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  • 2019 Emmy Nominations: ‘Game of Thrones’ Breaks Yet Another Record

    2019 Emmy Nominations: ‘Game of Thrones’ Breaks Yet Another Record

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    HBO’s recently-wrapped fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” was expected to clean up at this year’s Emmy nominations, and boy, did it ever, snagging a whopping 32 nods for its eighth and final season. And with that tally, the show has once again broken another Emmys record.

    This latest batch of nominations has officially certified “Thrones” as the drama series to earn the most nods for a single season. It bested an impressive 25-year record set by ABC’s “NYPD Blue,” which notched 27 nominations for a single season back in 1994.

    “Game of Thrones” had previously set the all-time total Emmy nominations record, with its cumulative 129 nods earned as of 2018 (a record that it’s now broken once again). And it had also become the winningest primetime series ever at the Emmys, taking home 47 statuettes as of last year (yet another record that we think will soon be topped).

    As Entertainment Weekly notes, one of the most impressive aspects of this year’s “Thrones” achievement is that every single actor that HBO submitted for awards consideration — and several who submitted themselves — all received nods, bringing the show’s total acting nominations tally this year to nine. That was no doubt welcome news for Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke, who switched their eligibility from the supporting categories to lead last year, and were shut out; this year, they both made the cut.

    Sophie Turner received her first-ever nomination this year, in the supporting category, helping “Thrones” to set yet another record. It’s now the only drama series to have four actresses represented in the supporting field in one year (Turner, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams, and Gwendoline Christie), beating the previous record of three.

    Expect even more Emmys history for “Thrones” when awards are handed out. The 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are slated for Sunday, September 22 on Fox.

    [h/t Entertainment Weekly]

  • Emmys 2018: ‘Game of Thrones’ Sets Nomination Record

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    When season seven of “Game of Thrones” pushed its premiere date to the summer of 2017, it wasn’t just messing with viewers’ schedules: It also missed that year’s Emmys cutoff, and thus was absent from the awards ceremony for the first year in its history. But voters didn’t forget about the hit HBO fantasy series, which received plenty of love — and made some history — when the 2018 Emmy Awards nominations were announced on Thursday.

    That one-year gap allowed for “Thrones” to come roaring back into the awards season conversation as not only the most-nominated series of the year (with 22 nods), but also another chart-topping accolade:  It now stands at 129 total Emmy nominations throughout its run, making it the most-nominated primetime series ever. (It’s already broken the record for most wins by a primetime series with 38.)

    “GoT” moved up from its previous post at third place, passing “Cheers” (whose 117 nods still make the beloved sitcom the most-nominated comedy series ever), and previous primetime Emmy nomination king “ER” (124 nods). As TheWrap notes, however, “Saturday Night Live” is still the most-nominated show in any category, sitting pretty with a seemingly untouchable 252 noms.

    What the show’s record-breaking achievement doesn’t include, however, is recognition for two of the show’s biggest stars: Neither Emilia Clarke nor Kit Harington could crack into their respective leading actress and actor categories. Guess their campaign to switch up their submission strategy (they’d previously competed in the supporting races) didn’t pan out.

    Don’t feel too bad for those two, though: With “Thrones” set for its final bow next year, we have a feeling the Emmys will want to send off the series with a flurry of additional nominations.

    [via: TheWrap]