‘Succession’, ‘Abbott Elementary’ and ‘White Lotus’ target top Emmy series categories with casting wins

The second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards began on Sunday with the Best Ensemble Ensemble Award for a Comedy Series, a Drama Series, and a Limited or Anthological Series won by HBO. inheritance (casting directors Avi Kaufman and Francine Meisler), ABC Elementary Abbot (Wendy O’Brien) and HBO white lotus (Meredith Tucker, Katie Doyle), respectively.

Last year, the winners of the three casting categories triumphed in script – outstanding drama, comedy, and limited or anthological series – a week later.

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but inheritance Y white lotus Leading the way are the most anticipated Emmy winners in the fields of drama and limited or anthology, and the largest number of ceremonial attendees (25, inheritance) and the second plus (20, white lotus) nominated this year, hot rookie Elementary Abbot It was a close contest with runner-up, the winner of last year’s comedy series Apple TV +. ted lasso (20 nominations) and HBO Max tricks (17), as well as another noteworthy freshman show, Hulu’s Only murders in the building. (17) and HBO’s third annual show bar (14). Elementary Abbot She has 7 nominations, including three for creator / executive producer / star Quinta Brunson, a record for a black woman. It was the show’s first win at an Emmy.

Casting for the comedy series category was a reliable predictor for the Emmy winner for the outstanding comedy series. The last seven shows to win the Comedy Series Casting Statuette also won the Outstanding Comedy Series a week later. That includes last year’s big Emmy winner. ted lasso And the dominant winner of 2020 Bay of shit.

Yes Elementary Abbot Following the pattern, the school sitcom will be the first half-hour show to win the Outstanding Comedy Series category from another ABC single-camera sitcom that uses the mockumentary format. modern family Fifth consecutive win in the category in 2014.

One factor to consider is that TV Academy sometimes shows inertia, staying with the favorites for a while. While three consecutive Outstanding Cast wins for Veep coincided with three consecutive Outstanding Comedy wins in the same years, the overlap a modern family It was only the first year. ABC’s hit won Best Comedy Series for the next four years, with casting moving four more shows into the comedy category. ted lasso He currently has the advantage in most predictions, but since winning the casting Elementary Abbot Proving that the comedy series can be the most competitive in the top category this year.

After the creative arts part of the 2022 Emmys, bar Y Only murders in the building. Lead the comedy group with three wins to go. tricks with two and Elementary Abbot with a runaway winner of 2021, ted lassowhich he conducted with three broadcasts at this stage of the competition last year, has so far come out empty-handed.

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Casting in a drama series Slightly less reliable for predicting the final winner of a drama series; It has done so successfully in five of the past seven years, including the last two A crown Y inheritance. The latter is back in full swing in the Emmy contest after the 2021 awards cycle.

inheritance, whose strength is in major television award categories, including a record 14 nominations for acting this year, with a win at the Creative Arts Emmy. A contender for HBO’s outstanding drama series Euphoria and netflix Strange things Five Emmy Awards took to the field, followed by Netflix squid game with four and Publication with two.

Winners of Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series (and their predecessors, Outstanding Limited Series, Miniseries, Disasters or Movies) have closely followed the winners in their respective casting categories over the past two decades, with only a few deviations, of which only one in the last 10 years. move of the queen Y vigilant took home the longtime casting category for the past couple of years before also winning Best Limited Series / Anthology during prime time telecast.

white lotus, who is looking to do the same, he bolstered his status as a favorite with a total of five Creative Arts Emmys tied for the most wins next week.