ted lasso), Tyler James Williams (Supporting actor in a comedy, Elementary Abbot), Young Bowen (Supporting actor in a comedy, SNL), Natasha Rothwell (Limited series / anthology of supporting actors, white lotus), Sana Lathan (guest dramatic actor, inheritance), Lee yu-mi (guest dramatic actor, squid game), Coleman on Sunday (guest dramatic actor, Euphoria), ariyan moyed (guest dramatic actor, inheritance), Jerrod Carmichele (guest star comedy, SNL) Y san richardson (guest star comedy,ted lasso).
Source: Deadline
